You Are Not the Character You’re Playing - Shunyamurti Q&A

In this question and answer session from our ashram community retreat, Shunyamurti gives the key to Self-liberation: witness the character in the dream and be free--it's that simple!
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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.]
#satsang #spirituality #awakening #advaita #nonduality #satyoga

[@glendoristaylor9015]

You are not your thoughts or your story. You are the still awareness of truth.

[@bladerunner_77]

Nothing is happening. 😅 Yes! 💜 I have no questions anymore. I just listing, I witness, I am the observer. 🙏🏻 My Ego is done, some things came sometimes up, what to be a Millionär, a Lamborghini, but it is okay. It is all a dream. Nothing really matters anymore to me. I am not depressed, I am totally okay with everything. Crazy times but, No fear, no hate. It is fine. It will be fine in the end when it is not fine today. Every day a new beginning. ✨

[@sonnydortmund1513]

Shunya, you are one of the greats of all time. Thankyou. ❤️

[@susmitakuri4404]

Listening to you makes me connect instantly with my own self as a witness and a feeling of joy is seeping in. Wonderful talks. I feel so inspired by your talks!

[@claudelebel49]

I had this realization of my unchanging nature when I was 20 but did not know what to make of it and so just went on with my life as unconsciously as anyone else.

[@leilaskylerkaleh5042]

I release the need to mentally figure things out . I will open to the Devine path before me. And trust it to show me the way... Love and Light 💜🦋💜

[@berendtuin5488]

Clear seeing. Beautiful, simple and very, very helpful to hear this again and again. Thank You Shunyamurti!

[@llinalayful]

I love you ❤️

[@memyselfandlewii8781]

That's very beautiful

[@glendoristaylor9015]

Be still and know God.

[@bobsmithers]

Keep the mind silent and there is nothing to be done.🙏

[@EvenStarLoveAnanda]

Correct. There is one line in the Bible that says it all. "Be still and know that I am God." If you understand this line, you can throw away the whole book.

[@Elazar40]

Namaste - One's "character," is designed NOT to get "it." This is the "block." We have been known by many names. These are but transient aspects of the wholeness of our Being. Enjoy the performance. Blessings & Kind Regards to All Sat Yoga Lamplighters, Elazar

[@letlifeflow1254]

The character is the seeker.

[@thelastbrobo7826]

Perfect explanation. I've always felt like the same person since I was a small child.

[@claudelebel49]

12' "Just by disidentifying from the character you are free."

[@glendoristaylor9015]

You are the creator of your experience. So within , so with out. Be still and create peace. Return to Love. Give back to God , what is God’s.

[@brentdobson5264]

When I was perhaps four I watched Bob Hope and Bing Crosby in a comedy movie . They were exploring a stage filled with a maze of bleak looking sets and became separated lost and panicky calling out loudly and stumbling about wildly til the set began to collapse on them which delighted the audience . The " comedy " terrified me at the time and I never forgot it since at the time it seemed to reflect my actual experience in the world . ❤

[@manumaunman]

not falling prey to joy/pain/suffering is key to libration.

[@voiceoftheearth7091]

Advaita and the direct path- The state of returning to the original self. This happens when one tires of the melodrama of the ego or conditioned mind. It happens usually bit by bit with moments of Ah ha! Insight along the way- it cannot be rushed but is a process of maturation of the individualised being as it returns to the states of pristine or unfettered awareness, a journey to be savoured.

[@mightyfiner1752]

This is TRUTH, full on met the Holy Spirit, we are not this "identity" we think we are on this plane....that's all I know 😏

[@chandruambi]

Thankyou Shunya for your patience for repeatedly reminding us who we are. I feel blessed to be able to listen to his speaches

[@katebeatham333]

Beautiful, simple, clear. Thank you. Love and blessings to all of us. 💗🙏🙏

[@SatsangOftheCosmos]

Beautiful message thank you💗🙏

[@pebbles2096]

Beautiful, thank you

[@patriciaepace4114]

Gives a new meaning to "Living the Dream". Haha!

[@iam3142]

Thank you ❤️ So much love and peace to all ❤️

[@inventamus]

Feel love with these beautiful beings. Love this Q&A format in video.

