0:00:00.599,0:00:03.380 foreign 0:00:03.730,0:00:09.470 [Music] 0:00:10.040,0:00:12.980 has been called The Secret Of Secrets 0:00:12.980,0:00:15.839 the esoteric wisdom that leads to 0:00:15.839,0:00:17.640 samadhi 0:00:17.640,0:00:21.480 samadhi is the goal of all spirituality 0:00:21.480,0:00:24.500 its Union with the source 0:00:24.500,0:00:27.960 the truth of who or what you are the 0:00:27.960,0:00:30.119 truth that transcends the limited mind 0:00:30.119,0:00:33.360 cannot be seen by means of The Limited 0:00:33.360,0:00:36.899 mind the Still Point cannot be reached 0:00:36.899,0:00:40.200 by means of movement if you want to 0:00:40.200,0:00:42.660 realize the Still Point Beyond thinking 0:00:42.660,0:00:45.960 let go of all interest in thoughts and 0:00:45.960,0:00:47.520 Sensations 0:00:47.520,0:00:49.680 all preferences 0:00:49.680,0:00:52.680 all phenomena generated by the mind and 0:00:52.680,0:00:54.600 senses 0:00:54.600,0:00:58.699 rest in naked awareness 0:01:01.090,0:01:07.839 [Music] 0:01:10.390,0:01:13.489 [Music] 0:01:20.520,0:01:23.159 there are two fundamental Dimensions to 0:01:23.159,0:01:26.400 existence In This Moment 0:01:26.400,0:01:29.520 there's that which is changing and that 0:01:29.520,0:01:32.040 which is unchanging 0:01:32.040,0:01:34.860 thoughts and Sensations are a field of 0:01:34.860,0:01:36.740 constantly changing phenomena 0:01:36.740,0:01:39.659 [Music] 0:01:39.659,0:01:42.960 what is unchanging is the awareness of 0:01:42.960,0:01:45.130 that field of change 0:01:45.130,0:01:48.300 [Music] 0:01:49.140,0:01:51.299 we are usually so caught up in the field 0:01:51.299,0:01:55.079 of change fixated on its objects that we 0:01:55.079,0:01:57.720 ignored the dimension of awareness 0:01:57.720,0:02:00.659 so we start our investigation by 0:02:00.659,0:02:04.259 becoming aware of awareness 0:02:04.259,0:02:07.750 in conscious of consciousness 0:02:07.750,0:02:14.740 [Music] 0:02:18.320,0:02:21.530 [Music] 0:02:27.650,0:02:43.270 [Music] 0:02:43.800,0:02:46.140 the challenge with resting in Awareness 0:02:46.140,0:02:49.080 for long periods of time 0:02:49.080,0:02:51.060 people have not cultivated the 0:02:51.060,0:02:53.940 concentration and Equanimity to stay in 0:02:53.940,0:02:56.040 awareness 0:02:56.040,0:02:58.620 we are addicted to comfort and The 0:02:58.620,0:03:00.780 Limited mind will want to escape from 0:03:00.780,0:03:03.000 this exercise 0:03:03.000,0:03:05.400 it will find it profoundly uncomfortable 0:03:05.400,0:03:08.160 and will create every type of hindrance 0:03:08.160,0:03:10.510 or distraction 0:03:10.510,0:03:11.879 [Music] 0:03:11.879,0:03:15.300 there are two primary knots that bind us 0:03:15.300,0:03:18.239 to Ego identification 0:03:18.239,0:03:21.120 body is attached to comfort 0:03:21.120,0:03:25.220 and the mind wants to know 0:03:26.040,0:03:28.560 if we continue to seek the comfort of 0:03:28.560,0:03:31.319 the body and continue to seek knowing 0:03:31.319,0:03:32.879 with the mind 0:03:32.879,0:03:35.340 We Will Never Move Beyond The Limited 0:03:35.340,0:03:37.500 mind and body 0:03:37.500,0:03:41.040 we will remain like a herd animal 0:03:41.040,0:03:43.560 a creature that craves pleasure and 0:03:43.560,0:03:46.440 avoids pain endlessly responding to 0:03:46.440,0:03:48.780 stimulus 0:03:48.780,0:03:50.580 endlessly doing 0:03:50.580,0:03:54.490 and unaware of the dimension of being 0:03:54.490,0:03:57.120 [Music] 0:03:57.120,0:04:00.720 to be aware to be fully attentive to 0:04:00.720,0:04:03.239 