Nitya
Patrycja Pruchnik
where no one wants anything from you,
and you want nothing from anyone.
There is a place,
where you take shelter when the sun is gone,
where you hide when the wind blows.
There is a place,
where you love, without wanting to be loved,
you understand without needing to be understood,
in giving, you receive,
in dying, you’re born into eternal reality.
That is where I want to meet you.
My story
In 2008, I became seriously ill. Several months of bedridden confinement led me to spontaneously examine my feelings and thoughts. One night, during a period of profound mental exhaustion, a sentence emerged within me: "What is seen cannot be that which sees"
I saw that everything I experience was fleeting—emotions, thoughts, all states and their interpretations. I began to wonder: what, then, is it that allows us to perceive the fleeting? What sees all this?
This question surprised me and turned my entire world upside down. I looked at myself and my life from a completely different perspective. I realized that I couldn't truly be who I had previously believed myself to be.
With this insight, much of the anxiety, mental tension, and fear subsided spontaneously. The whole story of "me" and "my" life simply fell apart. My own thoughts no longer impressed me.
But at the time, I wasn't yet fully clear on exactly what had happened—or what it meant.
Two years later, I traveled to southern India. In Tiruvannamalai, I met teachers who verbally and nonverbally confirmed my discovery—pointing to the primordial, nondual state and the illusory nature of mind and the personal self. They explained to me what I had recognized during my illness. I felt a tremendous sense of relief.
Since then, becoming aware of Consciousness—a broader perspective than the individual—has become the essence of my life. I stopped seeking happiness externally and began experiencing profound peace and freedom, regardless of my circumstances.
I was fascinated by Satsang – a meeting during which the teacher points to Consciousness as the basis and source of all experiences and phenomena.
I began spending a large part of my life in retreat, primarily with Mooji, one of my main teachers. Thanks to his guidance, my inquiries and self-searching came to an end. It was from him that I received my name. Nitya, oznaczające „Wieczną Esencję“.
I also participated in retreats and meetings with other teachers of non-duality, whom I later invited to my home, organizing the first non-dual meetings in Poland.
Life began to flow effortlessly and authorlessly. For months after waking up, I couldn't find the words to describe the peace, joy, and simplicity of life I began to experience.
Spontaneously, more and more people began to gather around me, intrigued by the transformation I had undergone. In 2014, I began sharing my nondual perspective with others. Since then, I have devoted my entire life to nonduality, showing how to free ourselves from false beliefs, find inner peace, and complete our spiritual quest.
To date, I have led over 80 week-long meditation retreats and hundreds of lectures on freedom and enlightenment—both in Poland and around the world. Most recordings of these events are available free of charge on my online channels.
While I have no goal of saving the world, my greatest passion is to share my insight with those who are willing to look within and ask themselves: "Who am I?"
Solving this problem solves all others.
I describe my story in detail in the book „The end of all stories. Meditations”. In it, I present the universal story of every person who longs to escape suffering and return Home.
I have been incredibly fortunate to have met many wonderful and inspiring teachers who have guided me in my journey of self-discovery. These include Mooji, Stuart Schwartz, Shiva Shakti, Sailor Bob, Francis Lucille, Jac O'Keeffe, Cezar Teruel, Eckhart Tolle, Rupert Spira, as well as the late Ramana Maharishi, Nisargadatta Maharaj, H.W.L. Poonja (Papaji), Robert Adams, Jean Klein, Anandamayi Ma, and many others.
I am very grateful to them for their guidance and invaluable advice.
"Together in Truth"
See how a community, born from a deep need to seek truth, has developed over the years. "Together in Truth" takes us on a journey through ten years of Nitya and her Sangha's work. It's a story about the development of nonduality in Poland, full of inspiring stories and profound reflections.
Music
I've been involved with music since childhood. I graduated from the J. Elsner State Secondary Music School and later studied at the Grażyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music in Łódź. My first instrument was the piano.
Over time, I abandoned my classical education, discovering music as something much more than a form – as a way of listening to silence and expressing the inexpressible.
My voice has become my primary tool of expression. My work combines meditative depth with modern electronic sounds, and I approach the creative process as a form of contemplation.
Wraz z Davidem Rauschem wydałam dwa single: Nitya Ananda and Nothing Ever Happened. Oba utwory — dostępne na YouTube i Spotify — łączą atmosferę medytacji z elektronicznym brzmieniem.
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