A Two-Way Portal to Freedom

"I’ve heard you talk about the portal of now, but is it a two-way portal, and which way does the ‘I am’ go? Rupert says: ‘The experience of being, to which we refer when we say “I am”, is the only experience we have that is not subject to the limitations of thought and perception. For all of us, the knowledge “I am” is the doorway through which we pass out of limitations into infinite being. It’s the eye of the needle – so small you can’t take a single thought with you. You have to go through utterly naked. But when you go through, it’s very large on the other side – you stand revealed as the infinite. However, all doorways can be passed through in two directions. The “I am” is also the doorway through which the infinite passes the other way, acquiring limitations as it does so. It’s like a prison door – pass through one direction, you lose your freedom; pass through the other direction, you gain it. The pure “I am” is God’s nature. When anything is added to it – “I am this” or “I am that” – it ceases representing God’s infinite being and becomes a person. But the “I am” in each of us is God’s presence shining in us, as us.’"

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

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