Why IGNORANCE Leads to Enlightenment in the GREATEST Spiritual Story Ever Told

Why does the greatest spiritual story in the world advise us to be indifferent to everything, including desire, wealth, and duty? In this episode of The Sacred Word, I will explain an important verse from the Ashtavakra Gita, a text one is ready to assimilate after enlightenment. The Ashtavakra Gita is for those who want to absorb themselves in the presence of the Ultimate Reality after awakening.
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[@veganm8918]

Are you saying that we should never have any sexual or sensual contact in our lives to reach the highest state? Or can we still have this without desire for it rather it is an interaction with another being without the lust or desire attached to it?

[@srinivasanrengarajan3911]

Even great masters are hesitant to touch Ashtavakra because it is a nidhidhyasa text. It is a concept impossible to grasp when you are entrenched in the vyavaharika/transactional existence. Good explanation - ty

[@user-nt4nm4fb3u]

Yes true....I have no words rather silence (emptyness) prevailing 🙏🏽 Shanthi Shanthi Shanthi

[@HPWNorge]

Thank you Jason for the knowledge you give us. It is truly TRULY appreciated! Shanti Shanti Shanti.

[@sampoornamkannan]

I have always introspected on this. Ignorance is of two types: active and passive. Passive when you do not even know that you are. Active when you deliberately ignore knowledge of the transactional world . Passive again when worldly knowledge stays ignored as it is no longer relevant.

[@michaelferguson2344]

Love is all.. Karma is desire's effect. Yet all is love, so really it's love being karma as well.. If one simply feels the heart in meditation, the star appears, our light from om. This is what we see, as we are the reflection shining back from the screen of consciousness. Cheers cobber 💖

[@tabrahamgrigg66]

Thankyou for sharing these wise understandings. 🙏

[@tobinharris8107]

I never knew that dharma needs to be transcended. But I get it. Your explanation of this complex concept is excellent. It's food for thought on a very deep level. Thank you J 👍🕉

[@rishisingh3408]

“Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah” - happiness for all.

[@nondualityjourney]

Good stuff. This truly is the last stage. Sometimes I feel that there can be an imbalance of focusing on the moksha. If you are in great suffering and can’t be in peace through self-enquiry its a good idea to fall back onto a spiritual svdharma. But at the same time you see svdharma is just happening perfectly regardless of what you do.

[@purechannel5302]

When I am thirsty I drink, I do not wait for the thirst not to come anymore, by my karma I get water to drink to be not thirsty anymore and when I am thirsty again I drink again as I get water by my karma and it goes on like Brahman being eternal not in opposition or enmity towards its knowledge, Om Shanti.

[@atomusbliss]

Love the teachings and the requisite dissent from the comment section. I get the same reaction every time I post on FB, last week was a poem that began: self improvement is a sales pitch Self Realization is free I see you posted something similar a few days ago. Empty Minds ~ 🙏

[@CaptainSanchez]

Another great video on transcending the worldly to abide in the spiritual which is truth which is our nature. Thank you so much. Your a stellar teacher at communicating this highest wisdom. Cheers to you and Gayoung. Keep shining

[@paulamano]

Great ❤

[@ezreality]

Another great video... Thank you, Jason...

[@evacuate_earth]

Speaking of chasing our desires and its locking us into this world, have you ever considered the path of indulging into your desires until you are revolted by them? Most of my past desires were quenched just by just getting too much of them. I am grateful to the universe for allowing me to live long enough to just get plain tired of it all.

[@michaelgusovsky]

that's what everyone does; when we tire of the cycle of desire, fulfilling it, and its consequences, we move on to other things. but, the more we indulge, the more karma we build up, and the more it destroys our health and energy. the sooner we give up indulgence, the sooner we move on to surrender of indulgence, and on to sadhana, and the experience of a deeper fulfillment and longer lasting joy.

[@levlevin182]

Love on time. Time to love.

[@Pallasathena-hv4kp]

Such a great video 🙏

[@meganbruder977]

I love this ❤

[@devanshudesperado]

The correct position is Dharma, artha, kama, moksha.

