How Do I Practice Self Enquiry?

[@moonglow6639]

"It is the person you imagine yourself to be that suffers, not you. Dissolve it in awareness. It is merely a bundle of memories and habits." (Nisargadatta Maharaj)

[@angiem4692]

❤❤

[@scmitten]

This sums up about 3000 years of spiritual teaching in the most succinct manner imaginable. Thank you Rupert.

[@kathydarcher]

Wow - powerful. Thanks for sharing Steve. Reminds me very much of The Untethered Soul by Michael Stinger

[@scmitten]

My pleasure Kathy. All the best, S.

[@sooryaprabha3877]

Yes this is it

[@ZenMountain]

Ok.

[@rafikta8381]

This absolutely how i felt by the end of the video

[@juanpadilla3203]

I’m just gonna go ahead and listen to this everyday before going to work.

[@theoocahain7780]

😆 Classic...!

[@youarewhatyourelookingfor4496]

You still listening? 😂

[@gra6649]

Listening to the video is looking outside, maybe it’s time to focus on the inside? Of course you may already be doing that.🙏

[@BodyFixExercises]

Wow. This is amazing. What I love about this guy is that he doesn't get all hippy and trippy. He just explain it very rationally, what he says is simple, and it ... Makes. Perfect. Sense!

[@jameshansen8684]

Agreed!

[@SaleemRanaAuthor]

I have listened to this video so many times that I've lost count, but every time I feel as if it is the first time. This explanation is simply perfect. It's utterly beautiful. When you hear words of truth, illusion falls away, and suddenly you find yourself feeling happy, peaceful, centered, back home again.

[@deepakarya3085]

That's all needed....listening again and again and again...until it settle down in our being itself

[@AadLips]

This might very well be one of the most, if not the most, significant and clarifying videos on non duality available. The “unexplainable” is explained. What a gift to mankind. So many other words from great teachers seem to fall into place now. I couldn’t be more grateful. Thank you, Rupert.

[@billboyle1765]

Lips??? Is it you?

[@marcusdsmith144]

I’m

[@peteraddison4371]

... fretting eases, & even ceases, careing grows, sudden appearence rapid instant signifficance apparence regularity, on & on once more a-gain it's into the breach stop gap pre repair maintainence happenin everywhere & a one true world self police-sing governance ISNESS esCity 4real kNOW time poss-abiliTeasAre righthear ...

[@devibal]

The more we know it, the more we fall in love with it, and eventually we move in with it. ~ Rupert Spira .... beautiful poetry

[@kathrynphillips3710]

so so beautiful 💛

[@larryritter5741]

yes !! simply be the awareness in the background of all sensations, feelings, experience ... these all pass by in time but YOU NEVER DO... there in lies peace.... perfect peace...!!

[@SuperstarSridhar]

@@larryritter5741 I can be the awareness of thoughts, feelings and perceptions. But it is still MY thoughts, MY emotions and MY perceptions I am aware of. (Awareness is limited to my body and mind.) When and how does this awareness appear to be infinite and eternal?

[@jordangould1541]

I love Rupert Spira he is one of the only genuine teachers out there for studying consciousness

[@chasetuttle2780]

Check out Actualized.org on youtube. He’s the one who goes the most in-depth.

[@chasetuttle2780]

Multorum Unum Then you are not serious about understanding. Which is fine. But if you truly have a desire for Truth, his videos will not be long enough for you.

[@OsvaldoBayerista]

@@chasetuttle2780 That guy is a psycho, a liar and only sell new age bullshit. How do you compare that piece of shit with Rupert, lmao.

[@willm5814]

OMG we are so lucky to live in a time where we can get access to people like this!! We can’t take this for granted…in the past someone might have travelled for days to find someone in a cave, just to find out you don’t speak the same language - This just popped up on my KZbin feed lying in bed - BRILLIANT!

[@BodyFixExercises]

This video is a gift. The most profound, wonderful, gloriously simple gift someone could give. Thank you Rupert

[@sandymaxwell6259]

Listened just now as I am feeling very depressed today… instantly changed my mood.. the I that I am …is not depressed..wow…. thank you Rupert..

