The End of Spiritual Seeking

Rupert Spira talks about the end of spiritual seeking. He also explains how, often, spiritual practices that are intended to end our suffering are just a continuation of the search for happiness in objective experience, and why the true remedy for suffering requires no effort.
The impulse to do something, or search for something, is the core of the ego. In Buddhist terms Dukkha, the core dissatisfaction, compels us to reach for something. This feeling like 'something is missing' has most people out in the world reaching for objects such as substances, activities, relationships and so on. In the spiritual traditions, the objects which we reach for are refined - it becomes a mantra instead of the glass of beer. But we are still trying to replace what is present now with something that we imagine will be present in the future if we do this practice.
And that's fine for a while, but sooner or later we have to ask the question, why? What am I escaping from? And who is the one that is escaping from it? Does the seeker actually exist? In the process, the impulse to move away from ourself winds down. And when it winds down completely, it leaves us in peace.
The highest meditation is therefore not something we do. It's what we are. And as we are already that, it requires no effort. Any effort would take us away from where we are now towards something which is not yet present. That is suffering - that's the definition of suffering.
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Timestamps:
0:00 What Is Dukkha?
0:21 Feeling Like Something Is Missing
1:17 The Search For Happiness
1:29 Self-Enquiry
2:25 The End Of Spiritual Seeking
2:54 Meditation To End Suffering
3:02 The Root Cause Of Suffering
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[@LifeDeathandStuff]

I was feeling anxious and looking for a distraction. I knew that I was doing that, but I couldn’t help it. So I opened KZbin thinking “Let’s see what the Universe has to say to help me out right now!” And this was the first video on the landing page. A very clear message to put my phone down and just be.

[@jonber9411]

And to compose a comment, for when you pick the phone up again ❤

[@TheAmbamatamantrasvideos]

Actually we dont want to stop searching, the ego needs a goal or it will disappear..who is ready?

[@CaridadeCaio]

Jesus Christ,this is top high wisdom....

[@claudelebel49]

Eventually, "the seeking resisting impulse winds down" Very good news 😊 Relax into that which you already are.

[@nsbd90now]

"The impulse to do something is the core of the ego." That's me! lol!

[@mindfulkayaker7737]

I agree. The worst of ego is the idea that we are the “doer”

[@lindaj71]

Rupert you are a poet. There are no words to thank you.

[@plumeria66]

That’s why I love listening to him. His words are poetic, gentle, filled with sincerity and respect for all. He never addresses anyone with ego.

[@mindfulkayaker7737]

I love the way in which Rupert define Duka. “The feeling of insatisfacción” that impulse us to seek happiness in the objects of experience. That means that rather than “suffering” as many people translate, it would better be translated as “the cause of suffering”

[@mindfulkayaker7737]

Consciousness Only model means that consciousness is not the “Cause” of anything but rather the “empty space like” of awareness in which all experience are known, In which all experience appears and disappears and out of which are experiences are made. At the level of absolute there is not neither cause nor effect, only eternal being and experiencing. That is my understanding of Rupert teachings but I could be wrong.

[@bullebap]

Conciousness is a doer…?!😂😂😂

[@bullebap]

Life is happening to you. That is all. „We have to be carefull…… the only one to blame…“ You better leave the explanations to Rupert!

[@markograf]

I agree here, but also that search will collapse by itself, when time comes. We (observers) can't do anything about it

[@unfnbelievable3609]

Agree 100%! Stuck in the middle of exactly THAT 95%. I made up that last number, I don't know how much I'm stuck. I just keep noticing. Much more could be said about it but the saying gets long and tedious, it's best people see it for themselves. I can be galumphing along just fine and the thought: "Yes, but what is God (Self, True-Nature, the Absolute?") arises and everything goes to hell! I start looking for something different, causing my own suffering. It's definitely a trip. A hard habit to drop.

[@user-zi3ps4fs3u]

This is the most essential video in my spritual journey.. Thank you Rupert ♡ I love you ♡

[@fatansameer4904]

التأمل هو التعمق للروح وترك الجسد الثقيل

[@helenahannig5327]

Thank you... . to be reminded again and again, until seeking outside drops by itself. Recognition and Gratitude. 🙏

[@freitasdeivinho]

Kena Upanishad is a great Self-Enquiry!!

[@bobhunt5820]

I have my cake and I eat it too. I live well because I don't have to ask someone else to answer my questions. Questions are the answers and my favorite food.

[@baharam98]

Thank you for these talks. Bright light on truth.

[@ScoreGetter]

Thank you Rupert

[@sohinipattiwellen6380]

Thank you Rupert...

[@Newfoundmike]

Found myself when I quit looking for Me !

