The Reality of All Appearances

The separate self is not non-existent it is an illusion. And just as an illusion is a temporary appearance of its reality, so there is a reality that lies behind the apparent separate self. What is that reality? Intimate, impersonal and infinite being. The name, ‘I’ always refers, in reality, to God’s knowledge of itself – intimate, impersonal being’s knowledge, or awareness, of itself. In other words, that which shines in us as the knowledge, I, the feeling of being, is God’s presence. How would it be, when you look inside yourself, the self that you find there is God’s being, infinite being, intimate but impersonal?

A woman asks for clarification on approaches to difficult emotions or memories. Rupert elaborates on the Vedantic and Tantric approaches to emotions.

A woman says she knows who she is intellectually but does not always feel she is one with all experience. She asks if she can know her being beyond an intellectual understanding.

A man asks Rupert to explain the personal aspect of the soul as a trace of the mind, and how this aligns with the Christian definition of soul.

A man asks Rupert to speak about resonance and transmission between teacher and student. He says he feels he is not completely owning the peace of his own being but instead attributing it to the teacher.

A woman notices the tendency to direct her attention to the objects of experience, despite realising that no object takes her away from her true nature. She asks how to reclaim herself from the veil of experience.

A woman with a background in the classical Advaita tradition says she now prefers Rupert's teaching. She shares that she feels guilty for leaving her tradition behind.

A man notices persistent 'little resistances' arising in the form of likes and dislikes, and asks Rupert how to approach these preferences.

The separate self is not non-existent it is an illusion. And just as an illusion is a temporary appearance of its reality, so there is a reality that lies behind the apparent separate self. What is that reality? Intimate, impersonal and infinite being. The name, ‘I’ always refers, in reality, to God’s knowledge of itself – intimate, impersonal being’s knowledge, or awareness, of itself. In other words, that which shines in us as the knowledge, I, the feeling of being, is God’s presence. How would it be, when you look inside yourself, the self that you find there is God’s being, infinite being, intimate but impersonal?

A woman asks for clarification on approaches to difficult emotions or memories. Rupert elaborates on the Vedantic and Tantric approaches to emotions.

A woman says she knows who she is intellectually but does not always feel she is one with all experience. She asks if she can know her being beyond an intellectual understanding.

A man asks Rupert to explain the personal aspect of the soul as a trace of the mind, and how this aligns with the Christian definition of soul.

A man asks Rupert to speak about resonance and transmission between teacher and student. He says he feels he is not completely owning the peace of his own being but instead attributing it to the teacher.

A woman notices the tendency to direct her attention to the objects of experience, despite realising that no object takes her away from her true nature. She asks how to reclaim herself from the veil of experience.

A woman with a background in the classical Advaita tradition says she now prefers Rupert's teaching. She shares that she feels guilty for leaving her tradition behind.

A man notices persistent 'little resistances' arising in the form of likes and dislikes, and asks Rupert how to approach these preferences.