Attachment to Your Story Prevents Self-Realization
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As the world enters the final phase of Kali Yuga, Shunyamurti explains why awakening the buddhi—the faculty of true spiritual discernment—is now essential. The ego is nothing more than a conditioned program generating endless narratives that keep us trapped in fear, desire, and suffering. Real freedom does not come from improving the story or accumulating more spiritual knowledge, but from cutting the knot that binds consciousness to the false self. Through silence, surrender, and the grace to transcend thought itself, the infinite Self is revealed as the only reality.
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