Our Essential Nature Never Changes

A man asks Rupert if there is a distinction between self-enquiry and self-abidance.

A man says he feels that listening to Rupert's words distracts him from the feeling of deep abiding that he has cultivated after a recent silent retreat.

A man asks Rupert to elaborate on the difference between attention and abiding.

A man asks what happens to consciousness when someone is in a state of coma.

A woman says she sometimes experiences the world as a waking dream and asks why those moments don't last longer.

Rupert speaks about the nature of illusion and Maya.

A woman says it is easier for her to drop into awareness when she is looking into the eyes of another than when she is alone.

A woman asks about the relationship between physical pain and the interpretation of it.