“If we say of a tree ‘it is tall’, ‘it is old’ and so on, the ‘it is’ refers to its reality; the qualities of being ‘tall’ or ‘old’ limit or seem to limit that which the tree truly is – infinite being.“
–Rupert Spira
Rupert Spira (born March 13, 1960) is an English spiritual teacher, philosopher and author of the Direct Path based in Oxford, UK. Wikipedia
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“The human experiences of peace, joy, love and beauty are not really human experiences; they are instances where the infinite, the divine, has entered through a crack in the world. It has seeped through the veil of appearances and is announcing itself in our world.“
–Rupert Spira
Rupert Spira (born March 13, 1960) is an English spiritual teacher, philosopher and author of the Direct Path based in Oxford, UK. Wikipedia
(newsletter@rupertspira.com)
“The fact of simply being lies behind all experience and pervades all experience. That is where the great stillness is found.“
–Rupert Spira
Rupert Spira (born March 13, 1960) is an English spiritual teacher, philosopher and author of the Direct Path based in Oxford, UK. Wikipedia
(newsletter@rupertspira.com)
“Peace is not a new experience that happens from time to time. It is the natural condition of our being, and is always available behind the constantly changing flow of experience.“
–Rupert Spira
Rupert Spira (born March 13, 1960) is an English spiritual teacher, philosopher and author of the Direct Path based in Oxford, UK. Wikipedia
(newsletter@rupertspira.com)
“When we look at the night sky, we see a vast empty space interspersed with stars; likewise, when we look inside, we experience a vast stillness peppered with thoughts, feelings and sensations.“
–Rupert Spira
Rupert Spira (born March 13, 1960) is an English spiritual teacher, philosopher and author of the Direct Path based in Oxford, UK. Wikipedia
(newsletter@rupertspira.com)
In The Heart of Prayer , Rupert Spira elaborates on the understanding that the peace and happiness we seek can be found in the knowing of our own being. Drawing on the wisdom of Being Aware of Being Aware and Being Myself , this new volume explores another essential aspect of meditation—that which is known as union with God and traditionally approached through prayer. The belief shared by most people that we are a separate person, a tiny part of a vast world, leads us to project the idea of God beyond the world, at an infinite distance from ourselves. As this person, we enter into a devotional relationship with God, we surrender to God. When, through an understanding of our self as unlimited, intimate being, God’s being, the sole reality of all that is, we see that we are not separate from God. Our longing for God is found to be God’s longing for us. This volume is comprised of guided meditations that Rupert Spira gave during meeting and retreats in 2020-22. Throughout The Heart of Prayer , Spira interlaces his contemplations with his own invocations—as well as teachings, prayers, and poetry gathered from centuries of great works and sacred texts—creating a rich experience of the unity of the perennial non-dual understanding.
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“The mind should tremble at the sound of the divine name, ‘I’. It should stand before it as does a candle to the sun.“
–Rupert Spira
Rupert Spira (born March 13, 1960) is an English spiritual teacher, philosopher and author of the Direct Path based in Oxford, UK. Wikipedia
(newsletter@rupertspira.com)
“Thinking is always in motion; being is always at rest.
Feelings are always agitated; being is always at peace.
Perceptions are always changing; being is always still.“
–Rupert Spira
Rupert Spira (born March 13, 1960) is an English spiritual teacher, philosopher and author of the Direct Path based in Oxford, UK. Wikipedia
(newsletter@rupertspira.com)
“The experience of being aware – Awareness’s awareness of itself – is an utterly unique experience. All other experience is known by something other than itself. It is mediated through the mind. However, awareness’s knowledge of itself does not take place through the mind. It knows itself by itself.“
–Rupert Spira
Rupert Spira (born March 13, 1960) is an English spiritual teacher, philosopher and author of the Direct Path based in Oxford, UK. Wikipedia
(newsletter@rupertspira.com)
“As the finite mind passes through the portal ‘I’ in one direction, it loses its limitations and stands revealed as God’s infinite being.
As God’s infinite being passes through the same portal in the opposite direction, it acquires a limit and becomes, or seems to become, a finite mind.“
–Rupert Spira
Rupert Spira (born March 13, 1960) is an English spiritual teacher, philosopher and author of the Direct Path based in Oxford, UK. Wikipedia
(newsletter@rupertspira.com)