Meditation Is Practice Without Purpose
- Duration: Video: 1 hour, 59 minutes, and 2 seconds / Audio: 1 hour, 59 minutes, and 2 seconds
- Recorded on: Aug 9, 2021
- Event: Webinar – Monday 9th August from 6:00pm, UK
Allow experience to unfold without any impulse to change it. What is it that knows and illuminates experience? See that awareness itself illuminates all experience, and is pervaded by the knowing of it. The essence of meditation is to remember our self, to cease overlooking our self, in favour of the content of experience. Be sensitive to any sense of ‘what next’, or practising with a purpose. In true meditation, ‘what next’ comes to an end. It ceases being something that we do, and is recognised simply as what we are. If we stand as a person and engage in practice in order to achieve something, we perpetuate the illusion of being a separate self. Eventually, we recognise that the peace and joy for which we long can never be derived from the content of experience, and the search for happiness begins to wind down.
A man asks what love is from the non-dual perspective, or more specifically, what isn't love. Rupert responds that there is nothing that isn't love, that is, everything is love and everything is the same.
A woman asks if a point of view is necessary to see objects? Rupert responds yes, it is necessary. There is no object without a subject, and explains the subject/object relationship.
A man who has experienced his true nature is going through a dark night of the soul, but would like to stabilise to the point of getting back to work and perhaps teaching this understanding. Rupert asks him what he enjoys doing, which can point him to how to earn a living.
A woman says she is aware of herself as aware presence, but continues to experience grief about the state of the world. Rupert responds that it is necessary to abide a,s and act from, your true nature to help with the suffering of the world.
A question is asked about the world as half created and half perceived: Is creation deliberate or the nature of mind? Rupert responds that it is in the nature of finite mind to create from a localised perspective.
What to do with the feelings of grief that arise in response to the terrible things we see in the world? Rupert suggests the response must come from the understanding of unity.
Who or what is responsible for the suffering so apparent in the world? Rupert elaborates on both the limited perspective and the response of the separate self as the price consciousness pays for manifestation.
A man asks what is the distinction between the relative and the absolute point of view. Rupert responds that when we are silent we are coming from the absolute, and when we say anything we are coming from the relative, and elaborates on the perception of matter seemingly all around us.
A man expresses confusion about matter and objects, because he can touch all the things around him. Rupert guides him in self-enquiry to question his assumptions based on perceptions, and to discover the reality that precedes perception.
A woman says resting more and more in silence is the greatest practice but she still experiences health challenges related to her brain that affect her memory. Rupert asks if she is exploring all medical avenues as this should not be ignored, and then leads her in self-enquiry to discover that wholeness is the ultimate healing.
Allow experience to unfold without any impulse to change it. What is it that knows and illuminates experience? See that awareness itself illuminates all experience, and is pervaded by the knowing of it. The essence of meditation is to remember our self, to cease overlooking our self, in favour of the content of experience. Be sensitive to any sense of ‘what next’, or practising with a purpose. In true meditation, ‘what next’ comes to an end. It ceases being something that we do, and is recognised simply as what we are. If we stand as a person and engage in practice in order to achieve something, we perpetuate the illusion of being a separate self. Eventually, we recognise that the peace and joy for which we long can never be derived from the content of experience, and the search for happiness begins to wind down.
A man asks what love is from the non-dual perspective, or more specifically, what isn't love. Rupert responds that there is nothing that isn't love, that is, everything is love and everything is the same.
A woman asks if a point of view is necessary to see objects? Rupert responds yes, it is necessary. There is no object without a subject, and explains the subject/object relationship.
A man who has experienced his true nature is going through a dark night of the soul, but would like to stabilise to the point of getting back to work and perhaps teaching this understanding. Rupert asks him what he enjoys doing, which can point him to how to earn a living.
A woman says she is aware of herself as aware presence, but continues to experience grief about the state of the world. Rupert responds that it is necessary to abide a,s and act from, your true nature to help with the suffering of the world.
A question is asked about the world as half created and half perceived: Is creation deliberate or the nature of mind? Rupert responds that it is in the nature of finite mind to create from a localised perspective.
What to do with the feelings of grief that arise in response to the terrible things we see in the world? Rupert suggests the response must come from the understanding of unity.
Who or what is responsible for the suffering so apparent in the world? Rupert elaborates on both the limited perspective and the response of the separate self as the price consciousness pays for manifestation.
A man asks what is the distinction between the relative and the absolute point of view. Rupert responds that when we are silent we are coming from the absolute, and when we say anything we are coming from the relative, and elaborates on the perception of matter seemingly all around us.
A man expresses confusion about matter and objects, because he can touch all the things around him. Rupert guides him in self-enquiry to question his assumptions based on perceptions, and to discover the reality that precedes perception.
A woman says resting more and more in silence is the greatest practice but she still experiences health challenges related to her brain that affect her memory. Rupert asks if she is exploring all medical avenues as this should not be ignored, and then leads her in self-enquiry to discover that wholeness is the ultimate healing.