AD SE - Ch 4.1 The Captivation Is Not Real!

Listen to Ektaji guide us through a self-exploration meditation, “The captivation is not real!" from Chapter 4 of Atmananda Krishna Menon’s book Atma Darshan. A self-exploration unfolds through the stages of elimination using the beloved and the unbeloved. Observing thoughts and feelings, one notices equal captivation with pleasant and unpleasant names and forms. The captivation is due to outer design, not an inner material cause. Stepping beyond its finite border reveals oneself as the field of awareness in which captivation appears as a tiny dot. Beloved and unbeloved are seen as projections within awareness, not independent realities. With no demarcation between seer, seeing, and seen, matter dissolves into consciousness. The same inquiry applies to sound, touch, odor, and taste. Captivation is not real; it is an illusion.