There Is Only the Gold

"Yesterday, I asked about holding on to “there’s only the gold” and what I really wanted you to say was “don’t worry about it”. When I make the effort to hold on, something contracts. Rupert says: ‘Don’t worry about holding on to it. Just go back again and again to the experience “there is only the gold”. You’ve had that experience – you’ve been there. Keep going back to the experience. In that experience, there’s no question of how to hold on to it, because only something that could let go of it or be separate from it would want to learn how to hold on to it. But if there is only the gold, who would be the one that had let go and wanted to hold on? There is only the gold, so that understanding won’t answer your question – it will dissolve the question. The question presumes there is something other than the gold. There is no such finite being. Just go back experientially to the felt understanding: there is only the gold. You’re in the stream with all of us. The stream is carrying all of us. You’re on the train – sit down and relax. The train is taking you.’"

From event 05 - 12 October, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at Garrison Institute, 5–12 October 2025

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