There Is No Lack in Being
- Duration: Video: 1 hour, 1 minutes, and 9 seconds / Audio: 1 hour, 1 minutes, and 9 seconds
- Recorded on: Feb 20, 2023
- Event: Seven Day Retreat at The Vedanta – 18th to 25th February
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A woman asks about who the director of the movie is. Rupert uses the metaphor of the screen and image to suggest that the screen – infinite being – is the producer, director, actor. Reincarnation and karma are used to explain this, but Rupert suggests they are inadequate. The point is to recognise the screen and be that knowingly.
A man asks Rupert about his experience of separating himself as the witness. Rupert suggests that he established himself as the witness, but then we go on to collapse experience into our self. Instead, he went back to experience. Rupert suggests he ask himself if there is anything to his experience other than knowing. Consciousness is all there to experience.
A woman asks about the meditations which asks us to explore our experience, because she wants to sink deeper. Rupert suggests that it isn’t always necessary to explore. The investigation is the prelude to abiding as being. The sound of my voice and your thoughts and feelings left you. You, consciousness, never go anywhere.
A woman comments on the quote ‘Alone with the alone’.
A man references a recommendation that Rupert made to his friend about limiting his meditation time and asks if he has a different recommendation for him. Rupert reminds him that mediation is not what we do; it is what we are. Be with your self twenty-four–seven.
A man asks how much toad kissing he should do to welcome experience. Rupert suggests that in his case he doesn't recommend toad kissing, as kissing the toad keeps you away from your self. The separate self can appropriate non-dual teaching. Sooner or later, we drop our practices.
A woman, who is a teacher, says that now that she has this knowledge she feels that teaching is not helping but hurting. Rupert suggests that she shouldn't feel that teaching children practical things is at odds with the natural state. It is necessary for the child to develop and go through these stages. The most important thing is that your understanding informs your teaching, sharing it subliminally.
A man, who is a longtime meditator, says that he gets very close to pure being. Rupert suggests that he is almost there; he is hanging on to the belief that the ‘I’ can't be being. ‘I’ is being. 'I' is the name that being gives to itself. We can't be far from being; we are being. The feeling of being is you.
A woman asks about how to ‘be the noise’ when the noise is disturbing. Rupert suggests she close your eyes and see that there isn't a listener. There really isn't even a sound, there is just listening. ‘I’ and ‘birds’ are concepts; there is just listening. Therefore, who would be distracted?
A man references something Rupert said about sensations and perceptions leaving us in the dream state. Rupert suggests that sensations and perception are experienced as the dreamed world and body, but they are not the perceptions and sensations that we experience in the waking state. The man asks about how to differentiate between them. Rupert suggests that the perceptions of the world in the dream state are entirely in our own mind, but the ones in the waking state exist in consciousness but outside the finite mind.
A man shares that when he abides he gets lost in addictive behaviour. Rupert suggests it is always the mind that says ‘this is not enough’. It projects an idea of peace onto objective experience. Ask yourself the question, ‘What is it that knows this thought?’ There is no lack in your being.
A woman asks about who the director of the movie is. Rupert uses the metaphor of the screen and image to suggest that the screen – infinite being – is the producer, director, actor. Reincarnation and karma are used to explain this, but Rupert suggests they are inadequate. The point is to recognise the screen and be that knowingly.
A man asks Rupert about his experience of separating himself as the witness. Rupert suggests that he established himself as the witness, but then we go on to collapse experience into our self. Instead, he went back to experience. Rupert suggests he ask himself if there is anything to his experience other than knowing. Consciousness is all there to experience.
A woman asks about the meditations which asks us to explore our experience, because she wants to sink deeper. Rupert suggests that it isn’t always necessary to explore. The investigation is the prelude to abiding as being. The sound of my voice and your thoughts and feelings left you. You, consciousness, never go anywhere.
A woman comments on the quote ‘Alone with the alone’.
A man references a recommendation that Rupert made to his friend about limiting his meditation time and asks if he has a different recommendation for him. Rupert reminds him that mediation is not what we do; it is what we are. Be with your self twenty-four–seven.
A man asks how much toad kissing he should do to welcome experience. Rupert suggests that in his case he doesn't recommend toad kissing, as kissing the toad keeps you away from your self. The separate self can appropriate non-dual teaching. Sooner or later, we drop our practices.
A woman, who is a teacher, says that now that she has this knowledge she feels that teaching is not helping but hurting. Rupert suggests that she shouldn't feel that teaching children practical things is at odds with the natural state. It is necessary for the child to develop and go through these stages. The most important thing is that your understanding informs your teaching, sharing it subliminally.
A man, who is a longtime meditator, says that he gets very close to pure being. Rupert suggests that he is almost there; he is hanging on to the belief that the ‘I’ can't be being. ‘I’ is being. 'I' is the name that being gives to itself. We can't be far from being; we are being. The feeling of being is you.
A woman asks about how to ‘be the noise’ when the noise is disturbing. Rupert suggests she close your eyes and see that there isn't a listener. There really isn't even a sound, there is just listening. ‘I’ and ‘birds’ are concepts; there is just listening. Therefore, who would be distracted?
A man references something Rupert said about sensations and perceptions leaving us in the dream state. Rupert suggests that sensations and perception are experienced as the dreamed world and body, but they are not the perceptions and sensations that we experience in the waking state. The man asks about how to differentiate between them. Rupert suggests that the perceptions of the world in the dream state are entirely in our own mind, but the ones in the waking state exist in consciousness but outside the finite mind.
A man shares that when he abides he gets lost in addictive behaviour. Rupert suggests it is always the mind that says ‘this is not enough’. It projects an idea of peace onto objective experience. Ask yourself the question, ‘What is it that knows this thought?’ There is no lack in your being.