My Heart Is Full of Warm Gratitude

A few thank yous to Francesca and the team. And then a special thanks for his mother on Mother's Day.

Let any residual expectation, desire or longing to come to a natural effortless end. Allow what remains, in the absence of these, to be the foundation of your life. Abidance. Friendship. Creativity.

A man asks about romantic love. Rupert suggests that if his desire for an intimate companion comes from a sense of need, lack or incompleteness, then he will attract someone whose purpose is to fill that sense of lack, and they will fail to do so.

A man shares that he has become sloppy in thinking, going in and out of paying attention. Rupert suggests that lines of reasoning are only necessary to take us to our true nature. At that stage, they are potent and efficient. But once they've done their job, they seem cumbersome and pedantic. After a while, the words have done their job.

Rupert relays a note that his niece wrote to her mother after a family gathering, which read ‘Dearest Mom, all I can say after that is that I am full of warm gratitude.’ He says, ‘I'm glad I came, too’.

A man, who relays his experience of listening to Rupert’s meditations, asks about the best way to listen to these guided meditations. Rupert suggests that meditation is just like getting undressed at night; we take off our clothes and our bodies are simply revealed. In meditation, we are unminded and our naked being is revealed.

A woman shares a dream she had about arguing with Rupert about two artists. She relays a quote of Thoreau’s about making peace with his God, ‘I was not aware that we argued’. Rupert adds, that’s it: we don't argue with God, and the result is peace.

A woman begins to talk and Rupert says that whatever question she has, he recommends that she learn to play the piece of music that was played that morning.

A man asks about the enquiry into the one who lacks. Rupert suggests that nothing is more important than knowing on whose behalf thoughts and feelings arise. Rupert then asks, ‘What happens to your sense of lack, when you become aware of the empty knowing that you are?’

A woman shares an experience of reading a passage in a book about the perfection of wisdom, and asks about transcendence. Rupert suggests that transcendence is the first half of what we do. Don’t stop at transcendence. First we turn away from the world, then we go back. God’s being doesn't just lie behind the world, but shines as the world.

A woman asks about how to know when to go on the inward versus the outward path. Rupert suggests that we just pause and make the decision. We feel drawn in one direction or the other. It suits the mood of the current experience. He then offers an example of the inward and outward way of approaching the same situation.

A woman asks what the best use of the mind is when one can't sleep. Rupert says learning poetry. Rupert then recites a poem by William Wordsworth.

Rupert expresses his thanks and gratitude to the attendees.

A few thank yous to Francesca and the team. And then a special thanks for his mother on Mother's Day.

Let any residual expectation, desire or longing to come to a natural effortless end. Allow what remains, in the absence of these, to be the foundation of your life. Abidance. Friendship. Creativity.

A man asks about romantic love. Rupert suggests that if his desire for an intimate companion comes from a sense of need, lack or incompleteness, then he will attract someone whose purpose is to fill that sense of lack, and they will fail to do so.

A man shares that he has become sloppy in thinking, going in and out of paying attention. Rupert suggests that lines of reasoning are only necessary to take us to our true nature. At that stage, they are potent and efficient. But once they've done their job, they seem cumbersome and pedantic. After a while, the words have done their job.

Rupert relays a note that his niece wrote to her mother after a family gathering, which read ‘Dearest Mom, all I can say after that is that I am full of warm gratitude.’ He says, ‘I'm glad I came, too’.

A man, who relays his experience of listening to Rupert’s meditations, asks about the best way to listen to these guided meditations. Rupert suggests that meditation is just like getting undressed at night; we take off our clothes and our bodies are simply revealed. In meditation, we are unminded and our naked being is revealed.

A woman shares a dream she had about arguing with Rupert about two artists. She relays a quote of Thoreau’s about making peace with his God, ‘I was not aware that we argued’. Rupert adds, that’s it: we don't argue with God, and the result is peace.

A woman begins to talk and Rupert says that whatever question she has, he recommends that she learn to play the piece of music that was played that morning.

A man asks about the enquiry into the one who lacks. Rupert suggests that nothing is more important than knowing on whose behalf thoughts and feelings arise. Rupert then asks, ‘What happens to your sense of lack, when you become aware of the empty knowing that you are?’

A woman shares an experience of reading a passage in a book about the perfection of wisdom, and asks about transcendence. Rupert suggests that transcendence is the first half of what we do. Don’t stop at transcendence. First we turn away from the world, then we go back. God’s being doesn't just lie behind the world, but shines as the world.

A woman asks about how to know when to go on the inward versus the outward path. Rupert suggests that we just pause and make the decision. We feel drawn in one direction or the other. It suits the mood of the current experience. He then offers an example of the inward and outward way of approaching the same situation.

A woman asks what the best use of the mind is when one can't sleep. Rupert says learning poetry. Rupert then recites a poem by William Wordsworth.

Rupert expresses his thanks and gratitude to the attendees.