Money, Meaning, or Liberation?
In this Q&A, Shunyamurti responds to questions on money, career dissatisfaction, split loyalties, faith, service, and the inner struggle for liberation. He points beyond ego narratives toward a shift in consciousness where surrender replaces effort, freedom replaces fear, and the Self is recognized beyond thought, identity, and personal story.
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The Short-Lived Glory of the Final Crop of Souls
In this Q&A, Shunyamurti explores the illusion of individual existence, the meaning of the soul, and the difference between the apparent “old soul” and “young soul.”
Get Ready to Serve the Lord!
In this powerful and timely transmission, Shunyamurti calls on Sat Yogis to prepare for uncertain times through ceaseless self-inquiry and inner stillness. By transcending ego and body identification, we can abide in the freedom of the Real Self and radiate peace into the collective consciousness. We must be free of any trace of ego-consciousness so that we can fulfill our God-given functions during these final days.
How to Sustain a Divine Life when Everything Falls Apart
How can you sustain divine love, inner peace, and fearlessness when the world around you is falling apart? In this retreat invitation, Shunyamurti introduces "How to Sustain a Divine Life," a retreat devoted to gathering the spiritual strength required to face uncertainty, loss, and the collapse of everything we depend upon. Physical preparation alone cannot meet the coming challenges; the essential question is whether we can maintain equanimity, love, and clarity under even the most difficult conditions.
How Important Is the Salvation of Your Soul?
In this teaching, Shunyamurti describes a new phase of Sat Yoga: moving beyond concepts and intellectual understanding to the direct realization of God. The goal is not merely to understand the Self, but to surrender the ego completely and live in continuous remembrance of the divine presence. The practice must be ceaseless.
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.
Powerless or Powerful?
Question:
We are not powerless. We are the very power that manifests this world. Now you know why the controllers manipulate emotions and perception.
Shunyamurti’s Reply:
The fact that you admit that there are controllers disproves your assertion. But, at a deeper level, I agree that the Real Self, the Infinite Intelligence that is dreaming this entire hologram, and each of the individuals who appear in it, does indeed have the power to determine our destiny, and is doing so. The Will of God is mercifully bringing this fallen world to an end, in order to eliminate all suffering. But the fallen consciousness of humans, which the sages refer to as the ego complex, is subconsciously aligned with those apparent controllers, to bring this about quickly. This collusion is known in psychoanalysis as the death drive. But its deeper intention is to awaken those who are wise enough to die to the ego while alive, to attain the grace of immortality. The purpose of this teaching is to trigger such an awakening. Om Shanti.
Namaste,
Shunyamurti