Podcast | Sovereign Self: Acharya Shunya

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Shunya is the first female lineage holder from an ancient line. Everything in the cosmos lives in the self.
Buddhism’s definition of self. Before religion was born in India, hinduism and buddhism. The self is in the form of consciousness awareness...

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Acharya Shunya's introduction.

• Shunya is the first female lineage holder from an ancient line.
• Everything in the cosmos lives in the self.

Buddhism’s definition of self.

• Before religion was born in India, hinduism and buddhism.
• The self is in the form of consciousness awareness.
• Bondage and suffering are optional in the vedas.
• The Sanskrit term Jiha.

How we have forgotten our true essence.

• Cognitive error, forgetting the true essence.
• The vedas, the vedus and suffering.
• Chasing shadows in the 21st century.
• Striking the balance between understanding and not being consumed.

Stop trying to fix what you can’t fix.

• Human beings are not prone to sorrow.
• How COVID-19 has impacted the community.
• Buddhism, hinduism and other traditions of humanity.
• The beauty of trauma in trauma.

Mythology is an eternal part of life.

• Fala g mythology is an eternal part of our existence.
• Rage like a goddess.
• The three levels of the human mind.
• The trinity, the triangle and the way of darkness.
• The third vibration of the mind.
• The mode of sattva, balance and active mode.

How to contextualize your evolution.

• How vedas represent the anatomy of the human body.
• The invisible rope story.
• Life based on half reality, mithya, subjective reality.
• Body is the center of the body.

Turning our eyes inwards. The snake and rope analogy.

• The new meditation tradition is about stress relief.
• How to domesticate an elephant in India.
• How to overcome childhood trauma.

Moving beyond the trauma of trauma.

• Advising the conversation beyond the trauma.
• The karmic backstory of her own trauma.
• Holding trauma like a bouquet to prevent more trauma.
• Recognizing a true guru.

Why blame the master for sleepwalking disciples?

• Don't throw the baby with the bathwater.
• The importance of surrendering to the guru.
• Model what it is to be a teacher in the 21st century.
• How to get in touch with Shunya.