The very process of satsangh means that you go into a state where you do not exist. You cease to exist as a person. You stop identifying with yourself so that the subjectivity becomes everything. There is nothing to perceive. You simply sit there. This is the very basis of everything that you can call spiritual. In order to be this way you need to be in a certain presence. Without an overpowering presence, you cannot drop your own identifications because it is all that you have. You will naturally cling to those things you identify yourself with, starting with your body, your ideas, your
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