The Shining 'I Am'
- Duration: Video: 2 hours, 2 minutes, and 50 seconds / Audio: 2 hours, 2 minutes, and 50 seconds
- Recorded on: Aug 8, 2020
- Event: Seven Day 'Retreat at Home' – August
A woman who is awaiting results of an MRI scan, is struggling with thoughts that bring up fear, which she feels are inconsistent with her understanding. Rupert speaks about allowing the thoughts to arise, but taking time to recognize our being, which is always peaceful, even in the midst of illness.
A man notices physical symptoms such as heat and vibration that make him feel tired. He asks if these disturbances can facilitate the recognition of his true nature. Rupert encourages him to stand as the sky of awareness and watch these experiences pass through.
A woman with an interest in Tibetan Buddhism worries that her son’s illness is a result of karma, and asks how to purify negative karma. Rupert speaks about the recognition of our true nature as the non-dual approach to dissolving karmic patterns.
A woman asks why she is familiar to herself every day when she wakes up. Even though there is no time, she feels the familiarity freshly every day. Rupert states that the familiarity she feels is Being, as it is always with us 24/7.
A man expresses that he struggles to discipline himself away from the experiences of the world, and settle into his true being. Rupert advises that in this approach, we do not need to discipline ourselves into our true nature but that we want to go there directly.
A woman describes the realisation that all experiences are the same distance, and without an agenda she could be at ease in any situation. She asks Rupert to expound on this. Rupert suggests she bring these qualities, this understanding, to whatever situation demands her attention, in an effort to restore harmony to the situation.
A woman asks how miracles fit in to this understanding, particularly those that defy natural laws, like Ramana Maharshi appearing in two places. Rupert speaks of even a subtle shift in conditioning that results in a change in perception, and change in appearance.
A woman who has recognised that I am the I am, John Smith watching King Lear, asks who is it that stays in the moment? Rupert explains that it is not John Smith, our true nature, but to King Lear, and who is he?
The brain seems to be a pivotal place between the body and experience, given that damage to it, or enhancement of it with psychedelics. How does the brain fit into the non-dual teachings?
A woman from Denmark asks how to justify the peace she feels in resting in her true nature in the midst of all the suffering in the world? Rupert asks how she could bring peace to the world if she did not know it herself?
A man from Utrecht, Netherlands asks about the analogy of Mary seeing the streets of London by dreaming she is Jane in London, and the idea of consciousness seeing the world through a localised perspective. He asks, why choose Jane for this particular experience? Rupert speaks of consciousness as all the characters in the dream.
A woman who is awaiting results of an MRI scan, is struggling with thoughts that bring up fear, which she feels are inconsistent with her understanding. Rupert speaks about allowing the thoughts to arise, but taking time to recognize our being, which is always peaceful, even in the midst of illness.
A man notices physical symptoms such as heat and vibration that make him feel tired. He asks if these disturbances can facilitate the recognition of his true nature. Rupert encourages him to stand as the sky of awareness and watch these experiences pass through.
A woman with an interest in Tibetan Buddhism worries that her son’s illness is a result of karma, and asks how to purify negative karma. Rupert speaks about the recognition of our true nature as the non-dual approach to dissolving karmic patterns.
A woman asks why she is familiar to herself every day when she wakes up. Even though there is no time, she feels the familiarity freshly every day. Rupert states that the familiarity she feels is Being, as it is always with us 24/7.
A man expresses that he struggles to discipline himself away from the experiences of the world, and settle into his true being. Rupert advises that in this approach, we do not need to discipline ourselves into our true nature but that we want to go there directly.
A woman describes the realisation that all experiences are the same distance, and without an agenda she could be at ease in any situation. She asks Rupert to expound on this. Rupert suggests she bring these qualities, this understanding, to whatever situation demands her attention, in an effort to restore harmony to the situation.
A woman asks how miracles fit in to this understanding, particularly those that defy natural laws, like Ramana Maharshi appearing in two places. Rupert speaks of even a subtle shift in conditioning that results in a change in perception, and change in appearance.
A woman who has recognised that I am the I am, John Smith watching King Lear, asks who is it that stays in the moment? Rupert explains that it is not John Smith, our true nature, but to King Lear, and who is he?
The brain seems to be a pivotal place between the body and experience, given that damage to it, or enhancement of it with psychedelics. How does the brain fit into the non-dual teachings?
A woman from Denmark asks how to justify the peace she feels in resting in her true nature in the midst of all the suffering in the world? Rupert asks how she could bring peace to the world if she did not know it herself?
A man from Utrecht, Netherlands asks about the analogy of Mary seeing the streets of London by dreaming she is Jane in London, and the idea of consciousness seeing the world through a localised perspective. He asks, why choose Jane for this particular experience? Rupert speaks of consciousness as all the characters in the dream.