Blackbird.....Rupert Spira

General but direct conversations with Rupert Spira.

[@barrywhittle6696]

I have listened to that first part hundreds of times and so love it. For all my experiences, the first 9 minutes sums up the truth of life. I can't put it any other way ❤

[@phoenixrising1675]

That was beautiful... Steven represents all of us when we literally argue for our suffering, we argue for our limitation rather than acknowledge our eternal nature. Suffering is so comfortable it becomes an identity that can't let go... it really is like a death of what is so familiar... It was like he was hanging on for dear life to his limiting story.... so profoundly eye opening....

[@alanneachell9092]

We all know his predicament so we'll eh?

[@djdollase]

A beautiful, thorny, back-and-forth. One that all of us at some stage have gone through. Not easy to listen to but essential to listen to. Another great video! Thanks for the share.

[@dorotheufarias]

That was perfect for me! Thank you Alan, thank you Rupert, thank you Steven, and thank you all!

[@sallyunderwood66]

I am so happy that the questioner here has asked my question for me. Both he and Rupert were equally persistent and that is what makes the session so powerful. When I've been with a teacher I have backed down before I had a true sense of what the teacher was saying to me but that didn't happened here and I am very grateful for that.

[@alanneachell9092]

Great!

[@mauricepowers3804]

@@alanneachell9092 I wish there was someone in my life like Rupert that I could discuss these things with. I struggle probably with fear of letting go.... I believe intellectually and yet the struggle appears as real. Conditioning and identification color my life and yet I know I am more than that!!

[@alanneachell9092]

@@mauricepowers3804 you are welcome to chat and share with me if you want. You can find me on Facebook.

[@echowentz5717]

Alan Neachell I looked for you on Facebook but couldn’t find you: 🤔 Just want to let you know how much I am appreciating these compilations. Recently stumbled onto Rupert and the way he explains things is helping me on my journey. Also: The song ‘Blackbird’ is so dear to me, hearing it hear inspired me to reach out and let you know.

[@i-am-star]

💛 I listen to these beautiful recordings over and over (they are perfect as is). Rupert's way of explaining and sharing speaks to me deeply. Thank you Rupert, Steven and all the comments here. Thank you Alan for your heart and your service. 💛

[@alanneachell9092]

🙏❣️

[@taniaargiri5578]

Amazing session, thank you once again. ❤

[@nekfraye]

Thank you Steve for giving Rupert this opportunity and thanks Alan for sharing this with us! You have my gratitude and my respect 🙏.

[@alanneachell9092]

🙏🙏🙏

[@sanjivshah123]

What a fantastic conversation - one struggling to see and the other patiently showing the way, while both are inherently fundamentally One. The personal Self having an open genuine conversation with the Universal Self. Arjuna in the midst of the battlefield pausing to ask and listen to Krishna. This conversation is no less a modern succinct version of the Bhagvad Geeta. And then the Blackbird song towards the end such a poignant sensitive backdrop to that space of understanding this conversation creates...Wow!

[@mauricepowers3804]

Beautifully said!!

[@lucywerner6947]

Oh this is such a beautiful statement. Thank you so much.

[@user-rj8pp1qq2n]

Lovely! Thank you! ❤

[@zamoraobed]

I fall in in love with his teachings every day. He and other spiritual teachers have blessed us beyond words.

[@deborab4762]

Dear Friend, thank you for the light you bring to the world.

[@lawrence4156]

Beautiful Alan, thank you for all the recordings you are posting.

[@sajor1847]

The. Conversation helped me to stay with the knowing and not the content of experience. Even if i go out and back again continue until the I that I am stays with the I that I am.

[@ajsalonius8455]

Brilliant music choice

[@dr.susheelkhemariya8966]

WahWahAhaAhA Adbhut thanks grtitude

[@owlmedicine22]

I'm grateful for these wonderful teachings. Thank you so much!

[@alanneachell9092]

Phyllis Ireland Yes, Rupert is very clear

[@alanneachell9092]

I'll try to post every Sunday

[@nekfraye]

Sounds like my kind of church 😉

[@tomg2946]

A good video. The questionnaires persistence of enquiry matches what many experience in this quest for truth that promises peace.

[@catherinea2726]

I love this thank you Alan Much love from Ireland ❣❣

[@lewisfolksongrevivallewis1912]

Amazing and I love the Beatles interlude..simply beautiful

[@TheAmbamatamantrasvideos]

Every time my mind takes me away, you take my mind away.. It is a game and I know the Winner🙏

[@alanneachell9092]

😉

[@mimisapphire8329]

Such gems here, to come back to again and again 💞

[@alanneachell9092]

Yes, they are made to listen to multiple times. Thanks for your comments 💕

[@stevenperry124]

Brilliant connection. Thanks,.,

[@theflarpus]

That was difficult to listen to. I feel his pain and frustration. I also see his mistake. 💕

[@karenrr110]

Thank you Alan for presenting this beautiful teaching. My personal opinion on the music.. I prefer to hear Ruoert's words without background music to color the experience. But short musical intros and outros and interludes between sections could be a nice touch. Blessings.

