[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.99,0:00:08.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Understanding the Goal of Your Search\Nwith Mooji Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.27,0:00:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,July 2014, Monte Sahaja\N(with subtitles) Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.04,0:00:18.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the goal of the seeker? Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.45,0:00:23.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is very important\Nand should be from the outset, Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.65,0:00:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before one thinks about engaging\Nin a spiritual path or journey. Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.24,0:00:33.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very early on, there should be a sense\Nof what you are searching for. Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.63,0:00:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You must be very clear about that. Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.89,0:00:41.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it for knowledge? Is it for experience? Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.27,0:00:44.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it for fame? Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.38,0:00:49.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it for attaining spiritual powers? Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.79,0:00:54.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To do miracles? Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.25,0:00:56.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To realise what Truth is? Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.75,0:01:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To realise the Truth,\Nbut so much so, that you are the same as it, Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.08,0:01:04.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your realisation and your Self\Nare the same thing? Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.61,0:01:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it to have a better afterlife? Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.22,0:01:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it to become a teacher?\NIs it to become a guru? Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.76,0:01:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to really think about these things, Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.62,0:01:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is the purpose of your seeking. Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.02,0:01:23.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, you can start \Nwithout having any idea Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.21,0:01:25.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and without having any clear intention. Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.81,0:01:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just follow what things are happening Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.54,0:01:32.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you grow into a kind of a shape\Nor something like that. Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.27,0:01:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That must also be included, like that. Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.72,0:01:42.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I feel that for many seekers,\Nafter years of practice, Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.100,0:01:46.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they really were asked, Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.55,0:01:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Do you have an idea \Nwhat you are searching for?' Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.72,0:01:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anyway, at the end of so many years\Nyour goals may change. Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.84,0:01:58.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may start off with one thing\Nand become something else. Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.15,0:02:00.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are searching just for experiences, Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.95,0:02:03.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they will come and go, of course. Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.15,0:02:05.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every experience is connected with time, Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.73,0:02:08.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has a beginning and an ending also. Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.06,0:02:11.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it is very important to be clear,\Nas much as you can be, Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.92,0:02:17.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to have a sense of what is important,\Nwhere you are going. Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.24,0:02:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, the goal is to awaken\Nto what you have always been. Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.24,0:02:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say, not to develop into something. Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.52,0:02:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That can be another way of looking at it, Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.26,0:02:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I don't want to be too rigid \Nwith terminologies. Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.78,0:02:43.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can be put like you are growing into this,\Nbecoming this thing, Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.66,0:02:46.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like you are moving from caterpillar \Nto butterfly. Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.99,0:02:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can be a way of putting it. Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.04,0:02:54.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, it can also be a way of undressing\Nall the layers of conditioning Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.51,0:02:56.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ideas and identity and so on, Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.73,0:03:00.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and coming back to one's original place, Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.19,0:03:02.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before we 'acquired', so to speak, Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.47,0:03:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all these ideas about ourselves and the world,\Nwhich are not stable. Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.96,0:03:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here, we focus more on that \Nwhich is always present, Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.00,0:03:19.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because if Truth is real and infinite, Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.31,0:03:22.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it must always be real, always be infinite. Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.39,0:03:27.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if it is infinite, it means that \Nit is also here now, ever present. Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.84,0:03:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then your question may be, Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.58,0:03:33.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'If it's here now, \Nhow come I'm not aware of it?' Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.13,0:03:37.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would be inclined to tell you,\NWell, actually you are It! Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.98,0:03:42.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you believe you are not it.\NYou are unaware of it, so to speak, Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.87,0:03:46.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we are more feeling that \Nwe are our body-mind Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.67,0:03:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the dynamic expression which we call life, Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.74,0:03:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our belief systems, identities, and so on. Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.80,0:03:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But these are not stable factors,\Nthey are also changing. Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.54,0:04:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you are behind all the changes\Nto witness all the changes. Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.50,0:04:02.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you cannot be the changes. Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.44,0:04:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is something that\Nyou will discover very, very quickly in satsang, Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.16,0:04:10.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as you go more deeply\Ninto the experience of this. Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.77,0:04:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Experience means that \Nyou can confirm for yourself, Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.42,0:04:20.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not just believing, not imagining,\Nbut you can feel and clarify Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.49,0:04:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and somehow confirm \Nfrom your direct experience. Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.83,0:04:27.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This has to be the most important factor Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.49,0:04:30.