I Am Stillness, I Am Peaceful, I Am Empty
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- Опубліковано 16 тра 2024
- A questioner says her ego keeps getting in the way of her being at peace. How can she overcome this when, for example, she is having a difficult conversation with a sibling or when dealing with challenging emotions?
Rupert says to recognise the qualities of your essential self or being - such as peace, stillness and emptiness. Then, when there’s a pause in the midst of a conversation go back to yourself, recognize those qualities again and carry on with the conversation. Five minutes later when there's another pause go back to being and then back to the conversation again.
At some stage, you feel that this background peace is not just something you visit from time to time - you begin to feel that you live there. You still get lost in your emotions from time to time but you lose yourself less and less as you become increasingly established in your being.
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Timestamps:
00:00 My Ego Keeps Getting In The Way
00:37 Consciousness Doesn't Know Suffering
01:20 How Can I Transcend The Ego?
1:49 The Essential Self
2:30 What Does ‘I’refer To?
3:38 Being At Peace
4:20 Who Am I Essentially?
6:12 Recognising Pure Being
7:07 Dealing With Difficult Emotions
7:37 Feeling Triggered
8:07 Your Self Is Always Available
8:48 The Background Of Peace
9:11 Make Being Your Home
10:06 Taking Time
11:24 The Peace Of Your True Nature
13:10 Nothing To Do
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It took me several years of hearing and reading the teaching of Rupert at a daily (almost hourly) basis to recognize in my own experience ( not theory ) that no matter how awful, sad or stressful my experience could be that I will always may stand as the non judgmental, non reactive imperturbable space of awareness in which all experiences are known, in which all experience appears and disappears and out of which all experience are made. My advice for that Lady is to be patient and just enjoy the practice prescribed by Rupert as if she were playing a child game.
@mindfulkayaker7737. I think I have made few remarks on your shared thoughts. I can understand why you and some others do find some positivity and some comfort in Rupert's beliefs concerning the nature of Existence. Actually, many, I mean many do and can find some comfort in just about any religious ideology and beliefs. That's why we have religions with more than half of the world's population, believing various religious ideologies. I once had a christian lady, who told me, that, she's found total peace ,knowing that she's saved from evil, and, also believing that she'll be with Jesus when she gets to heaven, when her time comes.
What can I say, to someone, who claims to have found total peace, listening to her favorite preacher. That's what most us are doing, just looking for some comfort, and mistake it as having found the Truth.
If the Truth is discovered to be out of our comfort zone, we would most likely reject it, and rather, prefer to remain in the comfort zone, hoping to be unrattled.
Who or what is causing all this? All the sufferings, countless ideologies, countless beliefs, countless views and conflicts, countless illusions, delusions and hallucinations? That is the question, isn't it? Many sages such as the Buddha also claimed to have found content or liberation by questioning on the nature of sufferings.
Religion's way of understanding Existence, is always thru some preconceived notions and beliefs involving a deity, usually with only desirable and wishful qualities, such as all good, all loving, all just, all beauty, all joy...etc. what about all the sufferings? It certainly couldn't be this all loving deity causing so much horrific acts and sufferings . Could it? Of course not. They solved this this problem, by introducing a very strange entity. They called it "devil ". Now, this devil very conveniently explains why there are all these endless sufferings. It was the devil that was Solely responsible for all the sufferings and all the bad and the ugly. This allows their deity God to remain , all pure, all perfect, all good, all loving, all beauty...etc. This is not only a childish way of understanding Existence, but, also quite distorted, dishonest and deceptive.
But. Unfortunately, this childish insanity is what controlled the bigger part of the humanity's psyche throughout history, and continues to do till this very day. It's a childish belief in duality. Splitting Existence into an all loving deity , only worthy of praise, and a trouble maker, the devil, the very cause of all sufferings and the only one responsible for the sufferings.
And, here comes Rupert with his own model of Reality. He claimed it to be a consciousness only model. But, upon a closer look, his model of Reality, turns out to be nothing more than a copy of the old religious ideology and beliefs. Why so? Here's why!!
Under Rupert's religious ideology model, the all good and all loving deity becomes an All peace and all happiness consciousness, and the devil becomes, mind ,finite mind and thought. Rupert also makes the exact same claim, that, consciouness has nothing to do and is never responsible for any suffering. He also blamed finite mind, mind and thought as the reason for sufferings, but, never consciousness. This is not even a model of Reality. It's a very childish , distorted , religious ideology, packaged with a slight makeover to be presented as a non-dual , consciouness only model.