[@theoocahain7780]

🙂 The "I" that is You Never was, is or will be depressed. The "I" that you Are does and will witness these subtle objects (thoughts, emotions, etc.), come and go. You can even place attention on You (the "I") when "stuck" with a persistent thought. It will minimize and dissipate. It's fun to try.

[@ramakrishnaraorebbapragada5987]

How beautifully said. You made my life. This video should be shown on all the television channels all over the world.

[@john-carlosynostroza]

I know you posted this a long time ago but well said my friend. This is an amazing 13 minutes. If the aliens or whatever, LOL, come visit her, you know what I'm saying, I would like this video to represent the "beauty, truth, and potential" of us.. . . as well as Jeffrey Mishlove interview series with Ram Dass which is an incredible hour and a half of two humans being concious, sharing, listening, teaching. 🙏

[@willywagtail4182]

Yes!!

[@h.a.s.42]

Instead we get manipulation, lies and nonsense on the TV. We have to look inside.

[@Frari747]

The hub of the wheel doesn‘t move. … What a wise man ! A voice of an angel.

[@victorkarugahe8230]

The "I" is a constant. Every thing else is a Variable.

[@jidrit999]

I am is God

[@edwardpaulfurr1525]

WOW! This goes a long way to clarifying the process of self-enquiry...which can seem so mysterious when reading Ramana and Nisargadatta. This is practical, down to earth, and accessible.

[@AmaraAlban]

I love the innocence of this questioner. Rupert, as always, is stellar.

[@john-carlosynostroza]

This dude is an amazing teacher. Wow. This is the mic drop of spiritual KZbin videos. Mic drop, what!

[@mlovidius]

I too think this video is the ultimate meditation on self enquiry, awakening to self, and ending the tyranny of the separate self in one amazing 14 minute journey. Thank you

[@christopherle9575]

This video makes me realize where true happiness and peace lies. It lies in the true consciousness, awareness.

[@blohot]

When you realise that the "I" is not who you are then every pain, every disappointment, every failure that happens to "I" does not affect you. When you start living this truth, you have achieved enlightenment.

[@ketchup5344]

✌🏽

[@kaitiakinewth439]

i still dont understand it i want to learn more tho!

[@mementomori5374]

I am not reading this it reads all by itself because the word i does not exist

[@ceeIoc]

Yea but understanding this on a conceptual level isn’t enough.

[@parth6115]

@@kaitiakinewth439 read Raman Maharshi on "Who Am I?"

[@Cameos0]

It's a DISCOVERY, not an achievement... beautiful! Thank you!

[@thepsychonaut8212]

thats it rupert....you dont even have to have any other videos....just leave this! summed it all up in 10 minutes

[@Chegles1]

I agree with you 100%. I've never heard it explained so clearly like this.....it tickled my inners. 😆

[@mayankify]

Are you alive?

[@depressionbeard9882]

Rupert always looks like the feeling you get on vacation when you spent the day in the sun, take a nice shower, soak your body in after sun body lotion and put on wide, comfy, fresh clothes to meet up with your friends again. The personification of relaxation, calm and peace. I want to travel to one of his events this year.

[@84sahi]

Exactly 😂

[@habibihadid1620]

Summarising all of rupert’s teachings: When you ask yourself the question “am i aware”...you refer to an objective-quality less experience of being aware and a thought rises “yes”. If you stay with that experience after the thought (being aware of being aware),awareness gradually ,in time ,loses its limitations and the true nature of awareness will shine as it is .This process is called self abidance.

[@westsidesmitty1]

I love hearing the sound of her realizations! I bet her face was beatific as she grasped the ideas. This all illustrates the classroom maxim that, ''The only dumb question is the one not asked''. She had the courage to ask the question that (probably) most all those folks were asking themselves. And even if some had previously ''gotten'' the idea- we can all use a ''refresher'' exercise! The beauty of the clarity of this exchange keeps me coming back to this vid. again and again.

[@shellyannegoh6054]

This man is a blessing. He removes the bullshit and straight to it.

