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A woman wants to know if her recent realisation could be called an awakening experience. Also, what can she do to adjust to this new understanding, and how can she ensure that she does not lose herself again?
Rupert says: ‘Yes, technically, in the context of the tradition that we explore here, your experience is what is referred to as awakening. But actually, you’ll never hear me use that phrase unless somebody uses it in a question. But what does awakening mean? It means you are beginning to recognise that what you essentially are is not the layers of thoughts, feelings, sensations, perceptions, actions, relationships and memories you used to think you were, and that what you essentially are – being, or being aware – is beginning to shine through in your experience.
‘How can you make sure you don’t lose that? Put some time aside every day. Relax the focus of your attention from the content of experience – thoughts, feelings, and so on. Come back to the fact of being and rest there. You don’t have to call it formal meditation, although it is actually what meditation is. Every time you come back to being in this way, you magnify its presence in your life. In time, you’ll find that you don’t just make contact with your being during these periods each day – your being actually remains present throughout your entire day.’
*This video is from one of Rupert’s weekly webinars. Join here:
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Timestamps:
0:00 Am I Having an Awakening Experience?
1:13 I Am Not Who I Think I Am
2:41 What Is Awakening?
5:11 True Confidence
5:57 How Can I Hold On to Being?
7:15 Being Is Always Present
8:15 Loving Meditation Practise
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A woman wants to know if her recent realisation could be called an awakening experience. Also, what can she do to adjust to this new understanding, and how can she ensure that she does not lose herself again?
Rupert says: ‘Yes, technically, in the context of the tradition that we explore here, your experience is what is referred to as awakening. But actually, you’ll never hear me use that phrase unless somebody uses it in a question. But what does awakening mean? It means you are beginning to recognise that what you essentially are is not the layers of thoughts, feelings, sensations, perceptions, actions, relationships and memories you used to think you were, and that what you essentially are – being, or being aware – is beginning to shine through in your experience.
‘How can you make sure you don’t lose that? Put some time aside every day. Relax the focus of your attention from the content of experience – thoughts, feelings, and so on. Come back to the fact of being and rest there. You don’t have to call it formal meditation, although it is actually what meditation is. Every time you come back to being in this way, you magnify its presence in your life. In time, you’ll find that you don’t just make contact with your being during these periods each day – your being actually remains present throughout your entire day.’
*This video is from one of Rupert’s weekly webinars. Join here:
▸ rupertspira.com/events/webinar
Timestamps:
0:00 Am I Having an Awakening Experience?
1:13 I Am Not Who I Think I Am
2:41 What Is Awakening?
5:11 True Confidence
5:57 How Can I Hold On to Being?
7:15 Being Is Always Present
8:15 Loving Meditation Practise
––
DOWNLOAD TWO FREE RUPERT SPIRA EBOOKS
We are delighted to share two free Rupert Spira ebooks with you, titled 'An Introduction to Non-Duality'. When you download the books you will also receive Rupert's weekly newsletter where you will be notified of free content, events (online and in-person), books and other new releases. Download your two free ebooks here:
▸ rupertspira.com/join
––
ACCESS FULL VIDEO ARCHIVE
You can watch or listen to 1000s of hours of teachings, guided meditations and answers in Rupert's full video archive here:
▸ rupertspira.com/subscriptions
––
RETREATS (Weekend, 5-day, 7-day)
Rupert holds regular retreats, roughly once per month, either in-person and online. Many in-person retreats can also be attended from the comfort of your home via livestream.
ONLINE RETREAT SCHEDULE
▸ rupertspira.com/events/retreat-at-home
IN-PERSON RETREATS SCHEDULE (Also Available to Join Online via Live Stream)
▸ UK rupertspira.com/event/location/united-kingdom
▸ EU rupertspira.com/event/location/italy
▸ US rupertspira.com/event/location/united-states
––
WEEKLY WEBINARS (2 hours)
Rupert's webinars take place on Wednesday evenings, from 4pm UK time. In the first twenty to thirty minutes, Rupert leads a spontaneous meditation. The remaining time is open for attendees to discuss their questions with Rupert.
WEEKLY WEBINAR SCHEDULE
▸ rupertspira.com/events/webinar
––
BROWSE RUPERT’S BOOKS
▸ rupertspira.com/store
––
LISTEN TO RUPERT’S PODCAST
▸ iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rupert-spira-podcast
▸ Libsyn: rupertspira.libsyn.com
▸ Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/6z1GNgC1js30g9RLSfBB4M
––
JOIN RUPERT’S FACEBOOK GROUP
▸ facebook.com/groups/rupertspiracommunity
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▸ Website: rupertspira.com
▸ Instagram: instagram.com/rupertspira_
▸ Facebook: facebook.com/rupertspira
▸ Twitter: twitter.com/rupertspira
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medium.com/@rupert_spira
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