This message is nothing new. This message has been preached for many, many centuries by fanatical religious mystics and their followers. Which is why we have religions today. These religious ideologies and beliefs are usually founded by those who have a tendency to claim to know things ,that, they really don't know. Instead of just honestly admitting and saying " I don't know ". Born of ignorance and dishonesty.
Rupert holds that religious belief till this very day, that, consciouness is never responsible for the sufferings. This is like blaming engine defects on the car, but, not the manufacturer. Blaming the robbery on the mask, but, not the man who committed the robbery. Only under a religious ideology, such insanity and madness can get a free pass.
Existence Cannot be like that.
These are all forms of self deception, carried out by consciouness Itself.
One can never be too careful when it concerns the Absolute True Nature of oneself or Existence as Is in Itself. Wish you well and take care!!
@@joajoajbFirst of all, i believe your comment can stand on its own, not necessarily as a reply.
Secondly Rupert words as all words can be decepive when pointing to a non dimensional Reality.
Nonduality means that ultimately there is no difference between the seer and the seen (consciousness and mind, in your example). Both are one and the same and they are attributeless. That is how I understand Ruperts Teaching.
What is your approach regarding the nature of yourself/reality?
Thank you for sharing 🙏
@@infiniteone11 I've always been very curious about life and everything ever since I was very little. The very first all in meditation and contemplation for me began when I was in college. That was well over 25 years ago.
The very first thing I had to do, or rather forced myself to do, was to let go of everything, I've seen, heard, read, or believed, just ,so, that I could be free to examine It for myself uncontaminated. Wasn't easy as it sounds, took me a while, just to discover, how deep impressions can get embedded into one's own psyche. These impressions, if, left undiscovered, uncaught, or unseen, then, are sure to dictate all your search without your conscious awareness. By the time, you're aware of what is happening, the influences , the dictation or the direction of your search has already been decided for you by these unseen, undetected impressions.
So, being free to look and examine, isn't as easy as it sounds. But, it's a must. Without it, it is almost certain, that, you end up, simply repeating what others put into you, mistaking it as your own. Distortions are almost certain in that case. This is the case, with not only with Rupert and thousands of new age spirituality teachers and teachings, but, also with the larger part of humanity. The humanity has been pounced with all sorts of religious ideologies, doctrines and beliefs for so long, that, the psyche of humanity is so , So, Deeply , embedded and ingrained with countless impressions almost at the core of their psyche, that it is almost certain to dictate, influence and shape their search without even noticing them.
As Is the case in religion, Rupert seem to be helplessly dictated and influenced and nuanced, by all the religiously ideological impressions .
The impressions that are so deeply rooted and embedded , Deep in the psyche, will not allow Rupert to go against the impressions in his search about God, consciouness or simply the nature of Existence Itself.
Rupert always saying nice things about God or consciouness is the very symptom of being influenced and dictated by the religious impressions, that were put there by others, but, mistaken as one's own.
Rupert is completely unaware of this happening like anyone else in the human configured population.
The impressions are dictating Rupert to say things about the deity God or consciouness. Whatever he says will not go against the deeply rooted and embedded impressions.
That's how self ignorance and self dishonesty take place, which are two main forms of self deception.
Potential Existence is not all good, all loving, all peace all happiness, all fulfilled, all beauty, all joy...etc. This is a childish belief instilled deep in the Psyche, in the form of religious ideologies, beliefs and nuances.
Existence as Potential Existence is not like that, and, cannot be like that.
Potential Existence has all the potentials. The potential to be peaceful as well as the potential to be violent. It had the potential to be happy, as well as the potential to be miserable. All potentials are equal by their own nature.
Existence enjoys or suffers its own projections, when the potentials are materialized into tangible experiences. Consciousness is nothing other than the Psyche of Existence Itself. No devil, No Satan, No finite mind, No thought are responsible for Existence.
It is Existence Itself that praises Itself in enjoyment, and, pass all kinds of judgements onto Itself, when, It suffers its own projections.
That's where Self introspection comes in for Existence into its own Psyche, which is consciouness.
This is about all I can say for now.
Take what you can, if not, Don't worry about it too much. Take care!!
