QNA WITH SRI SRI
SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2016

Q: The body is continuously decaying while the spirit is eternal. When the body goes through a cycle of sickness, the eternal spirit is not felt. How does one always feel connected to the spirit?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Who is the one that is feeling it or not feeling it? Just focus deeply on that. You are saying, “I am not feeling it”. Just focus on this “I” – that much is good enough. Just become aware of where your focus is when you say, “I am feeling this”, or “I am happy”, or “I am unhappy”, etc. In all this, there is the “I”. The “I” continues. You simply have to focus on that “I”.

When you say “I have no experience”, then just focus on who says that. It is not the experience of the feeling that is important, whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, but the one who is experiencing. Your goal is to go into this “I”.

You constantly think “I am happy”, “I am miserable”, “I want this and I do not want that”, or “I have made big advancements” etc. You have to go beyond all this because all this is a part of the scenery. Simply take your focus away from all of this and your attention on the “I”. What is this “I”? That is good enough.

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