Is Celibacy a Help on the Spiritual Path?
In this Q&A, Shunyamurti clarifies the inner obstacles to surrender, the true meaning of Brahmacharya, the nature of witness consciousness, and what it means to accept one’s fate at the soul level. These exchanges reveal how the ego resists freedom through laziness, desire, duplicity, and fear—yet how easily it dissolves once the soul awakens to the Absolute Presence. The teaching culminates with a transmission on Ishtar’s descent, the divine feminine, and rising into God-Consciousness.
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How Important Is the Salvation of Your Soul?
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What Happens When You Stop Thinking and Become Truly Present?
In this Q&A, Shunyamurti explores the three levels of consciousness—the I, the I-Am, and the I-Exist—and the state of effortless flow that emerges when thinking falls silent and we become receptive to a deeper intelligence.
Travel Tips for the Journey to God
Drawing on the mystical vision of the Sufi sage Suhrawardi, Shunyamurti explores a progression from the City of Darkness and degraded egoic desire, through self-reproach, divine love, spiritual discipline, prayer and samadhi, and finally to fanā: the annihilation of the ego and the complete dissolution of separation from God.
Surprise Satsang - September 30, 2026
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Understanding the Difference Between Fate and Destiny
In this Q&A, Shunyamurti explores the illusion of inner and outer and the difference between fate and destiny. Shunyamurti reveals why unconditional acceptance is only a beginning, and how letting go of our identification with the character's fate opens us to the timeless destiny of God-Consciousness.