Strumming my pain with His fingers
Singing my life with His words
Killing me softly with His song

Life has been intense for all of us: searching for happiness amidst a background of suffering and lostness, trying to find meaning in a world in which the dominant paradigm denies any higher meaning to life, and just under the surface of all appearances lies an intense feeling of anxiety—an ineluctable recognition that one is living an inauthentic existence. And the reason for this, as spiritual teachers have told us since times immemorial, is that we are living an inauthentic existence, identified with a false construct, a “me” that is divorced from both reality and the Real. And, as Shunyamurti pointed out, the “me” is our “Mortal Enemy.” The Sat Yoga Intensive was therefore designed to destroy that mortal enemy, softly, with the song of God.

But, “What is God’s song?” asked Shunyamurti. “God’s song is the song of silence, the stillness in which we return to the pure consciousness of our supreme being.” To kill the “me,” softly, then, is to silence the mind, “to reach that blessed stillness that is bliss.” And so the intensive was spent meditating to reach that place of stillness within, both through the actual practice of meditation and through the teachings of Shunyamurti which were given for the specific purpose of equipping participants with the proper knowledge and power to silence the ego-mind.

“What Shunyamurti offered us during the intensive was pure poetry which melted away my ego into the fire of the Divine Self. What he exhibited was a true flow state, and I learned that that beauty is available to all of us if we just remove the self-imposed resistances that inhibit our True Self from emerging,” smiled Carolina in gratitude.

The day was filled God’s song in all its multidimensional forms—through silence, wisdom teachings, and music—proving that it is not merely the external silence that is to be sought after, but the internal. “Something that impressed me greatly was the quality of the meditation music that Shunyamurti played throughout the day. Shunyamurti reminded us that there is a difference between music and noise, or elegance and cacophonic chaos. After all, ‘the ego is noise; noise is killed through Silence,’ he reminded us. Usually I prefer to meditate in an environment that is silent, but the combination of the deep, soothing music and the group energy field brought me directly into the silence of the inner Self. It took my breath—and thoughts—away,” commented Purusha.

“Sunday’s seminar reminded us that our purpose in this life is the gaining of wisdom, the ultimate end of which is the need for the creation of a higher operating principle to make accurate choices as we move into these trying times.  If we are to have any chance at being a part of the rebirth of our planet and the ushering in of a new age, then the egoic mind and all that it manifests needs to be transcended—now,” concluded Jon.

Tamara triumphantly remarked, “The Sunday meditation intensive was a new opportunity to renew and strengthen my desire and commitment to deepen my spiritual transformation. The profound teachings given by Shunyamurti along with the many hours of meditation reminded me that the only real way to make the world a better place is by reaching the highest level of purity and dissolving my ego. Only then can I become an instrument of God’s love and light and serve the world in a true way.”

“The whole day of meditation was very empowering. As a sangha, we cultivated a powerful energy field, allowing deep and serious transcendental, current teachings to penetrate even more into the inner journey of wisdom and silence,” recalled Shivani in contentment.

Rob remarked in profound joy, “Shunyamurti permeated my heart. I don’t know why I’m so amazed, but I’m very, very impacted. I think I started to have anxiety when I learned on the way back home from Arunachala that the seminar had been turned into an all-day meditation, but I transcended the pain, the physical pain, that I usually experience during meditation. It was gone all day! It was been an absolute joy to sit with the sangha and have my heart penetrated. It’s just been a beautiful experience and I thank Shunyamurti for guiding all of us.”

Indeed, the entire day was, for all, the song of God in manifest form, filled with the heart-melting nectar of love and wisdom. The experience itself permitted students to kill their egos softly in the tenderness of communal trust, openness, and sharing, opening the floodgates of the divine ecstasy that lies within all of us.