Port Antonio, Jamaica·Born 1954
मूजी
Mooji
The Warm-Hearted Sage of Monte Sahaja
He points to freedom with the warmth of a father and the precision of a surgeon.
“You are not a person on a journey to freedom. You are freedom itself, temporarily dreaming that you are a person.”
Life
Anthony Paul Moo-Young was born in Port Antonio, Jamaica, in 1954 and moved to London at sixteen. He worked as a street portrait artist in Covent Garden before training as an art teacher in Brixton. In 1987, an encounter with a Christian mystic triggered a profound spiritual shift that would reorient his entire life.
In 1993, he traveled to India and attended the satsangs of Papaji in Lucknow. Their encounter proved definitive. Under Papaji’s pointing, Mooji recognized the awareness that underlies all experience. Upon returning to England he began offering satsang informally, and the gatherings grew steadily.
In 2011, he established Monte Sahaja Ashram in the Alentejo region of Portugal. He continues to offer satsangs, intensives, and silent retreats, reaching millions through live-streamed events and an extensive archive of recorded teachings.
One Heart
“You are the unchanging awareness in which all activity takes place. Always at rest, always at peace, this is what you are.”
Teachings
You Are the Witness, Not the Person
The invitation to recognize oneself as the formless, unchanging witness of all experience — rather than the personality, story, or body. This is not an idea to hold but a direct seeing available in any moment.
Self-Inquiry as Invitation
Following Ramana and Papaji, Mooji employs Self-inquiry as an open, gentle invitation. “Can you find the one who is troubled?” redirects attention from the content of experience to its witness.
The Natural State
Freedom is not a spiritual achievement layered on top of the ordinary self. It is the natural condition of awareness. When identification with thought relaxes, what remains is effortless peace.
Works & Publications
White Fire
Eight hundred aphorisms and pointers from his satsangs.
Vaster Than Sky, Greater Than Space
A widely read collection of his essential teachings on the nature of the Self.
An Invitation to Freedom
A direct, distilled introduction to Self-inquiry and recognition of one’s true nature.
An Inspiration
Mooji is Ananta’s Guru. In January 2009, Ananta attended Mooji’s satsang in Tiruvannamalai and experienced complete surrender. The transmission of Advaita through Mooji remains the living root of Ananta’s teaching.