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because otherwise you are only speculating, Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.35,0:04:33.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it only becomes a question of opinions or so. Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.38,0:04:36.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One has to speak from one's Being. Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.45,0:04:40.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You must be the thing\Nyou are searching for, ultimately. Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.72,0:04:42.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, whether that 'ultimately' Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.72,0:04:49.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a question of lifetimes, or years, or so on,\Nwell, we will see. Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.26,0:04:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say, What you are searching for is timeless Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.25,0:04:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is timelessly here, \Ntimelessly present. Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.62,0:04:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are not greater than the thing \Nyou are searching for, in fact. Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.88,0:05:01.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You, the one who is seeking, Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.89,0:05:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you have a notion of your self as a person, Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.86,0:05:08.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are not greater\Nthan the thing you are seeking. Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.09,0:05:11.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even you, as a person seeking something, Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.01,0:05:14.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are watched immediately\Nand directly from your true place Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.74,0:05:19.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which knows what seeking is,\Nknows what intention is. Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.40,0:05:22.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in a sense it is crazy! Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.14,0:05:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That you are here! Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.18,0:05:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it seems to be so entwined\Nwith our learnt self, our ideas, that Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.11,0:05:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it seems an entangled sense that,\N'I am here somehow, Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.86,0:05:45.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it is all mixed-in with my thoughts,\Nfeelings, memories and so on.' Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.42,0:05:51.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in true Self-discovery, all this opens out Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.17,0:05:59.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one is freed from the influence\Nof the psychological mind. Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.81,0:06:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is the most important thing. Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.42,0:06:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as I said, You can start off\Nin a very naive search, you can say, Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.01,0:06:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mature in that search to the point Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.82,0:06:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where everything becomes clear, unexpectedly. Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.98,0:06:17.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, every blessing for that. Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.83,0:06:20.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whatever it is that brings you ... Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.44,0:06:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In any search you will experience,\Nif it is authentic for you, Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.68,0:06:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it must be also alive with love. Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.66,0:06:33.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love is a great support in searching. Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.55,0:06:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not love that necessarily\Nneeds an objective reflection, Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.44,0:06:45.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the love which is the joy of Being, Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.21,0:06:48.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sense of wholeness or unity of Being, Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.55,0:06:52.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which arises in this form as love towards all. Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.01,0:06:55.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't pick and choose,\Nlike how the sun shines, Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.74,0:07:02.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it doesn't prefer to shine on beautiful flowers\Nand not on a dirty place, Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.23,0:07:04.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is everywhere equally. Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.34,0:07:08.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So your heart becomes very open,\Nvery generous like this Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.86,0:07:14.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and is not inclined to separate and to judge. Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.32,0:07:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All these things begin to melt away\Nand become one unity, one wholeness. Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.28,0:07:24.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this wholeness is not about things, Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.01,0:07:28.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is a spiritual feeling,\Nit is all-inclusiveness. Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.57,0:07:32.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are not things that\Nwe can describe so much with words. Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.43,0:07:35.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's good that\Nwe cannot describe them with words, Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.84,0:07:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because then we would put too much trust Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.42,0:07:40.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we have done already, in words. Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.69,0:07:45.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The words have got to open up\Nin their inner meaning inside, Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.24,0:07:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that the husk of the words is pulled away Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.94,0:07:54.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the kernel of the words,\Nwhich is the soul of the words, is alive. Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.73,0:07:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the same way that you drive a car.\NA car is just a mechanical thing. Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.34,0:08:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You drive the car, the car has no soul. Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.04,0:08:04.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are the soul inside the car. Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.66,0:08:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a similar way, the car of this body, Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.11,0:08:11.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you must find the soul who is inside him. Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.94,0:08:14.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You must find that one. Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.23,0:08:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You cannot say, 'I am my car'. Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.16,0:08:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may say, 'I love my car, \Nbut I am not my car'. Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.62,0:08:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are the soul in the car.\NYou can go out and get into another car. Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.68,0:08:31.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You must find out\Nwho is the driver inside this car of the body. Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.19,0:08:34.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very good for now. Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.82,0:08:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you. Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.21,0:08:49.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the Truth is real and infinite, Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.62,0:08:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it must always be real\Nand always be infinite. Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.68,0:08:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it is infinite,\Nit means that it is here now, ever present. Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.20,0:09:04.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You must BE the thing that \Nyou are searching for. Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.16,0:09:11.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you are searching for is timeless Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.29,0:09:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is timelessly here, \Ntimelessly present.