Yoga: The Shift From Thought to Love ~ Shunyamurti Satsang Teaching

Excerpt: "And so what must be achieved is the replacement of thought by Divine Love. This is the essential first step of yoga. If we are going to reach God, we must replace the chattering and imaginary tendencies of the consciousness to avoid its own essence, because it does not realize that that essence is Love."
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[@Lisa_M_V]

I feel so blessed with all these beautiful videos of teachings 🙏❤️

[@BenuSatnam]

Thank You so very much, Shunyamurti for Refracting the Divine Light so Brilliantly 💛

[@christineforro653]

These talks appeared out of nowhere and have been god sent. So grateful🌈🙏🥰

[@bedward320]

I have waited so long to hear words like this. The "soul" of your language is like my native tongue that I have forgotten, that I am now hearing for the first time again. Your words ride on the spirit underneath and I can hear its cadence. "Truth and Love", "truth and love". Much appreciation, and feelings of gratefulness , of being blessed, receiving your light , where wrapped in your wisdom, when we unpack it what is revealed is love. Love and THIS! Thank you!

[@jonnathan9034]

Just curious sat yoga but what happens when God wakes up from the collective dream n realizes he also had an ego as the veil of forgetfulness was designed to do to all of us...would that explain the current state of chaos in the world y namaste

[@stevebarnard3686]

Blown away again by the power and authority by which such an amazingly deep level of Truth is spoken in so much love and compassion.

[@SeanPalmerLOFI]

🙏🏻🙏🏻thank you Shunya. This is true food for the soul.🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@si12364]

Such an impressive amount of Love and Truth from this teaching. Thank you so much for be now a subtle voice underline my ordinary life, a Gift so poweful, an invisible precence that guide me in this process. Much love e Thank you..

[@tweeniebee3032]

Psychoanalysis at its most sacred! We are so very blessed to hear your wisdom kind sir🙏

[@prasku6818]

Truly divine love! Thank you very much sir. Namaskarm.

[@tabathacole]

🦋

[@inesmalek]

Thank you

[@jarcau_vegan]

These words are so powerful. And soothing. Thank you 🙏🏻🍀

[@GembaDocs]

Amazing teaching.

[@tutorial9322]

Thank you one thousand times for this message❤️

[@musicloverforever8475]

Thoroughly Enjoyed this Beautiful presentation. Thank You Muchly Shunyamurti for sharing your Love , Light and Blessings with us all. Love You Muchly My Family

[@richardsanderson877]

What a blessing thank you

[@user-jx3kq7vc8e]

wow, that's a great video!

[@growingwithfungi]

🙏

[@alfreddifeo9642]

Thank U

[@markimel4947]

We haven't had a social culture since the eighties. The modern zeitgeist is one of a "Karaoke ego".

[@brandogrando8152]

Sure we have, and have, a social culture. The current culture is one of short-term pleasure and materialism, for the most part. But there seems to be a shift happening, of adopting long-term strategies for holding onto those pleasures, on an individual basis. This is the current culture. It's lack of a central, identifying face does not imply it's absence. The mask is one of shifting colors and shapes, in multiple places at once. The concept of 'culture' has changed, evolved, dissolved into into a higher state than it once was. The boiling pot of the world, the western pole of civilization, is starting to show steam. It's starting to grow a true spirit, or in other words, the grounds/foundation for a true spirit are being formed. :)

[@markimel4947]

@@brandogrando8152 That's like saying a box of Captain crunch is a turkey dinner because we have a changing concept of turkey dinner. Virtually every industrialized country has projected the ego into a 4 inch screen and literally vaporized any connection with anything else. Positive and negative reinforcement exist within those parameters. If that's a turkey dinner than I'm Elmer Fudd. I do think that when the the societal structures reach a point of complete nihilism in which they have there are those that may have an "UNDERSTANDING" or whatever term you want to give it. As to whether this will flower into a larger cultural shift who knows. If the ego is built from the knowledge passed down from generation to generation then how can there be a collective awakening. Knowledge is the past. Could be way off here and I ask that question not to debate but to know. I've heard so many interpretations myself.

[@ananda_miaoyin]

What is meant by ´´karaoke ego´´? Interesting idea but I can´t find any reference to it.

