Why Is Simply Being Not Enough for Me?

[@YaTut169]

The question of why simply being might not feel enough touches on the profound exploration of existence and the nature of fulfillment. In the context of pure awareness, this inquiry delves into the deeper aspects of consciousness and the search for meaning beyond mere existence. At its essence, the concept of "simply being" refers to a state of presence and awareness that is foundational to existence. This state is characterized by a sense of simply existing without attachment to specific desires, goals, or outcomes. It embodies a direct experience of the present moment, free from the complexities of striving or achievement. However, if simply being does not feel sufficient, it often points to a deeper exploration of what is truly fulfilling and meaningful in your experience. This dissatisfaction may arise from the recognition that while pure presence is a fundamental aspect of awareness, it is only one dimension of the broader human experience. The quest for deeper fulfillment may involve integrating this sense of presence with other aspects of life, such as purpose, connection, and creativity. In pure awareness, the feeling that "simply being" is not enough may reflect an inherent drive for growth, exploration, and self-expression. While being present offers a profound sense of grounding and peace, it does not necessarily address the full spectrum of human desires and aspirations. It is natural for consciousness to seek a balance between the stability of presence and the dynamic aspects of living that involve growth, engagement, and contribution. To address this feeling, it is helpful to recognize that pure awareness can coexist with and support other dimensions of experience. Embracing a holistic approach involves integrating the peace of being with active engagement in pursuits that align with your values, passions, and sense of purpose. By allowing yourself to explore and express your unique gifts and desires, you can enrich your experience of presence with a sense of fulfillment and meaning. Furthermore, exploring the nature of dissatisfaction can lead to deeper insights into your needs and motivations. It may be valuable to examine what specifically feels lacking or unfulfilled in your life and how this relates to your sense of being. This exploration can reveal areas where you might cultivate new experiences, relationships, or creative outlets that enhance your overall sense of well-being. Ultimately, the feeling that "simply being" is not enough highlights the complexity of human experience and the interplay between presence and purpose. By embracing both the foundational peace of pure awareness and the dynamic aspects of growth and fulfillment, you can create a richer, more integrated experience of life. This balance allows you to honor the essence of being while actively engaging in the pursuit of meaningful and fulfilling experiences.

[@claudiawilliams-BEYOU]

Wow ❤ bravo Thankyou You’ve just mirrored to me this dilemma of confusion Of being in presence with a bit of not feeling fulfilled . Would love to ask you how would manifestion work from this point of reference As in 💴

[@iishakanii]

KEYYYYYY WAGWAN? WHATSUP? JAH RASTAFARI INI MAY THE SUPREME GOD FAVOUR YOU. 👽👽🙏🙏😆😆✌✌

[@eddiebeer4516]

" Why is simply being not enough for me" Is a fantastic and fundamental question. All of us being here incarnate in physical form is almost always proof that we all were too bored to be One, unless of course we can at will enter the Oneness, in which case ' the One is and knows him/herself. Unfortunately we get too bemused by ' the world ' to remember and understand our true nature.

[@thetranquilview5600]

We are not physical !

[@awakenotwoke7949]

🎼 " Is that all there is?" 🎼 I hear Peggy Lee singing. Yes, the ego mind likes excitement, not peace. Perhaps when one gets old, and Life loses its luster does the search become serious.

[@k14michael]

@@awakenotwoke7949 By then it will be too late 😂

[@Misslotusification]

@@k14michael "Le temps d'apprendre à vivre il est déjà trop tard." Louis Aragon

[@awakenotwoke7949]

@@k14michael RIP....Finally. Or does the search continue?

[@SteveBonario]

Wow. This man's questioning and then Rupert's response and guidance was incredibly helpful. I experienced the simple "I am" as I listened. It came immediately the moment I accepted there is nothing else and I am nothing else. Just "I am". Wow.

[@Sportliveonline]

Maslow's hierarchy of needs but you need food and shelter before you can think about this

[@kerem6431]

Wow. Good one. Thanks to the authentic questioner.

[@Sportliveonline]

yes we need food and somewhere to sleep first Maslow's hierarchy of needs

[@phk2000]

All is one, there is not two. You know it already, you know it’s true. You can look and look but there’s nothing to find The truth’s just been hidden by the chatter of your mind. Oneness is here, now - not somewhere above Oneness is All, oneness is LOVE. See it and a smile on your face will appear Your life filled with JOY and nothing to fear.