[@SarahBoyd002]

❤🙏🙏🙏

[@williamkauffman5745]

🙏

[@oboobo5829]

👍 good man Jason

[@paulychannel7914]

Nevertheless ....& conversely this entire creation happened..... because Shiva ( Brahman ) "desired to create" ..... from an outpouring of infinite joy ( SPANDA )... If you look at Kashmir Shaivism.....it explains how & why this DIVINE UNIVERSE ( which IS Pure Consciousness).... manifested.......

[@davidrandell2224]

“The Unique and Its Property “, Max Stirner,1844/2017 Landstreicher translation with the “creative nothing “ is still as good as it gets. Phantasms/ “fixed ideas “ continue unabated. Such is the norm of human brain power. Sad, but true.

[@melissaqualls5774]

❤💯

[@elizabethtruman7164]

Yup true 👍 but it's better for us

[@JanisK]

Thank you! About video: there are some rendering issues with image every ~10sec, and it is occuring in every video btw.

[@Nazerene777]

I’m trying to understand this.I am not a material person. But I believe in abundance and and am not greedy or selfish or worried about money.

[@kcsnipes]

I was reading a book today on pantanjali yoga, and specifically today I saw a paragraph talking about not being indifferent. The lack of attachment is not an indifference. Is there a chance that that particular method of yoga would not align with the book Jason is talking about here? I’m new to this, so I’m just curious when I come across contradictions why is it so ?

[@ittiamgg]

I recently listened to an audio narrative by Clay Lomakayu on the long path and the short path as described by Bhagavan Ramana Maharishi. The long path including various forms of Yoga are for conditioning the body and the mind so that the latent tendencies are cleared and it will lead to final realisation. The short path is more direct but much harder for many people and involves getting to the root of the problem which is to give up the separate identity. The books such as Ashtavakra Gita, Avadhoota Gita,.Ribh Gita are for those who are ready to tackle the question directly and realise the true self as ultimately everyone has to solve that, long path or short. There may appear to be contradictions when these approaches are seen separately but the purpose of each is clear. Just my two cents. Good luck with your seeking.

[@kcsnipes]

@@ittiamgg interesting thank you for sharing this 🙏

[@OneSupreme08]

All religions including buddhism are propagating dharma which is very much the source of desire either for material or heavenly pleasures. Religion behind the mask of doing good is one of the most binding forces. There are many people who are doing good but in this way they are creating tremendous karmic gifts of kama and artha and liberation is impossible. But dharmic people are mostly not seeking liberation. Those with great preparation in past lives as well as many years of meditation are getting ready for Knowledge beyond knowing like Ashtavakra Gita.

[@yerberohamsa]

Willppwer has nothing to do with divine love. If divine love is the child of the recognition that we all share one consciousness therefore all are the essence of Bhraman, can we conclude that dharma is the outter manifestation wakefulness? And will a mere dualistic manifestation of desire.😊

[@yerberohamsa]

If I am infinite Consciousness thus the embodiment of all that is embodied, is not my attainment of moksha also the attainment of moksha of all beings? If so, am I to recognized my moksha as seperate from other beings and enough for this atman?

[@vizviz72405]

If you have ai translator facility of you tube videos,then i would suggest u videos of viral odisha hindi,satya bhanja odia,satya bhanja hindi,bhartiya vlogger,manoj kumar gupta regarding bhavishya mallika predictions and end of kaliyuga

[@dinawalsh3988]

It MAY have been detrimental to ones path more so in in earlier times because there were very few people that were able to acheive enlightenment and then most decided to exit the matrix earlier but we also have never been or experienced a collective awakening to the extent that we are living now because we have always destroyed ourselves. We are living in different times and living together in higher stages of enlightenment. I think its important to be present NOW. There is nothing wrong with desires or wealth but this seems to be an issue is eastern traditions which stems from an imprinted belief or fear. I think the important thing to be asking ourselves collectively is how can we live together harmoniously in a world from the enlightened state and what would that look like.

