Blog by Nirgun
Blog by Nirgun
As leader of the Outflow team, it is a joy to receive many invitations from all over the world for interviews with Shunyamurti. But the most unexpected gem of the year was an invitation from Juliana and Mark of Boho Beautiful Yoga. These two masterful hatha yogis with an immensely popular YouTube channel are branching out on a new and perilous podcast project they are calling Stars & Destruct.
Juliana and Mark have been deeply impacted by Shunyamurti’s teachings on YouTube. They recognize that he may be the only teacher today able to bring complete spiritual understanding to current world events.
Juliana and Mark were drawn to Shunyamurti’s universal approach, his powerful and practical insights, and his astonishing message that we have arrived at the end of Kali Yuga. The Boho yogis expressed interest in understanding more deeply the concepts of nonduality, circular time, the planetary holocaust now underway, the Omega Point and the coming Singularity, and of course the salvific practice of meditation on the Absolute Spirit. They were impacted by the crystal-clear vision and guidance they received for silencing the mind and attaining God-consciousness—and on becoming co-creators of the next Golden Age.
Shunyamurti appreciated their energy, determination, compassionate perspective, and their high spiritual goals. Thus, he gladly agreed to their request for an interview. As a joyful happenstance, Juliana and Mark are based in Nosara, here in Costa Rica, having taken refuge from the political oppression occurring in their native Canada. So, the podcast episode was filmed right here at the Sat Yoga Ashram.
It has been a wet rainy season this year. But on the afternoon of their arrival, the clouds parted, and a beautiful afternoon sun shone upon our holy mountain Arunachala. The next morning was equally beautiful and clear for the filming.
It was a great joy to meet these two adventurous souls, as well as their eighteen-month-old son, Xavian (which means bringer of light), and their dynamic duo of nomadic videographers, Tommy and Robin. They are both fathers with young children, who left California and Ireland, respectively, to find more freedom in Costa Rica. There are many expats now in this country from all over the world, focused on manifesting a freer world, having awakened to the need to raise human consciousness in the midst of the engineered collapse of global civilization.
It was a joyous experience to open our community to Mark, Juliana, and their team. They marvelled at the high vibrational energy field of the ashram and the beauty of the gardens, the greenhouses, the homes of nivassis, and the rustic royalty of Mahatma Lodge.
The cooking team in Ruchira, the ashram kitchen, prepared a delicious soup of freshly-harvested ayote for their supper. It was an opportunity for them to meet our chief administrative officer, Mahalakshmi, and get an inside portrait of sangha life, by talking with many sat yogis, participating in our blessing of the meals and enjoying the informal comfort of our communal spaces.
The ashram tour the next morning was a lovely event. One of the season’s highlights is our abundant harvest of water apples. This was a fruit they had never tasted, and so as we made our way to Al-Kawthar, one of our greenhouses (named for a river in Paradise mentioned in the Holy Quran), we picked some fruits from a tree so they could enjoy a new delight that Mother Nature offers here. At the greenhouse, we were greeted by Yogiraj, Hanuman, and Jagdish, who pointed out the short-cycle crops and explained our approach to soil-making, seed collecting, and other secrets of Prema-culture.
From there, we made our way across the colourfully cultivated landscape of Swarga to Swargiya Nida – meaning Heavenly Nest – Kalyan and Amrita’s cozy abode—and from there we stopped to meditate at Etz Chaim, the Tree of Life. As soon as we stepped into the magical vortex surrounding this colossal ancient tree, all were impacted by the sacred energy emanating through the space. Kalyan explained that here in the shade of this majestic being, the phenomenal and the noumenal dimensions meet.
Kalyan also elaborated on the significance of our practice of Prema-culture. Mark and Juliana were familiar with the idea of permaculture, but in Sat Yoga we base our relationship to Nature on Prema, the Sanskrit word for divine love. Sat Yoga integrates unconditional love into all our karma yoga. In fact, the cultivation of love and wisdom constitutes the primary purpose underlying all we do, from the growing of food to reforestation to our healing and educational service, and of course in all our interpersonal relationships. The Yoga of all-round intelligence development and devotion to the Whole of Reality is our path.
Then we met the ashram’s newest Karma Yogis, a group of hens helping us achieve food sovereignty. With their blessing, we walked up the Champs-Elysees to Shanti Nilaya, the regal residence of founding members Jagdish and Marjiva Ma. The name of the abode means the dwelling of peace and silence, and indeed the high meditative vibrations were felt as an auric field as we walked through the enchanted garden. Marjiva Ma is a master meditator, and Shanti Nilaya is a serine sanctuary for many meditation sittings and classes, especially for students of our Shakti Saturation Month immersion program. Marjiva Ma is also an Atmanologist and offers one-to-one transformational healing sessions both here at the ashram and online to many seekers all around the world.
After a hearty breakfast, it was time to get to work! The ashram Media Team, represented by Kalki and myself, together with Tommy and Robin, made our way to Sri Nalinasana, the Lotus Throne, that serves as administrative core of the ashram, which had been chosen as the location for the podcast. We had never seen anything like the amount of state-of-the-art digital gear they unloaded there! An entire pickup truck filled with audio-video equipment! Working with such consummate professionals was both a privilege and a great learning experience.
The interview itself was stunning. Juliana and Mark asked incisive and profound questions with alacrity and perseverance. No topics were taboo or off the table. As always, Shunyamurti responded with shocking clarity and truthfulness. He delivered a salvo of revelations that reverberated in the energy field like thermonuclear Truth bombs. They were going off in every direction! It was a beautiful Dharma dance, a deepening conversation leading always to the ultimate reality of God, redemption disguised as destruction, and the urgency of attaining liberation from the matrix. The meeting proved to be an alchemical crucible, an energetic vessel of transformation for all involved and, no doubt, for all who will one day watch and listen to the dialogue.
No visit to the ashram would be complete without a visit to our primary temple, Shiva Niketan, to peruse the amazing spiritual research library, the concert hall, and to enable the visitors to meet Radha Ma—and for all of us to meet young Xavian. Before that, our guests received a gourmet lunch of jackfruit jerky with grilled hearts of palm, all freshly harvested from our land and lovingly prepared by Tara and the sous-chefs of Ruchira.
Back at their cabin, while packing up their cars to leave, we shared final thoughts and it was clear how impacted we had all been by this extraordinary day we had spent together. All felt blessed by the encounter and changed in some ineffable way.
Speaking for myself, my heart was overflowing with joy and gratitude. Mark and Juliana are powerful, kindred spirits on a critical mission to serve the awakening of humanity. It was a privilege to collaborate with them, knowing that by disseminating this mind-expanding information, the noetic field of our planet will be enriched with new levels of empowering knowledge. Moreover, the teachings of Sat Yoga will reach more souls and empower them to serve as fearless spiritual warriors.
May we all quickly complete the Great Work: to attain the infinite creative intelligence and love of the Absolute Self and together re-dream the world as the Paradise it was always meant to be.
Om Namah Shivaya. Om Shivo Hum. Om Tat Sat.
Learn more about Boho Beautiful Yoga and Stars + Destruct.
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Pamela Johnson
9 Dec 2022WOW!! ALL THE WISDOM AND TRUTH OF GOD CREATION AND THE HUMAN CONDITION LAID BARE. I DIGESTED IT LIKE A SPIRITUAL SMORGASBORD AND IT IS TRULY ORGASMIC!! SO GRATEFUL FOR SHUNYA SHARING HIS SOUL WITH US ALL. LOVE AND LIGHT, PAMELAJOHNSON (RECENTLY ATTENDED THE LAST SEMINAR).