We are all One

When we look at the world, we naturally see divisions – “me” and “others,” “my life” and “the life of the world.” It seems obvious that each of us is a separate being, locked in our own body and our own history. But is this really true? Is it just the way we have learned to perceive reality?

In this Satsang, Nitya invites us to look beyond the boundaries of thought, beyond the imprinted beliefs of separation. This is not about philosophy, but about direct experience – something that is available here and now. Perhaps the recognition of Oneness is not something to be achieved, but something that has always been?

The illusion of separation and a natural Oneness

How does the sense of “I” as a separate entity arise? Nitya points out that the mind constantly creates a story of separate existence, reinforcing the division between “me” and the rest of the world. Culture, language, memory—all of these contribute to the image of “my story.” But is the story we tell ourselves reality?

“When thinking stops for a moment, are you less yourself?” Nitya asks. What is left when the narrative of the past and the future disappears for a moment? Is it possible to see something that was always there, regardless of what thoughts come up?

Highlights of Satsang:

• How is the illusion of "I" born? [05:12]

  The sense of separation begins very early on. We learn our name, we hear “this is you,” “this is your life,” “you have to take care of yourself.” The mind becomes accustomed to this narrative until it becomes the invisible foundation of our reality. But have we ever experienced ourselves as truly separate?
  “Look at where this belief comes from. Is it something you saw or something you were taught?” – says Nitya. She invites us not to accept anything on faith, but to see whether the “I” exists as something separate or just as a thought.
  Separation is an illusion perpetuated by our daily thinking. What if it never existed? What if we are already whole, but our minds are constantly creating the illusion of boundaries?

• Space beyond division [17:40]

  When the mind becomes still, there remains something that has no boundaries. Nitya points out that what we are does not end with the body, with the thought, with the emotion. There is something more primal, something that is not conditioned – and it is not a concept, but something that can be felt.
  “Can you find a place where you end?” – asks Nitya. “Is there a line that separates you from the rest of existence?” What we call ourselves is like a wave on the ocean – it has its shape, its movement, but it is never separate from the whole. When the thinking in terms of “me and the world” disappears, what remains is pure presence. There is no need to create boundaries where there never were any.

• How does Satsang reveal the truth? [29:05]

  Satsang is not about gaining knowledge, but about seeing what is already there. Nitya does not give new concepts – she points to what has always been there, but the mind has covered it with layers of interpretation. "Do not look for an answer in words. What I am saying is not something to be understood - it is something to be seen."
  In the space of silence that comes with Satsang, the tension of “me versus the world” begins to dissolve. There is no more effort to maintain one’s own identity. There is something simpler, something that has always been underneath.

• What remains when the illusion disappears? [42:30]

  When the mind stops for a moment, something remains. Nitya points out that what we are does not disappear when we stop thinking about it. In fact, it is only then that we begin to truly see it. "You don't have to do anything to be. You don't have to believe in anything to exist."
  This is a return to something obvious – not as a new idea, but as the simplest reality that could never be lost.
  What is life without the illusion of boundaries? Does the world look different when we look at it without the filter of separation? Maybe then everything becomes simpler and reality more vivid.

• Unity in Everyday Experience [53:15]

  If we are not separate, what does everyday life look like? How do relationships change when we see that there are no two separate people? Maybe the effort to be "someone", to fight for one's place, to prove something to oneself and others, begins to disappear. “What is love but the recognition that we were never two?”
  Unity is not an abstraction – it is that which is closest. It is in every look, in every breath, in every encounter. It is that which already is.

What does it mean to be One?

Oneness is not something to be acquired or understood. What is has never been divided. There is no boundary that separates you from the whole – it is just a thought, a habitual belief that disappears when it is no longer sustained.

“You do not have to seek Oneness. What you are was never separate.”

There is no need to do anything to be what one is. There is no need to travel a path to arrive to where you have always been. The Oneness is now – in what appears, in what breathes, in what hears these words.

When the illusion of separation disappears, all that remains is that which is. And always was.