[@jonnathan9034]

@@markimel4947 mother Gaia is in control of the mass awakenings theres an ascended master coming to assist w the process though the people have little control over it its God's will

[@blueresonantmonkey3188]

@@markimel4947 fudd Fear unceratianly doubt and destruction

[@chriscote3701]

100%

[@gloriasilence]

Thank you...and exactly how is this "status of consciousness which is our true nature" attained when the ego feels so real, so solid? Thank you...😊

[@brandogrando8152]

The ego only seems solid and real up to a certain level of conscious realization. After enough honest 'self' reflection, you will begin to see that which is constantly there, the 'self' that you have claimed to seem so solid, is nothing but a shifting array of sensations an feelings that you have trained yourself to hold onto, that you've labeled as 'me'. If you wish to dissolve this ego, see yourself as an extension of a more complex ecosystem. Sadhguru likes to use this example: The forest is an extension of our lungs. The air we breathe out, the trees breathe in, the air the trees breathe out, we breathe in. See the world as a complex ecosystem like this, every one of our actions is an action in a large chain of cause and effect, of different systems breathing for eachother. It is here that you begin to see the word 'self' as just another word, just another border we've drawn at our skin, just as we draw lines as borders between nations, these lines don't exist but we will act as if they do. In this way they seem solid, until you are honest with yourself. There are no nations, there is only the world. Just as there are no nations, there are no cities or communities or individuals. We are all threads born of the fabric of the earth, animated by its air, growing of its soil. The awareness of the self is not the self. Don't get confused. the awareness watches the self, just as 'you' might watch a fly buzzing around 'your' head, the awareness watches the self buzz around the human body. The ego gives itself existence through your memory, through each sensation you experience and claim as self. The exploration of what it means to be aware, brings to light the knowledge that awareness is NOT predicated on being conscious. This is a realm of exploration all on its own. My current understanding is that awareness is 'nothing'. However, that is not to say that there is 'no awareness'. Sounds contradictory? that's why it's so interesting. but i digress. have a good day, and i hope you have a fun journey going forward!

[@gloriasilence]

@@brandogrando8152 Thank you for taking the time to share this beautiful expression of yours...🖤

[@jonnathan9034]

Upon realizing its not you...when you know w your Self you are not who you think you are...who you thought you were awareness will be achieved

[@dorota7356]

I am wondering if my experience has anything to with this teaching… I feel connected to all the living creatures, I feel their pain, their suffering, all the time. I can’t stop thinking about the fact that even in a moment when I experience happiness, in this particular moment so many souls die or suffer in agony… It’s an unbearable pain for me, the fact that I cannot do much about it. I cannot understand why was I placed in this world, in which we have to get desensitized, immune to the suffering of others in order to have energy to survive. But survival has not much value... since everything dies anyway. I have no other desire apart from that for all the suffering to end. I feel like I cannot be happy until every living creature is happy too. But I have a lot of fear.. fear of how much pain the existence has in scope for us... how much more evil will we be forced to witness.. and why... I’m terrified...

[@satyogainstitute]

Dear D Jo, your question is a very deep one. I want to point your attention to an answer that Shunyamurti gave to someone before with a similar question. The link is to a video (with subtitles) on our Facebook page, so hopefully you'll be able to access it without any trouble: facebook.com/satyogainstitute/videos/1650441575007380/ Blessings...

[@dorota7356]

Sat Yoga Institute, Thank you for sharing your insight, I love watching your videos and this one did give me some relief. It's just that when I think about it, it is quite a difficult concept to grasp. If all of it is just an illusion, why do we have to witness all that suffering? What's the point of it all? Why do our loved ones need to die... or why animals are being abused so much..? Why are we placed in this illusion? It's so difficult ...

[@jonnathan9034]

Nothing dies thats the illusory nature of egoic entrapment

[@joanmorgan5318]

Keep meditating. I understand that through dissolving the ego, we can tap into the presence and power of God, which can really impact the world. I pray for all living creatures to be rescued and cared for, although I can see that there is much need for Grace. I'm just learning about the power of meditation. Best wishes and may God abundantly bless you for your concern for all creatures.😇💖💓🪔

[@chilledrush9664]

Have you ever looked into bahai religion

[@richardlynch6927]

I’m kind of new to Sat Yoga but I’m enjoying the teachings . Just a little confused what was said in an other video where we are told we are not the body but told we must connect to the heart , and that the body has its own intelligence.

[@mandaravasundari1197]

Thank you. How you get so smart? :)

[@Gitte585]

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