Switch off to Connect

Come explore and experience the secret of switching off from the visible to connect to the invisible true self and to the Divine.

Transcript

Hello. Today, let us experiment with the theme.  Switch off to connect.  Switch off to connect.  Generally, if there is any electrical circuit, we tend to switch on. 

And when we switch on, the electric circuit is completed and then the current flows.  Actually, in order to connect to the truth, connect to my real self and connect to the divine, instead of switching on, I actually need to switch off.  Switch off.  There are a lot of impressions of the external world that I carry, that I create, that I record, that I replay within myself. 

These could be  thoughts, these could be feelings,  these could be  emotions  around  people,  around situations,  around the story that I, the soul, am involved with.  All these impressions, they are constantly in the background of my mind.  And so generally, the way to switch off is to ask myself this question.  What is it that really belongs to me? And what is it that does not belong to me? 

And when I come into that clarity  that  many of the things that I may be involved in thinking  actually do not belong to me,  I can just tell myself, let me switch off.  Just like when we come out of a room, we would switch off the light so that we are not wasting energy.  In the same way, if I have thought about something, if it is needed, I think about it. But as soon as that part is over, I should switch it off.  And when I switch off everything else one by one, then it's easy for me to connect. 

So I switch off the entire story.  I switch off the characters in the story, including the character that I, the Soul play.  I switch off the various labels that I have created around myself.  I switch off all the insecurities that I have created in this story.  And the moment I switch off, it is then easy for me to connect. 

The truth is invisible and it cannot be experienced. I cannot connect to it with a mind that is occupied with an Intellect that is occupied in the Visible.  So I really need to switch off the visible in order to connect to the invisible.  And the practice is very simple.  It just takes a second, this inner attention of switching off. 

So I switch off the visible and switch on the invisible.  And gradually,  even whilst being on the field of actions,  when this practice is formed, then, every now and then,  because of this  practice of switching off and essentially reformatting  myself,  it allows me not to carry anything of the previous  experiences, anything of the past, than to be fully present in this moment. 

And the sign of real connection is then I begin to feel the presence of the divine. I begin to feel that inner contentment.  I begin to connect with everyone as spiritual beings.  I tend to stay in this reality in a very natural way.  So let us experiment with this sometime. 

Switch off. 

As we sit comfortably and relax ourselves, I ask myself this question. 

What is it that really belongs to me, the soul eternal being? 

What is it that I carried with me when I descended from my home of light into this playground? 

And what is it that I will carry back with me when I exit the story, exit the play? 

And I realize that everything that meets the eye, everything that is visible, belongs to the physical dimension. 

It belongs to the story. 

And there's no need for me to invest my mind, to invest my energy into something that does not belong to me. 

I realize that  the only truth  that I always  carry with me,  the truth that is invisible  in this physical  story,  is the presence of this invisible  light,  the invisible being,  the most beautiful  presence,  presence of the inner light,  and the presence of the one to whom this light belongs to. 

Let me switch off the story. 

I switch off all the different rooms that all belong to this role world. 

One by one, as I switch off the light of the visible world, I turn on and connect to the invisible light. 

My inner light is connected with the truth. 

As I come back to this  realization  of being, this  eternal,  tiny being of light  who resides  in the home of silence,  completely beyond  the world of the story,  the world of the character,  the world of the body, all of that belongs to a completely different dimension. 

All of that is foreign to me. 

I have switched on  myself,  this inner light  that belongs  to the divine  home of light,  being with the family of lights,  in the loving presence  of the one  and only, the one,  I drop off everything else  that does not belong to me and I come into the light of the divine. 

Everything in the story can wait. 

This is my time with the one. 

I feel the presence of the one who always loves and cares for me, the peak. 

This presence of the divine is the most beautiful and satisfying experience for me. 

I rest my mind on the divine in a natural way.  I am absorbed in the love of the divine. 

I am aware of our eternal relationship. 

I'm aware of our eternal companionship. 

This is the only truth, the only reality. 

Everything else is an expansion and temporary. 

As I have switched off the story and switched on this eternal connection, I begin to feel the current, the current of God's love, the current of God's light, current of God's might. 

I'm being held in this experience. 

God's presence in God's light allow me to be myself. 

I feel empowered. 

I feel rejuvenated. 

And as I make the journey back into the physical dimension, into the character, the costume. The story I carry with me this realization. 

Whilst playing my part, I stay switched off to the visible earth and switched on the impersonal shanti.