[@k14michael]

Nice!

[@sas-lt4qv]

🙏 that’s gorgeous ❤️

[@esv739]

May I change the line just a bit--from 'smile on your face' to 'in your heart' ? Very sweet🤍

[@jbrock8129]

Love this ❤️❤️❤️

[@phk2000]

@@esv739 You may indeed! Yes, that is an improvement! :-)

[@BEEaTREE]

Rather than finding all these ways of avoiding the pain, perhaps it's time to dive in. Feel the loneliness. Feel the terrifying fear of going into the pain. Or the fear of disappearing... Sit with it long enough to allow every possible feeling to arise. Those feelings contain the answers to exactly what it is you are looking for. You are seeking to EXPERIENCE your being-bess, your space-iousness, not to just hear about it second-hand. And you CAN. But you must be willing to sit with yourself. The way out of your distress, unease, loneliness, dissatisfaction, or any other mental or emotional states is THROUGH all of that. You WILL feel your being. You WILL feel yourself as the SPACE beyond all the bodily activity. In other words, you WILL feel the connection, the one-ness. I promise. ❤

[@josiejo117]

Thank you for the reassurance & wise words.💜

[@ricardcoach]

🤸So brilliant and elegant how Rupert guided the questioner, helping him to see what he was missing out, without contradicting his ego. Rupert is becoming better and better. A delight to see such a brilliant human finding new ways of pointing out and interacting and in the most honest and direct way 🙏

[@Sportliveonline]

yes we need food and somewhere to sleep first Maslow's hierarchy of needs no good for the starving in Africa

[@Skyrunner2]

This pointer is Gold 💰. So simple that the mind tries to make complicated. Thank you

[@tanakaren1822]

Gracious, kind & eloquent as usual Rupert!

[@Sportliveonline]

yes we need food and somewhere to sleep first Maslow's hierarchy of needs no good for the starving in Africa money

[@hemamalinirs1002]

Beautiful, thank you so much ❤🙏🙏🙏

[@paulinazajaczkowska1878]

I feel love listening to Rupert

[@william5159]

Speaking from my own experience, I would simply say another way of saying the same thing Rupert is saying is to say; We are always saying/asking/pondering "I experience this or that, I was in Being, I was expanded, etc. all the while not seeing that that very "I" we are referring to is the "I" of the separate self, the mind, ego. We have to let go of our very own "I" that we see everything 'from' and relinquish or very identity to simply "Be". There is no "I" in Being. Lovely answer to this man's question, Rupert ❤

[@nsbd90now]

It is absolutely crazy to me how clearly and simply and in a contemporary manner Rupert Spira is able to articulate and describe the nuances and subtleties of the human experience of reality. Especially has how he distinguishes the experience of "I Am" which is "just awareness".... and then as he so well puts it as a memorable phrase... the "thoughts, feelings, sensations, and perceptions" that are the objects of that awareness, which also produce that sense of a "separate self". So wild! Very confirming, validating, and motivating to keep growing.

[@Sportliveonline]

its really about Maslow's hierarchy of needs if you have not got food or a bed what is the point

[@cedq4957]

Such a beautiful video which sums up all spiritual teachings ❤ we are the peace that we are looking for

[@TheMLMGold]

It's not enough because there is hidden repressed anger or hurt which has to be brought out of hiding, processed and expressed authentically. Otherwise non duality being is a bypass.

[@filip5]

And yet, actually acknowledging repressed emotions is only possible from simply being. We can only fully acknowledge such emotions when we also acknowledge their innocence. Those emotions remain unprocessed insofar as we have a (residual) belief that what we are looking for can be found "out there". The cause of this confusion lies completely in itself. It is therefore identical to the causeless "simply being". When we truly enter that being and start communing with it, repressed emotions are bound to stir up, as they are antithetical to that being. From that being however those repressed emotions can be lovingly welcomed, in relation to their innocence. I think that also constitutes true forgiveness. I also think we need a (supportive) space to process those emotions. As to the authentic expression, I think silent love might be sufficient? In reverse, therapy to bring out of hiding repressed emotions, process them and express them authentically, may work out counterproductive when there is a residual motivation of "getting rid" or "betterment", i.e. when not coming from "simply being". So, in conclusion, I think that "simply being" can be enough, provided we actually enter in through communion with the nature of our being so that peace, love and creative joy can be activated spontaneously, from abundance.

