Our Guardian Angel Is Our Inner Being from the media The Ocean of Awareness
A musician asks if he should disregard his guardian angel or trust this as his own inner being. Rupert speaks about the guardian angel as one and the same as our own being.
- Duration: 2 minutes and 24 seconds
- Recorded on: May 6, 2020
- Event: Seven Day 'Retreat at Home' – May
A woman who has been caring for her mother for several years asks how to establish an enquiry-based practice. Rupert elaborates on the self-enquiry process and suggests taking a moment to ask who is aware of our experience.
A man asks about the paradox created when the seeking becomes the veil that prevents us from recognising our true nature. Rupert speaks about how surrendering to our suffering can bring an end to the search for happiness.
A woman who is an energy worker asks, if awareness does not move, what is moving in relation to the now. Rupert offers the analogy of the movie and screen to illustrate the movement and stillness of awareness.
A counsellor asks how to guide her clients back to their true nature. Rupert speaks about stepping away from the individual point of view to the space of awareness that has no point of view, and about the power of art to take us to this place.
A Buddhist asks if happiness is a by-product of truth. Rupert speaks about truth, happiness and beauty as names for the same reality, experienced variously according to the tendency of the seeker.
A woman asks why, if awareness is infinite, she feels that her experience is limited. Rupert guides her to notice the experience of awareness itself rather than what appears in it. He speaks about turning attention towards the knower of experience and away from the objects that are known.
A musician asks if he should disregard his guardian angel or trust this as his own inner being. Rupert speaks about the guardian angel as one and the same as our own being.
A visual artist in love with beautiful objects describes experiencing a door to her true nature in works of art. Rupert discusses the power of unique objects to collapse the apparent distinction between the perceiver and the perceived.
A woman attending her first retreat experiences thoughts as appearing from the empty space within herself and asks if they are the product of intuition or imagination. Rupert speaks about the most subtle form of knowledge, the recognition of our true nature, as having no objective quality.
A woman asks who is the one that needs to know 'I am awareness'. Rupert explains that the person we imagine ourself to be is directing enquiries to the true self of awareness.
A woman who has been caring for her mother for several years asks how to establish an enquiry-based practice. Rupert elaborates on the self-enquiry process and suggests taking a moment to ask who is aware of our experience.
A man asks about the paradox created when the seeking becomes the veil that prevents us from recognising our true nature. Rupert speaks about how surrendering to our suffering can bring an end to the search for happiness.
A woman who is an energy worker asks, if awareness does not move, what is moving in relation to the now. Rupert offers the analogy of the movie and screen to illustrate the movement and stillness of awareness.
A counsellor asks how to guide her clients back to their true nature. Rupert speaks about stepping away from the individual point of view to the space of awareness that has no point of view, and about the power of art to take us to this place.
A Buddhist asks if happiness is a by-product of truth. Rupert speaks about truth, happiness and beauty as names for the same reality, experienced variously according to the tendency of the seeker.
A woman asks why, if awareness is infinite, she feels that her experience is limited. Rupert guides her to notice the experience of awareness itself rather than what appears in it. He speaks about turning attention towards the knower of experience and away from the objects that are known.
A musician asks if he should disregard his guardian angel or trust this as his own inner being. Rupert speaks about the guardian angel as one and the same as our own being.
A visual artist in love with beautiful objects describes experiencing a door to her true nature in works of art. Rupert discusses the power of unique objects to collapse the apparent distinction between the perceiver and the perceived.
A woman attending her first retreat experiences thoughts as appearing from the empty space within herself and asks if they are the product of intuition or imagination. Rupert speaks about the most subtle form of knowledge, the recognition of our true nature, as having no objective quality.
A woman asks who is the one that needs to know 'I am awareness'. Rupert explains that the person we imagine ourself to be is directing enquiries to the true self of awareness.