PRAYER FOR AWAKENING 

SATSANG OF SWAMI AMAR JYOTI
© 2003 TRUTH CONSCIOUSNESS

THE MORE YOU MELT, THE MORE YOU ARE CONSCIOUS, IN DIRECT
PROPORTION. WHEN YOU REALLY TOUCH THE BOTTOM, YOU RISE FROM THERE
AN AWAKENED SOUL.

OU SAID THERE IS JOY IN MELTING, RIGHT? If the melting is so joyful—and I don’t mean to doubt it—then why do we not allow ourselves to melt completely? If it were difficult, then coming out of it halfway through would be logical. But if you are feeling joyful—and I’m sure that as you melt you feel more loving and soft, tender, gentle—in that kind of temporary heaven, why would you like to come back? If it was suffocating, then I could understand; you want to come out and breathe a little bit. But it is so joyful—why would you leave that? Unless remaining the personality that is going into that melting is more joyful than melting? Then it would be more attractive to come back to the original self that you were, the so-called original self, of course. What do you think?

We’re afraid of losing our identity.

But you are feeling joyful, you say. So?

I was thinking it is not more joyful but it is known, familiar.

And that melting would be a little unknown then, kind of scary?

Would mostly fear it.

Fear of that unknown or fear of losing your darling personality?

Probably both.