Happiness Is the Nature of Our Being
- Duration: Video: 1 hour, 45 minutes, and 7 seconds / Audio: 1 hour, 45 minutes, and 7 seconds
- Recorded on: Dec 2, 2019
- Event: Seven Day Retreat at Buckland Hall - December 2019
No experience is more intimate than the knowing of our own being, and the essential nature of our being is happiness. When the seeking mind comes to an end, our essential happiness shines. All that is necessary to experience lasting happiness is to go directly to ourself.
A woman says that she loves the drama of life but also feels the peace of her being. She asks whether or not she is abiding in her true nature.
A woman says she notices different witness states during meditation and asks if they are different perspectives of awareness.
A woman asks about the difference between 'I am', the knower of experience and the feeling of being.
An audience member asks for assistance with locating awareness within experience.
A man asks Rupert to distinguish anger that arises on behalf of the separate self from that which arises from the understanding of our shared being.
Rupert speaks about the reality of the world.
No experience is more intimate than the knowing of our own being, and the essential nature of our being is happiness. When the seeking mind comes to an end, our essential happiness shines. All that is necessary to experience lasting happiness is to go directly to ourself.
A woman says that she loves the drama of life but also feels the peace of her being. She asks whether or not she is abiding in her true nature.
A woman says she notices different witness states during meditation and asks if they are different perspectives of awareness.
A woman asks about the difference between 'I am', the knower of experience and the feeling of being.
An audience member asks for assistance with locating awareness within experience.
A man asks Rupert to distinguish anger that arises on behalf of the separate self from that which arises from the understanding of our shared being.
Rupert speaks about the reality of the world.