The Most Precious Gift

A man with a history of depression thanks Rupert for his teaching and asks how to investigate feelings of fear and depression. Rupert assists him in directing his attention towards the one that is aware of the feeling instead of towards the feeling itself.

A woman who feels as if gravity pulls her away from abiding as awareness asks how much effort she should make to return to it. She shares that when she relates to others from her stance as awareness, she senses they feel she is being aloof.

A man relates how he felt an energetic movement in his body and believed he was dying, but the doctors found nothing wrong. He asks Rupert if it was a result of negative behaviour in his past and if awareness accompanies the body during the dying process.

A woman says she has been experiencing grief when she tries to disentangle herself from experience during meditation, due to the current upheaval in the world. She asks if disentangling herself from the world is abandoning its suffering.

A woman who is familiar with Rupert's artwork asks about the ego's desire to lay claim over the creative process.

A man asks if awareness is the sentient author of experience and why something infinite would choose to make itself finite.

A man asks Rupert to elaborate on the body and matter as ultimately being made of consciousness. He asks, if everything and everyone is made of consciousness, who experiences suffering.

A woman says that while her song writing comes from her deepest love and understanding, she finds performing unpleasant, and Rupert responds.

A man believes his conditioning strongly influences how he moves in the world and dictates what he should strive for in life. He would prefer to live by trusting his true nature, and he asks Rupert for guidance.

A woman who has studied the scientific explanation of time says the passage of time feels tangible and asks Rupert to speak about the concepts of time and space.

A man asks Rupert to talk about the sense of lack and where it arises from. Rupert speaks about traces that remain in the mind and body as a result of either holding on to or pushing away unresolved tensions, and how these result in the conditioned mind.

A woman asks Rupert to elaborate on the 'luminous' quality of awareness, and he equates this quality with the light of knowing.

A woman asks for advice about parenting her adult children and wonders if her desire to keep them safe comes from her attachment as a separate self or from the love of her true nature.

A man asks Rupert to recommend practices to enhance his enjoyment of life and facilitate stabilising as awareness. Rupert offers the suggestion to include feeling our shared being with all people he interacts with.