The Problem Is Not the Problem

Exploring a shift in how we perceive problems (and the one who experiences problems)

Mooji makes a bold claim: Whatever problem you have, “the problem is not the problem.”

For context, recently, I’ve had an abundance of problems. Kamala’s defeat devastated me, triggering numerous painful interactions with loved ones. I could list more problems—issues with my house, my finances, and so on—but I’ll stop here. Because we all know where that road leads: to a never-ending sequence of compounding problems.

“The problem is not the problem,” Mooji says.

Huh?

These words sparked my curiosity. As I listened to Mooji, they challenged my identity and my very understanding of reality.

To be clear, this challenge is not new. It is not novel. It is an ancient challenge—one that the sages of India first offered almost 4,000 years ago when the wisdom of the Vedas and the Upanishads flowed into them through deep states of meditation.

One (apparent) problem is that despite having studied Advaita Vedanta (non-dual) philosophy in college, despite being blessed with numerous “experiences” of non-duality, the concept of my “self” rapidly reformulates, projects, and reattaches itself to… what?

The problem is not the problem.

Problems are not self-employed.

No person, no problem.

So who is the person that seems to have a problem?

Pause with this for a moment.

Then give it another read.

Do you feel something deepening within you as you reflect on this?

“I” do.

Or perhaps do you feel the weight of your personal identity?

I feel this too.

Let’s create some space and take a journey together to explore this with Mooji—a masterful guide to the direct experience of the self as pure awareness, beyond the illusions of mind and ego, through the profound simplicity of non-dual inquiry.

Shared with love and sincere humility,

Your problem-inquiring Cosmic Love Activist

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