There is no standing as space anything, that's cute hippie stuff. Awful, stressful experience? Space is the remedy?
A try-hard desperate-to-fuck-me-over is my problem, and God Alone is my Saviour, and prayers my remedy.
Fuck me, soul, God, demon...
But this fuckings dark-spirit... i will totally and utterly destroy him for his evil and darkness... no matter what, bro, I swear...
In this spiritual shit... I am insane.
I am totally and absolutely spiritually spectacular... literally... a diamond. Spiritually a freak, an animal, an alien...
I am Mohammad and Jesus.
@LifesInsight All praise and glory belongs to God, He is the Greatest, and there is no god but He, I prostrate to You, my God, and I pray to You for my salvation! My God, I seek refuge in You, deliver me from evil! My God, my Father, my Protector, my Comforter! MY GOD, I trust in You, MY FATHER, DELIVER ME FROM EVIL!! FORGIVE ME FOR MY SINS, MY GOD, MY CREATOR, FORGIVE ME FOR MY SINS, FORGIVE ME FROM MY SINS!!
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No, I'm fighting a real dark-spirit, it is independent of my existence.
But my and your God... is with me. He is the Most Great, He is the Most Good, He is Love!
My God and my parents God!
My God and my parents God!!
God is the Most Great, God is the Most Great, God is the Most Great, God is the Most Great, God is the Most Great, God is the Most Great, God is the Most Great, God is the Most Great, God is the Most Great!
La illaha ila Allah, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar!
GOD IS THE GREATEST, GOD IS THE GREATEST, GOD IS THE GREATEST, GOD IS THE GREATEST!!
I appreciate the courage this woman has to express her struggles publicly so the rest of us can benefit from the answers.
Can't sleep here in Australia.
Thankyou for this gift.
I am home now.
X
Rupert's videos always pop up when needed...what a great way to start my day..... peacefully 😊
Wow i did this at work i was talking to a lady and suddenly i just felt love oness and pure love for that moment her and just being
I HAVE HAD NDE AND KOW YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT WAKING UP ,LEAVING THE STAGE/DREAM BEHIND IN AN INSTANT!
Thanks Rupert thoughts emotions n experiences come n go but i am is always there we should always remember the i am our refuge thanks God for creating us we r a magic invisible happy peaceful kind loving it is our true nature in this infinite universe we find ourselves moving n dancing thanks Rubert n every one for this beautiful discussion
Thank you. ❤❤❤
The 8:00 to the 12:25 point in the video is maybe the best and most simple teaching I've heard on the subject of how to eventually Realize oneself! Thanks very much, Rupert!
During meditation in February this year, I suddenly slipped into a state of pure love and bliss and was completely immersed in it. I had no senses and no breath. This happened again the next day. Following this I began to experience entities and what looked like deities both when I was awake and asleep. In the day time I could hear them and at night I would see them with my eyes closed and they would emerge in my dreams also. There was one particularly hostile one. This took me on a journey and roller coaster of experiences away from what I was originally doing in order to explore the world of spirits and deities. I had first become afraid, then enthused and then hungry for more experiences in this new realm. Only now through the teachings of Ramana Maharshi I understand a bit better that this objective reality is the mind itself. All these gods and beings are of the mind also. They are a distraction just like any material pursuit, just a higher form of pursuit the mind conjurs when you've moved beyond the material and any interest in everyday reality.
I too struggle so much with this. This video made me cry in a good way. It was so very helpful. I will listen to it often and will practice it. I want to thank her for sharing her struggle and Rupert for his always very thoughtful and helpful responses❤❤❤
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May we all bask in our true nature in such a way. ❤
yes ! @@andreasrylander
I just looooooooove Rupert❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you Julia for asking this wonderful question and putting it out so beautifully. And what a beautiful explanation from Rupert !
I understand her so much!! But we have to practice, among other things, to just accept that we are humans and always will be, and if we have a reaction, being able to simply notice it and let it go... our conditioned mind has such a strong pull that it takes time, but each time we can let go, it weakens it. I loved her, she was so honest 🙂
Agreed. I figure, for most of us, that our conditioning didn't happen overnight. It takes time and practice to tame/train our body-minds. Diligence leads to stillness. This is my evolving experience at least. 😊
Only your mind believes you are a human, your Being has absolutely no idea what a human is, it only knows the non-human qualities of bliss. You are Being, you are not a human.