[@levlevin182]

Just transcend the 3 into happiness joy & not least of all, LOVE. Thank you & please don't send money. Although on 2nd thought, distribute some change to those in need.😆

[@spiritworld6655]

What are you talking about? An imprinted fear or belief? You obviously don't understand the video and are completely disrespectful to my tradition and culture. You don't understand liberation. The Brahma Gyan (ultimate knowledge) doesn't change because our lives have changed today. You don't know what enlightenment is. It has nothing to do with a collective awakening. That is idealism and an ego projection. When the ego is gone, liberation is left and it doesn't matter how the world is because your ego has stopped interpreting it according to your subjective conditioning. How do you not know this? I know there are beginners like yourself new to the higher knowledge Jason teaches but you should listen and learn before commenting. Just some advice for you. Hope you take it onboard.

[@dinawalsh3988]

@@levlevin182 Didn't mean to a activate you or Offend anyone that wasn't my intent. And I Love Jason's videos as well. I have 30 years in this consciousness game and to judge a persons level of Consciousness is your stuff simply because I don't totally agree with your everything that comes from your religion.. So what your saying is that the Absolute Supreme Being which is also infinite and eternal is done with its creation here. I beg to differ. I agree that it has more to do with liberation from the beliefs, judgments and thoughts and memories.. Or liberation from the mind. Money or desires is not the route of suffering it is what we as a collective choose to do with it. CREATION is what we make it to be because we are ALL part of the infinite playing our rolls for the Absolute. And we have never left it.

[@sharon_rose724]

​@@dinawalsh3988You got a lecture on ego from ego!

[@kcsnipes]

Is my man Jason a shapeshifter or are my eyes going bad ? Is this a post enlightenment power ? 😮

[@baronbullshyster2996]

Only problem is. There is now a desire for moksha. But to get it you can’t desire it. So take the you out of the equation.

[@ProjectMoff]

You was never in the equation. If you have desire for liberation you can cast that off too and still realise moksha, you can’t gain it because you already have it or rather you are it. The reason you can’t desire it is because desiring makes you think you have something to get and so of course you won’t realise it because you’ll be looking for your home by going out of your front door on a mission to find your home…

[@baronbullshyster2996]

@@ProjectMoff yes yes. And would you say there is experience. And we are experiencing that experience and we our also experience it’s self.

[@spiritworld6655]

Everyone knows that here. That is why we can speak about it openly. So what you said is not new or profound but common knowledge here.

[@jayros4269]

No you do desire Moksha. And once you achieve it the desire and all other desires go away. It's the desire to end all desires.

[@baronbullshyster2996]

@@spiritworld6655does everyone know that everyone knows? wonder if everyone’s everyone differs from each other on what is known

[@kcsnipes]

6:00 though the wealth you collect can and will be passed to others who may benefit from it ? Is it not correct to collect wealth should you have gifts that benefit society then pass that wealth to less fortunate ? Tho that is a desire - helping others 😅

[@ganeshnh]

That's convenient justification 😂 Nature can take care of others.

[@kcsnipes]

@@ganeshnh If the goal is to be in service of others …

[@creamrising]

You need to be able to take your good ideas to the grave over allowing them to be bastardized by others less creative than yourself.

[@vizviz72405]

Latest Kaliyuga will end by 30 March 2025 , deadline has come and for the starting of new era or yuga of 7500 years After April 2024,we will witness verry big and astonishing changes happening in the world till March 2025 or December 2025, kaliyuga Mahabharata will be fought in 2024-2026 anytime china and 15 izlamic countries invading India

[@brianew]

I'll mark it down on my calender

[@harrygreen3277]

Please stop making up nonsense. Read the Puranas and stop spreading misinformation.

[@anthonygenovese5338]

I don't know why you brought Theravada and Mahayana into this. They are false teachings. Please research the Five Nikayas, the Original Buddhism, in which these teachings are NOT found, and therefore false.

[@xxxYYZxxx]

Indifference to indifference? Indifference to injustice? Indifference to having your eyes poked out? Nonsense! In the spiritual context, "indifference" is a technical term relating to the realization of the absolute nature of reality, not a "stance", or "opinion" one holds about life day to day. Essentially, "indifference" in this context is identical to "quantum entanglement" (zero entropy).