Meditation: 'I Am That I Am' Is the Highest Truth
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2017
- In this meditation, it is seen that knowing, being aware or awareness itself is the ever-present and unchanging background of all knowledge and experience.
From the seven day retreat in Tuscany - August 2017. For access to the full recording see link: non-duality.rupertspira.com/wa...
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@Urayis wish l Have listened to Rupert for a long time, but I've come to conclude that he isn't taking people to real self. The real self is 'higher', 'deeper', or 'further back' than what Rupert is taking people to. I believe he is only taking people to the reflection of consciousness, and not the atman (real self). He may or may not be aware of this. I don't know, but that's my conclusion.
Urayis wish l don’t be fooled by all the exotic props of a “guru”.
@Urayis wish l Yeah truth is so simple the mind wants more. It cant be this simple there must be another teacher who can help me avoid this moment.
No one is going to take you anywhere not Guru not Teacher not Rupert..they are messengers or the message reminding us of who we are. Can anyone have an orgasm for you? They can give directions and instructions..but only you can have this experience.
Agreed. If only
Thank God for Rupert Spira!
"Enlightenment is the recognition of our self as we truly are NOW"
I feel so blessed to have finally understood " enlightenment"
Namaste, Thank you for your Wisdom and your Greatness. I just love what you are offereing. I am tasting so much of joy by listening and hearing you while I am working. With Recognition, Appreciation and Gratitude.❤❤❤
Thank you sweetheart 💓. My life is changed
Thank God for the sound of voice, eloquence and clarity of Rupert and the sense of hearing. Healing words indeed
The most proffound meditation I have ever experienced. I have come home.
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Awesome. Thank you Rupert 🙏
The most amazing meditation takes me into nothingness,”I love this.’ Direct path to the ♥️
Thank you so very much.
This simple, yet powerful, clarity points directly to the seeing & the recognizing, knowing our essential self.
It feels like I've sought it my whole life, & yet "I am always here.
Thank you for helping me see what was obscuring this recognition (our fascination with content) & compassion for the understanding we've been taught to give attention to objects most of our life.
How do we integrate, keep coming back to ever present awareness. 🙏
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Unending gratitude!!!
Exodus 3:14
Listening this with headphones is more relaxing than cannabis & candle light. I loved this!
Thank You from my deepest Heart for sharing this 🌹
i'm doing the i am aware of being aware (in reality it already Always happen but i'm just becoming "more conscious" in this waking/sleeping states) and it is a miracle,it is the easiest way to go in the same being i had during my Death experience,thiis is the end of the searching and doing,thank you.
Thank you, Rupert, this was an eye opener.
Soothing.. in a way of truth.
Being aware of experiencing being that which is aware.
I shall hold and ponder these things within my heart daily. ❤
Thank you Rupert. As always it's nice to hear from you.
In french it says : "I am the one who is". "Je suis celui qui est". Slightly diferent in meaning.
Different phraseology but exactly the same meaning.
I like that... very much... though I'd probably change the "who" to "that" as I see it as more impersonal.
@@hardyad2102 How could "I am the "ONE" who is" refer to a third party? To me, this is a statement that there is only the One, and I am that.
@@claudelebel49 There's definitely a more explicit tone in this statement though. I am that I am can seem rather vague to someone who isnt familiar with it's inner non-dual meaning. I am the "ONE" who is seems a bit more explicily non-dual. Of course this could still just as easily be, and obviously is, misunderstood by the average reader or fundamentalist. But it's an interesting difference in tone nonetheless.
Philosophical terms can only be compared if you have explanatory works you can draw from. This is nothing new. „Beingness“ is very different from Buddha’s context to let’s say Heidegger.
See also how the word „energy“ gets vandalized by non-physicists and even they don’t really know what it is. However, they’re the only ones able to use it correctly, that is, their predictions will come true. Physics is not about matter, it’s about repeatable structures of what is.
