I Find That Knowingness Is A Boring Nothingness

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 Boring nothingness. Yes that is being serious. No the problem is that we have we have equated ananda the word used by sages is ananda yeah they don't use the word kushi they use the word ananda. Ananda is equal to bliss and bliss means the absence of any excitement of happiness yeah and the sadness or of depression these ups and downs are absent there is an equanimity yes that is called ananda that is called bliss it's dry and boring only for the ego the no one is very comfortable okay okay when i asked you what is the quality of knowingness and you were there you said nothing nothing nothing yeah it's just silent it's quiet there is nothing there yeah that is peace the ego does not like it ego is joy but joy comes with its tax of tax of sorrow joy cannot come without sorrow they are a couple that can never be divorced separated yeah that's it so it's not joy and sorrow it's not happiness and unhappiness that we are looking at we are looking at peace peace is that single straight line in the middle equanimity that is called ananda that is called bliss because it is devoid of ups and downs.