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'Dear Mooji, You said that oneness is just a concept.
Can one feel united with the others as one,
through the heart, or through the vibrations?
Is it more than just an experience? Maria.'
Maybe ... Maria. 'You said that oneness is just a concept.'
I don't want to just say that.
There are many times when we speak things
and perhaps you are not ready to assimilate them right now.
This is why I don't trust teaching too much.
With teaching you are learning, learning.
I don't trust learning too much either. It is good.
It is an expression of consciousness, it is necessary also.
Learning, teaching are necessary, up to a point.
Practice also is necessary, because not everyone ...
Many people come and say, 'I just want the complete Truth'.
But could you bear the complete Truth?
Would you cope with it, at the moment?
Although we are That and we are This,
still, sometimes because there is so much noise, inner noise,
mental noise, conceptual noise, psychological noise inside,
then if the complete Truth was revealed to you,
you probably would not even appreciate it.
It will feel too much, or something. Although you are This!
It is like you have to retrain yourself
to develop an acquired taste for your own Self. It is like that.
Like some people feel that they deserve a perfect relationship,
'Because I exist, I should have the perfect partner!'
But are you ready for that one?
Everybody wants everything perfect.
We want so much, but we offer so little.
So it has to be said, it is not that the Truth is hiding,
our heart is true, we are the Truth,
but we have given so much importance to our projections and the mind
and we want to fulfil our projections,
then there is really no space for the Truth.
This is why I say that practice is good.
Practice helps to refine the consciousness and the mind,
to take out the noise, to comb out the noise from inside.
Then you develop a natural attraction for what is your own Self.
So whose attraction is it?
It really is the mind, but we are presently calling the mind our Self.
It is an aspect of our Self, but it is not the definitive being.
Also with conditioning, we have much affection for the conditioning,
for the sense of who we are,
we are very affectionate for the sense of who we are,
for our self-image, for the idea we have of who we are,
we protect it fiercely.
Then there is very little space left to find just the natural Truth.
It is the same with the relationships, it is not a bad example.
You want a relationship, you want someone who is ...
I don't know, I was going to say like a god for you,
or a goddess for you. But are you ready for such a one?
If you are not happy with yourself,
then you are going to start criticising them.
'Why do you sit with your legs like that? Why don't you sit like that?'
'Why you lean like this?' 'Why you don't do this?'
And who can stand that? Not even God can stand it! [laughter]
So I don't like to say, Yes, you are united with others.
'You said that oneness is just a concept.'
In some cases, when we are ready to really hear that inside the heart,
some people hear it, they understand that oneness ...
Sometimes you must go beyond the concept of oneness, into real oneness.
Even this language is not totally true,
because your heart is already this perfect thing.
So who are these words addressed to?
It is addressed to the image
and the idea you think of as being your self.
Because that is what you refer to as a self.
When you say 'I', 'I' really means pure consciousness.
That is what it is, but it begun to mean the personality,
and the personality is not stable.
This is why sometimes you feel like this, sometimes like this,
sometimes I love you, sometimes I don't love you. This is not love.
The person doesn't really know complete love.
It is sometimes like this, sometimes like that,
like the waves of the mind.
Now, 'Can one feel united with others as one through the heart?'
Yes, as the attention moves away
from the projection and from the stories
and recognises the heart, the presence,
and the power and the beauty of the heart,
automatically, there is an understanding of that unity of Being.
It is not even an attitude anymore.
It is your natural flavour, spontaneously you know this thing.
'Can one feel united with the others as one
through the heart, or through the vibrations?' It is the same thing.
'Is it more than just an experience?'
If it is recognised from the standpoint of a person,
it will be only an experience.
It means that that will also go to the past, become a memory.
It will not be your continuous, unbroken recognition.
Only when the individual is merged with the true Self, they are one.
Then there is nothing for you to remember,
there is nothing to forget, actually. All is well.
But if you stay as a person, you have to have so many techniques,
so many things to remember, this practice and then another practice.
The mind is attached to practices also,
because as long as you practice, you are not there.
You can become addicted to practice.
You say, 'I am on the journey, I am searching for the Truth'.
But if you are brought to the very mouth of Truth,
'OK, darling, now you want Truth, let's step in',
then you start to make excuses,
'Just one moment. Wait for me, I am coming back.'
You are gone. Nobody can find you. 'Where is he? He is not back.'
'He is still in the chai shop.' [laughter]
So, OK. Good.
You say, 'I just want the complete Truth'. But can you bear It?
Video extract from the Satsang DVD 'Satsang is Your Dharma'
20th January 2012 Tiruvannamalai, India