AD SE - Ch 2.1 SatChidAnandha- Beginning The Outward Journey

Listen to Ektaji guide us through a self-exploration meditation, “SatChidAnandha- the starting point of the outward journey” from Chapter 2 of Atmananda Krishna Menon's book 'Atma Darshan'. The sense of body, mind, and person dissolves. Even the witness fades. One abides as SatChidAnandha, steady and whole.

The ideas of inner and outer are seen clearly and dissolve. The present moment stands without labels, silent and open. It includes subject and object, space and time, thoughts, and perceptions. Nothing is separate. Nothing is apart. The 'NOW' has no true cause or effect. It shines as Beingness, Knowingness, and Equanimity. There is no two. There is only One.

Transcript

So let's sit comfortably.

Let's close our eyes.

Go beyond the body-mind-person.

Let the personhood dissolve.

Fade away.

Be the witness of this dissolution.

Let even the witness dissolve.

The I.

Let the I dissolve.

And take that stand of Satchitananda.

Of the oneness.

Advaitam stand.

From the stand of Satchitananda,

I start the outward journey.

From the stand,

When I look,

I see that there is nothing like an outward and inward really.

Those were simply ideas.

Let's look at every such idea meticulously.

Scrutinize every concept diligently.

Until it turns around and disappears into Satchitananda.

Be with what is.

What is,

Is.

Observe the moment.

The moment does not come with the label of outward or inward.

There is simply the now.

Observe the now.

The now is infinite.

The now not only includes the subject and the object,

It not only includes the space and time in which the subject and object arise,

But it also includes every single idea that arises in the subject.

The subject,

The object,

Their world,

Their ideas are not separate entities.

All are one.

The now is simply oneness.

This moment is simply oneness.

The subject is not separate from the moment.

The object is not separate from the moment.

All the ideas of the subject about the object are not separate from the moment.

There is no two.

Dive deeper into this moment.

What is this that the moment is made up of?

What is the material cause of the moment?

Look carefully.

Isn't it simply beingness?

Isn't it simply knowingness,

Aliveness?

Isn't it simply equanimity?

In fact,

The idea of a material cause of the moment,

That idea itself is made up of beingness,

Knowingness,

Equanimity.

There is no real cause of this moment.

There is no real cause of the now.

And there is no effect either.

The moment is simply a reflection of satchidananda.

The now is simply a reflection of satchidananda.

The reflection appears and disappears.

The now,

The moment,

This reflection simply is.

That is the meaning of satt,

Beingness.

It simply is.

The now,

The moment,

The reflection of satt is known by itself.

That is the meaning of chid,

Knowingness.

The nature of the now,

Of the moment,

Is devoid of happiness,

Devoid of sadness.

It is like a straight line graph.

That is the meaning of ananda,

Equanimity.

Satchitananda,

Beingness,

Knowingness,

Equanimity.

The idea of a cause is nothing but satchitananda.

The idea of an effect is nothing but satchitananda.

The ideas appear and disappear.

Both cause and effect emerge out of satchitananda and disappear into satchitananda.

They are made out of satchitananda.

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