259. Rupert Spira, 2nd Interview - a podcast by Rick Archer

From an early age Rupert Spira was deeply interested in the nature of reality. At the age of seventeen he learnt to meditate, and began a twenty-year period of study and practice in the classical Advaita Vedanta tradition under the guidance of Dr. Francis Roles and Shantananda Saraswati, the Shankaracharya of the north of India.

During this time he immersed himself in the teachings of P. D. Ouspensky, Krishnamurti, Rumi, Ramana Maharshi, Nisargadatta and Robert Adams, until he met his teacher, Francis Lucille, in 1997. Francis introduced Rupert to the Direct Path teachings of Atmananda Krishnamenon, the Tantric tradition of Kashmir Shaivism (which he had received from his teacher, Jean Klein), and, more importantly, directly indicated to him the true nature of experience. Rupert lives in the UK and holds regular meetings and retreats in Europe and the USA.Books:

The Transparency of Things: Contemplating the Nature of ExperiencePresence, Volume I: The Art of Peace and Happiness
Presence, Volume II: The Intimacy of All ExperienceThe Ashes of Love: Sayings on the Essence of Non-Duality
The Light of Pure Knowing: Thirty Meditations on the Essence of Non-DualityTransparent Body, Luminous World: The Tantric Yoga of Sensation and Perception (Book and six MP3 CD Box Set - 30 Hours of Audio)
The Nature of Consciousness: Essays on the Unity of Mind and MatterBeing Aware of Being Aware (The Essence of Meditation Series)

Rupert’s YouTube Channel. Interviews can be listened to here and watched here.Rupert lives in UK and holds regular meetings and retreats in Europe and USA.

For all further information see http://www.rupertspira.com.Interview recorded 10/25/014 at the Science and Nonduality Conference.

Transcript of this interview1st BatGap interview with Rupert

Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.YouTube Video Chapters:


00:00:00 - The Self-Knowing Nature of Consciousness00:03:58 - The Experience of Awareness
00:06:46 - Directing Attention Inward00:09:32 - The Experience of Being Aware
00:13:08 - The Nature of Self-Abidance00:19:37 - The Unnamable Reality of Experience
00:20:10 - Does consciousness need a mind or a nervous system to know itself?00:23:45 - The Nature of Consciousness
00:26:14 - The Experience of Being Aware00:28:31 - The Experience of Consciousness Being Aware of Itself
00:31:30 - Knowing Oneself and Consciousness00:35:01 - Sinking Attention into its Source
00:38:26 - The Relaxation of Attention and the Shining of Peace00:42:23 - The Illusion of Separate Self and the Fabrication of the World
00:45:10 - The Test of Reality00:48:47 - Experience as a Coloring of Consciousness
00:52:40 - The Collapse of the Distinction between Consciousness and its Objects00:55:43 - Compassion for those in difficult circumstances
00:59:33 - Matter as a Perception01:02:13 - Living with Love and Awareness
01:05:21 - The Universal Feeling-Understanding01:08:49 - Treating the World with Kindness
01:11:59 - The Longing for Happiness01:15:16 - The Source of Longing for Happiness and Awareness
01:18:47 - Stepping in the Direction of Discovery01:21:32 - The Mud Puddle and Living the Words
01:24:46 - The Natural Style of Functioning01:28:01 - The Presence of Consciousness in Experience
01:32:10 - Trusting Experience and God's Infinite Being
01:35:33 - A Beautiful Gift to Humanity01:38:07 - Listening during your commute

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