Don’t Be Attached to the Definitions

A man expresses his confusion because, although he’s heard Rupert use terms such ‘being’, ‘consciousness’, ‘awareness’, ‘knowing’, ‘the witness’, and ‘I am’ to all be pointing to the same thing, he’s seen other teachers in spiritual literature use them differently, and now he would like some clarification. Rupert tells him that there isn’t a common agreement among teachers about the way words are used, so we must listen carefully for the teacher’s meaning. Also, people speak about these matters at different levels, often depending on who they are speaking to. ‘Don’t be attached to or impose your own definitions,’ he tells the man, ‘or you will have arguments.’

From event 20 April - 20 May, 2024 Seven-Day Meditation Retreat at Mandali – 20 to 27 April 2024

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