Maintaining the Recognition of My True Nature

"I’ve had glimpses of recognising my true nature as being, but then I lose it again. How do I maintain this recognition? Rupert says: ‘Being never loses its recognition of itself – it’s always knowing itself, always shining. What seems to lose the recognition is the separate self, but that self never had the recognition in the first place. When you say “I lost it”, notice who is speaking. It’s not being that lost itself; it’s a thought claiming ownership of being’s self-recognition. The recognition isn’t something you acquire and then maintain through effort. Rather, notice that you are always being, always having the experience “I am”. What varies is simply how exclusively your attention is focused on the content of experience. Gently return attention to being whenever you notice it’s been absorbed in content. In time, being naturally outshines experience.’"

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

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