Why Does Consciousness Manifest the World? from the media Resting in Our Being
Using the John Smith and King Lear metaphor, a woman asks why consciousness manifests the world.
- Duration: 4 minutes and 46 seconds
- Recorded on: Mar 24, 2020
- Event: Seven Day 'Retreat at Home'
A woman says she has recognized her true nature but does not feel it has fully colonised all aspects of her experience. She asks Rupert to comment.
A man says he is aware of consciousness as the background of experience in the midst of feelings and sensations but loses that awareness when thinking, and asks Rupert for guidance.
A woman says her being has been resting in complete peace during meditation and she does not want to lose that peace when she goes back into daily activities. She asks Rupert for guidance on maintaining that connection.
Using the John Smith and King Lear metaphor, a woman asks why consciousness manifests the world.
A woman asks if she should be concerned with 'objective-reality responsibilities' or if they will take care of themselves if she simply rests in the peace of her being.
A man says he still identifies with the personal 'I' or separate self, and asks for confirmation that a practice to help him go beyond this identification is to sink attention back into itself in the midst of experience.
A mother of two teenage boys asks for guidance in distinguishing anger that arises from impersonal love from anger that arises from egoic reactivity.
A man with a PTSD diagnosis asks how his interest in non-duality can help him with emotional suffering and trauma in the body.
A man feels that anxiety and negativity distract him from turning his attention towards awareness. He asks if he should try harder.
A man asks if Rupert is asserting that human beings are at the centre of the universe and wonders why consciousness has manifested an unimaginably large universe.
A woman asks Rupert to recommend a non-dual approach to working with physical pain with an emotional origin.
A woman says she has recognized her true nature but does not feel it has fully colonised all aspects of her experience. She asks Rupert to comment.
A man says he is aware of consciousness as the background of experience in the midst of feelings and sensations but loses that awareness when thinking, and asks Rupert for guidance.
A woman says her being has been resting in complete peace during meditation and she does not want to lose that peace when she goes back into daily activities. She asks Rupert for guidance on maintaining that connection.
Using the John Smith and King Lear metaphor, a woman asks why consciousness manifests the world.
A woman asks if she should be concerned with 'objective-reality responsibilities' or if they will take care of themselves if she simply rests in the peace of her being.
A man says he still identifies with the personal 'I' or separate self, and asks for confirmation that a practice to help him go beyond this identification is to sink attention back into itself in the midst of experience.
A mother of two teenage boys asks for guidance in distinguishing anger that arises from impersonal love from anger that arises from egoic reactivity.
A man with a PTSD diagnosis asks how his interest in non-duality can help him with emotional suffering and trauma in the body.
A man feels that anxiety and negativity distract him from turning his attention towards awareness. He asks if he should try harder.
A man asks if Rupert is asserting that human beings are at the centre of the universe and wonders why consciousness has manifested an unimaginably large universe.
A woman asks Rupert to recommend a non-dual approach to working with physical pain with an emotional origin.