[@AlterAbility]

So beautiful 😍

[@pilargarcia6724]

Muchísimas gracias!!!!❤🙏😊

[@miket4092]

One of the greatest videos I've ever seen. Possibly only second to Michael Newton's 44 min interview.

[@jpmarques7]

Definitely debatable but very interesting

[@robinaguenkel7534]

I have listen Manny times, clear like Sun shine. Thank you greatest master.I seluit YOU. ☀️

[@peacenlove6502]

meditation - is just to be !!! wow !!!

[@HeartFeltGesture]

There is nothing to attain, nothing. Consciousness is Self-Existing, Acausal. Therefore you can not make it happen, by any means what-so-ever, ANY means, none. Realization will never be a result of cause and effect. But you can perpetually fail to Be it, being distracted and contracted, as a result of seeking for it. Seeking for what you always already Are IS suffering. Your glasses were on your head the whole time you were stressfully looking for them. Aha! Im an idiot! "If you look for Happiness in the world you must necessarily leave the place where it Always Already Is in order to seek it" ~ Avatar Adi Da Samraj

[@bethanienaylor]

Good one 😊

[@bethhayes1]

Wind down completely. Yes.

[@olotbesalu2258]

Thanks .

[@thewisdomoption777]

I once came up with the thought: "the ending of doing is the ending of being." It sounds clunky, but the words were right for me and it ended all searching for a while and I fell into a deeply satisfying sleep. In that sentence the being meant everything, the whole of experience. Not all shoes fit for everybody though.

[@WorkerBeesUnite]

I think u meant the end of doing is the beginning of being, but even then we can be with or without doing

[@thewisdomoption777]

@@WorkerBeesUnite The "being" in my comment referred to the experience of that particular moment which contained the suffering of seeking. So what ended was the doing of seeking and the suble impulses of needing to do anything. There's no need to talk about it. I'm not any kind of teacher. But I see your point and you could say it like that too.

[@MujahidToler]

✨GOLD✨

[@h2_kumar]

Brilliant. Thank you so much. Peace and love. 🙏

[@AilsaMcLean]

Wonderful!!! Thank you.

[@anashappydays]

Your teachings are so simple and so profound ❤

[@amarrejane0]

Thanks for clarity. Rupert!

[@jojobacreme6030]

Brilliant! Thank you so much 🙏🏻

[@jarcau_vegan]

Beautifull and clear, thank you 🍀🙏🏻🌺

[@marti7343]

If I was not a spiritual seeker and reached a point of peace, I would not watch this video. So everyone who watches Rupert must be a seeker. If we all find peace, Rupert will not have an audience. So, I guess if I am to find peace, I should stop watching Rupert's videos. But, then again, we can't really do anything to find the spiritual peace we seek. OK, I should not be using logic to find my way to spiritual happiness.

[@atmannityananda-autognosia]

🌞 Wanting to practice and do practice at spiritual centers especially of great sages isn't for escaping now but the best way for transformation, purification and awakening of Consciousness. 1 month practice at Ramana Maharshi Ashram or Hairakhan Babaji Ashram are equal to some decades of practice at home. It is not just ok ...❤

[@Eezzy108]

Seeking is a natural function that arises in our being when we suffer We will suffer till the day we die

[@AlterAbility]

“When people say, ‘May peace be with you.’, peace cannot be with the ego except like for the briefest second because the ego is made up of stuff that doesn’t allow for it. The soul is still moving toward something. Awareness is peace.” - Ram Dass

[@SnakeAndTurtleQigong]

Thanks for sharing!

[@kathrynphillips3710]

Thankyou Rupert 💗

[@natheer7979]

Thank you

[@bethanienaylor]

This was so good. Thank you

[@originalnormie]

Thank you..

[@phk2000]

Wonderful stuff!

[@kvasudevan7575]

to some spiritual knowledge gives wings and provides keys to open all the doors; but to others it is more like chains preventing them from absorbing anything new.

[@Vivechyanityam01]

My today's realisation of the people's sufferings is that people are manifesting demons over devtas...both are within their mind the light and the dark aspects...but they are drawn to feed the demon mind with glamour that attracts desire, lust, greed, jealousy and other demonic attributes. Giving up on an attachment to materials help to avoid the opening channels of demonic attributes which pave the ways to sufferings.

[@othernewsid2]

:)) Summaviru. Thats Ramana's , Thayumanavar's ultimate advice. Hard to translate it. Be still? Do nothing? Just be? etc :))

[@zenmasterjay1]

Dukkha is the suffering of conditioned states.

[@timjonesvideos]

I hope I come to rest in my beingness. What does Rupert call it when the manifest world (temporarily) dissolves & one's consciousness becomes like a wave in an ocean of conscious light/energy?

