Mooji Audio Podcast

In this Satsang, Mooji throws everything away. Concern about the breath, yoga, scriptures, becoming free... everything is thrown out. Nothing is valid now, Mooji says. It is all past; it doesn't exist. Mooji takes out his sword and chops everything that is not true.

"This Guided Meditation is a simple and unmistakable pointing to our true Self as timeless, unmoving awareness. Listening to Mooji’s words and 'course-corrections', it is easy to recognize the truth of who you are, and that you cannot have any form or label; upon clearly recognising this, all burdens fall away. Mooji says, "You are the witness of time; time does not witness you. You are the unborn. There is no date of birth for you, there is no date of end for you. You are like unbound space. There is neither death nor life for you. You are immaculate awareness. There is neither high nor low for you. There is no inside or outside. All these appear through the mind. Mind itself is only ideas appearing in your own Self." Mooji directs the listener to remain without identity, and says that this natural detachment does not require effort. "However beautiful or appealing any idea is, it really gives nothing to your true-being. Your Self is beyond all change, all improvement; it cannot be damaged or hurt or stained by any thought or any action [...] Remain as you are now. How can you not remain as you are? Only by touching the thought, 'I am something else -- I am this body, I am mind, I am thought, I am past, I am man or I am woman.' All these are secondary to you, not original. Original is that you are Supreme Being. Be one with this. Be one with this."

The second part begins with this same questioner asking if he must "do something" now that he has seen. Mooji explains, The one who sees... somehow you have to keep saying "Yes" to your seeing, because the eyes of the mind want to go back to sleep again, to sleep in desire and identity and all of this. But something will remind you. Don't panic. It's not a question of knowing how to do something. It is revealed in you; it will be revealed in you more and more if you don't try to project two, three, four steps ahead and just remain in the presence.

A questioner begins by asking Mooji for a practice or method to purify, as he has heard that purification is needed before seeing can happen. To understand, does one need to purify oneself? Mooji responds saying, "You need to understand the true position of really what you are. This is totally possible. It is possible now." The questioner's misunderstanding is swiftly clarified in this deep encounter - one which Mooji describes as a "straight arrow", as he finds no obstacles for his words.

‘Never give up’ is a catch-phrase often heard but rarely questioned among spiritual seekers. What does it really mean? Never give up what? One questioner feels she should never give up her search for the real truth, but on the other hand, she feels she has to give up or else she will always be struggling. Mooji then asks her if she thinks she should ‘never give up’ -- even if she discovers the truth? “Sometimes we are more attached to the journey than the discovery. Because the journey happens in the mind but the discovery happens in the heart. Sometimes, strangely enough, it can appear that somehow the journey brings all the passion, brings the friction, brings the anticipation, brings the struggle, brings the urge, brings the longing, brings the fight. What happens when you are home?” Sometimes, even after arriving home in the heart, the echo or the remnants of the search is still in us, so we have to be open enough to recognize when this urge to search is coming from the mind. "How will I know when the search is over?" -- This voice travels all the way with you if you don't cut it by finding out who is speaking it. Out of what mouth are these words coming from? Mooji says that this is a question he has been asking everyone -- who is speaking these words? Who?! You who?!

"When you are aware consciously of your eternal perfection -- your infinite being, then you can enjoy the sense of the imperfect, the diverse changefulness."

The conclusions of this talk, which is much more than an interview. It is a beautiful Satsang.

What we must be clear about is to find out, "Do thoughts have independent power?" Because if they have independent power, then all of us would suffer from the same thought. Some thought means nothing to me, but would send you to hospital! So it is not in the thought itself, but in the amount of belief that is invested in that thought.

What is aware of the obscuring of truth? Can that which is observing be recognized? The questioner asks penetrating and salient questions, making this a particularly lively interview.

One person reports to Mooji over a Skype phone call that through her inquiry, she has realized that many concepts and ideas she has believed in -- including the idea of who she thought she was -- are not true. She says that she does not really understand what is happening right now and sometimes feels lost, but that she wants to know the truth of what she is. Mooji responds by saying that actually, this is a common phase of the inquiry. Through the power that comes from real 'inner' looking, stale emotions and stale thinking are being burnt and there is a changing over from being a person to being presence; this feeling of being lost is just the feeling of being lost from your usual context of being. Mooji assures her not to worry, because, "A human being does not move into this deeper place without the call and support of Grace." The beingness is pulling the personality into itself, and it is a much more expansive state. Lastly, Mooji says to just let things happen, and to be the silent witness of them. It's a new way, and it's going to show you something very beautiful.

When one devotee presents the question, "Am I concentrating, or in the direct experience of my Self?" Mooji explains to him the purpose of concentration: That the one who is concentrating merges into what is being concentrated on. Furthermore, concentration is actually an aspect of self-inquiry -- it means to not touch any thought. Mooji leads the devotee in an exercise of concentration and at a certain point, presents the question, "If you are not touching any thought or any object, then what are you concentrating on?" At this point of looking, Mooji says that not many questions should be left; the key is turning in the lock and the mystery has to fall.

In speaking about the inquiry with one friend, Mooji encourages him to keep looking and looking (inquiring) until the mind gets established in real understanding. If looking just happens once and one sees that one is not any image, object, or person that is suffering, it may not be enough to establish one's mind in the truth. Mooji explains that the enquiry really works at the Heart level, not just as a mental thing; it actually empties out into one's own innermost conviction and living experience.

Prompted by questions from those who have gathered around, Mooji touches on many concepts here - the ego, the three gunas, the three states, and also tells some stories from the times of Jesus as well as the unorthodox Lama named Drukpa Kunley. Mooji then moves the attention back to the subject - the one who is witnessing all these things. He says, "Find out who you are and so many things are going to come spontaneously - waves of illumination will come. Sometimes we think that it's more important to find out about everything else except who you are. Sri Ramana Maharshi says, 'If you learn about everything and you don't know who you are, then all your knowledge is studied ignorance.'"

"'I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life' -- Jesus said this. A human being has the potential to reach that level of insight in order to say these words without shame, without pretence that: 'I Am That; I am the way; there isn't a way apart from me except as a projection. I am that way, I am that Truth. I am not the one you are going to find and keep. I am the One who is always here. And I am the Life -- I am not someone living life; I am Life itself.' What a realization!"

This guided meditation is part of an Audio CD called "A Guided Meditation with Mooji: Nothing Here But You". It is featured on YouTube in a two-part series: Guided Meditation Part 1 and Guided Meditation Part 2 on the Moojiji channel.