Mistaking the Self as a Place You Visit

A woman who has been exploring non-duality for more than forty years feels upset this morning. She’s been told that ‘I’ doesn’t exist, and yet she can often feel its existence, and lately it’s been overwhelming her with sadness. She’s wondering if this path is for her. Rupert asserts that there is something real in our experience that corresponds to the word ‘I’. It’s just not what we normally think it is – not our thoughts, not our feelings, not the other aspects of our experience. He walks her through a detailed self-enquiry to get her to see that all there is is ‘I am’, that which knows thoughts, feelings and the rest. And this ‘I am’ has never been hurt. You have been mistaking it as a place you are visiting rather than knowing it as what you essentially always are.

From event 20 April - 20 May, 2024 Seven-Day Meditation Retreat at Mandali – 20 to 27 April 2024

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