The body does not experience. The body is experienced.
@@ceruprime2641 yes and sometimes once we are on this path, we then want so much to awaken fully or to get rid of the conditioning that we even reinforce it for a while, at least it feels that way.
We are not humans, we just perceive to be.
Namaste forever Robert… more bliss to you in 2024.
Peace
As soon as I find myself in this kind of frustration, more and more I’m realizing it’s my form that’s frustrated. It’s my form that thinks things are taking too long. This helps me shift back to my true self. The I Am. That’s where the realization that there is no time comes in. Everything is happening in the now.
I’m so grateful Rupert shares these teachings.
Thaks love from india❤🎉.
God bless u...
I enjoy being transparent. It is "emptiness" but with presence.
Only through unceasing Self-inquiry will the direct experience of one’s Being be realized. ❤
@@LifesInsightyou live out the rest of eternity in permanent peace and happiness.
Nothing stops an infinite force from infinitely expanding. “Looking for something to do” is a way of expanding.
But where does the infinite expand if it is everywhere?
Exactly, it is everywhere, expanding within itself.
There is nowhere one truly needs to go and nothing one truly needs to do.
Pure being is who we are, we experience ourselves through ourselves, it is the reason for all sentience.
Dear Rupert I love you and you just conjured the most beautyful smile on to my face-thanks
I like this lady, she’s got a great spirit, I wish her well.
Amazing! 🙏
Thank you for this lovely, grounding exchange.
I remember feeling this way for some years. When it becomes a felt sense of empty stillness then the suffering is seen through. Just keep revisiting it and be patient. It will happen by itself at some point.
I used to attend a Dharma Center where they bandied about a term “A turning about in the deepest seat of consciousness”. Never clearly explained. A terribly amateurish place with good intentions, I’m not sure where they picked up the term. However, in the end, that’s all it is, shedding the King Lear persona, and seeing clearly. A turning about. So simple, yet….
Yep.🙏🏻
Súper útil!!! Muchísimas gracias!!!🙏💙💛❤️💚🤍💜🧡🩷🤎
Beautiful, I feel love, unity in this x
Thanks, thanks !
So hands on! Thank you 🙏😌
Thank you Rupert 🙏💚
💛 Thank you Rupert.
I feel for her. the feeling of "completely blended" never fully goes away. only the identification with it. i know that doesn't help from the pov of the person but insist that you find out how this identification works. i think rupert may be sometimes glossing over the details when he uses the king lear analogy. these pointers are great and can give glimpses but to stabilize you must practice seeing this robing/disrobing for yourself. not just understanding it conceptually. you need the granular details of this process. conceptually it is easy to understand from the person pov but the person will remain frustrated because they literally cannot get it because they don't exist in the way they think they do (i.e. blended/unblended/whatever). it's very frustrating. for example, if you never rode a bike it doesn't matter how many times you see someone do it or how many deep physics/engineering courses you take to prove to yourself that it's physically possible. the disbelief will remain buried. seek ways of attacking this identification which really is the only problem. the feelings of being blended are not the problem.
this comment may seem like it can be understood or not understood but this has nothing to do with what is being pointed at. the most potent pointing can only produce a glimpse. if it doesn't entail some sort of sustained practice you are bound to completely identify again. the practice should be a form/variation of self inquiry imo. self inquiry is supposed to be ongoing throughout the day even post "enlightenment"/incredibly long glimpse/whatever you care to call it. there is no permanent state to arrive at. in fact, beware of all such permanent states. the "personing" habit is almost cemented in and must be chipped away persistently and consistently. it never stops. stopping would be another conceptual purgatory. much love to this woman. her earnestness is her grace.
you are in wonderful hands with rupert.
thank you Sr
Thankyou dear Rupert ❤
I am aware of the Awareness being aware of the Awareness.i Am the Awareness being aware through the eye of my avatar!!❤️🙏
I am aware of the aware awareness through which I am aware that I am aware and i am aware of that too 😂
Thanks for sharing this, wishing love, grace, courage for all and to just Stop. be, feel, allow it.
The step that helps me is repeating to myself" there is nothing and everything happening at the same time"
❤🙏thank you🙏❤
It's so simple! It's hard to understand!