what is happening without the mediation 0:04:03.239,0:04:06.840 of egoic conditioning without Concepts 0:04:06.840,0:04:10.500 without controlling manipulating or 0:04:10.500,0:04:12.239 distortion 0:04:12.239,0:04:14.459 without the filtering of The Limited 0:04:14.459,0:04:17.620 mind is to be present without choosing 0:04:17.620,0:04:19.079 [Music] 0:04:19.079,0:04:22.079 present without choosing and therefore 0:04:22.079,0:04:25.280 without a chooser 0:04:26.340,0:04:29.100 every time the Mind moves without your 0:04:29.100,0:04:33.660 willing even the tiniest movement it is 0:04:33.660,0:04:35.280 due to filtering through the 0:04:35.280,0:04:37.340 conditioning of the self-structure 0:04:37.340,0:04:41.820 [Music] 0:04:41.820,0:04:44.520 the path leads to cessation of the 0:04:44.520,0:04:46.560 entire Whirlpool of mind 0:04:46.560,0:04:47.850 foreign 0:04:47.850,0:04:52.080 [Music] 0:04:52.080,0:04:55.620 to realizing all levels of self is empty 0:04:55.620,0:05:00.960 [Music] 0:05:00.960,0:05:03.840 how do I drop all doing how do I drop 0:05:03.840,0:05:06.800 mind activity 0:05:07.259,0:05:11.400 listen closely this is the paradox 0:05:11.400,0:05:14.880 The Limited egoic mind here's the 0:05:14.880,0:05:18.419 question and wants to know how 0:05:18.419,0:05:23.479 but that limited mind can't do it 0:05:23.820,0:05:27.180 the mind will always fail in any attempt 0:05:27.180,0:05:29.220 to realize Stillness 0:05:29.220,0:05:33.440 because the mind is movement 0:05:33.440,0:05:38.360 the Mind itself is movement 0:05:38.520,0:05:41.820 it is an endless process of doing 0:05:41.820,0:05:45.240 we have to make the shift from doing 0:05:45.240,0:05:47.419 to being 0:05:47.419,0:05:50.460 the you that you think you are is a 0:05:50.460,0:05:54.539 process a constant movement a collection 0:05:54.539,0:05:57.380 of patterns 0:06:02.400,0:06:05.759 that you has to die 0:06:05.759,0:06:08.880 the pathological pattern of you has to 0:06:08.880,0:06:12.419 end for somebody to be realized 0:06:12.419,0:06:15.860 let that sink in 0:06:16.320,0:06:18.360 spiritual teachers have given the 0:06:18.360,0:06:20.639 instruction to reach samadhi 0:06:20.639,0:06:23.639 be still and know 0:06:23.639,0:06:26.940 be still and know the true self 0:06:26.940,0:06:29.819 primordial awareness Beyond name and 0:06:29.819,0:06:31.440 form 0:06:31.440,0:06:33.950 be still and know that you are God 0:06:33.950,0:06:37.620 [Music] 0:06:37.620,0:06:40.940 exactly do they mean 0:06:41.880,0:06:45.860 what is it that becomes still 0:06:47.280,0:06:49.740 obviously no one's physical body can 0:06:49.740,0:06:52.560 become absolutely still it wasting 0:06:52.560,0:06:55.919 within time and space because time space 0:06:55.919,0:06:58.620 itself is movement 0:06:58.620,0:06:59.539 foreign 0:06:59.539,0:07:02.639 space is mined 0:07:02.639,0:07:07.759 the universe is Big mind or logos 0:07:10.259,0:07:13.500 first hermetic principle is that the all 0:07:13.500,0:07:18.440 is mind the universe is mental 0:07:19.319,0:07:23.280 universe is mind and mind is movement 0:07:23.280,0:07:26.340 how can I be still and know 0:07:26.340,0:07:29.520 how can you be still on a globe spinning 0:07:29.520,0:07:34.460 thousand miles per hour around its axis 0:07:35.060,0:07:39.060 spinning 67 000 miles per hour around 0:07:39.060,0:07:41.340 the Sun 0:07:41.340,0:07:45.300 moving 500 000 miles per hour around the 0:07:45.300,0:07:46.259 Galaxy 0:07:46.259,0:07:50.479 and millions more through the universe 