Self-Acceptance: The Key to Liberation - Shunyamurti Teaching

Shunyamurti on the importance of self acceptance on the spiritual path, offers guidance on cultivating your meditation practice.
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[To All Who Listen to Shunyamurti’s Teachings: Thank you all for your serious consideration of these ideas, which are intended to help you live a more coherent, peaceful, creative, compassionate, and productive life, and to be of service to the welfare of our world. We understand that our approach to existential concerns is not for everyone. We honor your right to disagree with these ideas and to stop listening if you do not like them. We gladly post comments with disagreements, if they are stated in a positive and mature manner, that allows civilized discourse about your own contrary ideas, and which may spark further useful and profound thought about the important issues that the teachings raise. If there are sincere questions about the teachings, or misunderstandings that can be clarified, Shunyamurti is always ready and willing to respond with helpful elaborations and even to cite texts and other authors whose writings may be of assistance to serious seekers. But comments that are simply angry and insulting, immature and unreasonable, will be removed because they undermine the educational and inspirational purpose of this project. Those who have questions that are more personal should write us in a private email and one of the teachers in our wisdom school will respond in the same way, or if the question is a very subtle or difficult one and requires a response from Shunyamurti, we will forward it to him on your behalf, and when he can, he will respond personally. By the way, we want to clarify that these teachings are new, they are not simply a repetition of old traditional teachings, but integrate current thought in the sciences, psychology, cultural studies, and philosophy. Shunyamurti speaks from his own realizations and deep clinical experience as a healer.]
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[@urvashisy9295]

-- the only relationship that matters is that to the Supreme Being, that knows you in such a deep way ... perfect reminder. thank you, so beautiful.

[@ClassPunkOnRumbleAndSubstack]

The idea that the primary obstacle in enlightenment is the belief that we aren't good enough, helps me a lot. I've felt a lot of guilt for having so many experiences with samadhi and having too much anxiety and lack of ability to help anyone else realize that, which has kept me from staying in and as samadhi. I will have to start practicing consistently accepting or forgiving myself back into the silence of sense-bliss.

[@patrickfecundelectromagnet3469]

This is Gold. Especially that part in me I betrayed in my self. Shunymurti among other teachers, aha moments, situations, and people did i rediscover this place I had the whole time, but had been looking for until now. Thank you. You do such wonderful work for the world.

[@stevebarnard3686]

I’ve never heard anyone make it so simple, loving and graceful to drop all excuses and reasons not to be who we truly are. I needed to hear this. 🙏

[@cyberageal]

Thanks for sharing. Truth, simply stated and without dogma or religious overtones.. Let go and become God Realized. Avatar Meher Baba back in the 1950s also dictated it in simple words: " To attain Union is so impossibly difficult because it is impossible to become what you already are. Union is nothing other than knowledge of Oneself as the only One" Namaste to all

[@Jax.Scorpio]

Just a reminder to watch this again lol.

[@christophermaguire5511]

So Beautiful.. Self-Acceptance is fully embracing The Supreme (The Infinite Being) Thank You 💜

[@radicalhonesty3628]

I try to process my thoughts as I watch this video, I mostly feel happy and I just pray... that the past doesn't get in the way of my happiness... and that all my stresses don't overwhelm me... and... there's a person I want... I want them to want me, just as I am. I pray for true love.

[@SilenceInTheBliss]

This is my most widely shared video of yours. There's not an extra syllable spoken nor a single left out.

[@Nitzanization]

So simple, yet so profound. A beautiful, inspirational teaching, highly recommended, especially for those looking for guidance in establishing a deep meditation practice.

[@missygoldstein12]

This really is beautiful. The idea that it's ok to accept yourself despite whatever you feel you have not done or the ways you feel you have disappointed yourself. I think most people (including me) have this idea that "once I... THEN I'll be ok with myself. Then i'm worthy". And we may never actually get THERE. So are we to simply deny ourselves until that point? I think it's a real paradox that I've discussed with therapists, friends...the idea of self acceptance where we think I want to change so that I CAN accept myself, however denying yourself that acceptance is the biggest barrier to change.

[@SilenceInTheBliss]

Melissa Goldstein Beautifully said, Melissa. It's quite the catch-22.