I've just tried this and it works! The thoughts and anxieties subside when asking yourself 'who am I'. There is a background of peace when the mind is troubled.
feels like i was the lady talking. somewhat feels better that its ok to go through periods of not feeling ok as long as youre always going back to being..
Try to tell this to someone with pain and illness, the Problem is everyone will endless hapiness
Don't try to be yourSelf. You already are yourSelf. You can't be not yourSelf, it's impossible. It has nothing to do with feeling, experiencing or comprehending. Just Being. Rupert❤
@yanakord1078. I'm afraid your bubble has to burst sooner or later. Sooner the better, I'm sure.
Maybe Rupert does really belive in the things he claims, as absurd as it is.
Rupert comes from religious traditions as he often says. His ideology is not a consciousness only model as many mistake it to be. Rupert's religious ideology comes from and is based and rooted in the old religious ideology and the belief system accompanied by the ideology.
In religion, the deity God is preconceived and believed to be only praise worthy, for being All good and all loving...etc. That's the reason why religion cannot explain the nature of sufferings without inventing an imaginary entity the "devil ". This invention of self ignorance and dishonesty, allowed religion to perpetuate further ignorance and dishonesty, which are two main forms of self deception. Usually started by those who always claim to know things that they really didn't know, rather than simply and honestly admitting that " I don't know ". Simply honesty could've saved humanity from every kind of ideology, doctrine, dogma, belief, confusion, delusion and hallucination under the sun. Not to mention, all the unspeakable consequences that followed and are following till this very day.
Under Rupert's religious ideology, the all good and all loving deity God, becomes an all peace and all happiness consciousness, and the devil becomes mind, finite mind and thought. Rupert also believes and preached from day one, that, consciouness has nothing to do and is never responsible for any suffering. All blames went to finite mind, mind and thought. It's like a robber wearing a madk ,claming that it was the mask that is responsible for the robbery, but, never himself. Obviously, this robber is a sick man. To believe the robber's insane claim, you'd have to deceive yourself. That is self deception.
A deity God or A consciousness that claims that it is never responsible for the sufferings, and, blames the mask such as the devil, the finite mind, mind, thought, or the king lear...etc, is indeed a very sick deity and a very sick consciousness ,deep down in its psyche. What it needs is some serious, sincere and honest Self introspection, not, some self induced, schizophrenic, and, narcissistic self praises and worships. Because, you do not get apple juice from orange. You do not get sufferings from that which is non suffering. It's not a matter of how hard you squeeze, it is a false concept and a blind belief instilled by self ignorance and self dishonesty only to perpetuate self deception.
You're free to hold any religious ideology and beliefs as you wish. But, It has consequences, not to mention, mistaking hallucinations as liberation.
One can never be too careful, when it comes to the Absolute True Nature of oneself or Existence as Is in Itself.
@yanakord1078. Please understand that this really is not about Rupert or anyone in particular as individuals. In this case, It's only directed towards consciousness , that, is involved in tendencies to self deceive without catching itself doing it.
I'm sure, Rupert is a kind and caring being, just as you and many others in the comment section come across as such. Most people that are sincerely searching are usually good hearted, but, often, it takes very strange and twisted turns, by the self deceiving tendencies of consciouness Itself. Because, the potentials to deceive or undeceive are always there. The moment, consciousness claims that it isn't the one responsible for the sufferings, or blames something else, as if there is something else, the potential to deceive Itself has now manifested into tangible experience.
Where religions and Rupert have gone wrong, is mistaking the potential qualities as definite qualities. Consciousness has to get itself out of this mess in its own Psyche. It's not that consciouness is all peace and all happiness, consciouness is much more than that. It is potential Existence, not, limited to certain definite, frozen qualities such as all love, all peace, all happiness, all good, all just, all joy, all beauty...etc. This is a self distorting concept of consciouness.
Look at yourself. Sometimes you're peaceful, and sometimes you can be a little violent too.
Consciouness as potential Existence is just like that. Exactly like how you're. Consciousness has all the potentials. The potential to be peaceful and happy, just as it has the potential to be violent and suffering. It has nothing to do with the devil, mind, finite mind, thought, king lear...etc. It only has to do with consciouness and consciouness Alone. Consciousness Alone is enjoying and suffering its own potentials by projecting them to be tangibly experienced.