[@CaptainSanchez]

All videos here are powerful but this one may be one of the best

[@briantcox]

What extraordinary teachings. I love so much growing and expanding my awareness from listening to these talks. Thank you so very much for continuing to enlighten us.

[@stevenramsthaler6890]

It is like a moment when you look at your whole body in a mirror and you think “ that is not me it is only the box I am traveling in” it is also you will hear people say I am old now but I ado not feel any different from when I was 17.

[@snakefich]

Thank you, Namaste

[@theageofgoddess]

I agree. But the questions are important before one gets to that point where they're no longer needed.

[@atomatman3104]

THE HIGHEST FORM OF INTELLIGENCE IS YOUR ABILITY TO LOOK UPON ANYONE OR ANYTHING WITHOUT JUDGEMENT OR THOUGHT OF IT AND REMAIN OPEN TO ALL LIFE AND FORMS WITHIN AND BEYOND,,,THIS IS LIBERATION FROM THE OUTSIDE FORCES....I AM NOT EVEN A MAN LOL I DON'T EXIST💥⚛️

[@freyaforest1374]

Woah, that resonated, beautiful

[@DG-lz4jx]

considering the false ego, it has helped to let the layers of ego that have built up wash away, and imagine them carrying me gently in waves, like in the ocean, instead of trying to force them, or fight against the ocean. Shunya is right- the supreme source of consciousness in each of us is that universal primordial Self that has never not been. it's that part that is at ease at all times like the tranquility and contentedness of a baby waking from a nap, clear eyed and peacefully observant of all the things going on around her in her environment. this is found in any situation but can be felt during traumatic situations, like in a state in which you feel like your about to drop the body, like after surgery or in illness like the flu right after you threw up and are trying to go to sleep - as you doze off- that's the primordial Real self. lol- sorry for visuals about illness, but that is one of the best examples of an instant where ego vanishes and only real self remains. Namaste.

[@spacebeforethought]

That id some of the best explanations I’ve heard on Self and Ego, especially the last part with the lady. Very precise and powerful. 😊🙏💛🌅

[@salvatoresikilacci8460]

Keep the MIND silent and there is NOTHING to be done.

[@themegalithicmast2774]

The segregation of signifigance here acts like the seperation of self. Behold, life itself is actually liberation en masse. Stop trying to get somewhere else or achieve it at all, instead pay attention, & just be. This is the spiritual completion in motion. You can not escape your life's ultimate endeavor or close your eyes to it, nor are we to accept it at face value or deny it, though it is all the same. 👌

[@ixjaguaroracle8595]

cooling down happens naturally, yet not without causes. We either cool down when certain cravings are permanently removed or when they are temporarily suppressed. we are attached to existence itself as well as things in existence, so the answer answer is complete removal.

[@glendoristaylor9015]

Watch and know what you are not. ❤

[@musicloverforever8475]

Wow, I really Appreciated this video Thank You Beloved Brother Shunyamurti for sharing these Blessed Teachings. Sending Much Love and Light to you My Family😀💗❤💟

[@kabood777]

absolutely wonderful, there are concepts that ( I ) thought that ( I ) already knew, but when Shunyamurti talks about them, then ( my heart realise ) that it was only my intellect that thought it understands that subject, then for the first time it sort of sits comfortable in my heart...thank you so much dear master Shunyamurti , NAMASTE ❤🙏

[@Dalt1]

Thank You 🙏

[@nikolllaaa1234]

Beautiful Wisdom🙏 Appreciation Master 🌹

[@ZohrehSAL]

NAMASTE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR BEAUTIFUL AND SMOOTH PRESENCE, SOURCE OF JOY AND PEACEFULNESS. WITH RECOGNITION & GRATITUDE.

[@j.r.g.g.6258]

Life built on life fractals. We are inside of a giant living being. If you want to understand it think of how all the life forms inside of you work together and regulate each other. This is what archons angels and aliens are. As above so below. We have world's inside of us. Stars are atoms, atoms are stars. Time is relative to size this is why we will never recognize ourselves in microscopes. You got to add everything together and stop seeing it as separate. All is life.

[@sattwa2]

Shunyamurti-the Yogi-teaching the essence of Vedanta.🙏

[@rhondasisco-cleveland2665]

I love how comfortable he is.