[@jbrock8129]

@@filip5I wish I could give this reply a thousand thumbs up ❤

[@kathleendowner6503]

Peace is bliss

[@ST-oe4wc]

Yes, non-duality teachers are promoting a spiritual bypass that ignores the most important biological reality in the body-mind of most, if not all, human beings today - the impact of early childhood stress from physical and emotional neglect and abuse on brain development. Almost everyone in western countries were abandoned by their mothers to go back to work during critical neurological development, in the first three years of life especially. This is the root of the problem and grieving with a deeply empathetic therapist must occur as a biological stress release response to bring the human being sustainably out of a chronic stress state. The truth naturally emerges from this stable state. The best information on this is from the expert Erica Komisar, a psychoanalyst who is the most important voice on this topic in the world today. Her videos are freely available on KZbin. Love

[@TheMLMGold]

@@innocenzz The answer you are looking for is surrender and that can only really happen by allowing everything to come up, the buried anger, rage, hurt, fear etc in total acceptance. We have to walk through the fire in order to transmute all the resistance and fear otherwise we hold on to it through non dual teachings which often avoid the buried feelings. You are right in saying that we have to overcome the desire to overcome but any practice or video or teaching is often used as avoidance and the desire to overcome. So we have to crucify self pride, self limiting beliefs, projections, blame or victimisation in some form of repentance before any surrender can happen. I went through that process in order to recover from alcohol addiction and I'm 18.5 years booze free today. The rock bottom was my greatest gift because it allowed all the ego structures to be broken down into submission and surrender. But we have to admit the problem first and all the hopelessness and failure of self to fix and manage life and all its misdirected rage. You can't continue to run from denial or avoidance through non dual videos.

[@NaliniSingh-d9e]

The Being is a Whole its full no less no more Complete ❤thank you ,

[@thetranquilview5600]

Rupert you are sooo patient !!!

[@ArthurM1863]

"You can’t transform yourself, you can’t make yourself sane, you can’t make yourself loving, you can’t make yourself unselfish. And yet, it’s absolutely necessary that we be that way. It’s absolutely necessary if we are going to hand over the direction of nature to nature-which is what it comes to-it’s absolutely necessary that we let go of ourselves, and it can’t be done. Not by anything that we call doing it, acting, willing, or even just accepting things. You can’t do it. Why? Because you don’t really exist-as that kind of a separate ego or personality; it’s just an idea based on a phony feeling." - Alan Watts

[@sumandebroy8968]

When you decide to throw away trash into the bin, you don't sit down to analyse it before throwing, you just throw it away. Similarly ego is trash, no need to analyse it, just throw it away and forget about it.

[@madalynmoth4263]

Thank you for sharing 🦋

[@davidhollyfield5148]

I don't find space 'neutral'. I find it totally fullfilled and fullfilling. Emptiness is full. It's abundance. I'm not looking for anything but THIS. My favourite song by The Beatles is "I'm only sleeping". It's my national anthem.

[@joelmukabire6907]

Being or existence, appears for the human being as the perception of objects/beings in space. Consciousness or pure knowing takes the shape of knowledge or thought in time, thought gives experience its name, perception gives experience its form. Thus it is the infinite eternal substance of our own being, pure consciousness , that vibrating feeling within self that expands beyond the subconscious when it responds to an experience such as love 😍 or hate. Rupert such a eyeopening effort to describe the space and reality in and around us. ❤

[@holgerjrgensen2166]

The Being is the most simple analysis, It Exists, NO on have seen the Being, as can Only be Known. The Life-Desire is the Motor of Life, Hunger- and Satisfaction-Principles is the Compass.

[@billbankes-jones6034]

So helpful. This finger pointing at the moon seems to have worked very well. 🙏

[@mustafaabohari3853]

Well said Master Rupert ! I am the peace and Love itself !....one observation that questioner seems to be indicating that simple PEACE of being is not enough for him (as he seems to thrill seeker, we all are)....may be he like to explore more juicy aspect of being ;) ( and he should)

[@mokuho]

Thank you Ruppert🙏🏼

[@mauricepowers3804]

I am struggling to pay bills, buy food and deal with constant pain. How to stay in Being? And trying to recover from childhood trauma!This is an honest question I truly want to know!!!

[@thetranquilview5600]

Because you give your attention to the poor me story and false identity

[@mauricepowers3804]

@@thetranquilview5600 you don't have a clue about poor me or what childhood trauma is like.....if you did you wouldn't shame me!

