The Shining of Infinite Being
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- Опубліковано 17 тра 2024
- A man says that during meditation he experienced a sense of the vastness of infinite being, and he wants to know why the feeling has gone away.
Rupert says: ‘During the meditation, you had an experience of going back to being, and you could see the world transparent to its reality. As your thoughts and perceptions thinned, being was relieved of its limitations, and you lost all sense of space, time, the world and objects. You felt a sense of expansion and vastness, but then even that disappeared. Vastness is just the mind’s way of representing the fact that being is no longer contained in the body, that being has no dimensions.
‘Then, as thought and perception slowly came back, the sense of expansion returned. And as names and forms became more concrete, you began to see the world as a material world again. You found yourself back in the body, and being seemed to become limited again. As adults, we lose touch with being, and it seems to no longer shine in and as the world. But during the meditation, you had the experience of reversing this process.’
*This video is from one of Rupert’s in-person retreats at Garrison Institute, 8-15 October 2023. To view and book for upcoming retreats (many of which can be attended online via livestream) go to:
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Timestamps:
0:00 Extraordinary Meditation Experience
2:01 Infinite Being
3:38 Being Has No Dimensions
4:52 The Prison of Thought and Perception
6:50 William Wordsworth
9:18 Touching Eternity
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I think that Rupert need to distribute the merch with his T-shirt, love it! 🌿
I experience a similar sensation during meditation when I focus on the sense of "I am." It brings about a profound sense of being alive in my body. It provides a sense of relief from my identity as a person, although there is still a limited perception of existence. As I continue to explore this state, the sense of being expands and becomes more effortless, like a spaciousness that encompasses everything. It ultimately leads me to a state of nothingness, where there is no awareness of my existence, a complete absence of any sense of being or awareness.
Thank you Rupert!❤
I considered myself a reductionist physicalist, then recently I read a book that made me lean decidedly towards a form of oriental idealism called nonduality, it's called The Direct Experience the way of non-duality by the author Alessandro Sanna, a masterpiece
Thank you - I bought, and will read the book!
Since you are interested in these matters ,i can suggest two scientist in the same wavelenght. Donald Hoffman,Bernardo Kastrup.
@@innerlight617Bernardo Kastrup is amazing!
@@alexchamizo7935 In deed!
@@innerlight617 Yes, Bernardo Kastrup is my intellectual hero, I have read all his books. However, this Sanna seems like a step forward to me, he develops a series of notable arguments that I wasn't aware of.
I spent all night imagining various forms of some bread that I intend to make today, all while being aware that in sleep it would not be possible to bake bread. A sense of Peace descended because I was okay with being in this dream, awaiting the morning.
I call that sweet troubles 😅 i do it too... Or planning
What a dream we created as Infinite Being. The more i awake the more i realize the absurdity, beauty, humurous, profoundity and simplicity of this dream. Hello Me!
I learn so much listening to Rupert talk … 👍🙏👏👏
Rupert’s facial hair is very much working for him 😍😇
Will you embrace him for me please?
Did you see something strange in this video? Something strange appeared.... Seemed tied up...
Beautiful Tshirt Rupert ❤ Its a constant reminder that Mary is asleep and we are all dreaming. Where can I buy it?
My boy is looking good with a beard! But otherwise another great video. Sometimes, during meditations that I feel I'm abiding the most in my own being, I feel expanded but not like our friend in the video. I feel expanded but also feeling that, as Rupert said, being is contained in my body, kind of feeling like a giant let's say. Until now I always found weird that I had this different perception, but I'm now thinking that I this might be just natural and part of the whole thing. Have anyone ever experienced something like what I described as well?
@zimtot yes, I've been feeling that way as well as if my whole being is expanding and needing more space than my tiny body.
I am SO present right now
What meditation did you guys do?
Visualise it this way:
A box vibrating consciousness (the only thing that exists).
The vibrating consciousness inside the box is unaware that it is vibrating.
The vibrating consciousness forms PoVs for it to view itself through.
When the vibrating consciousness views itself through its human PoVs, it sees itself as separate objects in space and time (aka the universe).
But in reality it is all just the one vibrating consciousness.
Haha his shirt is awesome!
That was my first observation also - after I noted his beard meant it was a new video! ❤
I love how Rupert is entering his Ram Dass era😊
Is that Susan dreaming she is on the streets of Paris?😊
I don’t get it 😭
@@mauricepowers3804Susan...? What about Mary and Jane ?❤
I'm a bit confused as to how one seemingly "regresses" to the initial state of Being while still obviously being confined within the limitations of the dream character. Perhaps a bit of clarification is all that's required here, but if we grant this then the distinction between the Infinite and Finite seems effectively nonexistent save for a difference in quantity as opposed to quality. Death itself seems a rather moot point from this POV, no more significant than our expectation of journeying from so-called "waking life" into a lucid dream.
@ryanashfyre464. No need to to be troubled by anyone presenting a model of Reality.
Rupert's model is a religious model. A religious view on Existence. Which has its roots in and comes from religion and its ideologies and beliefs.