[@sevi4492]

This video should be played at all schools of the world!! Thank you Rupert!! 🙏🆓

[@hiteshhkohli2436]

As soon as he said "Into the one who is unhappy" ... That brought tears in my eyes...

[@davidionesi9207]

Wow, just wow...this is it. This is everything that a human being has to know. It's so simple. With this alone, you know everything there needs to be known to enjoy life.

[@RakeshKumar-fm9cr]

I is itself a thought ,what happens to your I when u sleep ? Even I comes and goes as you are not aware of I while sleeping .Hence I am ,I exist is the only thing you can say about yourself .when you ask who am I ? There's absolute silence and stillness. That's what you are ,that which cannot be defined .

[@Magnoliasdiary]

You are aware of the absence, the mind can find a gap of no thought cause all it knows is thought-mind. In deep sleep there are no thoughts, there is a gap but only for the mind. Awareness know itself without an object, without thought.

[@kathrynphillips3710]

words cannot express the utmost deepest respect that i feel for such a wonderful non- duality teacher 💗🙏 Thankyou Rupert 💗

[@sivaramana2]

Absolutely!

[@rush-me]

Upanishad put to practice by Rupert and exquisitely explained through his own experiences.

[@pixsiedoll2341]

Awareness is our core of being

[@deborahsaunders210]

BAM! I have NEVER heard it explained better than this! I was raised a Jehovah’s Witness and have never been taught to look within! At 63 years old, I feel like I’m only now understanding my wonderful being!

[@elenamarina9736]

This is Byron Katie,Eckhart Tolle,Mooji,Sadhguru all together! Everyone of them teach us the same thing : " Reality is always kinder than you think." "It is never the situation that makes you unhappy,but your thoughts and feelings about it."

[@eriscxa]

Doina M. we can look at our traumas through a new perspective, and can still have feelings about it.

[@tracitrae369]

I am in awe... I am thankful for these teachings and thankful to God for having me stumbled on these videos. Blessings to you sir, you are God sent!!

[@gregoryholston4292]

I must have forgotten who I really was. I am not a cluster of thoughts and feelings. I (am love eternally.) Well done Sir.

[@machoboyrandyandsavage3439]

The more I experience his descriptions the more profound my awareness becomes. Something is happening to me that I am unable to describe but I don’t need to because it’s what I have always yearned for.

[@christopherestrada2474]

You’ve found more peace ?

[@machoboyrandyandsavage3439]

@@christopherestrada2474 indeed I have 🙌🏻

[@christopherestrada2474]

@@machoboyrandyandsavage3439 awesome!!

[@danuzaaquino]

It is the same practice to "separate" your core from your thoughts and feelings and "empower" yourself to take control over your life experiences in the moment instead of allowing your thoughts and feelings to take over and control your life. This has been around for centuries! The "i" simply exists in the core and does not suffer from whatever thoughts and feelings we have passing by....we do not embody or hold on to anything...I like the way he explains it!

[@irisfelix6699]

This is the best and simplest explanation to finding out who we truly are. Richard is an absolute gift to humanity!

[@dmiller1193]

I've shared this with all the people I love.What a gift you are.Love

[@westsidesmitty1]

That quarter hour of skillful pointing, was as precise as a laser. This is a gift of clarity and goes back into my ''favorites'' cache for some future re- savoring!

[@craigbeaumont5224]

The Woman questioner, has the most beautiful laugh, so very authentic

[@theukwatcher]

wow nailed it. made it so easy to understand. i only clicked about a year back with this and its been one of the happiest years in a very long time. i just stopped giving negative thoughts any time, quit moaning in my mind and focused on the good stuff. i was searching for happiness for a long while and it was along side me all the time, i just didn't find it for complaining and worrying. i found it in the end though ;)

[@WigWamSam7]

I watch and listen to this one video again and again. Thank you for doing it.