[@michaelmcclure3383]

Melissa Goldstein well the self can never be perfect.. even the liberated one isn't perfect in that sense. What is perfect is the Divine Self. You come to that realization then there is only that, so all is divine, even in its imperfections In my own case i was at a prolonged meditation retreat in Rishikesh in 1996 and i saw these layers of unworthiness and pride.. the double sidedness of them and then passed through that to the objectless Self. However, 4 years later another layer came up.. this intense terror of disappearance came up and i lay down and when i did the whole universe disappeared. All perceptions and sensations everything.. yet consciousness is. Then again out of the nothing came a vision of how I'd somehow failed in my relationships (id been married to a Poojaji devotee and that marriage ended in less than two year) so this hallucination appeared in consciousness and then again i passed through that into the formless heart of being itself realizing it to what I am.. eternal, infinite, entirely independent of all phenomena.. When perceptions re-appeared it all appeared in Me and everything was infused with a perfume of the beyond. It was clear that phenomena depended on the consciousness i am, but i didn't depend on them to be what i am. Even so some kind of establishment or strengthening of this had to occur before most all tendencies to project fulfillment in particular circumstances and love in relationships was seen through. At that point the real fruits and fulfillment of it started to be enjoyed. I'm still not s perfect person, nor will i ever be one on the relative level. I can be irritable and desires sometimes arise, but also don't expect to be a perfect character either, there's acceptance. We shouldn't equate our liberation as the Eternal Self with the way we appear. Some have made the mistake that enlightenment means you're also morally perfect.. no.. that's rubbish. That's residual conditioning left over from our judeo-christian heritage.

[@purushaaum]

Beautiful teaching and beautiful video. May we all accept the Self. Namaste...

[@henrike34]

Accept yourself! And even if you don’t, that’s okay ❤

[@lopez.stephanie1991]

I love this. Thank you!

[@terrylegault2697]

Thank you so much 🙏 💞 sooo grateful, this teaching help me come full circle. My whole journey now makes complete sense. It connected all the dots. I asked for guidance on my path for truth, and your videos started to appear on my news feed. Thank you for your guidance. . NAMASTE 🙏 💞

[@seemaagarwal1360]

Shunyaji...You just liberated me from a sense of failure. 😥 thank you so much....complete total self acceptance from this moment on looking forward 🥰😇

[@wonderousearth8225]

Thank You Shunyamurti Thoroughly Joyfully Sublime Love You Muchly ❤

[@modelingmotherhood]

namaste shunyamurti

[@the_dude182]

Wow. It made me calm and i remembered without thinking. Remembered my higher self and its part in the Unified field. Literally ego dissolving those 19 minutes.

[@galinakondratenko5400]

True. Thank you for your efforts

[@andreszambrano7658]

This is so beautiful

[@shanti888]

Thank you, Shunya-ji 💟

[@musicloverforever8475]

Thank You Beloved Brother Shunyamurti for sharing these Edifying Teachings Absolutely Wonderful Sending Much Love and Light to you My Family💟❤

[@radioeast1]

Thank you...

[@Jiv509]

Thank you so much!

[@jonnathan9034]

The most difficult acceptance of love is when the real you wakes up n you forgive yourself for forgetting who you are why your here n what you must do namaste

[@LaRoSaJoLie]

wow thank you so very much for these most poetical and yet so profound words of wisdom

[@thusharividanagamachchi9779]

Most profound...explained so simply. Words are not enough to appreciate your deep wisdom. 🙏♥️

[@mokshajetley9244]

Listening to you, I plunge into deep meditation. Thank you Swami ji. Om Shanti Shanti Shanti Om.

[@indrani8378]

Thank you so much for this explanation

[@Dee-jf7jg]

...thanks also to all involved in sharing this.

[@phupham8409]

Thank for your messages

[@mathhomeworkhelp1280]

Fantastic! I love it!

[@priyeshsd]

Every word you said is so true! Why did I not find this video before?? Thank you!!!

[@krimsonden4320]

Awesome Shunyamurti!

[@ganymedeb4191]

Ethereal and amazing insight ❤

[@tweeniebee3032]

Fabulous, down to earth, true reality!🙏🙏🙏

[@jimenathebodylovecoachenglish]

This is so good, thank you!!