Consciouness Alone suffers and gets liberated from its own potential itches and impulses. No one else. No some deity God, as proposed by Rupert or religion, No devil, No mind, No finite mind, No king lear, No jane...etc. Consciousness is the Only One there either to enjoy or suffer its Own potentials, which are its OWN itches and impulses. Nothing else and No one else!!
Consciouness liberates Itself thru Honest Self introspection by understanding all the potential Nature of itself , which are all its OWN itches and impulses.
This is why, one can never be too careful when it comes to the Absolute True Nature of oneself or Existence as Is in Itself.
@@nedtempleton4873 Not exactly sure what you're up to. Not sure how you're related to Rupert in what way.
If you do care, and have some sincere understanding of your own, please share them. Let the readers be the judge. That's how you do. And, that's exactly what Rupert and everyone else, including all the preachers and all the so called, nonduality and the new age spirituality teachers are doing. Whether its accepted or not is another matter, and, out of my hands. Some seeds will sprout, and some will just dry out. Because, all the potentials are there.
No need to feel insecure, if you can catch yourself, deceiving one's own psyche. Take care!!
@@joajoajb I'm not related to Rupert in any way. What makes you think I'm related to Rupert in any way? I agree with you. I'm certain Rupert wouldn't agree with you. If Rupert didn't want alternative opinions on his channel he wouldn't enable public comments on his videos. I don't think Rupert even reads people's comments. I'm probably the only one reading your comments. You can do what you like of course. It's your choice. I've said my bit here and you most likely won't get any more comments from me unless you want to ask questions and or talk. I'm trying to help you.
@@nedtempleton4873 OK. Good luck with your book. That is just another potential, another impulse wanting to play out like everything else. Not sure if that play will bring service or harm. Potentials for both results are always there. Who can say with certainty, what potentials life and the universe will play out next ? Sometimes, it's just one phone call away, to learn what the universe has in mind. As long as one remains sincere within one's own psyche, the universe has no choice but to be filtered by that.
You take care!!
Unfortunately spiritual seeking can galvanize feelings of unworthiness and an unrealistic desire for life to be other than it is. Our mind is incapable of noticing or appreciating emptiness, and peace, RIP is an example of our attitude to it. Enlightenment has become a goal for life to be free of uncertainty, imperfection, and ambiguity, so then I'll be happy. " What is " includes all of it.
Plum village has a reminder timer!
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The Teachings say, _"The Dharma is Non-dual, there is neither sufferer nor enjoyer"._
The Masters say, _"Suffering is a _*_CLAIM_*_ for something to happen and needs to happen to dispel dissatisfactions"._
And whatever happens is just an (illusory) appearance - apparently real or seems to be real (cause by delusionary body & mind) but is truly unreal! 😊🙇♂️🌷🙏
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Its so simple thats why she dont understood..
Bcoz she has mind set that its very difficult..😢..it was also problem with me...
I just scroll video n read a new book..but each time i do that i missed it..
Becoz its always there...❤
Thanks rupert...
Until you are an ego who is trying to become Awareness, you will never get it. You have to see that you are Awareness, which has become the ego and forgotten itself. Everything you think you are is a coincidence, a conditioning, an accumulation.
@@LifesInsight You can say that. But, as Rupert says, ego is not an entity, it's an activity of seeking and resistance. Ego is Ignorance. It's a belief in incompleteness and separateness. Who is the believer, who is ignorant? Well, there is nothing but That.
The way I see it, God became things, subject and object, and forgot itself. This is the Divine Game, to remember who you are and to enjoy your manifestation, which is non-separate from you. But even if you don't remember, you are never not That.
Julia is precious
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There is such a thing a the tranquility and bliss that goes with nirvana and samsara. One could call that God's source of true love, which is complete equality and peace. With that comes pure tranquility and bliss. The true inner spiritual heart is nevertheless not really empty. Emptiness is what creation is in the physical idea. As physical objects don't really exist. Eg. It's no different to trying to explain a misty cloud or gas. We explain it as being empty of material objects. It seems as though nothing is there. Yet there is most definitely a 'play of energy' that is there. All creation is a play of energy. When God's energy is vibrating more turbulently, we experience God as like an angry nasty form of energy. Ultimately, God has the ability to be both 'angel and urchin', depending on one's state of frequency. It's purely objective. Eg. God is not coercing our choice of life experiences, discriminating, taking sides, taking favourites, taking sympathy etc.
One is before thought, not after, so how can one be 'I am'? Thinking is not what one is, one is watching consciousness.