0:07:52.380,0:07:55.319 your heart is beating cells are moving 0:07:55.319,0:07:56.520 inside 0:07:56.520,0:07:58.319 food digesting 0:07:58.319,0:08:01.680 the brain producing brain waves 0:08:01.680,0:08:06.000 your blood is pumping energy is moving 0:08:06.000,0:08:08.520 how can we be still 0:08:08.520,0:08:11.460 when the spiritual Masters say be still 0:08:11.460,0:08:12.660 and know 0:08:12.660,0:08:14.520 they must be talking about something 0:08:14.520,0:08:15.720 else 0:08:15.720,0:08:19.160 something Beyond time and space 0:08:19.160,0:08:23.280 something beyond the physical and mental 0:08:23.280,0:08:25.979 what is meant by Stillness is something 0:08:25.979,0:08:28.259 that we have no word for in our modern 0:08:28.259,0:08:30.500 language system 0:08:30.500,0:08:33.779 the Sanskrit language the language of 0:08:33.779,0:08:36.779 the yogis has more precise terms which 0:08:36.779,0:08:39.919 point to the non-dual 0:08:40.620,0:08:44.940 the term shunyata is often translated as 0:08:44.940,0:08:46.440 voidness 0:08:46.440,0:08:49.380 Stillness or emptiness 0:08:49.380,0:08:51.839 it is what is used in connection with 0:08:51.839,0:08:55.019 anata or no self 0:08:55.019,0:08:57.520 the realization of Buddha nature 0:08:57.520,0:09:01.500 [Music] 0:09:01.500,0:09:03.959 Stillness is maybe the closest English 0:09:03.959,0:09:05.220 word 0:09:05.220,0:09:07.440 but it is inadequate to describe 0:09:07.440,0:09:09.660 something that is not of this dualistic 0:09:09.660,0:09:11.519 world 0:09:11.519,0:09:14.100 what is actually realized is the 0:09:14.100,0:09:16.800 primordial Consciousness which is beyond 0:09:16.800,0:09:21.120 Stillness and movement Beyond Time 0:09:21.120,0:09:23.959 it is eternal the ground of your being 0:09:23.959,0:09:27.120 the essential nature of reality that 0:09:27.120,0:09:30.120 does not change actually it is beyond 0:09:30.120,0:09:34.200 change and the changeless 0:09:34.200,0:09:37.440 when our true nature is realized it 0:09:37.440,0:09:39.600 becomes obvious that Stillness and 0:09:39.600,0:09:42.660 movement are a duality created by the 0:09:42.660,0:09:46.740 Mind silence and noise are a duality 0:09:46.740,0:09:50.180 created by the mind 0:09:50.640,0:09:53.580 everything is already inherent within 0:09:53.580,0:09:56.459 that primordial Stillness 0:09:56.459,0:09:59.519 the movement of the world is identical 0:09:59.519,0:10:01.580 to Stillness 0:10:01.580,0:10:04.080 be still and know 0:10:04.080,0:10:07.380 be in motion and know 0:10:07.380,0:10:10.740 it is all emptiness dancing this is not 0:10:10.740,0:10:13.440 something philosophical but an entirely 0:10:13.440,0:10:15.360 different way of interfacing with the 0:10:15.360,0:10:16.740 world 0:10:16.740,0:10:18.899 actually it's about dropping the 0:10:18.899,0:10:20.339 interface 0:10:20.339,0:10:23.459 dropping the reducing valve which is the 0:10:23.459,0:10:26.040 self-structure and experiencing your 0:10:26.040,0:10:28.620 true nature unmediated by the Limited 0:10:28.620,0:10:30.300 mind 0:10:30.300,0:10:33.120 the so-called outer world is transcended 0:10:33.120,0:10:35.700 by realizing Stillness 0:10:35.700,0:10:39.120 which when realized includes that which 0:10:39.120,0:10:40.700 it transcends 0:10:40.700,0:10:42.300 [Music] 0:10:42.300,0:10:44.519 The Duality of Stillness and movement 0:10:44.519,0:10:47.360 collapses 0:10:47.399,0:10:51.240 realizing samadhi this Great Awakening 0:10:51.240,0:10:54.440 is just the beginning of the path 0:10:54.440,0:10:57.540 Anjali