Taking Inventory

Question 1: Could Sat give us guidance on the best way to take inventory without it becoming self-judgment or condemnation?
Sat: We take the inventory of our own peace [in] the moments that we do not have peace and we have agitation and anxiety of some sort, which is very [much a part of] humanhood and a part of our makeup as a human throughout many lifetimes. It is just to watch and when we do not feel that tranquility that we had say yesterday, the inventory is to notice it; that is all. To notice it, to notice that this is how it looks right now and just add to our silence and invest in ourself more. That is because the world of mind, whether it is your mind or someone else’s, seeps in very disguised. In the beginning, we just say ‘Oh, it is not a big deal,’ and or we get more and more involved and then we start having repeated thoughts. If we don’t notice it, that just gets out of hand.
So, inventory is not something that you discipline yourself with ‘Oh, you did not do this and you should be doing it …’ You only do it if you feel like you are not being as peaceful as you were [say] yesterday. Just notice it and notice what triggers it, without any interference. Just noticing is taking inventory. It is not other layers of do’s and don’ts. God knows we don’t need [that] at all and some people do need discipline, but where we are standing that God or Guru is giving us the highest Truth, we have passed the world of discipline and good and bad to a great extent. This is why I allowed Myself to tell one of the girls on the FDE call a few weeks back, “Enough … enough of self-condemnation.” That is because we are already a decent human being; there is no argument there. [Since Kavi had brought that same quote about condemnation for the chat] which by the way was a fantastic quote and really helped the girl I was talking to, I wanted to make sure there is no misunderstanding and for us to know that we don’t need to be harsh on ourselves, because we are already decent people.
As I have told you this story many, many times, Baba said that God did not create condemnation, when a bunch of women sat in front of Him in a private interview room- one of whom told Me the story firsthand. She said that Baba had had tears in His eyes and said ‘Why … why do you condemn yourself … why do you blame yourself? God did not create blame!’
So, it is not as though we allow ourselves to do whatever we want to do, it just depends on who is the one that is listening and how does the situation look. In other words, what I am trying to say is that it depends on who I am talking to, who is listening and [how] each case is different.


Another thing I would like to say because I have been in silence for a few months and by watching and doing exactly what I am telling you guys Myself, is that no matter how much Truth we hear, no matter how much help we get from God, from Guru, still the gradual realization, the gradual understanding, happens within our own self. In other words, we are the one who really brings it out or sees it. No one else can do that for us. Just having satsang triggers our insight to get enthusiastic to look more, to see more, to witness more, to drop more. That is all it does, it is pointing us to ourselves again and again and again and again. But going to ourselves is something that happens to each of us voluntarily.
Radha: That question that You answered was mine, although I think a lot of people also had that question. You really cleared it up for me a lot. It seems as though when You say to take inventory, it is not to just take for granted [the fact] that you don’t have peace, but you give it attention that something is off?
Sat: Yes! I came to realize that pain, which turns to suffering when the mind gets involved, is a bell that goes off. It is very painful and very, very beneficial because it just brings us to a depth that we could have not done it, had there not been a push. Now, that doesn’t mean that it has to happen this way, no. But if it does happen this way, then take an inventory.
The [subject] of inventory came up because I was doing it Myself. Taking inventory means ‘Let me look at the situation within my own self … let me see … let me see what is going on …’ And just watching it, watching it, watching it until it dissolves or it enlightens you about the situation that you are in. Whether it pushes you to more detachment, whether it pushes you to more contentment, to more satisfaction instead of dissatisfaction and lack. Yes, inventory is just to watch.
As I have said before, enlightenment is not a destination, as My experience has been in My life after 50 years of worship and all sorts of things that I cannot even get into. It is a life, it is a lifestyle, it is a life approach. Really, coming on the phone, it is out of My love and you guys being present on the phone, it is out of your love. So really, more than the Truth that we hear, or pours out, it is the love that is listening. That is all I wanted to say.
Nilu: Thank You Sat. With regards to what You just said about taking inventory and noticing, when we notice, do we still dig into it to see why do we have that feeling or thought? Or do we just notice it?
Sat: The less the mind is involved in your inventory, the more effective it is. In noticing, things become clear. We do not need to make a story about it. In psychiatry for instance, they take you to the childhood, to the stories, etc. and it is beneficial. I am not against it at all, but My experience has been that just noticing why you feel the way you feel is understanding of yourself. You are giving yourself understanding and when you have enough courage to look at it without fear, without doubt, without hesitation, something happens that you need to experience. As if we are going through what we thought was a fire, but we are going through it anyways. Then we realize that from afar it looks like fire, when you are in it, it doesn’t burn you, but it does need courage.

USA Chat
October 2, 2025