The problem is "wanting to get somewhere in your mind" & lack of tolerance for the activity of your own mind.
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Rupert - not sure if you answer questions here, but I'm sure someone else could chime in as well. This return to being.... Really the same as how to Nissargadatta Maharaj taught return to the I AM/rest in the I AM. Or am I clearly mistaken?
I’ve never really been drawn to spiritual teachers who charge for their services..I wish the man well though. Thankyou
I understand.
This video is free, however, and as he says, you actually don't need anything else. It's all here in this video
She is looking for the ground beneath her feet. She is looking for herself in her thoughts, in understanding what she should do, in “beautiful words.” Yet she found what she was looking for (peace, quiet, unchanging, stillness) and walked right by, not recognizing herself. “Why is it taking so long?” Because she doesn’t know where to look, and even when she does look in the right direction, she overlooks her essential nature. Can it be that the glasses she seeks are sitting on her face? ❤🙏
When I become aware that I am in my mind. I say to myself "Just be" then I felt peace. 💕
@@cessbarsaga You didn’t just feel peace. You ARE that peace. That’s your essential nature. You are not a human feeling peace. Incredibly, you are peace (consciousness/being itself in human form. 🙏
One who sees its own true self-nature has no more thought.
Once a person attain complete perfect enlightenment he/she is called a Buddha.
Buddha has no thought but he knows everything in the universe.
Where do thoughts come from?
It is from our Alaya ( conscious mind/storage mind).
Thoughts from our Alaya is called wandering thoughts.
These thoughts do more harm us then helping us.
Pure Land Buddhist practice chanting the Buddha-name Amitabha Buddha to replace all wandering thoughts.
Chant the Buddha-name to suppress all our wandering thoughts.
One can chant while walking, jogging, house chores etc.
There is no need to sit legs cross.
Chanting Buddha-name is cultivating meditative concentration.
Practice meditative concentration to suppress all worries and afflictions.
When the chanting skill is developed, one will enjoy good health and longevity and well-being. This is the immediate benefit
When the mind is calm and serene, naturally the wisdom will open up.
Namo Amitabha Buddha
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Hello Rupert. It seems in my experience that awareness of Self is still tied to the body. The reason I say this is because when I (the body) sleeps there is no self awareness. There isn't even awareness of nothingness, it is only when I awake that I am aware of that void during sleep. If I have to confirm by experience then this awareness is only present while I am awake. Of course intellectually I know awareness is always present, the body stays alive during sleep, I can observe someone else sleeping but why isn't there Selfawareness during sleep if I am truly beyond body and mind? It makes me wonder what will happen on death of the body, will it be the same nothingness as in deep sleep? Then existence is only relevant to the body being awake... please can you clarify this in a video for all of us...?
Same question.
Try to realize your true nature and nature of Maya or “ignorance”. Your mind and body is Maya. The only truth is “Tat Tvam Asi” meaning “You are That”. And That, Bramhan is non-dual, completeness, eternal, conscious, with no birth or death, unchanging, no shape or bounds, unaffected by any apparently dual dimensions like space and time, with no attributes as It is not an object but subject. Hence It can’t be described in words. The only Reality is Bramhan revealed in great depth inside Vedanta.
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Why do you bother to live ! Sir
what does this dude know?
Knowing what religions, religious ideologies and beliefs have done to the psyche of humanity, it's not too surprising to see how some seem to be convinced on Rupert's religious view on the nature of Existence.
Maybe some find some comfort as it is provided as is the case with religion. But, mistaking it as a search for the Truth is out another matter.
Many religions and their ideologies and beliefs are almost always are born of self ignorance and self dishonesty. Usually by those that claim to know things that they really do not know. Instead of, just simply and honestly admitting to the fact and say " I don't know".
Simple Honesty could've saved humanity from all kinds of religious ideologies, doctrines, dogmas, beliefs, illusions, delusions and hallucinations, under the sun, not to mention all the damages that followed and are following till this very day under countless new spirituality teachings.
Religions gave us a deity, that is all good and all loving,but, somehow, just couldn't manage the devil from causing so much sufferings. We were told that, the deity God is only praise worthy for being all loving and wonderful, its the devil that accounts for all the sufferings and the one that is responsible and to be blamed. It's no wonder, that,more than half of the world's population still believes literally in the existence of the devil,as the source and the cause of the sufferings. Unfortunately, this childish insanity born of ignorance and dishonesty, is what has infected the larger part of the humanity's psyche and continues till this very day under different packagings of spirituality.
