Satsang With Mooji

"Life is not about doing or not doing; it is about the quality of your being. The invitation is to be empty. There is nothing you are going to do on this planet that will bring you the profundity of that peace, of that love. When you are again your Self, you are unconquerable. Even death cannot touch you. Your real Self is always here. Remember that." A spontaneous Satsang recorded at Monte Sahaja in Portugal 13 December 2012

Through this conversation Mooji leads us to a clear seeing of how personal conditioning and education strengthen the mistaken identification with the ego and the phenomenal world. He points to the power of observing with detachment and the joy of recognising the only truth: awareness is really what we are. He also speaks about the positive effects of strong experiences such as panic attacks, rejection and feeling lost. Finally, emphasising the simplicity of self-inquiry, he leads a seeker into clarity through the question "Can the perceiver be perceived"? A Skype Satsang 21 April 2010

"Go to the birthplace of duality. This is your final place, the ultimate place. When you confirm yourself as the pure, unattached witness, nothing can trouble you, nothing can overwhelm you." A Spontaneous Satsang recorded at Monte Sahaja 8 August 2013

"This is looking in the mirror when you yourself have no face. What is the point of it? The end of suffering is the point of it. The end of delusions is the point of it. To be one with the experience of the highest truth and not to come out. To recognise that you are timeless, eternal, undying - that is the point of it. An end to the troubles that come out of duality and yet to see the divine in duality is the point of it. To have the experience of love, of sharing, of compassion, of wisdom, of experiencing without delusion, is the point of it." A spontaneous Satsang recorded at Monte Sahaja in Portugal 15 November 2012

While the physical body is here and the vital force, some activity will be going on, some duality will be playing out. It is very important that these things come and take you out of your projected state. We still have a relationship with our mind, with our sense of identity, with how we want things to be and how we want to be perceived. The stain of identity is one of the last ones to be removed. In Satsang this stain is dissolving, like ice in a glass of warm water. A Spontaneous Satsang recorded at Monte Sahaja 6 December 2012

"In a way, even the gods are seasonal; there are gods that have been worshipped at a certain time and that have been replaced by other gods because even the gods belong to the realm of names and forms. But no one can grasp the Supreme for it is beyond time." A Spontaneous Satsang recorded at Monte Sahaja 24 May 2014

This talk begins with Mooji reading a touching letter from one devotee - a plea to help facilitate a recognition that will end separation and suffering forever - a burning desire to come home completely. Mooji looks side-by-side with the devotee at some statements in the letter in order to clarify - to reveal what is true and discard what is false. The devotee expresses that he hates existing because it is synonymous with pain, and also that he does not feel home. Mooji asks him some penetrating questions like, "Is existence only synonymous with pain? Is there pain in the objects that you see, or is there pain in the perceiving of them?" And also, "Why would the Self say, 'Not home'? The Self itself is home. The Self cannot show you home because Self is home. Self is where the perceiving is coming from. It's the birth of the perceiving itself; it's arising out of the Self." One-by-one, the apparent reality of his statements and the one who suffers them dissolves in the light of real looking. Mooji then

When your mind and your reasoning doesn't belong to you anymore, you don't become dead. You are dead of ego but fully alive as what Is. The ultimate expression of love is when you can’t find the other - even the most loved one. Behind and beyond the finding - you are there. In this love you take away death from me because if this death happens then I am in you, so I am living - as you. This is probably how you save the whole world. A Spontaneous Satsang recorded at Monte Sahaja 28 May 2013

"Don't be afraid of not knowing. It is only the idea of knowing nothing that brings fear. We carry and hold on to a lot of concepts, a lot of mental garbage. We want to be free but we want to be free with our garbage. We want to preserve our identity at all cost because we believe identity to be what we are. And we are afraid that to find the Truth means to lose our existence, to lose consciousness. But you are only going to lose your non-existence, your un-truth. This is the most auspicious and most beautiful discovery. When you understand your true nature then this entire dream is undone." A Spontaneous Satsang recorded at Monte Sahaja 17 June 2013

All experiences are emerging from within the Joy of Being. Even anxiousness, tiredness, pain - everything becomes bearable because it is arising and seen from this place. Like all clouds are a movement against the background of the vast sky, all experiences arise on the sky of your own being. Everything is passing and has a beginning and an end, only the sky is unmoving, endless and untouched. A Spontaneous Satsang recorded at Monte Sahaja 11 June 2013

