The 'I' Keeping an Eye on the 'I'

We contemplate a poem by the Sufi mystic Balyani.

A woman asks Rupert for his perspective on the statement, ‘There was never any suffering because there was never anyone to suffer.’

A woman asks Rupert if karma exists or if experience is random.

Rupert answers a question about absolute and relative truth.

A woman asks if there is value in revisiting past trauma.

Rupert talks about the distinction between impersonal and personal desires.

A man asks for guidance on how to take a step towards the Tantric approach of experiencing the world as himself.

A woman asks if it is grace that dispels suffering.

Rupert offers an interpretation of the Biblical quote, 'I have called you by my name, you are mine'.