Rupert often says, he comes from religious traditions. Understandable, being influenced by Islamic sufi tradition and kasmir tantric tradition along with little superficial knowledge of advaita vedanta.
Rupert's message is nothing new. This message has been preached for many centuries by many fanatical religious mystics and their followers, which is why we have religions today.
Under Rupert's religious ideology model, the all good and all loving deity God, becomes an all peace and all happiness consciousness, and the devil becomes mind, finite mind and thought. Everything else remains much the same, except for the packaging. The beliefs remain identical.
In religion, their deity God can never be responsible for any suffering, anything bad or ugly. Although the claim is it is their deity God, that started the whole thing by itself with none other than Itself.???? Somehow, that is the claim.
Rupert also has been claming and preaching from day one, that consciousness has nothing to do and is never responsible for any suffering in the world. All blames went to mind, finite mind and thought. 100 % followers of Rupert's ideology literally believe, that, it is the mind, finite mind and thought that are responsible for sufferings, limitations and misunderstandings. ???? Somehow, that is the claim. Rupert holds that belief till this very day that consciousness is never responsible for the sufferings. This is why it's never a good idea to mix any reasonable model of Reality with religious ideologies, doctrines, dogmas and beliefs. It's inevitably bound for self ignorance and self dishonesty, which are two main forms of self deception. Often perpetrated by those with best intentions like the smiling next door preacher. This concerns the absolute Truth of oneself and the absolute Liberation.
There's a man, who, puts on a mask ,goes out with a chainsaw, and commits horrific massacres and atrocities, only to turn around,and ,claim, that, it was the mask that is responsible for what happened, but, never himself. Is he crazy and insane?. Yes, the man is a sick man. He is sick in his psyche to the core. What the man really needs is some sincere and honest self introspection.
A deity God, or A consciousness that claims, that it is never responsible for the sufferings and blames the mask, the devil, the mind, the finite mind, the thought, the king lear...etc, is neither deserves to be the Sole Cause of Existence, nor, deserves to be the Totality of All experience. What this deity or consciousness needs is not some self induced, narcissistic self praises and worships, but, some sincere and honest self introspection. Because, You do not get apple juice from orange. You can squeeze the orange till doomsday, you're not going to get a drop of apple juice. You do not get suffering from that which is non suffering. It's not a matter of how hard you squeeze.
One can never be too careful when it comes to the absolute true nature of oneself and Existence as Is in Itself.
Koja je vaša teorija, ili iskustvo, možda🤔 dajte kocept..pustite kritike🌞 na kraju krajeva svako crta svoju mapu sam🙏
This is a lot of mind blah blah blah. Rupert has a very simple way of pointing people inward into Being. Period. The truth is simple. Out of all the things I have encountered in my 59 years, Rupert and his simple pointings are amongst the very few teachings or pointings that help to bring me into a spacious, calm, peaceful, aware state. Each person will find what is right for him or her. There isn't a single mistake anywhere in the Universe. If this doesn't resonate, by all means, drop it and move on. 🤷♀️
@@twinEAH A woman was forced to watch her young daughter, being brutally raped and executed by the invading soldiers. Followed by the execution of her husband and her two sons.
The woman lost her mind, threw herself over a bridge and committed suicide. She did ask one question, before ending her life. The question was, WHY?
What do you tell her? What is your answer to the question?
Are you going to tell her, that, her true nature is really all peace, all happiness and all fulfilled, but, somehow, her true nature has decided to exchange the happiness and the fulfillment for this madness? Really? That would be killing her twice. It's better to keep our mouth shut, than to deceive oneself and others.
Self deception often comes with ear candies. Pleasing the ear like a sweet poem, only to end up deceiving oneself, others and Existence itself.
You take care!
King Lear still has to get out of bed go to work meet all the bastards and pay the bills !!
There is no stillness, he is talking day and night to make his point.
this teacher is too attached to emptiness, and his realization is not yet complete. Thoughts and emotions are not problematic, there's information there.
😮 dajte ideju, iskustvo...kad već znate šta nije🤔 ni meni praznina nije interesantna😂🙏
no you’re full of God/Jesus.