Rupert Spira Jul 2, 2023 In this conversation about the hard problem of consciousness a questioner asks how we can know that consciousness is not an emergent phenomenon. And how can we say that consciousness is infinite and eternal? Rupert says that in order to be be rigorous, scientific and philosophical we have to subject that theory to the scrutiny of experience. And if it doesn’t stand up to scrutiny, you modify your theory — that is the scientific process. So, in order to validate this we would have to see or experience consciousness emerging from matter. But nobody has ever had that experience nor could they. These facts can be verified by all 7 billion people. Any other theory in science that had so little evidence would be trashed. But in an extraordinary departure from the norm scientists, in relation to this one topic, don’t change their theory in line with the evidence. That goes against the very method of science itself. If your theory doesn’t stand up to the scrutiny of experience, you don’t dig your heels in and just believe your theory. That’s called religion. *This video is taken from one of Rupert’s weekly webinars. Join here: ▸ https://rupertspira.com/events/webinar Timestamps 0:00 The Hard Problem Of Consciousness 0:42 Scientific Investigation Of Consciousness 1:44 Does Consciousness Emerge From Matter? 3:14 Why Materialism Is Wrong 4:15 Going Against The Scientific Method 4:25 Science Or Religion? 6:17 An Experiential Model Of Reality 6:54 Is Consciousness Infinite? 7:30 What Is Awareness? 8:55 Describing Consciousness 9:50 How To Define Consciousness 10:55 Is Consciousness Eternal? 13:37 Understanding Based On Experience 14:02 Understanding Is Not Rational 14:36 A Theory Of Everything 15:10 One Consciousness 16:05 What Is Love?
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Rupert Spira on emotions
“All emotions are ultimately love: love veiled or love manifest; love concealed or love revealed. Even hatred comes from love, albeit veiled..“
–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)
Rupert Spira on the great stillness
“The physical space in which the world appears is an image in the mind of the great stillness in which the world and the space that contains it really arise.“
–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)
Rupert Spira on simply being
“We cannot become what we already are through effort, practice or discipline, nor can we cease being what we are through negligence or error. We just overlook our self and recognise our self. We forget our self and remember our self. We lose our self in the content of experience and then return home to the fact of simply 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
(newsletter@rupertspira.com)
Rupert Spira on relaxing back into our being
“The goal, if we can speak of a goal on the spiritual path, is not to be attained in the future; it is the place we start from. It is within us. It is us, our essential self. We cannot go towards it; we relax back into it. We are revealed as that.“
–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)
Rupert Spira: “We are infinite being”
“The world appears to us through the perceiving faculties of the body, so when the body dies, the appearance of the world disappears with it. However, its reality – infinite being – remains, and we are that.“
–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)
Rupert Spira on experience vs. awareness of being
“In everyday life, awareness of experience obscures the awareness of being; in meditation or prayer [or Translation], awareness of being outshines the awareness 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)
Guided Meditation: Let the World Lose Itself in You
Rupert Spira Apr 2, 2023 In this guided meditation we are invited to look beyond the limitations that perception and thought confer on reality. In doing so we see that the fact of simply being extends way beyond the limitations of the body and mind. Rupert says that when being looks at itself through the prism of perception it perceives itself as forms. When being looks at itself through the filter of thought, it knows itself as names. But when being looks at itself directly, unmediated, it experiences itself as it essentially is: Eternal, infinite, without a name or a form. As we sink more deeply into our being, our being loses the limitations that it borrows from the content of experience. The human experiences of peace, joy, love, and beauty are not really human experiences. They are instances where the infinite, the divine has seeped through the veil of appearances and is announcing itself in our world. This guided meditation was taken from one of Rupert’s retreats at the Vedanta February 18-25, 2023 IN-PERSON RETREATS SCHEDULE (Also Available to Join Online via Live Stream) ▸ UK https://rupertspira.com/event/locatio… ▸ US https://rupertspira.com/event/locatio… Timestamps: 0:00 Guided Meditation On Infinite Being 1:46 A Community Of The Spirit. 4:27 Losing Our Limitations 4:50 God’s Infinite Being. 5:58 Beyond The Limitations Of The Body. 6:24 Eroding The Belief ‘i Am This Body’ 10:43 Rumi 17:47 Removing The Limitations Of Perception And Thought 21:09 Peace, Joy, Love, And Beauty 27:05 The Recognition Of Our True Nature 30:22 Infinite Being Is All There Is 32:56 The World Is An Illusion. Only Brahman Is Real. Brahman Is The World. 33:25 The Crucifixion, The Resurrection And The Transfiguration. 36:18 Let The World Lose Itself In You
Rupert Spira on happiness
“Do not expect the world to bring you happiness.
Bring your happiness to the 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)
Rupert Spira on establishing a presence of awareness
“If we are established in and as the presence of awareness, we will always feel its innate peace. Thoughts and feelings will continue to play on the surface of experience but just beneath them, there will always be this deep peace.“
–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)