When Mind Storm Comes, Welcome and Transcend

When Mind Storm Comes,
Welcome and Transcend

12 October 2021
(with subtitles)

Just a few days ago someone came
and asked me about the mind again.

'Still, the mind keeps coming
and my attention just goes.

And I don't know what to do ...'

So, my advice is this:

in the midst of a mind storm,
or a mind attack, you may say ...

And we all know it,

we all know what it feels like.

The sense of, 'Oh, I want to stop my mind.

Please can you show me how to stop this mind?'

What to do?

I said, OK, don't try to stop the mind.

Next time it comes,
a brain storm or a mind storm comes,

be very clear as to discern,
isolate and recognise,

what is the storm, the movement?

The mind is like [makes sounds of roaring storm].

Notice the energetic quality about it.

Recognise that.

But, also, see it as being different

from the space in which it appears,
which I call consciousness.

You may also call it the formless witness.

But the witness is not an entity.

It's more just a witnessing.

So, that's the first thing,

to recognise and discern

the difference between the noise
and the space in which it comes.

Because the noise will come.
It will play and it will go.

But the space will not move.

That space is the space of awareness.

That's very, very, very important!

Now, you may say,
'But still, it's still so strong!'

Next point:

the one who is suffering the mind storm,
and the storm,

they are connected;
it's like two sides of one coin.

This is very important!

The one who is suffering it,

the mistake has been in thinking,
'It's me. Please help me!'

But this 'me' and the mind storm
have a relationship.

They are connected.

Without the 'me',
who is reporting about the storm,

there is no storm to worry about.

Nobody will know if there is a strong wind

if there is nothing for it to push against.

The wind is blowing.

How do you know? You can't see the wind,

but you can see the effect of the wind
because trees are bending.

This bending one is the person.

So, include the person
who is suffering from the mind storm

as part of the storm.

And the witnessing of this is quite impartial.

It's like the space, the intelligent space,

which was there before the storm,

it is there during the storm,

and it is there after the storm has gone.

This space, I'm calling it your Self.

I'm calling it your Self.

This is you!

And I'm going to show you why I say it is you.

Before the storm came, were you there or not?
Yes, you are here.

When the storm comes, you feel,

'Oh, I don't know what I'm going to do! ...'

You also know that you're watching this.

When the storm [storm sounds peak and pass],
it is gone.

Where is the person?

It's also gone, the one suffering it.
Do you see?

Now, if you were any of that,

then when the storm has gone,
you would also be gone.

But look, you are here to say, 'It is gone'.

Even to say, 'Ahhh, it is gone',

don't identify with anyone who says,
'Ahhh, this is gone',

as though that's the one who it happened to.

No, the storm and one suffering it are gone.

What remains is the pure space of awareness.

Be very clear about this

because, sometimes,
there is some residual identity,

that stays back to say,
'Ah, it's gone. Thank you.'

And that's how he gives himself away.

He is the one who says,
'Oh, I'm so happy that it is gone'.

So if he stays,

he is already making a date with another storm.

Just take this attitude,
you are only the witness of them.

They come and they go.

And watch what is going to happen now!

Or rather, watch what is not going to happen.

Because it will come, sometimes ...

The storm doesn't announce, 'I'm coming!

I'm coming! Put on your anti-storm clothes.'

It's not going to say that.

It just comes, and suddenly like a reflex,

you find identity comes immediately
when the storm comes! Or soon after.

Sometimes something feels [shaken].
As soon as something names it,

'This is not good, this is a storm',

the identity is born, [mimes tussle], like this.

And you forget that you are watching,

because you take the role
of the one who suffers it.

Please ponder on this,
over and over and over again.

Look forward to your next mind attack,

bearing in mind what is being shared now.

Look forward to your next mind attack!

Say, 'Mind, please come. I'm waiting for you.'

And see when it will come.

It will not come.

It will come like an ambush,
when you are not ready.

But remember also,
the Self is neither ready nor not ready.

It is just ever-present.

This is the goal of
authentic spiritual realisation, Self-realisation.

OK. Thank you!

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