Spiritual Teachings With Shunyamurti

The Teachings are Eternal – 02.09.12

Student Question:  I wonder if spiritual teachings evolve with time or if they are just different translations of the same thing?

The Depth Dimension - 02.09.12

Excerpt:  "If we can radically let go of the need for the others approval or gaze or touch or their desire - If we can radically detach from our own self-image based on the body or based on the mind - Based on achievements and prestige or social status - If we can let go of all of that, then the real search can finally get under way…  Because those are the anchors that moor us in the physical plane where we cannot find the self…  They moor us in attachments to biological family and we cannot find the spiritual parents that live in the depth dimension…  But the light from that source - from the energy within - from the supreme self - Is always there guiding us and as we begin to disidentify from the physical form and the sensual realm and its pleasures and pains that follow quickly one upon the other…  To realize some, more enduring peace and joy…  And we recognize that the mind itself with all of it thoughts is another form of alienation from our being.  It’s an attempt to grasp the self, that can never be the self, that can only at best point to the self, and so then the process of self-inquiry enters the phase were it goes beyond the mind…  It enters the phase of being the silent witness of the mind…  And it begins to see the patterns of the mind and the traps that the mind plays and all of its illusions; images of a happiness that are a mirage…."  Recorded on the evening of Thursday, February 09, 2012.

One Without a Second – 02.02.12

Excerpt:  "The unsurpassed sage Sri Ramana Maharshi has revealed that self-realization is actually a myth…  Who is there to realize the self?  The self is all that is…  Has the self ever been unrealized?   So self-realization doesn’t actually happen….  Take for example that if you have mold on your walls in your home you would probably want to scrub it off… well the ego is kind of like a mold isn’t it?  Growing on the surface of the self…  And so people scrub it off and then what is left is pure awareness… But to that awareness is there ever a wall?  Was there ever a surface?  That’s an illusion only ever held by the illusory mold itself which was never real….  So there are no things; things are an illusion of a mind that objectifies with concepts… Take away the concepts.   No objects - no world - no self… but pure bliss - pure grace - pure awareness – pure supreme power and self-knowledge… but all experienced by the one without a second…"  Recorded on the evening of Thursday, February 02, 2012.

Belief in God – 01.26.12

Student Question:  Can one be in peace without believing in God?

The Highest Bliss – 01.26.12

Excerpt:  "Within each of us is the deathless spirit.  The eternal self, that lies within and yet beyond, transcending the ego mind and this phenomenal world, and yet it is the very essence and core and center of our being.  The purpose of all spiritual practices is to attain the realization of the deathless spirit.  This alone confers eternal life, freedom from suffering, from illusion, from karma, and offers the direct union with the Supreme Being….  The most direct way to achieve the realization of the eternal Atman, which is the Holy Spirit, is simply to silence the chatter of the ego mind and hold your attention at the root of the ‘I’ thought.  Not the ‘I’ thought itself, but the root which you feel as the urge to think with the word ‘I’….  Once you fall into thought you have moved from the realm of being into the realm of representation and you become alienated from spirit.  First into soul and then into ego….  Remember that this world is only a dream in the mind of God.  What is real is the Supreme Being.  Don’t let yourself remain locked in lower states of false consciousness, but go directly to the source.  This can be achieved easily if you do not let yourself to be deceived by negative thoughts.  Hold to the silence and the higher you go the more the divine energy will pull you up and there will be no struggle at all.  It will happen automatically as if your mind has become an anti-gravity apparatus, which it is because the mind is light.  Let the light take you up into the highest bliss…."  Recorded on the evening of Thursday, January 26, 2012.

Extracting the Essence - 01.19.12

Excerpt: "What we learn from Yoga and the science of the extraction of the ultimate essence is that all growth is about the extraction of that which is pure and meaningful from that which is impure and to be rejected.… It is to be extracted from our own consciousness. That is the only way we will ever know God – by extracting out the pure God-presence out of our grosser, impure consciousness. This is what we do in meditation. It’s an extraction process….it is a skill and an art that must be taught, and has been taught, through every culture until our most recent one…. there are really five stages of this process of extraction…" Recorded on the evening of Thursday, January 19, 2012.

The Fear of Freedom – 12.08.11

Excerpt:  “In Christianity there is a trinity as we all know.  The Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit.  This trinity is an archetype and exists in every religion and every spiritual path although it has many different names in different paths…  You’ll find it in Buddhism, you’ll find it in Hinduism, and you’ll find it in Taoism.  In the yogic path it is only one of a number of trinity’s however…  We could call it the vertical trinity and the equivalent in the yogic tradition is noted by the words Sat – Chit – Ananda….  But you have this power.  Erase.  Rewrite.  That is what is known in religious terms as death and rebirth.  That’s all it is.  You erase the ego - it’s dead - it’s gone.  It won’t be there because it is an artificial structure, if you really whole heartedly want to erase it.  The problem is, we love our suffering.  We are loyal to it….  Erich Fromm a great psychologist wrote a book called ‘The Fear of Freedom’, and it’s a very important book because what he shows is the reason why there are so many totalitarian governments in the world.  So many big brothers that people follow…  And it is because they can’t stand freedom…  They want someone to tell them what to do….”  Recorded on the evening of Thursday, December 08, 2011.

Let’s Break Out of the Box - 12.08.11

Excerpt:  “Is everyone opened to having Christ Consciousness born within you this evening?  It is not difficult to achieve that birth but we do need the recognition that Christ Consciousness is our Real Self.  It’s not something alien, it’s not something different, it’s not something strange to us.  What’s strange is the ego that we have come to believe that we are and that’s what we must be willing to let go of.  What are we letting go?  A false self.  A structure of consciousness that acts as a filter that prevents us from seeing the world as it really is…  And so to take that filter away - to become realized – all we need to do is to silence the ego mind.  Period.  No more.  Silence is the key.  When we can silence the mind, which is what meditation is… Contemplation...  Then the Christ Consciousness emerges from within us and it comes in the form of an open heart through which pours divine love….”  Recorded on the evening of Thursday, December 08, 2011.

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Overcoming Ego Love – 09.10.11

Student Question:  How do you overcome jealousy and possessiveness?