The Finite Seeks the Infinite
- Duration: Video: 1 hour, 58 minutes, and 18 seconds / Audio: 1 hour, 58 minutes, and 18 seconds
- Recorded on: May 8, 2020
- Event: Seven Day 'Retreat at Home' – May
A mother who wants to financially support her son, a recent graduate from university, is concerned about creating a dependent relationship. Rupert talks about caring for others, especially during trying times.
A woman asks for guidance on how to help a family member who suffers from trauma. Rupert speaks about sensing another's experience while modelling how to move towards our true nature of spacious awareness.
A woman from a Quaker community asks how to respond to a Quaker friend who asked her what it means to be led by spirit. She says her non-dual language is unhelpful to her friend and asks Rupert how he would answer. Rupert encourages her to consider using language that is within her friend's religious vocabulary whilst also transmitting her non-dual understanding through her own behaviour.
A woman asks if thoughts are a creation of the universe. Rupert discusses the mind as an imaginary limitation of the separate self.
A woman who feels the presence of awareness coming and going asks what role her mind plays in confirming its existence. Rupert suggests returning to the question 'Who is the one experiencing thoughts and feelings?’.
A man asks when the deep suffering in his body will come to an end. Rupert speaks about visualising the feeling of suffering, without reference to thought, as a means of bringing us closer to the truth of our experience.
A woman asks how to discern when she is searching for happiness and what to do once she recognises this. Rupert discusses layers of emotional reactivity and becoming more sensitive to the rejection of the now.
A man says he feels connected to a deep sense of self and desires enlightenment. Rupert speaks about peace and happiness as evidence of true enlightenment.
A man asks about the relationship between letting go of thoughts and feelings and the accompanying sensations felt in the body. Rupert speaks about surrendering sensations to spacious awareness and the accompanying realignment of the body.
A man reflects that people he knows are theorising that the COVID pandemic is God’s effort to correct the imbalance of humanity, and asks if consciousness is preference-less or has such a plan. He also asks if the soul’s purpose is to aid our awakening. Rupert speaks about all circumstances as having the potential to reveal happiness.
A mother who wants to financially support her son, a recent graduate from university, is concerned about creating a dependent relationship. Rupert talks about caring for others, especially during trying times.
A woman asks for guidance on how to help a family member who suffers from trauma. Rupert speaks about sensing another's experience while modelling how to move towards our true nature of spacious awareness.
A woman from a Quaker community asks how to respond to a Quaker friend who asked her what it means to be led by spirit. She says her non-dual language is unhelpful to her friend and asks Rupert how he would answer. Rupert encourages her to consider using language that is within her friend's religious vocabulary whilst also transmitting her non-dual understanding through her own behaviour.
A woman asks if thoughts are a creation of the universe. Rupert discusses the mind as an imaginary limitation of the separate self.
A woman who feels the presence of awareness coming and going asks what role her mind plays in confirming its existence. Rupert suggests returning to the question 'Who is the one experiencing thoughts and feelings?’.
A man asks when the deep suffering in his body will come to an end. Rupert speaks about visualising the feeling of suffering, without reference to thought, as a means of bringing us closer to the truth of our experience.
A woman asks how to discern when she is searching for happiness and what to do once she recognises this. Rupert discusses layers of emotional reactivity and becoming more sensitive to the rejection of the now.
A man says he feels connected to a deep sense of self and desires enlightenment. Rupert speaks about peace and happiness as evidence of true enlightenment.
A man asks about the relationship between letting go of thoughts and feelings and the accompanying sensations felt in the body. Rupert speaks about surrendering sensations to spacious awareness and the accompanying realignment of the body.
A man reflects that people he knows are theorising that the COVID pandemic is God’s effort to correct the imbalance of humanity, and asks if consciousness is preference-less or has such a plan. He also asks if the soul’s purpose is to aid our awakening. Rupert speaks about all circumstances as having the potential to reveal happiness.