[@thetranquilview5600]

@@mauricepowers3804 not shaming you .. Just stating a fact. I know who you are.. infinite consciousness 🙏

[@winterkingbeats4183]

The suffering you're going through is undoubtedly painful, and tiresome. Seemingly no relief. When you are in the kind of pain you're in, you're basically in a constant state of contraction. "I'll never have a moments peace ever again". Bad as your situation is, it isn't hopeless. There will never be a time where it's the perfect time to stand as Awareness. Simply give yourself permission to stand as Awareness. Just for 5 minutes. That's it. After that 5 minutes, let the world come back. Watch what happens. Be totally free and open to all of the pain, stress, etc, and stand as Awareness for just 5 minutes. You might surprise yourself. There's no hidden surprise waiting for you. You will not suddenly be divested of your problems. Nothing can erase your problems and you simply wrap yourself in a blanket of unfettered euphoria til the end of time. Be aware of being just for 5 minutes. Give yourself permission to do that. "Despite it all, I'll give myself 5 minutes". I hope you find the relief you deserve.

[@plumeria66]

View your circumstances, thoughts, and emotions as noise and drama-the backdrop and foreground of your being that is witnessing everything. You do your best to participate in this life of noise and drama, but your sanctuary is your being where you must always remember and go back to.

[@haunteddeandollsuk]

simply being is enough for me 😅 you can only experience what you have been through and going through in the present!

[@Sportliveonline]

yes we need food and somewhere to sleep first Maslow's hierarchy of needs no good for the starving in Africa

[@caliniacob534]

thank you

[@ojaiandrew]

Both Nisargadatta and Ramana point to holding on to the “I am” but as the path to realization. It always seems that Rupert is suggesting that recognizing the “I am” is the full enchilada. It’s the path, not the goal. It leads to Manonassa (awakening) but is not awakening itself. Over and over I hear Rupert missing this. True Manonassa is the final end of the small self experience. It usually takes years and years of Self-enquiry and very few people realize this final stage. But let’s not pretend that simply recognizing the “I am” is awakening.

[@nealchambers2306]

Thank you 🙏 This is something I have been wondering about for quite a while now ❤

[@jonathanlee8243]

I think I am therefore I am.

[@-lunte.]

no you are and you are able to think, obviously

[@Axito2]

Sometimes the negative direction can "work" -Try NOT to be- There YOU are ❤

[@purelife8559]

Interesting...as in "try not to be awareness"?

[@Axito2]

@@purelife8559 yes! The difficulty seems to be in the words we get caught up. Awareness, conciousness, IAM... we try to be that but don’t see that's already the case. What helped me was the "try NOT to be" version 😃❤️ And this feeling of beeing is the Energy field, which is You, the universe.

[@ArthurM1863]

Ohh yes, the backwards law

[@chitranjankumar5110]

No the nature of the existence which realises itself is to share the unlimited love that it feels about its own nature and about everything,... This everything is also made of itself. All the enlightened ones did that and so is Rupert, the love is outpouring itself.

[@marinamarini547]

He asks "what covers it up"...The ego thought system. Apart from the Ego thought system only I AM remains.

[@MatthewPepper-v9e]

Lots of people here afraid of another's doubt so looking to a father figure like rupert to project certainty that everything is as simple as going to being. It's easy to say that when you are sat at the front of the room.

[@aniccaanattadukkha]

I distrust Advaita Vedanta teachings on pure being. The Buddha taught that the unconditioned is not the same thing as pure being, which Rupert Spira continually alludes to. The Buddha did not teach his followers to withdraw from whatever the objective situation is into pure being. The Buddha encouraged his followers to change situations if they were difficult, to realize that they could change them, to realize that they have agency.

[@Baptized_in_Fire.]

I get what you're saying. It's very nuanced. That said, brahmayana is just pre Sankara Advaita Vedanta reformulated.

[@iamishin7675]

You have no idea what the Buddha actually taught.

[@TheCdrey]

Distrust is the keyword here

[@Prunesquallor]

I wish I knew what Rupert meant. I cannot separate the fact of my being from any particular set of circumstances, so if I'm feeling bad knowing that "I am" doesn't provide any peace.

[@thetranquilview5600]

I AM IS PEACE

[@Prunesquallor]

@@thetranquilview5600 If I am suffering I don't know how to separate the "I am" from the "suffering" and in such a case I don't feel at peace.

