From an early age Rupert Spira was deeply interested in the nature of reality. For twenty years he studied the teachings of P.D.Ouspensky, J.Krishnamurti, Rumi, Shankaracharya, Ramana Maharshi, Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj and Robert Adams, until he met his teacher, Francis Lucille, in 1996. Francis introduced Rupert to the teachings of Jean Klein and Atmanada Krishnamenon and, more importantly, directly indicated to him the true nature of experience.
Rupert’s YouTube Channel. Interviews can be listened to here and watched here.
Rupert lives in UK and holds regular meetings and retreats in Europe and USA.
Books:
- The Transparency of Things: Contemplating the Nature of Experience
- Presence, Volume I: The Art of Peace and Happiness
- Presence, Volume II: The Intimacy of All Experience
- The Ashes of Love: Sayings on the Essence of Non-Duality
- The Light of Pure Knowing: Thirty Meditations on the Essence of Non-Duality
- Transparent Body, Luminous World: The Tantric Yoga of Sensation and Perception (Book and six MP3 CD Box Set – 30 Hours of Audio)
- The Nature of Consciousness: Essays on the Unity of Mind and Matter
- Being Aware of Being Aware (The Essence of Meditation Series)
For all further information see http://www.rupertspira.com.
Interview recorded 11/6/2011.
Summary and Transcript of this interview.
2nd BatGap interview with Rupert
YouTube Video Chapters:
- 00:00:00 – Introduction to Rupert Spira and his book
- 00:04:14 – The Path of Advaita-Vedanta
- 00:08:06 – Recognizing “Home”
- 00:11:59 – Explorations of Feeling in the Body
- 00:15:50 – The Mechanics of the Experience
- 00:20:03 – The Knowingness of Experience
- 00:23:57 – The Objectivity of Reality
- 00:27:44 – The Common Perception in a Dream
- 00:31:26 – The Relationship Between Intelligence and the Structure of the World
- 00:34:53 – The Nature of Awareness
- 00:38:37 – The Presence of the Imaginary Separate Self
- 00:42:38 – Individuality and the Illusion of a Separate Self
- 00:46:34 – Models of Enlightenment
- 00:50:22 – Enlightenment and the Perpetuation of the Separate Self
- 00:53:51 – The Point of View of Awareness vs the Separate Self
- 00:57:43 – The Illusion of Ignorance and the Reality of Awareness
- 01:01:23 – The Illusion of Duality
- 01:04:34 – The Conundrum of the Apparent World
- 01:08:17 – The Path of Exclusion
- 01:12:11 – The Path of Understanding and Love
- 01:15:22 – The Experience of Perception as Awareness
- 01:18:12 – The Nature of Direct Experience
- 01:21:08 – The Illusion of Separate Objects
- 01:24:54 – The Art of Teaching and the Nature of Experience
- 01:29:04 – Tailoring Love and Understanding to the Question
- 01:32:57 – The Limitation of Language and Teaching
- 01:36:46 – The After-Effects of Enlightenment
- 01:40:40 – The Art of Teaching
- 01:44:11 – The Continuing Process of Enlightenment
- 01:48:03 – The Permeation of Love and Transparency
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