[@cookiman4225]

No any one thought or feeling stays forever but just cuz one thought passes doesnt mean it's left, it's just changed form

[@izhakshamil1887]

We know that our beloved Rupert derives his clarity from his engagement with this Eternal Awareness. so lucidly clear. i might not be accurate but those who sit and listen to him are also feeling the waves of this Resonance of Peace and Happiness. i m in tears because i cannot be there

[@speed_will]

him and eckhart tolle have the same thoughts about life being conscious in this very moment

[@golgipogo]

“he” and echart tolle...

[@bryanleovy1881]

Eckard Tolle is worth 15 million $ and is to busy going to the bank he intellectually understands but not in his heart. Try Ramana Maharshi that's who these people are referring to. Self Enquiry. Who am i. On you tube

[@AmaraAlban]

I will offer a clear distinction for your consideration ... Life is not conscious, but is Consciousness Itself. The world is not conscious. Consciousness appears as a world. And .... I personally would not compare the two - Rupert and Ekhart, that is.

[@hlyoksuzer8624]

amara alban i heard about him these days and thought he is ilke tolle ... Are they different in some ways thank you

[@theturtlesmasher]

This is a great video. What's he is talking about in this video "I" experienced many years ago after the a relationship fell apart. Once you have an moment of grace like that, you can tell if somebody is speaking from intellectual study or whether the are speaking from direct knowledge. Rupert Spira is most certainly speaking from direct knowledge. I am glad that people like him are out there teaching and helping share this information.

[@akhilkottaram]

Amazing amazing!! He is profound in knowledge.

[@Bogdan_MSK]

That’s a brilliant video! The more people will find I, the more happiness will be in the world

[@saidas108]

Rupert provides greater dimension to "As a man thinketh, so he is" from Proverbs. When we identify with thoughts, we are subject to unhappiness because, as he says, unhappiness comes from thoughts only and not from our true nature. It could be conversely stated, "As a man does not think, so he really is."

[@jameschesterton]

Someone FINALLY puts the whole mystery into words which make sense.

[@sparkely1122]

Holy man!!!! What did I just watch.? This man is something out of a movie. I finally understand! All the years! Wow

[@raulmaharaj3521]

The best explanation I have ever had

[@rajasekarkunjithapatham7021]

Thanks Steve, because of your valuable comment, I listened again and,moved further towards truth

[@georgelianoudakis1450]

This is one of Rupert's best videos...

[@landrew56]

I experience goose bumps at times listening to such clear pointing!

[@pennylane1262]

The Highest Truth revealed! I Am the Infinite Source of Eternal Happiness. Deepest love and gratitude to Rupert ♡

[@bhatnpn8208]

When body is going through chronic pain, it will not let you to think anything else. If you tell yourself "I" am different, this body is is not "I", the pain brings you back and will tell you I = body . This method works when body is hale and healthy. But even thought of "seer" or "I" is a thought . If mind is not there then there is no thought and no "seer" thought also .

[@exstazius]

You are right but you have to understand that this method wil not make the pain leave. By doing this you realise that you are not the pain. You can see, observe and experience the pain. The mistake is to go away from the pain. Instead of thinking who am i etc, look ar the pain. The fact that you can feel, experience this pain (this sensation that is changing) is the self inqury. In the case of body pain you can not ban the pain. By although seeing that you are not the pain and not identify with it, you can take action and go to the doctor.

[@exstazius]

The mistake is doing this with the mind. The mind (thought) wil always tell you that is wil not function

[@jacekmicka5183]

This has the power to help millions. Grab it and live it. Love and do whatever you want.

[@MayaState]

When what you think is you changes, or ends, you still remain exactly as you were.

[@adoriaval]

When you’ve turned your attention inward and found that it is awareness that “watches” all of this things happening, coming and going, thoughts and feelings and perceptions, but you find yourself not understanding the quality of that awareness in comparison with the “accumulation of all the things that you thought you were” just know that the quality of that awareness is peace, or even more so, love! And when you let go of controlling all that you think you are, being your thoughts or your feelings or your experiences, all is left is the peace of just being. And that’s when all kinds of wonderful things will happen to you, as a human being in this finite world, because out of that peace comes love. For life, for the world, for yourself ...