[@soldadodaresistenciaquerre4263]

🙏

[@jarcau_vegan]

Beauty, beautiful 🍀🙏🏻

[@krushshetro8206]

My soul is my Master

[@nameless2407]

more Q&As please!!!!!!

[@stelladonnelly2832]

It had often occurred to me, that the "me" that was there and that I remember, when I was 9 years old, or 12 or 18 or whatever, is the same "me" as now and will be the same "me" that is there if I live to be 100. To the thinking mind, that seems too simple. The Ego mind loves complications and questions, that is what keeps it going too. This talk is a great help. Thank you.

[@waytogothere1]

Fantastic explanation very clear to understand

[@LG-jz3tj]

Omg..loved it. 1st tense always I am.

[@mariagabrielaassiscamillo2877]

Wonderfull. Thank you. That's it😊

[@emilianochapa]

Muchas gracias Maestro

[@summondadrummin2868]

Whether we’re awake or not we still take up a unique space in relationship with other spatial entities

[@Artezia]

I just read the book of all books in only 12 minutes. Time is useful from time to time…

[@donaldmcdaniel3617]

We are going back home to you and will have to

[@bigdon37]

Isn’t he the dots connectors for those who are ready 🙏

[@donaldmcdaniel3617]

I have no problem 😉

[@donaldmcdaniel3617]

I was just thinking about you thinking of thinking about doing a lot of work

[@IAM0973D3]

I am unchanging love

[@jerrodlopes186]

There is no point in being human if you're only going to "be". Humanity, each human, is a unique expression of beingness. If you just want to "be beingness" then let the human pass away.

[@AIXITstageleft]

I can't be thinking and functioning among this matrix whilst still consciously working as my true self. I can only reflect on activites from my true self perspective after the activities of the day are over.

[@SeanPalmerLOFI]

It seems from a starting point many of these seekers believe they are their thoughts. If we believe we are our thoughts we start out defeated because that is delusion. Killing the ego becomes a moot point when you understand you are not your thoughts and the ego is only ever thoughts. So simply stopping errant thought is enough, but many believe that is not possible (also a thought). So for those seekers withdrawing attention from the thoughts are helpful. But all of these quandaries and “things to fix” are just mental exercise that fortify the mind, not weaken it.

[@JamesDStarr]

In a reality that can neither be real nor unreal the only thing that is real is the experience, real or not.

[@ChrisMcNeely]

Why rush back to total Bliss? Were we not sent out as thought-sparks with an intention to discover, realize and experience?

[@JustinHappenstance]

I was walking in a forest and I thought 8:22 it is a slap in the face, it is the slap moment. Instantaneous realization.

[@brawlpups3517]

the character i am playing is the character im not playing so i am not the character i am not playing or am i the the character i am not playing the character im not playing.

[@patrickpham7973]

A metaverse inside infinite metaverse 😀

[@pauliliatto8200]

4:20 So the separation from consciousness onto "thought/illusion" Stems from survival mechanism/trauma of childhood?

[@TheNobleSufferer]

I listening to this atop Chu Culans slip. A proper universal lingue knows its woe from its glokmaps. The clamping is a fleet of ducks. Quarkquark.

[@cultureco-op8194]

I am trying to type a response but without so much ego, it is difficult to make such a definition for there is no comment where there are no questions.

[@Mahnaz-d6m]

🙏💖

[@donaldmcdaniel3617]

I’m thinking we

[@carlavela7106]

💐🙏

[@Amila108]

❤️☮️

[@Aum_shantishantishanti111]

All this seeking … I have to laugh at myself . The character is the veil . I just want so much to reach higher states of being .. hmm there’s the wanting .

[@ixjaguaroracle8595]

cooling down happens naturally. We either cool down when certain cravings are permanently removed or when they are temporarily suppressed. we are attached to existence itself as well as things in existence, so the answer answer is complete removal.

[@earthpictures7761]

God exist and He gave me a chance to BE and to create my own self.. you don't want to be DON'T BE but don't consider your decision WISER than mine.

[@earthpictures7761]

@@nous2000 See you in 2033

[@nuckingfuts_1]

What about love? Family love etc. Does the love we feel in this dream only last the duration of the the dream? Or does the love remain after the dream ends?

