Alertness Has Reduced With Age, What Do I Do About That?

Listen to Ektaji's answers to different questions related to Advaita (non-duality). These teachings are aimed at experiential understanding of the Truth viz. the dissolution of the Subject and Object relationship.

Transcript

Music You know,

The knower knows that the mind's alertness is up.

The knower knows that the mind's alertness is down.

The knowingness is always there.

So now we are taking one step higher.

The same thing will come in the Buddha retreat also.

They both go hand in hand.

Buddha just takes you step by step slowly and this is the fast track path.

So now we are going to the knower.

We are going one step higher.

Alertness belongs to the mind.

So now the knower knows that my alertness was high and the knower knows now my alertness is low.

Don't focus on the alertness high and low.

You be the knower.

Beautiful.

That's nice.

Very nice.

I see that I have overcome a lot of my cravings and desires but food is still a thing.

You know.

Enjoy karo food ko aur dekho.

There is a knower who is knowing that I am hogging right now.

Yeah and then there is a knower knowing that I'm feeling guilty about hogging right now.

That's okay.

Just be the knower.

Knowingly being aware of everything that is happening.

Yeah.

Okay so just be with the knower.

Like be the knower.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Don't get don't get entangled in what the mind is saying.

This is mind is saying oh I'm getting stuck in that.

Oh I'm getting stuck in that.

Just be the knower.

One step higher.

One step higher now.

Oh mind gets into like investigating or analysing so just drop that.

Yes.

Just be the knower.

The feel of knowingness.