Weakening the Habit of Losing Yourself

"I’m still new to trying to access being. How do we abide there? The pull of my thoughts and emotions is so strong, especially during intense turmoil. Rupert says: ‘There’s no “how to abide” in being. The actor John Smith doesn’t have to do anything positive to be John Smith – he is John Smith naturally. All he needs to do is cease losing himself in King Lear. Whatever you are must be with you all the time. You’re not always in turmoil, so turmoil isn’t essential to you. The peaceful “I am” is shining right there at the heart of the turmoil, just coloured by it. To begin with, you must make an effort whose intensity equals the gravitational pull of experience. But every time you go back to yourself, you weaken that habit. It’s like a rocket leaving earth’s gravitational field – it gets easier as the pull weakens.’"

From event 21 - 28 November, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at The Vedanta, 21–28 November 2025

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