[@AuroCords]

This would imply that the soul (attention) is not deeply identified and entangled with the worldly experience. Undoing that entanglement is the goal of spiritual practice. And it is not just an intellectual realization, it takes many years of practice ..to also identify with something different, which is the Word or logos, the true identity of the soul.

[@NondualityChannel]

🙏

[@sh0rlin]

that one cut through

[@MiscName1493]

Suffering is missing God, saguna or nirguna.

[@blablblaaaaaaaaa]

that's the limit of our language based on duality,the Ultimate Truth with language can be said only in paradoxes and contradictions when you try to describe It with long sentences,unless you say only I am or even only I,the peak would be just the Silence,it's really the highest teaching,but who is ready for It ? whoo whoo whoo whoo whooo,the great horned one calls 🦉🧠❤🔱🧿

[@carlavela7106]

🙏🙏🙏

[@TheHmmka]

🌿

[@IAM-mc4gb]

☀️💛🌻

[@truesight91]

Meditation shouldn't be something you do to reach some state, it is simple the act of resting in being, and thus in time as you rest you let more and more go, and there you are :)

[@kathyryan7611]

💖💖💖

[@sujathamaheshwari]

❤️

[@jakegibson6292]

So does anapanasati meditation reinforce the ego even if it is for becoming more present to practice self-enquiry?

[@TomasCPolli]

I think that this is the most importante vídeo I've seen from Rupert, the one that most clarified things for me. Thank you.

[@billmiles9413]

💯♥️🙏

[@robinaguenkel7534]

👍🇩🇪

[@guillermoallen2]

Then, why so many guided meditations in this channel? Not judging. Just want to understand why whats being said here. This ego is new in this path and sometimes this kind of video makes me feel like "dont bother". I dont know, maybe this was said to someone with a higher understanding of the matter...

[@Budapestpatiypami]

But he still needs to give those talks, which is also an object. If he were any different from any other person that seeks something, why is he actually there? The chair in which he is seated, the micro he is using and so on were invented and manufactured by people that believed in chasing an object. If he gets sick he would want a doctor that believe in ego and medicine enough to study for many years and staying in a hospital. This way of speaking has absolutely no respect for thousand of people that make our life possible.

[@bullebap]

No, his words are Not meant to be disrespectful! He gives examples for the illusion the mind creates for you, as spiritual seekers might forget or neglect the fact that life is happening and not done. If there is an osho centre around where you live, participate in a satori group, then you will understand. Or watch more of Ruperts Clips.

[@Budapestpatiypami]

We have different opinions and thats ok. I dont need to go places I dont want to go so that I can write a comment on KZbin. Its just my opinion. I repeat, I respect your opinion, I just happen to dont agree. I respect doctors, social workers, teachers and lots of people that make life of others possible. Thats the people I respect. Not people that take money acting as a spiritual líder.

[@bullebap]

@@Budapestpatiypami usually spiritual teachers invite people, who dont have enough money to join their meetings for free. So does Rupert! It is sad that you do not see bis value, but thats how ist is. My best wishes for you

[@Budapestpatiypami]

When It comes to spiritual teachings all people should go for free. Otherwise the people that gors for free act as a good marketing. "He is so good he doesnt charge poor". It is sad you dont see how It is tremendous narcisistic to assure you are awaken and to say all is an ilusión, but ey, in fancy houses and enviroments

[@Mohammedbasim-fq6qu]

I think there is no spirit only the holy one lol

[@otg1433]

End of talking, foolish to fall in love with a speaker all speakers are irrelevant. Take J. Krisnamurti spent his whole life talking and the funny things is he never used one complicated word or phrase. Yet those who went to his talks and surrounded him were mostly high brow intellectuals, why was that. Seems they still imagined the intellect was the vehicle to take them there. Krishna J was a very very dry wine far to dry for most of us and did he awaken anyone or did he make it worse, which reinforced people staying in there intellectual bubble. That's why pretty much no one can help you, better to not say anything as they say if you meet Buddha on the road kill him.

[@tnvol5331]

Very dull and sounds like a fake to me.

[@elekkr]

Moving away from hunger to food ...suffering ?! Whats the alternative ? Death by hunger . Splendid . This dude doesn't look to malnourished.

[@nsbd90now]

One of my favorite stories is about a previous life when Buddha was a Bodhisattva. It was a time of famine, and he sees a mother tiger in distress because she is unable to generate milk to feed her cubs. So, out of compassion, he removes his clothing, folding his robes and placing them on a shrub, lays down, and offers himself as a meal to the mother tiger so she can generate milk and feed her cubs.

[@nocosa]

He is not talking about physical needs but about psychological illusions that you can be complete by achieving different circumstances.

[@youtubecanal]

Thank you

[@widipermono854]

🙏🙏🙏