Remaining True in a Time of Crisis
24 March 2020 (with subtitles)
[Mooji] Thank you. Thank you. Namaste.
Thank you, everyone. I am Mooji.
I've come to talk to you a little bit about the growing concerns
that we are having as the human race itself, actually.
First of all, I want to commend the many, many, many beings
from all over the world who are working as doctors and nurses,
and servants to this outbreak of the virus.
I know that people are travelling,
some doctors are coming even from places like Cuba
to join the services in the hot points
where the virus is most prevalent at the moment,
like in Italy and so on.
I want to take this time to really commend and to say thank you.
Thank you with one voice from all the people in the world,
that you are called upon at this moment to be in service
in such a profound and global way.
And I want to say thank you to all of you
who are really giving everything for all of us.
And with such generosity, such selflessness, actually,
that I am touched to the core by your love, your compassion,
your loyalty to your disciplines,
to come in this way, even at a great risk to yourselves.
Thank you, thank you for all of that.
Yes.
What is pulsating in my entire being today,
is something that I've never heard of, I think it's unprecedented,
I don't think it has ever happened,
where the whole world is at home.
Only God can do that.
The whole world is at home.
It doesn't matter where you live,
it doesn't matter what time zone you are in.
It doesn't matter today whether you are a Muslim, a Christian or a Hindu,
whether you are an atheist, a Buddhist, a Jain or a Rastaman,
it doesn't matter at all.
Today we are one.
In these times we are one.
We are one and we must win also!
We are one.
Today, we are simply human. Today, we are simply human beings.
We have to put aside these superficial differences,
today we have to put aside the superficial differences.
There is no time for them. We are one.
And we must act together and respect each other, to co-operate,
to take on the same one thing that threatens us all.
And I see that, that is a great thing.
It's a great moment for us.
We must not fail!
Fear is a very powerful agent,
but it was not with us from the beginning.
It is not fundamental or original to our nature to be afraid.
Love is our nature,
and peace, joy and an appreciation of what is right and what is good.
These are the qualities, the perfume of our true nature.
So I see that this time, challenging as it is,
is also offering us a new path.
It is not new as in a necessarily difficult and strenuous path,
but a path of grace, a path that only God could have opened for us.
Why fear comes, is because we have moved away from our central nature.
We have been so much impregnated with a wrong kind of knowledge,
very negative behaviour, mind sets, attitudes and so on.
And we don't, actually ... Or rarely do we have the chance
to look at that, and to investigate that,
in a way that could lead to a profound change.
It is only in situations like this,
where we are compelled to pay attention,
that we stand a chance of really looking more deeply towards our Self.
Mostly, our attention in life is on the outward-going momentum,
going towards the sense objects,
going towards things which are momentary in their nature,
material things, things to do with our egos and fear also.
Fear is strongly behind that kind of movement:
fear of being without; fear of being disrespected;
fear of being abandoned;
fear of being at the bottom end of society.
All kinds of things: fear of being attacked;
fear of becoming sick; fear of dying; all these things have in some way
been infused or imbued inside our nature.
We don't realise it, because it's coming from every direction normally.
And so I feel that, over time, the human soul has become,
I would say, toxic with so much negativity.
And now, I would say that it is a beautiful opportunity
to begin to change or to ...
What is the word I'm looking for now?
'To wake up' is not a bad word, to wake up,
to discover what is real about us, what is true and what is here!
Because I want to tell you, I feel like I have got good news for you,
in spite of the way I started talking.
It is only because I have great news to share with you, in this respect.
And that is that, within you, in your pure nature,
and I hope to help and direct you and guide you to discover that,
even today,
there is a place of real stillness, peace, depth and beauty,
that is far beyond the world of fearfulness and insecurities
and all the ailments that really trouble our species, human beings today.
I remember when my own Master, my spiritual Master, Papaji
was once asked by someone, who said,
'Papaji, the world seems to be', rather 'Mankind', he said,
'Mankind seems to be on a path to self-destruction, or something.
What must happen? What must man do?'
And the Master responded, he said,
'Mankind must become kind man'.
That was very, very ...
It was so powerful to hear that!
'Mankind must become kind man.'
What is kind man?
Kind man means to become himself again,
to find his real nature, to find his real spirit and being.
And where is this real spirit and being?