[@alexandrakaminski4820]

love always remains thats what we are here for,namaste

[@deedhesi8014]

Define love...

[@alexandrakaminski4820]

@@deedhesi8014 Empathie for the ones we know and love we will recognize them in any dimension, namaste

[@Adnancorner]

i have the memories but i think i am not the same.. i dont know...

[@shawnpalmer6715]

no matter what always have had the i - so what is the point of being in world if am a unborn eternal soul

[@agrxdrowflow958]

Unborn, unaltered, unfrozen caveman lawyer.

[@rawforlife_]

Why is it so that if you are witnessing the changes, then you are not the one changed?sss

[@nannenon]

If I liked this video, it wasn't my real self that did it.

[@davannaleah]

So when our character dies, the dream ends? Then we start another dream as a new character?

[@galinakondratenko5400]

Why Sadhguru say that if you not joyfull you cant go beyond and have realisatiion. How you going to deal with bondage then? As it something so difficult? When it only few words?

[@earthpictures7761]

So one should never seek justice, one should accept all the crimes because injustice is not real. It's just a dream... Who said the devils can't sound peaceful!?

[@jankan4027]

There si a difference betwen relative and absolute truth. In relative realm you of course should resist injustice, but without egoic mind (here abosolute mind comes in hand)

[@earthpictures7761]

@@jankan4027 The Truth is one.. don't try to classify it and categorise it and label it.. There is a personal purpose for existence and there is a collective purpose.. We have to work for both

[@RB-jq6gh]

Does that mean my Degree is worthless?.

[@seeithappen1]

Just academic or intellectual talk will not change anything ... except filling youtube channels

[@konnektlive]

The fundamental question is: Why or based on what wisdom of The One (or the ineffable non-dual Source) this whole drama shenanigans began (or rather appears as such) anyway? Why bother in the first place? Some people or traditions say it was because The Source needs to know or realise itself as from the so-called nonduality point of view there is no 'other' to reflect upon, but then these are all coming from the limited mentality of the person in the primordial dream, is not it? To be honest, these sort of reasoning and justifications are all overly anthropocentric and does not truly answer the question... And if one comes around by saying that you should not ask questions! I would say, why not? I have the rational capability to ask questions, and even more profound than that, ponder on profound realisations that come with such profound questions. Even though at the same time, I'm very well aware of the fact that the ineffable essence of the absolute reality stands beyond rationality, emotions and all the other ideas and mentalities, but that does not mean that rationality cannot be helpful either. In fact, rationality is the most helpful divine features of humans as it separates us from most if not all the other sentient beings in this world...

[@jnanabox3765]

The way Sri Ramana Maharishi would answer this question is guide you to enquire into the one who is percieving this as happening to. The logic is that when that identity (the ego) is truly investigated, it will result in only the non dual Self remaining, to whom the dream never arose. From that point of view, there can be no answer to why this dream arose in the first place because in fact it never did. To give an answer to 'why' would be to confirm that it did and thus contradict the non dual truth. So what remains as the only solution for the one who is experiencing the dream? Investigate the experiencer until only the Self remains. Not sure if that helps at all?

[@konnektlive]