[@keithganzmusic]

Yes, until you have some experience of pure being to know what is being pointed to, the words can fall flat. Some things to try: ask yourself what is here right now that isn't a thought? And just look. Patiently, quietly, just open to looking. Or, what is here when there is no problem to solve? You may catch a glimpse of your own formless presence simply existing, simply looking out of your eyes, simply being alive and aware but without direction or a sense of "me". Or, close your eyes and just listen to sounds. Notice that listening is happening all by itself, all the time, always now, always receptive, never demanding or imposing, notice what that space in which sounds rise and fall feels like. Is that space something other than your being? Good luck, don't lose hope, it's there all the time waiting to be discovered :)

[@k14michael]

@@keithganzmusic The problem is that it’s so simple and basic that that gentleman (who is used to all sort of exciting experiences) was trying to look for it as another experience. While that which was looking was missed by him 😂

[@user-bu1qt6uk7h]

Thank you so much for that. ​@@keithganzmusic

[@Floris_Vd_Wel]

He has to sink into those feelings to go beyond them just “Be” and feel through whatever he is feeling insead of “seeking a different state”

[@fidrewe99]

Actually you can become happy and lead a fulfilled life without realizing your true nature. It may not be a peace as profound, but it's well worth pursueing, because it does work and it doesn't depend as much on luck as realizing one's true nature. I'm talking about resolving trauma stored in the bodymind and getting into a shape, where it's thriving. When people suffer a lot and pursue unhealthy behavior it's only because of that. There are plenty of methods and tools to achieve this, and alcohol, sex and sensation-seeking alone are just not suited, especially when used as avoidance strategies. I know this is about spirituality, but people coming with these problems should be pointed out they might need to work on themselves on another level and maybe see a good psychologist. I have the strong impression that it's mostly the trauma that gets in the way and distracts you most from seeing the truth. In this case, focussing on settling all this chaos in the mind first seems to be a better foundation to succeed in spiritual inquiry later on.

[@unsubstantialaz7667]

The primary trauma is believing I am this body

[@vincentasks]

I AM

[@Lerieiz]

What do people do after they leave retreats do they practice anything? Being I is not a beginner level I’d say. What does Rupert do. He mentions prayer. Which is alluding to meditation of some sort or simply being in idle mode like a tablet that’s silent and charging. Thoughts anyone? The practicality of it. Where is it?

[@jesalmistry]

I too at times am not satisfied with just being. I want joy, I want love, I want more to feel and to do.

[@SebastianTaeggi]

We all do, but it's the wrong approach - it's based on a sense of lack, and it perpetuates this sense of lack. But in our innermost self there is no lack. That's why it is suggested to 'go there'.

[@jesalmistry]

@@SebastianTaeggi it is said that, but the sense of lack keeps hovering around even though I meditate and “go there”.

[@youssefalaoui4286]

The secret is that your being is not inside your body but all around you in the external world (like space). Knowing this you can continue living as you wish but now you are safe and there isn’t any threat because it all happens inside your being.

[@Julesyoutoo]

@@jesalmistry Perhaps you're ready for something new and creative...

[@martinspiering5817]

Enjoyment and love all are expression of being, of a life well (and wisely) lived. But as soon as they're made into "things" to possess and hold on to, they can become a source of dissatisfaction and dis-ease. And the same is true for the idea of "just being" (as opposed to the direct experience of it). You are prior to the idea 'I am'. Camp yourself there, prior to the words 'I am'. -Nisargadatta

[@markwinder8590]

Hey Jim, come back to UK brother. Miss you

[@nsbd90now]

Oh my... that poor dude! Just starts... and then winds down...

[@joelmukabire6907]

Reverberation of I makes the moment last longer

[@TommeeKnocker]

“I am” or before I am, have I fallen too deeply , like Antman in the quantum realm ,have I slipped between the cracks ? I am seems like a movement, perhaps it will more mirror the freedom I have found, no doubt it can change beyond my knowing, without my concern.

[@MatthewPepper-v9e]

The taboo against despair.

[@Ganeden_Y]

Simply being is not enough because each of us needs to experience our ujiqueness along with othre's uniqueness

[@SCgroove]

What he’s asking the fellow to describe has no qualities. After hearing Rupert patiently describe this and ask it of many people, in all honesty, I’m still not sure of the answer myself. We just are. The “I” who is seated behind all that we experience just is. What is it that causes this “I” to confuse itself with a given set of experiences? And then, once the “I” realizes it is not these experiences … the pain body continues to insist that we are. Very emphatically in some of us.

