Rupert spira is an international teacher of the advaita vedanta direct path method of spiritual self enquiry. Being aware of being aware by rupert spira goodreads. Rupert spira being aware of being aware explores our primary, most intimate and familiar experience. Retrospective exhibition oxford ceramics gallery 0509201506062015. Rupert spira is a spiritual teacher in the tradition of jean klein and francis lucille. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Why does consciousness allow violence towards children. A love affair with the truth click the impersonal life joseph s.
This book, the transparency of things, by rupert spira is a very special book. In it he explains that, from a materialistic point of view, the body gives rise to the mind and the mind gives rise to consciousness. Imagine that all your moods are children that you love equally. The guided meditations in the light of pure knowing were transcribed, catalogued and selected from hundreds that rupert spira gave over a period of three years, from 2011 to 20. It has not come from anywhere and is not going anywhere. Rupert spira is a renowned ceramic artist who examines the relationship between consciousness and form. To say that we have allowed ourselves to become entangled. The reality of the illusory world, by rupert spira well over a hundred years ago the painter paul czanne said, a time is coming when a carrot, freshly observed, will trigger a revolution. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc. The transparency of things contemplating the nature of experience rupert spira nonduality press.
From the seven day retreat in tuscany, august 2017. Each time we circle back and reread something, we see it from a more inclusive view. This series is remarkable in that they invite the viewer to participate in. Ellen emmet is a spiritual teacher in the tradition of. Sahaja publications is an independent publishing company founded in oxford by rupert spira in 20. The perfume of silence kindle edition by lucille, francis, spira, rupert. By this i mean that the way to truth or self is via.
At the age of seventeen he learnt to meditate, and began a twentyyear period of study and practice in the classical advaita vedanta tradition under the guidance of dr. Enjoy this book on your e reader and in the format you prefer. Even the best of the modern teachers of dualism, like rupert spira who is firmly based in advaita vedanta and the words of ramana maharsi, spend most of their teaching time on dissolving the sense of self and seeking to be pure awareness and knowing. On the other hand, i was in a satsang with rupert spira a few years ago, and when he said you have never been separate from your experience bam i started laughing because it hit me as so obvious and yet somehow still overlooked. During these intimate conversations, he walked us through our perceptions, sensations, thoughts, images and feelings to uncover the reality of our direct experience. The ashes of love sayings on the essence of nonduality rupert spira nonduality press. It is in this spirit that i hope this book will be read.
About being aware of being aware is the distilled essence of all i have learnt of meditation and prayer over these forty years. This present now is the only now there is the eternal now. From my viewpoint, which is the only real viewpoint and which is not really a point of view there is never any real veiling or forgetting of myself. Throughout these years he read and reread ramana maharshi and sri nisargadatta maharaj, on a continual basis. Download free adobe acrobat reader dc software for your windows, mac os and android devices to view, print, and comment on pdf documents. This book, the transparency of things, by rupert spira is. The nature of consciousness book by rupert spira rupert.
Click download or read online button to get being aware of being aware book now. Francis roles and shantananda saraswati, the shankaracharya of the north of india. Provided available for free online in pdf format by the translator michael james, it is a remarkable resource from a man who was a leading disciple of sri ramana maharshi while that great sage was. Were so glad youre here with us to share and learn rupert s teachings. Being aware of being aware the essence of meditation series. From an early age rupert spira was deeply interested in the nature of reality. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Ramaji how to do selfenquiry meditation ramana who am i.
I hope it may lead you to the wellspring of peace and happiness within yourself. Duality, the subjectobject polarization, is inherent in the concepts of the mind. Now, on its surface, this investigation might not signal a deep, comprehensive understanding of the truth of reality. Being aware of being aware the essence of meditation series kindle edition by rupert spira. There are few books which outline this complicated and complex theory better that the author. A series of contemplations leads us gently but directly to see that our essential nature is neither a body nor a mind. Rupert spira at his finest being aware of being aware explains nonduality perfectly, as only rupert spira can. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the perfume of silence.
Rupert spira 1 the transparency of things part 1 interview by. Our normal view is that we, as an entity located in and as the body, enter the kitchen which was there prior to our entering it, unexperienced so to speak. Being aware of being aware download ebook pdf, epub. Dear rupert, from an absolutist viewpoint, the truth of what we are can never be other than what we are, although this truth has to be recognised and no longer ignored.
The essence of meditation, volume 1 by rupert spira editor. Rupert spira, who is also a teacher in nonduality, once wrote a sensitive response to someone who was disturbed by the suicide of nathan gill. In playful, lucid prose, this book animates a new approach to experience based in play, rather than analysis that enables the reader to cultivate new habits of mind. Having watched him speak many times online, i read this with his voice in mind. Rupert spira is a major voice in nonduality with a. I am jean klein free pdf download transmission of the flame jean klein.
Watch a five minute video of rupert spira s introduction to the perennial nondual understanding weekend retreat at home 17 to 19 april meetings will be held online and will be a combination of meditations and question and answer sessions where attendees can address rupert directly. For instance, when we speak of the body we refer to an object, which in turn implies a subject. An audience member at the world yoga festival asks rupert spira how to stay aware and stay connected during difficult life experiences. From the point of view of a finite self, experience consists of a multiplicity and diversity of finite objects and selves, some of which are conceived as me, others.
By this i mean that the way to truth or self is via truth or self. Essays on the unity of mind and matter spira, rupert, kastrup, bernardo, chopra md, deepak on. Czanne meant that if we could see even a simple everyday object such as a carrot, as it truly is, our experience would be revolutionized. He appeals only to our direct experience, encouraging the reader to dive into the personal investigation of what it means. In this discussion, rupert elaborates on two aspects of approaching feelings. Rupert lives in the uk and holds regular meetings and retreats in europe and the usa. Recent years have given birth to a multitude of contemporary western books on the subject of nonduality and the nature of consciousness. Sahaja publications produces works that point clearly and directly to the truth of nonduality, celebrated by sages and mystics throughout history. Rupert spira in the transparency of things, rupert and chris explore the nature or the truth of our experience right here and now, by walking with the viewer through a series of exercises to clearly demonstrate that the belief in separation is a fiction, supported only by unexamined beliefs. The essence of nonduality in these short video clips, taken from conversations at meetings or retreats, rupert discuss all aspects of the nondual understan.
Provided available for free online in pdf format by the translator michael james, it is a remarkable resource from a man who was a leading disciple of. In actuality, to this reader, most are, at best, redundant. Our world culture is founded on the belief that consciousness is derived from matter, giving rise to the materialistic assumption that informs almost every aspect of our lives and is the root cause of the suffering within individuals, the conflicts between communities and nations, and the degradation of our environment. Of course ive never been separate from my experience. The abstract concepts of the mind cannot apprehend reality although they are an expression of it. Contemplating the nature of experience by rupert spira. The purpose of the transparency of things is to look clearly and simply at the nature of experience, without any attempt to change it. Now is not a moment in time, sandwiched between two vast spaces of the past and future. The teachings of rupert spira public group facebook. Non duality contemplation and teachings with rupert spira. An experiment with rupert spira rupert joined us for a truly unique series of talks. Rupert spira i am i am i have no words to express myself but all words express only me. From the point of view of awareness, which is the only real point of view, there is no veiling of itself.
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