[@catalinul1461]

Beautiful!

[@Lloydibwoy]

The " I am " realisation made simple...Brilliant

[@vwadhawan1972]

Couldn't have been explained better..the most lucid explanation I've ever come across..thank you so much

[@GratefulZen]

“The cause (of your unhappiness) was to mistake yourself to be this cluster of thoughts and feelings.” WOW!

[@akulkadam6064]

Truly a life changing video!!!

[@justinsmith623]

When I practice self-inquiry, I end up with the experience of infinite stillness that can’t move because it’s everywhere already. It’s me. Then I experience an rushing of this infinity put into motion. Things in motion are constantly moving, changing, and flowing, but the infinite stillness is never disturbed or affected. It’s like time and space don’t seem relevant anymore. I laugh my ass off and go off the charts emotionally. Now there’s a little glimmer in everything I experience like it’s almost funny. Like I know that behind it all, it’s all one and all this motion is just a dance or a play/playing. Then I wonder what key where playing in compared to other keys we can’t even sense. It’s impossible to wrap your mind around what is really meant when you say infinity. It’s not just beyond the edge of your senses. You’re just infinity being aware of itself. Self-inquiry is the only way I’ve found to actually realize it. To actually realize what I mean when I refer to me. You go from turning your awareness towards yourself and end up getting turned inside out. “Who am I” is the one question that takes care of all the other ones. It’s makes them irrelevant.

[@mofoshrimp]

In my experience, self-enquiry is just holding all your attention on the thought I. There is nothing else to it, in my opinion. It's very hard, but it works. Just keep driving attention back at I.

[@rahulkulkarni536]

Evan Cary is 'I' the ego?

[@mofoshrimp]

Yeah. Ramana calls it the I-thought, Nisargadatta calls it the 'I am".

[@rahulkulkarni536]

Evan Cary thank you. I feel the I-thought in parts of my body very strongly. Having said that, I don't know how to be situated in the self because I haven't had that experience. Many teachers often say - be situated in the self. your thoughts on this?

[@rickfortenberry262]

since you observe all these things, they are not you. who sees all this coming and going?

[@mofoshrimp]

I AM.... forgetting to do self enquiry.... oh no!!!

[@rajasekarkunjithapatham7021]

Thanks dear Rupert

[@3dulimited952]

This is the one and only piece of the jigsaw puzzle that’s missing … every problem and every issue is based on ignorance or a big misunderstanding of ourselves Thanks for this upload 🙏

[@carmelmillar1212]

This simple explanation is life-changing. Thank you Rupert.

[@smroog]

EXCELLENT EXCELLENT !!! Such a simple and easy to ynderstand explanation. Thank you Rupert.

[@atmannityananda-academia]

The cause of unhappiness is the egoic or passionate energies (psychological impurities: desire, anger, fear, depression, imatience etc.) which are crystallized in our psych. When they are activated due to any input they vibrate in a dense, disarmonious and painfull way which we experience it as suffering. These egoic energies plus the excessive tamas and rajas gunas that we have in our psych are responsible for our suffering. These energies impede our buddhi to be calm, pure, steady sharp, discriminative and reflect without distortion the happiness of our true SELF. Without purity of heart and mind suffering is inevitable. Self enquiry is not applied only to help us realize that we are not the thoughts, the feelings and the body but it must be practiced 24 hours seven in order the conscious mind to identify with its source and merge in it (consciousness) in order the ego with all its tendecies to dissollve once and forever.

[@k14michael]

AeonTv - you’re still dreaming about an ego that need to be dissolve in consciousness.

[@Ifusee_kami]

Lol you're just translating what Rupert said because you don't want to understand and let go of all the bullshit you learned...