[@alanneachell9092]

🙏

[@binaraghanbari8264]

"....Upon the inmost reality of each created thing He hath shed the light of one of His names, and made it a recipient of the glory of one of His attributes. Upon the reality of man, however, He hath focused the radiance of all His names and attributes, and made it a mirror of His is Self Alone. Alone of all created things man hath been singled out for so great a favour, so enduring a bounty." - Baha'u'llah

[@leelanjoy]

Thank You Alan !

[@alanneachell9092]

Roman Korber 🙏

[@suraya4768]

love your recordings and the music. thank you for doing this. This one was particularly poignant and so genuine.

[@alanneachell9092]

🙏

[@widipermono229]

🙏🙏🙏

[@malabuha]

When i get a "feeling in the weeds" almost always if not literally a switcht turns on in my mind and what i know more than everything else then is what i know is not who i am.... the very few first sentences reminded me of just that

[@alanneachell9092]

Great!

[@azimshabestary6411]

Awareness do not know itself but we know ourselves as awareness because we are self aware consciousness .When we left consciousness we will be infinite empty light of not knowing awareness.

[@alanneachell9092]

Ultimately there is only a singularity and that can't be named.

[@25jmontoya]

Love Rupert.

[@EnergyFlows2u]

The best x

[@danielcanedo6933]

TUDO!

[@binaraghanbari8264]

"Thou hast asked Me concerning the nature of the soul. Know, verily, that the soul is a sign of God, a heavenly gem whose reality the most learned of men hath failed to grasp, and whose mystery no mind, however acute, can ever hope to unravel. It is the first among all created things to declare the excellence of its Creator, the first to recognize His glory, to cleave to His truth, and to bow down in adoration before Him. If it be faithful to God, it will reflect His light, and will, eventually, return unto Him. If it fail, however, in its allegiance to its Creator, it will become a victim to self and passion, and will, in the end, sink in their depths" - Baha'u'llah

[@SaveManWoman]

MashAllah

[@sumanjoshi7902]

Stay completely in pain and sadness. That will also lift you.

[@SaveManWoman]

Stay completely in pain and sadness with awareness of it. The awareness since it’s innate wins over in time. Try the do nothing meditation by Shinzen Young or Leo Agura.

[@moretalk22]

Every time the questioner raised the issue of his difficulties in staying present, Rupert said to ignore the clouds and focus on the sky. i relate to the questioner because when i'm so overwhelmed with clouds, i can't see the sky...it's too obscured. meditation becomes a huge struggle because i can't get there...then i look for distractions to keep me from thinking/feeling, followed by guilt for allowing myself to become distracted. this vicious cycle can continue for days/weeks/months. i know it shouldn't be this difficult, but it is for me. so, i ask the same question as the person in this recording..."what can i do?"

[@alanneachell9092]

Vee Palaqua. First make sure that you are clear on knowingly being aware of being aware. Then don't wait until you're in difficult circumstances to do this but practice when times are easier. Whenever the reminder comes, honour the reminder by knowingly being aware of being aware.

[@moretalk22]

Yes...thank you. i know it's a process (for some...others seem to have a natural ability), but today i felt present longer and i will keep looking for breaks in the clouds until perhaps i see more sky than clouds.

[@wilma8326]

It is not about forgetting and how long it takes. What counts are all the moments that we remember again. Those will bring us home 💞

[@edzardpiltz6348]

Vee Palaqua, these perceived difficulties are a great blessing! If they come up just take them as indicators that you have fallen under the spell of Maya, that you are right then believing something which is not true. You believe that you are a body-mind which is existing in a separate objective world. This is where the truth becomes very practical! Just gently remind yourself of your true nature and see through the illusion. Relax and watch all the little tensions in the body. On your forehead between your eyebrows, on your back between your shoulders a.s.o. Than just see that they are not really physical symptoms of a body, but perceptions of circulating energy in your awareness. Now open your eyes and realise that what you thought of as the world is in reality a sensory perception in your mind, in consciousness. Just see that and know that as real. You do not have to find or achieve anything. Let the thoughts and feelings come and watch them disappear again! They are not you and do not tell you anything about you. Do not identify with them and be free of fear and suffering! 😘

[@katharineyip9277]

​@@edzardpiltz6348 Dear Edzard, does Maya refer only to perception (what conventionally mistook as the "outside")? Or does Maya refer to the entire field of perception, sensation, feelings, and thoughts (no "inside", no "outside")? Thank you very much!

