Tantric and Vedantic Approaches to 'Watching the Thinker' from the media Recognising Our Inherently Fulfilled Being
A man asks how the practice of 'watching the thinker', learned from a previous teacher, relates to Rupert's teaching on the Tantric and Vedantic approaches to thoughts and thinking.
- Duration: 12 minutes and 51 seconds
- Recorded on: Mar 21, 2020
- Event: Seven Day 'Retreat at Home'
In this meditation we begin by contemplating the three steps to recognising our essential nature: first, the recognition, ‘I am the presence of awareness with which all experience is known’, second, ‘I am the presence of awareness within which all experience arises’ and third, ‘I am that out of which all experience is made and of which everything is the activity’. We then notice that our being, the presence of awareness, is always in the same pristine, inherently peaceful, unconditionally fulfilled and loving condition. This is our natural condition, not a state that we may obtain in the future if we practise hard enough or meditate long enough. It is our nature now. It has always been and will always be our nature. It is simply there for the recognising.
A woman asks Rupert if the arising of any difficult emotions betrays an underlying belief in separation.
A woman asks for clarification about the Tantric approach to expressing intense emotions and its relationship to the ego, social justice and impersonal anger.
A man asks how the practice of 'watching the thinker', learned from a previous teacher, relates to Rupert's teaching on the Tantric and Vedantic approaches to thoughts and thinking.
A woman asks why some traditions emphasise spiritual experiences and higher states of consciousness.
A woman asks what happened during Ramana Maharshi's sudden awakening.
Rupert speaks about the impersonal conditioning of the separate self and elaborates on the peace of our true nature shining through all experience.
In this meditation we begin by contemplating the three steps to recognising our essential nature: first, the recognition, ‘I am the presence of awareness with which all experience is known’, second, ‘I am the presence of awareness within which all experience arises’ and third, ‘I am that out of which all experience is made and of which everything is the activity’. We then notice that our being, the presence of awareness, is always in the same pristine, inherently peaceful, unconditionally fulfilled and loving condition. This is our natural condition, not a state that we may obtain in the future if we practise hard enough or meditate long enough. It is our nature now. It has always been and will always be our nature. It is simply there for the recognising.
A woman asks Rupert if the arising of any difficult emotions betrays an underlying belief in separation.
A woman asks for clarification about the Tantric approach to expressing intense emotions and its relationship to the ego, social justice and impersonal anger.
A man asks how the practice of 'watching the thinker', learned from a previous teacher, relates to Rupert's teaching on the Tantric and Vedantic approaches to thoughts and thinking.
A woman asks why some traditions emphasise spiritual experiences and higher states of consciousness.
A woman asks what happened during Ramana Maharshi's sudden awakening.
Rupert speaks about the impersonal conditioning of the separate self and elaborates on the peace of our true nature shining through all experience.