[@susanpreece2407]

Thank you for your words. People can only understand what they are capable of understanding, I understand completely what you said. I am working on myself daily it is the only way to be free. Bless you and all of us 🕊

[@atmannityananda-academia]

@@k14michael I am dreaming that I have an ego,.but what about you? Are yoy free from lust, greed, fear, anger,.pride, impatience etc???. If not, Which is 100/% certain, then, how can you say ego doesn't exist. Do you think that these tendencies and ego are two different things? If yes then, you ignore as most spiritual instructors and teachers what really ego is. Do you know that Advaita Vedants says that the mind (Antahkarana) has four aspects, that is, Manas, Chitta, Buddhi and Ahanmkara (i.e. mind, subconscious mind, Intellect and ego)? Moreover why great spiritual beings like Sivananda, Ramana Maharishi, AMMA, Babaji, Sankara and Bhagavad Gita speak about the death or dissolution of the ego, if ego does not exit? Do you think your are more wise than them? Ignorance reins supreme this world of earthlings that are lost in their ego. And since they are so identified with their ego are unable to see it. However they speak as if they were wise.

[@k14michael]

@@atmannityananda-academia How can you fight shadows and expect to win? It’s endless. Can you really be the light by dissolving the darkness? It’s impossible. Can you calm the waves on the ocean by using an iron? You will only make more waves. “The more you prune a plant the more it grows. So too the more you seek to annihilate the ego, the more it will increase. You should seek the root of the ego and destroy it.” Ramana Maharshi What is the root of the ego? There are no roots since it never existed in the first place. Thus that understanding IS the root! Your dream of happiness of SELF is only a temporary dream as long you continue to believe that that happiness can only happen when you have completely 100% free from ego. That believe in itself is the clever manifestation of the illusory ego. It’s not much different from thinking that I will be happy when I have a Maserati. Instead of materialism now you have spiritual materialism 😅

[@sailor4165]

It is the "I" the "me" that harbors this unhappiness. If my senses are not groomed to detect unpleasant interference, then I become a victim of reckless thinking subjected to negativity injected by others.

[@metaknowledge2010]

Beautiful simplicity - akin to a sweet Silence. Blessings

[@Officialviraj_thakur]

Thanks you sir for changing my life I m 19 year old

[@superduperdom]

To me, self-enquiry easily becomes a recipe for avoidance, suppression and dissociation. If I’m having a feeling I don’t like, I just perform some mental gymnastics and escape to my safe space, which becomes another detached mind construct, sprinkled over with some non-dual fairy dust. Most people struggle to connect with their feelings. Thus the first job is full identification with awareness, maybe just to sit quietly, or perhaps even safe expression which is different to acting out. Or maybe it’s a call to action, maybe not. There is no one size fits all, we are all unique. When “unhappiness” (a very vague generalised term) gets released, a natural relaxation and spaciousness tends to open up, like after a good cry, that is energetic, i.e. the life force, presence, happiness or whatever you wish to call it, can more freely flow through you and be uncovered without the need to play more confusing thinking games. Nor will it lead to the nihilism and passivity that often incomplete eastern teachings tend to generate, as they split between the manifestation and the unmanifest, generally preferencing the latter. We are background and foreground, they are interdependent, both should be honoured and both are ‘real’ in their own way.

[@deadgonk1]

"I" feel that you are the only person in this comment section still trying to be aware of the experience that exists. Whether it is in the form of a person, a mind, a memory, everything felt is still real. Just because the "I" is not experiencing it and is simply aware of it being experienced, that does not mean that it isn't real. Perhaps "I" simply cannot grasp this yet, but as you said, it feels like some kind of detachment or dissociation with your person-hood's feelings. Unhappiness is a reaction to an experience. In just investigating the separation of your awarenesses, that doesn't make the experience disappear or irrelevant. I'll have to keep listening and exploring. I am clearly missing something seeing as so many people are so happy with this video, but it certainly feels like the advice is "That unhappiness isn't you lol"... Which is true, but that doesn't mean you get to totally disregard it.

[@martingarreis]

It's a perspective that helps. Everything that helps is helping.

[@rachelcelkington9972]

this explanation is so helpful when trying to pinpoint your emotions and try to change things.. thank you will try this x

[@kundaliniairport]

Rupert is still THE best 'Kindergarden-spirituality-teacher that is out there .. thanks

[@ijnet9247]

"No more coming and going," this state of freedom and enjoyment becomes constant. The pilgrimage is over, the end.

