When Seeking Undoes Itself

I was happy watching the sunrise, then came to meditate and thought: this spiritual thing seems like a hoax – trying to get rid of something that doesn’t exist and become something I already am. Rupert says: ‘Here we are not trying to get rid of something that doesn’t exist, nor are we trying to become what we already are. You are seeking for as long as you need to seek. But, if you seek intelligently, it inevitably brings itself to its own ending. Your seeking has undone itself. That’s good. Don’t criticise yourself for seeking – it was necessary. We seek in the world. Then we begin to seek in the spiritual world. And that’s just a refinement of our conventional search. But sooner or later that seeking is undone through understanding. In the end, retreats no longer feel like retreats, but there’s something very beautiful and precious about being together with a group of people like this.’

From event 30 August - 06 September, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at Mandali, 30 August–6 September 2025

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