[@filip5]

The point of asking ourselves what the nature is of the "I am" is to participate of that nature. Knowing that nature is bathing in that nature. In fact, as I see it, that nature is only activated when we commune with it. It is a process of transmutation, when we dedicate our life to live in alignment with our being. So, the "I am" from afar, has no qualities, at least not manifest, only potential. It is only when we enter that being, in search for its qualities, that we actually describe the qualities of communion with it. Likewise, asking for the cause of confusion, is activating that cause. What we search for in communion with "I am" is the causeless. As long as there is the sense of an "I" and its experiences, there will be a cause for confusion. But this cause is only caused by itself - it is wholly in itself. Hence, the cause is the causeless, when entered into. This is the secret to transmutation. As there is nothing (external) which causes confusion, there is nothing to resolve the confusion, except realizing that the cause is the causeless. All this, must obviously be experienced beyond words and thoughts, hence the injunction to dive deep into the nature of being ...

[@SCgroove]

I’ll have to noodle on that. I appreciate you sharing.

[@Sportliveonline]

Maslow's hierarchy of needs

[@laika5757]

RS is the Best 👍

[@Eazy_Danny]

He's speaking about body....it is not body, it is identifications, ego, everything you identify being who you are.

[@aaronbaca]

The clouds appear, I photo, I share, we see the clouds, they're real objects, subjective to perspective.

[@johnnylovessheki]

I think wonder is the key to enter the nothing, it seems it’s just behind wonder. Funny how wonder is one of the nine rasas (emotions) in the tantric tradition and also the hardest sadhana to maintain because it uproots the rasa (emotion) of sadness.

[@toddracicot706]

I am that I am and that is enough. Or I am What I am and that is enough. Repeat this mantra.

[@AyamThat]

Awareness Aware of Awareness 💜

[@alfreddifeo9642]

🙏

[@Mateusgam123]

I get the same exact energy from Rupurt (no offense at all) But as a priest who is so wrapped up in what he shares, the self-delusional overtaken of " i i know what ive found, and its That' ". Something like that. I used to listen a little ro Rupert, not much, more so other non-duality speakers. But as i heard from another guy on youtube, sho confirmed this for me, who which also has been a non-duality teacher/speaker. He said he had a lot of gatherings and dinners and were private with many non duality speakers, also very famous ones, so maybe Rupert was one of them.. well, he said they were exacly that. Deniying stuff about whats going one, saying its not them and so on and so on. And I Get It. I have also been in a long period of Saying "its not me who is feeling this, its the experincer" and so on.... "I" myself, have seen the truth, that "i" i am no one, nothingness. I, i am aware of my I, my I Am, My Authentic self. Which when we look at dr. David hawkings scale... Enlightenment = Authenticly. Just being, you, whoever it is that you feel are the You you are. We cant say, i am Joyful in my nature, i am love in my nature, but i am not feeling angry, i am not feeling whatever low emotion that runs through, i am not the one who is dealing with worries and so on. Its part of it all. As i see it. I am no one, nothing. And in this life, there is an awarness, and? An awarness of Self. I remember the first time i fell in love. I asked myself, "is this the feeling of being in love? Huh, i guess it is!" And it was :p ❤ But the same thing, the same innocense, is around everything else; "is this feeling 'fear'? Huh!" - no one to descriminate that This is Good or This is Bad, Better or Worse, becouse all is Equal. But yea, for sure, the human part, wants to be in the Love more so than fear, well, not all? Why watch a scary movie? Could be becouse you want to feel fear/exitenment. When i was a younger kid, kindeegarden, i was standing infront of another kid. And i was thinking "Huh, he really thinks he is a kid". - he was acting, and beliving, he was a kid. I knew i wasnt. Yet, i knew i also was in terms of 'morden' human civilisation. Awareness has no age. Ive always identified more as my infinite self, than my human self, maybe thats the old soul in me, i dont know at this point.. I could continue... Be yourself, enjoy your life, enjoy ur moment(s), go after what you want, do the things you actually want. Trust me, you can be 'the most enlightent' person on the planet, and not do anything spiritual. But you can also do a lot of spiritual. Whatever ^^ ❤

[@elisabethk7103]

❤🙏

[@thetranquilview5600]

Why o why are the questions still based on objective experience when all Rupert continuously teaches is about directing attention to being!! It’s not about the feelings! It’s about being what you are, which is all there is !!