says that the entire Endeavor of 0:10:57.540,0:11:00.600 yoga is aimed at the cessation of the 0:11:00.600,0:11:02.579 whirlpool of the Mind 0:11:02.579,0:11:05.579 chitta virti naroda 0:11:05.579,0:11:07.860 you could say it is the cessation of 0:11:07.860,0:11:10.339 karma 0:11:10.740,0:11:13.440 the cessation of deep unconscious 0:11:13.440,0:11:17.940 patterns on many different levels 0:11:17.940,0:11:20.519 when we realize our true nature we 0:11:20.519,0:11:23.160 temporarily cease our identification and 0:11:23.160,0:11:25.210 reaction to the mind 0:11:25.210,0:11:26.700 [Music] 0:11:26.700,0:11:29.940 it's like pulling the plug on a fan 0:11:29.940,0:11:33.180 when we pulled the plug on a fan the 0:11:33.180,0:11:35.519 inertia of the Fan's blades keeps it 0:11:35.519,0:11:36.540 going 0:11:36.540,0:11:39.420 as long as we don't plug the fan back in 0:11:39.420,0:11:43.579 it will eventually come to Stillness 0:11:43.800,0:11:46.320 karma is simply the tendency for energy 0:11:46.320,0:11:49.500 to follow established pathways 0:11:49.500,0:11:51.660 when Consciousness slips back into 0:11:51.660,0:11:55.440 pattern it's like plugging in the fan 0:11:55.440,0:11:58.980 energy follows Consciousness energy goes 0:11:58.980,0:12:01.110 back into the old patterns 0:12:01.110,0:12:04.380 [Music] 0:12:04.380,0:12:06.899 another way of describing it is through 0:12:06.899,0:12:09.480 the law of inertia 0:12:09.480,0:12:13.260 a mind in motion stays in motion unless 0:12:13.260,0:12:16.160 acted upon by an outside force 0:12:16.160,0:12:17.339 [Music] 0:12:17.339,0:12:19.620 in The Matrix of the conditioned mind 0:12:19.620,0:12:21.839 that we call the universe 0:12:21.839,0:12:24.420 energy and thought cycle through fractal 0:12:24.420,0:12:27.600 labyrinths that exist on a Continuum for 0:12:27.600,0:12:29.820 micro to macro levels 0:12:29.820,0:12:32.880 branching and exploring endlessly 0:12:32.880,0:12:34.519 foreign 0:12:34.519,0:12:37.920 practice is an intervention 0:12:37.920,0:12:41.040 an outside force 0:12:41.040,0:12:43.680 a Consciousness which diverts energy 0:12:43.680,0:12:47.300 from flowing in the conditioned Pathways 0:12:47.300,0:12:50.100 you have to be willing to change your 0:12:50.100,0:12:52.260 life 0:12:52.260,0:12:53.639 [Music] 0:12:53.639,0:12:55.920 someone can do all the meditation in the 0:12:55.920,0:12:58.440 world but if they go back to their same 0:12:58.440,0:13:00.000 old patterns 0:13:00.000,0:13:02.040 their same old routine 0:13:02.040,0:13:05.040 then the wiring remains in place 0:13:05.040,0:13:06.800 foreign 0:13:06.800,0:13:10.079 conscious motivations must be excavated 0:13:10.079,0:13:12.600 and faced 0:13:12.600,0:13:15.120 if through great perseverance and 0:13:15.120,0:13:18.060 determination we managed to not plug in 0:13:18.060,0:13:20.160 the fan then there is an actual 0:13:20.160,0:13:23.220 cessation of the brities 0:13:23.220,0:13:26.040 profound silence that is born within the 0:13:26.040,0:13:28.380 self-structure 0:13:28.380,0:13:31.920 every time we identify with and react to 0:13:31.920,0:13:34.740 some preference produced by the mind we 0:13:34.740,0:13:37.980 plug the fan back in the longer we 0:13:37.980,0:13:39.779 remain in awareness 0:13:39.779,0:13:42.839 the more of the samskaras are purified 0:13:42.839,0:13:45.959 the more the fan slows down 0:13:45.959,0:13:48.000 and the human vessel becomes more 0:13:48.000,0:13:51.120 permeable to awareness the more we 0:13:51.120,0:13:54.980 become empty of self