​@@jnanabox3765 Thanks for your response, however that still is not satisfactory for couple of reasons: 1. First of all, when we're talking about dreams arising, we're talking about what we named in language as dreams. In other words, what we call 'a chair' is not in reality a chair, as chair objectively does not exist, it's just a linguistic anchor for a collection of anthropocentrically ordered objected in a package which we mentally labeled as so-called 'a chair'. While in reality, for instance for a cow or a cat, chair does not necessarily have a name, but they're still experiencing that objects (the chair) anyway. So my point is that, our definitions of for instance terms such as 'happening' or 'dreaming' are just labels in the language for all sorts of human experiences, so by saying it did not happen or did happen, or it never arose or did arise, we're in fact playing a linguistically ambiguous game, nothing more. 2. Well, to be honest, when one contemplates deeply, one would realise that in reality there would not be any so-called 'point of view' from reality. As the moment one points towards or indicates towards 'a reality' regardless of if it has an external manifestation or simply a mental concept, that which one is pointing toward has already become anything but the absolute reality, period. Hence, I cannot accept the so-called differences between me as an individual (with a limited canonical point of view), to that which is the ground of All. The ineffable ground of all cannot by definition have any point of view as it simply and ineffably stands beyond all points of view. It's impossible to even beginning to imagine such a reality as it even stands beyond all imaginations and mental constructions. 3. There cannot be any path, non-dual or dual or whatever either. non-duality as a notion also only exists in the language as fundamentally speaking is also a dualistic term, as it only has meaning where duality has meaning as well. Hence the dichotomy still persists even though we may think it does not. 4. Finally, and perhaps more importantly, does the 'experiencer' 'experience' in time? It deiniftlet feels like that, as we all age, get old and die. This experience or having a body, living in a dream (external world) that is always in the state of change and flux definitely feels real and time even though fundamentally cannot be real, but at least relatively feels real as it can be tangibly experienced. So, you said: "Investigate the experiencer until only the Self remains". Well, does the process of investigation takes time? Also, how can the Self NOT already be aware of itself THAT which is the only absolute reality anyway? In other words, how come that to realise the non-dual nature of the Self, the non-selves need to begin the investigations in the first place? Also, how and why the non-selves are self-aware? And, even more importantly, is not logical to conclude that the Self, Parabrahman somehow (for the lack of better words) willed this unreal, non-existent dream to take place inside its ineffable essence? If Self willed such divine illusion in the first place, the question is, why should I fight it anyway? Why would I want to escape and/or elevate such a dream? In fact, the very desire or will to do so, is in itself some sort of esoteric blasphemy I suppose, is not it? Who am I as a Jivatma non-self to even believe that I need to elevate such a dream? Why would I? Is not the very non-existent, non-real dream a divine manifestation or appearance that exists due to the wisdom of the Self? In fact, I think everything in this world, every flower, every corpse, every cells and every piece of rock is nothing but THAT absolute Brahman smiling at the individual observers such as me and you... It all looks like an infinite paradox, while in reality it's as simple as a perfect circle; a non-existent perfection. ~peace

[@katrinacerise6221]

So why are we playing this characters that are designed to not get it? Why do we have this dream ?

[@genocanabicea5779]

This is the opposite of what we learn from motivation training.

[@galinakondratenko5400]

You say you unalterable cobsioussness. But consioissness changw. It can be low body consioissness, tamasic, high consioissness so it change. How can i be consioussness that changing. ?

[@spiritualversexvii9279]

Any book I can learn or buy from him ? The wisdom the express 💚💚

[@satyogainstitute]

Dear One, Thank you for asking. It is lovely to know that you are resonating with Shunyamurti's sharings. Shunyamurti has just released a beautiful new book called Coming Full Circle: The Secret of the Singularity, the first in the Gems of Wisdom series of empowering essays for the end time and his first book is called The Transformational Imperative. Both are available as ebooks in our online store: www.satyoga.org/store/ and in paperback via Amazon. May these transformative offerings open your heart and mind to deeper peace, greater wisdom and freedom! Namaste

[@praetorkambu]

Would someone explain "grok" to me? Kind regards

[@jonnathan9034]

Once the character wakes up from the first dream to awaken as the newly made avatar who chooses a new name the new dream feels incredibly real but the awakened dreamer is privy to the fact its maya created by the subconscious mind n the chosen one becomes the main star in his or hers very own Truman Show reality dream sequence movie directed by the mind of God that you control w pure thought direction clarity n pure intent to manifest the unknowable quantum truth w sovereignty reigning as God's divine will namaste Chase your dreams-Samuel the Healer The last Buddah🙏😇🤔🌎🎥lights camera action!!!😎🤘

[@jackdasiman]

Greetings, why is it so that when meeting energy in o.b.e., ego consciousness is also there? Could it be so that if that occurs, ones real self is being mistaken by wrongly being identified as ego consiousness? Could the difference be so thin?

[@sibelle8368]

But why praying then?

[@coheng1496]

Film Actors Guild??

[@ToddDouglasFox]

This seated position is unhealthy for organs and joints. We see these people in our practice to help them reverse degeneration and health issues and teach them healthy positioning and movement.