Who Is It That Experiences Grief?

My mother died recently, and I continue experiencing grief. But when grief grips me, who within me is experiencing these emotions? Does awareness have capacity for suffering? If I step back into awareness, does that impact the grief’s intensity? Rupert says: ‘Awareness – awareness has a capacity to experience suffering through the agency of a finite mind. If you step back into awareness and taste its nature, you realise it’s inherently free of suffering. That recognition will have an impact on the suffering in your life. Your grief about your mother is really your love for your mother. It’s a sorrow pervaded by love.’

From event 07 - 14 September, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at Mandali, 7–14 September 2025 – ‘Meister Eckhart and the Love of God’

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