Suffering Is Resistance to What Is

A man asks about time, the understanding that there is no past or future, and how it conflicts with the experience of the passage of time, such as evolution. Rupert uses the metaphor of the glasses we wear in viewing 3D movies, rendering a two dimensional image into a three dimensional experience.

A man speaks of his morning walks and asks how he might experience them without the mind getting mixed up with the objects he sees, the content of experience. Rupert says the objects act as a smokescreen for a sense of lack, which is best faced directly.

A woman asks for help understanding and articulating experiences she has had of formlessness of the body, such as traveling outside of time and space. Rupert speaks of the difficulty the finite mind has in explaining experiences of the infinite, which are better expressed in poetry and music.

A woman who carries around a sense of the infinite asks if this is in contrast or relationship to the self referred to in the teachings. Rupert responds that they are the same, that her sense of the infinite is her true nature.

A woman who has extreme experiences of fear and anxiety, as well as unity and oneness, asks for help in dealing with the fear. Rupert suggests that she not be too quick to escape from the fear and find someone who is trained to help her face this fear.

A man asks for help in dealing with gender uncertainty, because he feels 'she' is wanting to come out in his male body. Rupert responds that behind either gender is the sense that 'I am', which is the uniting factor.

A woman asks who is it that is receiving the pointers in this teaching? Rupert responds that it varies; sometimes he speaks to the apparent separate self, sometimes to its essential being.

Why is it that awareness forgets itself again and again? Rupert responds that it loses itself because it is so intimately immersed in, and undifferentiated from, experience.

A woman asks how to deal with encountering the appearance of extreme suffering in the world. Rupert responds that he goes to the peace of his being, where all suffering is resolved, and describes how that suffering makes its way through his being.

A young man who experiences back pain on and off asks if there is a difference between physical and spiritual pain which comes from resistance. Rupert gives some examples of the different kinds of pain that arise on behalf of the body, and pain that arises from resistance.

A man asks about free will and the capacity to control the content of experience. Rupert responds that the question of free will presupposes the existence of an independently existing separate self which is an illusion, but the intuition of freedom is real.

A question is asked about the vertical and the horizontal aspect of time. Rupert responds using the example of the now, which is a point rather than a line in either direction.

A man asks about time, the understanding that there is no past or future, and how it conflicts with the experience of the passage of time, such as evolution. Rupert uses the metaphor of the glasses we wear in viewing 3D movies, rendering a two dimensional image into a three dimensional experience.

A man speaks of his morning walks and asks how he might experience them without the mind getting mixed up with the objects he sees, the content of experience. Rupert says the objects act as a smokescreen for a sense of lack, which is best faced directly.

A woman asks for help understanding and articulating experiences she has had of formlessness of the body, such as traveling outside of time and space. Rupert speaks of the difficulty the finite mind has in explaining experiences of the infinite, which are better expressed in poetry and music.

A woman who carries around a sense of the infinite asks if this is in contrast or relationship to the self referred to in the teachings. Rupert responds that they are the same, that her sense of the infinite is her true nature.

A woman who has extreme experiences of fear and anxiety, as well as unity and oneness, asks for help in dealing with the fear. Rupert suggests that she not be too quick to escape from the fear and find someone who is trained to help her face this fear.

A man asks for help in dealing with gender uncertainty, because he feels 'she' is wanting to come out in his male body. Rupert responds that behind either gender is the sense that 'I am', which is the uniting factor.

A woman asks who is it that is receiving the pointers in this teaching? Rupert responds that it varies; sometimes he speaks to the apparent separate self, sometimes to its essential being.

Why is it that awareness forgets itself again and again? Rupert responds that it loses itself because it is so intimately immersed in, and undifferentiated from, experience.

A woman asks how to deal with encountering the appearance of extreme suffering in the world. Rupert responds that he goes to the peace of his being, where all suffering is resolved, and describes how that suffering makes its way through his being.

A young man who experiences back pain on and off asks if there is a difference between physical and spiritual pain which comes from resistance. Rupert gives some examples of the different kinds of pain that arise on behalf of the body, and pain that arises from resistance.

A man asks about free will and the capacity to control the content of experience. Rupert responds that the question of free will presupposes the existence of an independently existing separate self which is an illusion, but the intuition of freedom is real.

A question is asked about the vertical and the horizontal aspect of time. Rupert responds using the example of the now, which is a point rather than a line in either direction.