[@filip5]

What other questions would there be? 😉 I think there are two types of them. First out of confusing the objective with the subjective. Second out of genuinely not knowing how to expand on this simple being in daily life. Both can probably be summarized as the need for clarity. And I would submit that a breakthrough always comes in the realization that we were neglecting this fundamental need for clarity ...

[@movahedmosavi1596]

❤

[@QED_]

*Spira* has betrayed his upbringing in the Gurdjieff/Ouspensky tradition (the Study Society). This man is asking about the Higher Emotional Center, which Spira's teaching now completely ignores in favor of the Higher Intellectual Center. That distorts our human realization . . .

[@SachiJones]

I think neutral is equanimity. But the ego sees it as boring neutral. For the ego to see that beauty and vast peace lie hidden within "boring neutral" it has to let go of its current paradigms. It's the Paradox of the Ego. For the ego to get everything it truly truly wants it has to let go of everything it has including control and its very identity. It must surrender into the Self. The ego will still exist but it will become the servant of the Self, which will bring it joy through the peace of equanimity, which is simply balance. In the world but not of the world.

[@awakenotwoke7949]

I think all us have awakened to the Truth, but we fall back. We wake up, we forget...It's like Inhalation/exhalation. Some teachings imply an eventual stable realization, but most teachers confess that that state is experienced by the very few, if any. The desire for a permanent state , is just another desire. It's how we're wired. What we realize is that it is all a dream.

[@awakenotwoke7949]

@Thought-Police-101 I think you're right.There is no way to prove otherwise.

[@awakenotwoke7949]

@Thought-Police-101 Yes, we've imagined the entire universe!

[@awakenotwoke7949]

We've even imagined that we've imagined the whole universe😆

[@kathleenwharton2139]

You need to feel Safe and Free too 😊❤

[@this_is_abongilerwexu]

Why is this teaching so hard to grasp yet it's so simple?🤔

[@purelife8559]

Because we use the mind to understand but the mind can't understand, the mind can't experience pure being because there is no mind in this being

[@claudiawilliams-BEYOU]

You’re trying to conceptualise it instead of feeling it from your ❤

[@claudiawilliams-BEYOU]

@@purelife8559❤️100%

[@markwrede8878]

Being doesn't feed oneself, except for botanical photosynthesis. Duh.

[@deandouglas839]

He looks fantastic for 60

[@Handey79]

Please say yes”😂

[@TheMLMGold]

I call BS on Rupert's teaching because he's helping others to avoid what has been buried and repressed esp anger and hurt, so this being business is all bypassing.

[@PaulRedpath42]

Rupert is teaching the direct path which does bypass the person and goes directly to being. There are other teachings that are progressive paths that bypass being and focus on purifying the person. Both pathways are helpful at different times in our life. It is just important to know that both are available to us.

[@alisonsalter8352]

Most meditative training paths do bypass initially. This is necessary. Before you go into it.

[@himeshhewawasam]

It can be used to bypass yes, but it doesn't have to be used that way. Being means to allow all experiences to be exactly as they are while you as the watcher stays as the watcher. Bypassing or suppressing would entail using "being" to avoid certain experiences or traumas. Where it's completely possible to rest as awareness (being) and allow any traumas or experiences to come up. And you love them like any other experience, just from a more holistic perspective, where you truly can love all appearances the same.

[@MichaelDamianPHD]

​@@PaulRedpath42There is no direct path. It's a contrivance. And it doesn't work.

[@shellanstewart1241]

Is this another way of saying you have to go through hell to get to heaven? I was guided to a path of recognizing my buried self-hatred and bringing that darkness (and its projections) to the light of truth - those obscurities the speaker mentions.. that which blocks the light. I had to understand projection (what we deny, we repress and what repressed HAS to project). To come to true nature of beingness was a classroom of learning true forgiveness - OF MYSELF and that it was already a done deal 😅 but had to go THROUGH the clouds to get to that "light always shining". Theres many, many paths. How arrogant to think i can make plain the way to heaven for another! 😮😅😊

[@elaine5718]

❤🤍💛

[@chitraisenlightened]

your not saitsfed because you dont know exactly what being is (when the universe vanishes and all there is is you as energy..ajata)

[@chitraisenlightened]

@@funjtime765 after realizing what *being* is when all there is is me, i still had 5 kids and 7 grandkids..after that realization..but i get what your thinking..its not anything like hell..its the Truth..