All Rupert is doing here, is playing with attention. Shifting of attention from gross perception to subtle perception without falling asleep.
It can and does bring all sorts of experiences . Which is fine for those looking for some kind of experience. It's just the way, our psyche functions.
But, to carelessly equate an experience, with Existence as Is in Itself, no matter how subtle or non-objective it seems, is just another futile attempt in the end.
It's a form of self hypnosis by suggestion. Suggestion by words, usually associated with only, the good and desirable concepts. Such as all love, all peace, all happiness, all beauty, all fulfilled...etc. but, never anything bad, dark or undesirable. which not only creates experiences in the psyche with a sense of experiencing the suggested concepts ,but also a desire to maintain the experience.
Which is impermanent by its very nature.
One can never be too careful, or be contemplative enough, when it concerns the nature of Existence as Is in Itself.
You take good care of yourself!
@@joajoajb Look, if you don't have an actual answer then you don't need to waste time typing a bunch of vague word salad nigh completely bereft of actual substance.
I don't say any of that to beat you over the head, but as a recognition of Rupert's influence. Lots of people take what he says very seriously (not unjustly, mind you) - and I don't think it unjustified to have a critical eye.
I'm all for being contemplative. So let's do just that - but let's be serious and talk like we're actually trying to solve a problem.
@@ryanashfyre464 OK, a very fair point. I absolutely agree!
I also struggled in the search to understand the nature of Existence as Is in Itself. For over 30 years.
I was always very curious about life and everything, ever since I was very little. Many things happened to me when I was little without asking.
I've had numerous obes when I was little. Too young, too little to understand or analyze. I lucid dream all my dreams.
My very first all-in meditation into the nature of Existence, began when I was in college. That was almost 30 years ago.
I have explored the functions of psyche from all angles possible for myself. From grossest to the subtlest.
And, I came to the conclusion, that, Existence Itself as It is , cannot and is not be understood in terms experience or knowledge.
All experiences are a phenomenon of conditions. Without Exception.
All knowledge are a phenomenon of conditions. Without Exception.
Existence as Is in Itself, can only BE.
An understanding or an insight can be rendered. Nothing else.
No experience, No taste, No glimpse, No experiential self knowledge. UNKNOWN and UNKNOWABLE is probably the best the words can do.
It can only be understood, but, not known. In other words, knowing ,knowingness , experience or knowledge has no business , when it comes to Existence in Itself.
Experiencing or tasting the coffee is never the same thing as Being the coffee itself. When, you're the coffee, all experience and knowledge simply are no more.
Equating knowing, knowledge or experience with Existence as Is in Itself, is the only hurdle, a hurdle that shows no exit sign in sight, in understanding oneself or Existence Itself.
Knowing wants to experience and taste Existence, but, it doesn't want to be Existence Itself. Simple as that!
Experience is another name for self deception.
Self deception is always the winner in the realms of experience and knowledge.
Existence as Is in Itself, is not what we want to hear nor want to BE. We don't want that. We want experience. We want taste.
We want knowledge. We want peace, happiness, joy, beauty, all fulfillment. We don't want to BE.
If anyone or any teacher were to speak the Truth on the nature of Existence in Itself, that teacher is very unlikely to survive. Truth of Existence Itself is most likely not compatible with life functions.
Life that drives survival, most likely functions on self deception. Who would ever be interested in hearing the Truth on the nature of Existence in Itself? Maybe speaking Itself is foolish. I don't know.
Anyway, you take good care of yourself!
@@ryanashfyre464 I just replied. It was a little long reply explaining the position in details.
It disappeared within seconds after it was posted. . Not the first time. Not that surprised either.
They don't want people to see the reply. Why? Why are they doing this?
What are they afraid of?
This behavior comes from fear. They don't call it fear. They call it love or by any other desirable names. It's coming from the fear of their beliefs being challenged or exposed for what they really are.
It's a common practice in a religious group. Isolating the group from anyone and anything that really challenges or expose their beliefs. Until then, it's all smiles and love.
It was probably seen as not helpful to their marketing and the business.
Self deception always wins ,because, it always make its bets on the ignorance of many.
I'm guilty of not leaving a blind praise. And, these " open" comment sections are already moving in that direction.
Being controlled to only allow blind praises, with few disagreeing comments, to make it look not too obvious.
Anyway, you take good care of yourself!
@@ryanashfyre464 You have no idea what is happening.
They keep your comment while, busy watching, disrupting , interfering and making sure that my replies are not shared.
I posted two replies . Both disappeared very quickly after they were posted. Why? Obviously, not helpful to their marketing and the business. No other reason.
Not surprised at all. Never expected anything better coming from a religious group.
All behave the same way, when their beliefs are really questioned or exposed for what they really are.
Not, the first time. Many times. Only when I reply explaining the position in details.
Isolating the group from anyone or anything from their beliefs being really challenged or exposed, is a common behavior, and a practice in religious groups or anyone marketing a religious ideology.
This behavior is really fear driven.
Anyway, you take good care of yourself!
Looks Like Mary…😂