The Pull of Happiness
- Duration: Video: 2 hours, 36 minutes, and 46 seconds / Audio: 2 hours, 36 minutes, and 46 seconds
- Recorded on: Mar 4, 2017
- Event: Weekend in Amsterdam - March 2017
Rupert responds to a participant who wants to know how awareness can know itself even when there is no feeling of 'I am' or phenomena present.
A participant asks if the mind remains after the body disappears.
Rupert addresses a participant who asks, 'Who or what decides to become aware of being aware?'
During this discussion, we learn that objectifying our true self as a body is 'ignoring' the reality of our experience.
Recognizing one's essential nature of peace and happiness is distinguished from when a person is seeking peaceful, happy states that come and go.
An attendee longs for happiness and shares that a sense of separation triggers a feeling of anxiety.
A participant asks for recommendations of practices, or anything else to be undertaken at home after the retreat is over.
Rupert metaphorically illustrates the finite mind's power, or lack thereof, to touch its essential nature.
A participant wants to know how to discern between 'good and bad' or 'right and wrong' behaviour in daily life.
Rupert responds to a questioner who wants to know why infinite awareness manifests into form.
Rupert presents two ways in which to approach emotions and clarifies what it means to 'go to the heart of an emotion'.
A woman asks Rupert for help because she says she suffers as a separate self even though she understands that she is awareness.
A questioner needs clarification with respect to the experience of 'being awake' during deep sleep..
Rupert elaborates on the first two steps in the recognition of one's true nature and then discusses the final step which is the realignment of the body and mind with this understanding.
A participant wants to know 'why we can't love everybody equally'.
Rupert discusses the purpose and value of using 'visualisation' in yoga meditations.
A participant expresses a resistance to prayer and wants to examine this resistance.
A participant struggles with recognizing the 'eternal' aspect of awareness in his direct experience.
Rupert discusses how the consciousness-only model, as opposed to the Matter model, reflects our actual experience.
Rupert responds to a participant who wants to know how awareness can know itself even when there is no feeling of 'I am' or phenomena present.
A participant asks if the mind remains after the body disappears.
Rupert addresses a participant who asks, 'Who or what decides to become aware of being aware?'
During this discussion, we learn that objectifying our true self as a body is 'ignoring' the reality of our experience.
Recognizing one's essential nature of peace and happiness is distinguished from when a person is seeking peaceful, happy states that come and go.
An attendee longs for happiness and shares that a sense of separation triggers a feeling of anxiety.
A participant asks for recommendations of practices, or anything else to be undertaken at home after the retreat is over.
Rupert metaphorically illustrates the finite mind's power, or lack thereof, to touch its essential nature.
A participant wants to know how to discern between 'good and bad' or 'right and wrong' behaviour in daily life.
Rupert responds to a questioner who wants to know why infinite awareness manifests into form.
Rupert presents two ways in which to approach emotions and clarifies what it means to 'go to the heart of an emotion'.
A woman asks Rupert for help because she says she suffers as a separate self even though she understands that she is awareness.
A questioner needs clarification with respect to the experience of 'being awake' during deep sleep..
Rupert elaborates on the first two steps in the recognition of one's true nature and then discusses the final step which is the realignment of the body and mind with this understanding.
A participant wants to know 'why we can't love everybody equally'.
Rupert discusses the purpose and value of using 'visualisation' in yoga meditations.
A participant expresses a resistance to prayer and wants to examine this resistance.
A participant struggles with recognizing the 'eternal' aspect of awareness in his direct experience.
Rupert discusses how the consciousness-only model, as opposed to the Matter model, reflects our actual experience.