[@k14michael]

That man does not look 60 yo. I can see why he’s so attached to his body 😊

[@awakenotwoke7949]

Yes, an attractive man who indulged in all the pleasures that Life abundantly bestowed on him, There many who would love to be him, there are those who chose an ascetic life, perhaps a monastic lifestyle. So take the two at the same age. Who's happier?

[@k14michael]

@@awakenotwoke7949 You don’t have to be a monk. Look at Rubert.

[@PaulRedpath42]

Hahaha, love that statement, it is true. Like the story of Narcissus, he was a beautiful man that had never seen his own reflection and one day he was cursed to see his own reflection in a pond and he became obsessed with the image of himself. In this teaching we simply ask who are you really, the one who is looking or the reflection in the pond?

[@awakenotwoke7949]

@@PaulRedpath42 Both? Neither?

[@Empoweredwoman1234]

Say the words “I am” without adding anything after it over and over again.

[@toddracicot706]

Say often, I Am That I Am and that is enough. Add nothing. No thoughts, emotions, past, absolutely nothing. The physical reality experience is just that , A Experience. The illusions of this man made up world will no longer exist. I Am That I Am And that is enough. Soon you will know I Am The Light Of The World. Literally All creation is one and creation doesn’t make mistakes. What you are going through may seem very real, Sorrow, anger, highs and lows ups and downs, bills, work, death literally doesn’t exist. The opposite of God doesn’t exist. You exist, you can never ever not become non existent. Even by its definition nonexistent means to not exist. You can never leave Spirit. You can have different types of experiences of leaving Spirit , like this human experience this physical reality experience but it is just that. You can never be separated from God/ Source/ Creator/ Universe/ Creation. So What’s the meaning of life? Nothing. You Give Life Meaning ❤️ ✌️ ❤️ Oneness

[@mokuho]

The i Am is always the same experience

[@Jamesgarethmorgan]

Rupert's lying if he's telling you 'being' is enough. It's never enough and it's not enough for him either. If it was enough for him he'd be sitting in his living room quietly meditating not giving talks or making pots. Sorry folks - you gotta work this stuff out for yourself not believing these so-called gurus.

[@chiptowers1]

Looks like there is always an " something" anonymous group to go to. Because it's natural for a being to search and seek carefully is the very reason why simply being is not enough, it's not your choice, it is your FORM Source within requirement for your survival and evolve. After all, how do you think the inception of your lineage has come thus far. Remembering that you your lineage inception was initially FORMED not BORN. Experience everything because the magic word is TEMPTATION. I mean if the subjects at the congregation feel good being there, well thats there drug at that particular time. But really you are being made fools of. Look, just have a look at the water beside the teacher, the water makes more sense than any words from a so called teacher or guru's. The water is life, the water heals, the water gives life, the water sits there in full stillness, the water is contained and yet not contained, the water is peace, the water is reality and the water couldn't care less what one perceives nor what their state of consciousness is. Without that water, the teacher wouldnt' exist. Hello! Evolve thee. You would be better of being water mindfulness..

[@Azizah_1988]

هل انت متأكد انك انت هل انت متأكد انك موجود وأن هذا إسمك،ماالذي يثبت لك انك موجود كانت تلك الأسئله لعبه نلعبها انا واخوتي في الطفوله لإخافة بعضنا البعض لا أعلم لماذا كنا نلعبها وكنت اريد ان اثبت لهم اني انا لكن اعجز عن الكلام واكتفي بالصمت وهم يضحكون 😂 لم اكن اعلم ان هذه اللعبه هي لعبة الوجود بأكمله وليست لعبه الطفوله فقط .

[@spiritualjunkie3929]

We all like to be little King Lear MORE who loves drama, limelight, intense emotions rather than being John Smith and stay in the house feeling bored being BEING.........

[@sartemisa1]

The guy seems amused, despite the issues he has... ironic 🎉

[@alisonsalter8352]

It’s just despairing laughter.

[@mokuho]

Being never want more

[@davidmickles5012]

It is not a state. It is not an experience. Relax, allow, let be ❤🙏

[@victoriamontaninoortiz942]

He had addictions he’s used to his separate self seeking happiness

[@divyakaushal9618]

I want more than neutral.... This belongs to SS. Being never says i want more.🌼 Tell us the nature of being now?? I am, i am, i am🤍

[@Mahasamadhi-Oma]

[@sunil1968]

❤❤