"Never feel that today is not a good enough day to awaken to the Truth. If you make plans for realising the Self in the next 6 months it will take you at least 6 months. What you are is always here, it can never not be here. The experience may be that you are growing into emptiness, growing from something into nothingness, into emptiness. And this illusion of growth takes you to where you have always been. We don't value emptiness until we perceive from there - then it is priceless. Throw everything into this emptiness. Not to get anything in return - just do it. Give your heart and your mind to the Self and don't worry about anything." A Spontaneous Satsang recorded at Monte Sahaja 4 May 2013

"For the wise one, everything that happens has a thank you message in it. In the beginning, you might only be able to be grateful in retrospection but one day you will find yourself saying thank you even while it is hurting. This is using life wisely." A Spontaneous Satsang recorded in London 7 November 2013

"In true seeing, life becomes empty but full in the sense that nothing is missing. It is like being a mustard seed. Inside the mustard seed, everything is complete. It is not doing anything. The energy inside it is existence itself. What a wonderful privilege to have the freedom to surrender everything. Nothing stops you." A spontaneous Satsang recorded at Monte Sahaja in Portugal 19 October 2012

"You can use Satsang for your relationship but I advise you to use your relationship for Satsang." If you solve your challenges as consciousness you are out of the trap, if you solve them as a person it will last only until the next problem. For a while the mind is everybody's guru but at some point you must discern what is authentic. You must use your power! A spontaneous Satsang recorded at Monte Sahaja in Portugal 27 June 2012

In this spontaneous Satsang, Mooji guides us to enquire into who is the one that is giving so much attention to the mind. Stop and question who is listening to the mind and look who observes all of this. It is immediately assumed that it is ‘I’, ‘me’ who is doing this. But see if what you call ‘I’ is truly here and not just a thought. The enquiry is very swift and precise in exposing the myths of what we assume to be true. When ‘I’ arises inside, clarify who this ‘I’ is, as what are you here? Look, even if you don't know how, the looking in itself has a power. A Spontaneous Satsang recorded at Monte Sahaja 6 June 2013

In this illuminating and multifaceted Satsang, Mooji covers many subjects prompted by questions from the listeners who are gathered around. Mooji begins by asking everyone, "What is boredom?" After some insightful responses to this question, Mooji then speaks about 'unsuccessful inquiry' versus 'a place where the inquiry never fails', the play of personality, confusion and helplessness as another opportunity of seeing from your true place, and the highest potential of words. One person reports that sometimes the inquiry is 'cloudy' and doesn't seem to be successful; Mooji challenges her to look further into this: "If you think there is something to see, then immediately there comes a possibility that something can block your seeing. But if your seeing has to do with understanding who you are - which means that you don't have to go outside of your skin to look at something - then what does cloudiness have to do with anything? Because you're only looking for the seer, and the seer cannot be a product as a phe

At the opening of the Silent Retreat in Tiruvannamalai, India, Mooji talks about the opportunity of Satsang. He says, "The emphasis here is not on teaching and learning, but on discovery, direct recognition, direct experience." Opening Talk from the 2009 Silent Retreat in Tiruvannamalai, India 19 December 2009

"Why is it that after all this spirituality, so few people seem to be waking up? It's because at the bottom line, you're still defending your person! We must give up this lazy part of ourselves, to find the power to confront what is unjust, to stop perpetuating the dark side by making excuses. Something in us resists salvation; be willing to tackle yourself, to stop identifying with and defending what doesn't serve truth." A Spontaneous Satsang recorded at Monte Sahaja 8 February 2014

"The purpose of the inquiry is to be clear about the identity of yourself." A spontaneous Satsang recorded in London 3 April 2010

"Is spirituality only for people who have everything else in life, who have a comfortable and cosy life, or also for people who go through a lot of suffering, who experience wars and great destruction? Life cannot be without suffering, it cannot be without pain and jealousy because all of this helps human beings to mature and to find Truth. Without it we are very weak and shallow. Many times material abundance leads to internal weakness and selfishness while real hardship can open up the hearts of people and shines as compassion and strength. Going through suffering and pain is of great benefit for our spiritual growth. It cuts the trivial mind with its pettiness and fantasies and brings us back into the present. Sometimes we don't recognise great blessings because we have a different belief of what a good life should be like. Terrible experiences in life often set us on fire, and this fire will burn what is valueless and untrue." A Spontaneous Satsang recorded in London 4 November 2013