[@theresa29569]

Thank u. This explanation is SO CLEAR.

[@aartomalgand3008]

Really...I felt the truth of it So clearly, wish to discover the "I" more deeply!...So practical aswell! Thank you!

[@syedfakheruddin3687]

Thank you Rupert

[@lauraoldermanart6784]

I love her laugh. It’s so joyful and spontaneous. This hit home for me, but still only on an intellectual level. Perhaps one day I will understand it experientually.

[@lauraoldermanart6784]

Thank you for that.

[@PontyclunchiropractorUkDrChris]

Wow, I've been waiting for that explanation for 35 years!

[@cattymed4419]

God... I need to self inquire myself daily... Thank You ❤️❤️🖤🖤

[@gayefairbairn2979]

Wow. Thank you. So grateful

[@bjk7797]

Beautiful ,Our soul is existence , awareness & bliss only .

[@atgunchev]

Very nice! And eventually, we move in :)

[@Patatata123]

One of his best video. Don't think you are a cluster of thoughts and feelings, sensations and perceptions!

[@emendatus1]

Identification is automatic my friend. You should be able to control automatic processes.

[@omsharadcs]

Process is valid to discover our true position as I, separate from our personality which is always changing BUT it is not solution to solve the problem of distress,sorrow,pain,suffering and unhappiness at all,I find myself as different from these ,true ,but they are there ,it's like I am standing amidst fire all around me ,I'm different from Fite but doesn't mean fire is not there .

[@coinconnect]

Mr. Rupert, Halfway watching this, and it happened. THANK YOU!🤗❣

[@michaelyeshe]

I have heard and studied Buddhist teachings for the last 40 years - according to my understanding of the Buddhist perspective - the explanation given here by Rupert is a good half of the self-inquiry investigation process. From the Buddhist approach you don’t stop the inquiry at seeing the “I” as the experiencer - but further investigate who or what is this “I” that is experiencing the thoughts, feelings and sense of self. Only when one realises that the “I” exists merely conventionally in dependence on the combination of the body, mind feelings and thoughts etc. but in fact there is no truely & inherently and therefore absolutely findable existent “I” - only then one has reached the final analysis of selflessness.

[@calvinrakotobe5583]

Don't forget that the ultimate goal is to see what you are, not what you are not.

[@michaelyeshe]

True - but if we are already conditioned to believe in what we are not, then wouldn’t it be necessary to understand what we are not - (grasping to a false self) so that we let go of the false self and realise the true self?

[@calvinrakotobe5583]

​@@michaelyeshe Why not go straight for what you are ? See clearly that you are not limited (it's only thoughts that say that you, awareness, are limited) and not temporary (also thoughts that say that). That's the only way to cease suffering (desiring what is not present and resisting what is present now). Take the analogy of the rope and the snake. Only the clear seeing of the rope can put an end to fear and resistance. You might see that the snake you believed it was previsouly is not there, but another day, since you haven't seen the rope clearly, you might think it is the shadow of a man or a hole, etc. We have to see Reality as it truly is. That's the only way. We are it. So mind's knowledges like knowing what Reality is not (which is the best the mind can do, then it falls silent), are at best a prelude to the recognition of ourSelf, but generally it's a distraction from seeing Reality as it truly is.

[@deepaklamsal2288]

Simple yet powerfully explained.

[@mofoshrimp]

Thanks for the upload, and thanks for making the video and sharing your experience Mr.Spira! Always happy to see videos about self-enquiry.

[@manyasingla2377]

Thank you so much sir for such a wonderful teaching

[@vathsan1881983]

The art of atma vichara or self enquiry explained in the most eloquent manner. Simply put by Bhagavan Ramana Maharishi as ' Who am I ?'

[@dylanthomas6717]

I'm sure this is the best way to go. But it isn't always easy. This wonderfully clear explanation will surely help! Finding one's clarity amongst the madding crowd! Namaste!

[@LauriPoldre]

Such a wonderful and efficient guidance by Rupert Spira. Thank you!