[@stephanaitch]

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[@achillelalonde]

You do a remarkable job of finding and presenting superb talks; for that I’m very grateful. I wonder if you might be willing to concurrently post a version of these offerings without the added musical soundtrack; and simply offer a link to a stripped down version below in the additional info sections. Such a version would support my capacity to focus and follow the very rich content Rupert offers. I find that to benefit fully from his offerings requires my full attention. I know that when I addressed this previously with you, you indicated the soundtrack helped to mask external sounds in the environment where you make these talks available to the public; however it seems putting up a version w the music track turned off would allow those of us in different circumstances to avail ourselves of a choice. Thank you for all that you do in sharing these teachings/no teachings; and I thank you for considering my request. In gratitude, achille

[@achillelalonde]

I concur with an other listener’s comment, with respect to the choice of music you included at the end. A lovely commentary to the talk. For me it’s simply during the talks that silence would be supportive. Cheers

[@alanneachell9092]

Thanks for your suggestions. I am not a computer expert and find it already a lot of work to do these compilations. I keep the music on as the majority like it and I've even been asked to have music playing constantly in the background! I hope you can continue to gain benefit with the compilations as they are 🙏

[@achillelalonde]

Alan Neachell thank you for taking on that which you do.

[@azimshabestary6411]

And you are that.

[@alanneachell9092]

Yes 🙏💕

[@kathleenludricks3289]

Beautiful but the person coughing and blowing their nose should have left the room. Yes, I am distracted but working on it🌺

[@echowentz5717]

So funny...I didn’t even hear it. ♥️

[@paarkour83]

Ok I understand. Everything is consciousness, or awareness. Everything happens in the same place. I’ve never been somewhere else. All of this is clear. But why are we, consciousness so caught up in thought? What is this whole confusing “thing” in consciousness? What is happening? I see what Rupert says. But why doesn’t most of us know this? Seriously what is happening

[@alanneachell9092]

If we recognise ourselves as awareness in direct experience then the question of troublesome thought falls away. Thought is an appearance of awareness and has no independent nature and so has no power other than the belief that it has power.

[@paarkour83]

Alan Neachell Also that is very understood🙏🏼 but one question always remain.. why don’t we recognize already? What is the illusion coming from.. I see the result in the world.. but why doesn’t awareness recognize itself anymore? I still don’t understand the “glitch” in consciousness.. I personally would love to ask this question to Rupert ... thanks for answering 🙏🏼

[@alanneachell9092]

@@paarkour83 Awareness/Love knows nothing of an illusion! It's simply the apparent arising of thought that suggests a world made of matter. No one can answer your question because the answer would neccessarily already be part of the illusion.

[@paarkour83]

Alan Neachell Ok I see. Well that little “tiny” thing leaves me confused... maybe even this question that cannot be answered will soon be clear to me. Thank u

[@sajor1847]

@@paarkour83 Consciousness freely localized itself in order to have thoughts perceptions feeling etc. There's no glitch. Because Consciousness is localized its veiled by itself. By searching for itself Consciousness is very easily seen by itself.

[@katharineyip9277]

Are there 7 billion "I Am" or there is only one "I Am"? Thanks.

[@alanneachell9092]

Only one. But it's paradoxical because each mind can say the same. Imagine a lighthouse with many windows. There is one light which shines through all windows. This is not completely accurate but it's a good model for understanding.

[@alanneachell9092]

Remember, minds are only the activity of consciousness and are not independent entities.

[@peterscherba4138]

God (Pure Existence) "I" (as IT) needs 'mind' to know a world /reality. How? Why? IT'S is pure potential allows possibles... Unboundedness cannot be limited and allows expansion, extension into limited realities.

[@alanneachell9092]

Ultimately there are no objects. Rupert uses models to help people come to a point where they can abide as presence without concepts.

[@azimshabestary6411]

Somethig before gods being exist unconditionaly and it is emty absolote knowing light in eastern phylasofyknown as vajeb alvojood it means that which can not not to be.

[@azimshabestary6411]

is is not. Is not is and hole the infinite existence is only one act that empty knowing try to do the impossible knowing it self

[@SaveManWoman]

Stephen, stop being angry. The Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him had a man who used to ask him for knowledge. Each time the Prophet said be less angry. Your frustration between the object and true self is vibration from anger which invites thought. Thought as you may know is also from matter. You jihad (struggle) is between matter and your timeless self. In timeless self once you truly abide in it you can live as you please. Some people in that state have lives hundreds of years within the scope of minutes. You seem to be constantly measuring and that’s related to time.

[@nicholaryan2144]

The music is distracting and invasive .

[@alanneachell9092]

The majority love the music. I have no opinion. i'm just attempting to serve.

[@nicholaryan2144]

Well I find it really annoying and will avoid in future --- Personally I wonder what on earth you can be thinking to do this to such a great teacher's words.

[@alanneachell9092]

Nichola Ryan I wish you well

[@nicholaryan2144]

Does Rupert know you are doing this?

[@alanneachell9092]

Nichola Ryan Yes, I have his approval and blessings