Right here! It is right here, in the heart of our existence,
in the heart of our being.
It is just through bad habits, misconceptions,
the junk food, mental junk food, actually,
that has in some way misdirected our attention and put us on a path
that eventually made us feel alien from the pure strength,
from the pure stability and solidity of the true life of a human being.
What I want to tell you today is that your true nature is not lost.
It is not somewhere else, in some divine vault away from you.
It is right here, in the very core of your heart.
And I want to tell you something else, that you need not be afraid,
because the path of self-discovery is not strenuous, it's not difficult.
In fact, with a situation being as challenging as it is today,
I feel that nature, life, God,
is offering us an opportunity, actually, to go within.
Because mostly, our energy has been going outward.
It has to go heartward. [Mooji points to his heart]
And the way to that is through some simple guiding.
It will reveal ...
And I say 'reveal' rather than create,
and that should be good news for you.
Because if I had to say to you that you have to be creative in this,
many of you would say,
'I don't think I have the confidence or the ability to create'.
But what I am saying is that, what is pure in you, is intact already.
It only needs to be recognised, or discovered again.
And you will find that you are already one with that.
What it really amounts to
is the loss of the tendency to haemorrhage energy,
meaning to waste energy pursuing the wind,
or pursuing things which are of no real value.
What I would say to you is that, as you discover more and more,
you will fall in love with what you are discovering.
It will make you much more stable.
And that fundamental discovery,
I would say is the most important discovery in the human kingdom!
It's not that it's going to be so strenuous, so heavy,
that we have to do so many things to change.
Actually, this is another thing I want to tell you about grace.
The grace that comes from God, from life,
helps us not because we deserve, so to speak, but because God is great.
The love of God serves every living being.
So grace is here to guide us through difficult times.
In one part, I remember now, from the Bible,
in the Psalm of David, I think it's called 'The Lord's Prayer', he says,
'Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadows of death,
I will not be afraid of evil, knowing you are with me.
Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.'
He continues,
'Surely, goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever'.
All over the world, particularly in Christendom, we know this prayer.
This prayer existed even before the time of Jesus.
It is an ancient prayer.
'Even though', it says, 'I walk through the valley of shadows of death',
not of death, because in reality ...
I'll tell you something that may sound very, very new to you.
What you are in reality cannot die!
I'm going to say this again.
Who and what you are, not personally,
because the person we take our self to be is simply a mask
worn in front of the reality we truly are ...
And now is a time to discover these things, I want you to know.
The guided meditations are really showing you where you are most alive,
in the most complete sense, and in an experiential way!
I'm not here to share beliefs and philosophies with you,
not even scriptures, actually.
But to guide you, in a living way, in an experiential way,
that you will come to a discovery and a knowing
that will bring great peace into your mind and heart,
and a great encouragement to all peoples of every time,
that you may not be afraid.
As I said before, fear has its role, it has its place,
but it has been given too much of a central place,
and we must have the courage to face what comes.
Fear is not attached to this situation.
Fear is a response that comes from
our not being centred inside our own being.
And so I want to guide you
to the experience, the knowing of who you really are within yourself.
And so I pray from my heart that each one will grow inwardly,
so that even after this virus has come under control or is stopped,
that even after that moment, we continue to grow inwardly and outwardly,
to grow in understanding.
So that we don't take things for granted,
we don't go back to what we have transcended!
So I'm using the word 'transcended',
because I feel this is a moment in our history
where we stand a good chance, collectively,
of transcending the lower energies that we have lived with,
and to come to a higher level of consciousness,
a higher level of life in the true sense!
And by life I mean a life of understanding, of gratitude and appreciation,
for your life and the life of your family,
the life of your town or village, of your country, of your planet.
That we see with a more unitive sense, a harmonious sense,
that we are one family, one family, one world, one species,
living together with greater understanding and greater love.
And listen, we can do it!
And we are being given a chance, by God, through nature, to step up.
We have a lot of support for this, a lot of encouragement.
I bless you, bless you, everyone, each and every one,
because all are brothers and sisters to myself.
I love you. Let's grow more and more in this love for each other,
so that love becomes our climate.
Let it be so.
And God bless you that
this coronavirus will do its work, but come to an end.
And we will continue to grow as human beings
and indeed maybe even come to create a very wonderful world.
Thank you. God bless you. Thank you.
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