How does one become a spiritual hero? The ego cannot do it, and must be sacrificed for the Archetypal Presence to emerge.

The time is out of joint, and all awakened beings will be guided to serve the Supreme Power of Divine Love, since only that vibrational force can give birth to a new world free of oppression. As a prelude to the upcoming retreat entitled Spiritual Heroism is Your True Nature, the key to victory of the Good is explained.

The world is analogous to a moving image appearing on a computer screen. A shaman learns to modify the underlying program, producing magical effects, through attaining altered states of mind. The yogi transcends the mind and gains the power to turn off the computer or turn the world appearing on the screen to light.

The most ancient epic work of literature is the Ramayana, the story of how the dark side is defeated by spiritual heroes and how the kingdom of God is won. This tale is not about the past, but explains what is happening now—and contains the secret of the strategy that will assure the victory of those who faithfully serve the Infinite Light.

An ontological shift into absolute idealism is necessary to regain our freedom and power, since the universe is mind, not matter. Sri Ramana refutes Einstein and reminds us that the ancient yogis understood the subtleties of ether, and that plasma physics is under the control of our cosmic intellect.

Why is there a subtle feeling of lack in almost every human being today? The ego is the absence of the Self. The Self shall be realized only when the ego becomes absent through the recognition that you are what you are seeking—and all you need to do is be still. From Nov 8, 2013.

Is time accelerating—or is it just part of the illusion? Time is the emergent unfoldment of the information latent in consciousness. As we reconfigure our perception through making our consciousness more refined and coherent in meditation, we discover that divine love conquers time, and that the will of the supreme intelligence is returning time to the timeless Self.

The tides of Time are changing now, from the high tide of pravritti to the low tide of nivritti, as the ancient sages called them. Those who do not factor that in to their life strategies and goals will be quite disappointed (which is an understatement). But those who do attune to the teleological will discover one can ride a bliss wave from here to eternity. There are, of course, certain skills involved and one little renunciation.

In this classic teaching from April 29, 2012, Shunyamurti takes us on a deep dive into the paradox of the need to make effort on the spiritual path and yet with the knowledge that all effort is useless to reach the goal. Only the grace of the one almighty Self will bring the final realization that sets one free. Of course, since in nonduality the giver and the receiver of grace are the same, the only kind of effort that will suffice is effortless effort, which the immortal Daoist sages called wu wei. It is still the only way.

Determination is required to break the ego’s grip on the soul, but how do we develop that level of will power? Shunyamurti provides a shocking answer to this perennial question.