The Current of Love is Always Here

A woman with a background in the Toltec shamanic tradition asks about shadow work and spiritual bypassing. Rupert responds that the first part of the Direct Path approach, the Vedantic aspect, essentially is pure spiritual bypassing. But then, in the second part, or Tantric way, we turn back to face the content of our experience – body and mind – that we previously ignored, trying to align our thoughts, feelings, actions, and relations with our new understanding of ourselves as infinite being. This second part involves healing hidden layers, infusing transparency, luminosity, and peace into the denser emotional areas of the body.

A man who has struggled to articulate the concept of non-duality to others, often finding himself at a loss for words, asks Rupert how he effectively communicates this understanding. Rupert replies that he has undergone at least fifty years of intense pondering and reflection, which has allowed him time to refine and discover his own language, something he did not initially possess. He emphasises that developing a personal way of talking about the understanding takes time. The best way to communicate it, he suggests, is to exude imperturbable peace, quiet joy for no reason, and unconditional love.

A woman asks Rupert how he defines money. Rupert replies that he considers money a currency of love, enabling love to be communicated from one person or institution to another. He adds that power is the energy that transmits this from one place to another. For an organisation to function effectively, everyone must share a basic understanding so that everyone’s starting point is love.

A man who wants to become a therapist asks Rupert about whether he will achieve his goal. Rupert replies that perhaps he is not the best person to ask this question because he was always quite reckless in pursuing his goal to become a potter and later in writing about non-duality; he never once considered finances. He feels that if someone has a deep love for something and follows it, it puts you in harmony with the universe, and the universe takes care of you.

A man, having found out that Rupert has a birthday, invites everyone to sing ‘For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow’ to him.

A woman for whom this might be her last retreat with Rupert expresses her gratitude. Rupert replies that once one has met in this understanding, the current of love is always there; we are all connected in this undercurrent of love. He wishes the woman the very best and says that we will forever be with her, and she with us.

A man who became disconnected from his feelings as result of having grown up in a toxic environment asks Rupert about the value of feelings. Rupert tells him to listen to his feelings; they are a sort of litmus test. They inform you about where you stand and who you feel yourself to be in that moment. Our feelings are unfailingly honest.

A woman asks if it is our duty to solve other people’s problems since, assuming we are all one, they are also our problems. Rupert responds affirmatively, explaining that the best way to address everyone’s issues is by recognising one’s own true nature, acknowledging that our essential nature is inherently free of problems. However, he clarifies that this does not mean it is illegitimate to attend to problems in one’s own life or in the lives of others on a relative level.

A woman asks if there is anything particularly powerful about thinking. Rupert suggests that to understand the substance of a thought, one must delve deeply into it and discover that it is a modulation of knowing. One possible approach to thinking would be to imagine that we don't understand the language of the thought, akin to listening to a bird’s song.

A man asks about a statement made by Bernardo Kastrup regarding reality having a purpose. Rupert replies that he agrees with the statement and cannot improve on it. He explains that Bernardo also agrees that at the most fundamental level, reality does not have any purpose, movement, or change.

A man enquires about Rupert’s ‘aha moment’ of realisation. Rupert shares a story from when he was twenty years old, recounting how his first girlfriend broke up with him during a phone call, which left him devastated. The person in whom he had placed all his happiness had vanished in an instant. Following this event, he made a resolution to seek out a reliable source of permanent happiness. It was at this juncture that his interest in non-duality transformed into a deep passion.

A woman with a background in the Toltec shamanic tradition asks about shadow work and spiritual bypassing. Rupert responds that the first part of the Direct Path approach, the Vedantic aspect, essentially is pure spiritual bypassing. But then, in the second part, or Tantric way, we turn back to face the content of our experience – body and mind – that we previously ignored, trying to align our thoughts, feelings, actions, and relations with our new understanding of ourselves as infinite being. This second part involves healing hidden layers, infusing transparency, luminosity, and peace into the denser emotional areas of the body.

A man who has struggled to articulate the concept of non-duality to others, often finding himself at a loss for words, asks Rupert how he effectively communicates this understanding. Rupert replies that he has undergone at least fifty years of intense pondering and reflection, which has allowed him time to refine and discover his own language, something he did not initially possess. He emphasises that developing a personal way of talking about the understanding takes time. The best way to communicate it, he suggests, is to exude imperturbable peace, quiet joy for no reason, and unconditional love.

A woman asks Rupert how he defines money. Rupert replies that he considers money a currency of love, enabling love to be communicated from one person or institution to another. He adds that power is the energy that transmits this from one place to another. For an organisation to function effectively, everyone must share a basic understanding so that everyone’s starting point is love.

A man who wants to become a therapist asks Rupert about whether he will achieve his goal. Rupert replies that perhaps he is not the best person to ask this question because he was always quite reckless in pursuing his goal to become a potter and later in writing about non-duality; he never once considered finances. He feels that if someone has a deep love for something and follows it, it puts you in harmony with the universe, and the universe takes care of you.

A man, having found out that Rupert has a birthday, invites everyone to sing ‘For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow’ to him.

A woman for whom this might be her last retreat with Rupert expresses her gratitude. Rupert replies that once one has met in this understanding, the current of love is always there; we are all connected in this undercurrent of love. He wishes the woman the very best and says that we will forever be with her, and she with us.

A man who became disconnected from his feelings as result of having grown up in a toxic environment asks Rupert about the value of feelings. Rupert tells him to listen to his feelings; they are a sort of litmus test. They inform you about where you stand and who you feel yourself to be in that moment. Our feelings are unfailingly honest.

A woman asks if it is our duty to solve other people’s problems since, assuming we are all one, they are also our problems. Rupert responds affirmatively, explaining that the best way to address everyone’s issues is by recognising one’s own true nature, acknowledging that our essential nature is inherently free of problems. However, he clarifies that this does not mean it is illegitimate to attend to problems in one’s own life or in the lives of others on a relative level.

A woman asks if there is anything particularly powerful about thinking. Rupert suggests that to understand the substance of a thought, one must delve deeply into it and discover that it is a modulation of knowing. One possible approach to thinking would be to imagine that we don't understand the language of the thought, akin to listening to a bird’s song.

A man asks about a statement made by Bernardo Kastrup regarding reality having a purpose. Rupert replies that he agrees with the statement and cannot improve on it. He explains that Bernardo also agrees that at the most fundamental level, reality does not have any purpose, movement, or change.

A man enquires about Rupert’s ‘aha moment’ of realisation. Rupert shares a story from when he was twenty years old, recounting how his first girlfriend broke up with him during a phone call, which left him devastated. The person in whom he had placed all his happiness had vanished in an instant. Following this event, he made a resolution to seek out a reliable source of permanent happiness. It was at this juncture that his interest in non-duality transformed into a deep passion.