[@stevendalgarno6476]

Namaste Shunyamurti , I will make it to the ashram one day... Om shanti shanti shanti

[@claudelebel49]

Excellent 🙏

[@nairaternesisyan9433]

thanks

[@rzabarecords4448]

Beautiful

[@sarvanipochiraju4465]

Beautiful! Superb as always😊👌👌🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@scarlettfreedom3629]

In crying so much. Need to find liberation from the pain of being abandoned, failed love.

[@CarlosIvanDonet]

silence is consent.... life is consumption!

[@BUKCOLLECTOR]

Silence of mind does not help. Anhiliation of mind ( manonash) is necessary. God realization is a state of continuous knowledge power bliss continuous without a break. Only 5 perfect masters can give you this ultimate state. During avataric periods the Avatar can bestow this graceful gift. You cannot do it on your own. Mind must vanish. Thoughts must vanish. Feelings must vanish. All must vanish. And spirituality is more a process of loss rather than gain.

[@BUKCOLLECTOR]

I believe a critical step in the elimination of the ego is the annhiliation of its source : the mind itself. Avatar Meher Baba said it best when he declared : “Mind wants to know that which is beyond mind. To know that which is beyond mind, mind must go-vanish, leaving no vestige of itself behind. The humour of it is, the mind, which is finite, wants to retain itself and yet know Truth, which is infinite. This is the position of those who seek Truth through intellect. Few grasp this fact, and so most grope and grapple in vain” -Meher Baba

[@revalations718]

smile.

[@Gitte585]

🙏

[@lrodriguez5545]

That is the most important thing for ascension “selfaceptance" Meaning Child trauma shadow healing

[@MarcelPhilippe]

❤❤❤

[@michellemwale8408]

Hi much love to Shunya for his teachings, this is an amazing channel. Is there any way the volume could be raised as some are very difficult to hear even at full volume. Many thanks 🙏

[@yanalalaqabaniempoweredsel7830]

💚🙏🏻

[@tabathacole]

🦋

[@iamcalledirenechaliz-lopez]

...14:32-15:50...thank you ❤

[@bartakin]

Another road toward acceptance to the true gospel of Jesus Christ the real intercessor to God..

[@marryng9168]

🙏👋😇

[@scarlettfreedom3629]

💖✌🏻🌹💖🙏🏻

[@bartakin]

I have no jealousy of another's tangible or other ,I have all I need to travel the journey for what's right for me ,my ego has gone long ago ,this is my power love of my God the universe and all living things connected to him my need for your approval is not in me and no man will own me I'm the bride of Jesus Christ eternal a beacon in the universe.. AMEN

[@MrNomark]

Could it be simpler than the ultimate expression of noduality in the Heart Sutra: "form is emptiness, emptiness is form." What else could be required when it already so?

[@EmilySeeker]

I'm sure it's no coincidence that the word meditation and medication are very similar......

[@indrani8378]

What is catch 22? Can somebody please explain to me.Thank You.

[@satyogainstitute]

A catch-22 is a paradoxical situation from which an individual cannot escape because of contradictory rules. The term was coined by Joseph Heller, who used it in his 1961 novel Catch-22. An example is: "How am I supposed to gain experience [to find a good job] if I'm constantly turned down for not having any?"

[@claudelebel49]

"Damned if you do and Damned if you don't" :)

[@atmannityananda-autognosia]

Instantaneous self-realization or liberation is very pleasant for the rajasotamasic minds to hear but very far of being Truth.

[@sunshinecompany1]

Shaking hands or whatever else you wanna shake!!😄😀

[@revalations718]

I've thought about what you say. You had self realisation here, in the physical. It is for this reason, you are unable to teach the process, too all. You don't know what the process is. The only thing important for you to share, is the process. The gateway to liberation. Why so many videos describing something that will spin into an object of desire by the ego. This then is the process. Use concentration meditation to focus on mindfulness of a sense door. Any sense door. Learn to stay that way, from awake to sleep. Empty the mind of emotion using concentration with mindfulness. Observe nithing, and wait for an emotion to arise. focus on the emotion until it dissolves. Stop the citta from spinning. good luck teacher. Remove the beam from your eye first. ใน

[@Thresholdmoment]

Whatever form it takes it's just too much work. There's too much going on everyday for us to deal with to be able to deal with this nonsense that he is talking about. Get out of the way it's a busy day and the people have got things on their minds. For want of the price of tea and the spice, many people will die.