Not an Extraordinary Experience

A woman asks Rupert to comment on the quotation ‘Enlightenment is an accident and meditation makes us accident-prone.’ Rupert rejects this formulation, explaining it incorrectly implies enlightenment is an extraordinary experience reserved for lucky individuals. Instead, he describes enlightenment as simply recognising the nature of being – something simple, accessible to everyone, and not accidental. He illustrates this with a story of his godmother who had a genuine recognition at 17 but, without proper interpretation, spent her life longing to recapture that ‘extraordinary’ experience.

From event 21 March - 28 April, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at Garrison Institute, 21–28 March 2025

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