Rupert, thank you so much!
So meditative.Just listening to the words without trying to make sense out of them.In another words not letting the thoughts to analyse anything.Just feeling the experience of what is at this present moment.The ego wants to run away from it.
Thank you 🙏
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Thank you so much Rupert. Gratitude
nice to see that rupert teaching
is been shared in France
Basically we can run,but we cannot hide from the truth.
Gold 🙏🏼😌
He is a finesse!
Agreed
Thank you Rupert, very grateful
Thanks Rupert.
Thanks Rupert for this wonderful vedio
YES! You know the subtle traps. I see them too
Rooopet, 'you and me.' ...beautiful, thank you.
Thank you 🙏🏻💕
Helpful. Thank you
"I am" is the esoteric name of Christ.
"I am that I am was the highest formulation of the truth in any spiritual tradition. I am, simply the knowledge I am before anything has been added to that I am. in other words before anything has been added to my essential self aware being, that is what I am.
I... I... I am only I. I am only that which I am."
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I must still be a separate self. I know myself to be my self and yet I don't feel this happiness.
Remain in the place of the I AM, friend. And just stay quiet, God will come to you.
Wow, I am so glad u have a similar experience to me
Understood 💯
A beautiful journey Rupert, thank you.
I love you
Awesome!!
rupert spira is my shit!!!!!!
The highest truth....
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Cricket patakha
Exodus 3:14, I read all of chapter 3, awesome story.
Real G’s know
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Sound recording is too low! However, amplified, the teaching contained herein, is INVALUABLE!
So, so delicious. Thank you Rupert!
could one answer "yes" to the question "have you had an experience that never leaves you" if they are in chronic pain that is ever present?
music ID = Kindred Spirits - Brian Crain
The only difference is Raman Maharishi was aware of his being all the time , we become aware of our being for short time...on and off..but with practice anyone can...
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There is no I which is. 😊
There is only the is-ness, if one wants to give this is-ness the name of "I" then I think that is suitable considering this is-ness is what each of us is. I'm not sure i've ever used the word "is" so many times in one sentence.
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Be in the IAM. you are THAT always.y. It's there always . But Layers and layers have to be removed.
if as suggested in your talk on the 'Balyani' would one not then realise there is no need for meditation or awareness, everything just is?
The opening piano music, what is it?
Was wondering the same thing, let me know if you find out! haha
Kindred Spirits - Brian Crain
Thank you Rupert. Eternal gratitude.
Enlightenment is a celebration where your mind has not been invited.
More time one is aware of his/her being..more peaceful he/she will be and vice versa.
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What a lovely plant that would look amazing in my living room what is it called
I am
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthurium
I agree with another commentator here, the voice/volume of this video is very low/soft compared to the other videos of Rupert. Please make the volume louder, please. I've turned up my computer's volume to the maximum level, yet the voice is still very low/soft. Thank you!!
This is one of the best summaries of Spira's teachings (outside of the slow pace due to it being "meditative").
One point - Spira and many others, including Ramana Maharshi, are the "victims" of the fact that translators of the Bible rarely understood either the original languages (Hebrew and Aramaic) or the concepts being discussed. "I Am That I Am" expresses a core concept in Nonduality - but it is not the correct translation of the Bible quote.
The biblical statement "I Am That I Am" by the burning bush, is a frequent subject of wishful thinking by the nondual and New Age communities. It is constantly perceived as meaning the same as the Vedic "I Am That" - but it isn't. The Hebrew word being translated as "That" has nothing in common with the Sanskrit word translated as "That". And, Hebrew scholars say that the sentence indicates that the phrase is a paraphrase of what was said, not a quote of the statement by the burning bush. ("Never you mind what I am" is a defensible translation of the phrase.)
Ramana expert David Godman stated "Bhagavan would pick out key texts from the Bible, such as ‘I am that I am’ and ‘Be still and know that I am God’ and ignore other parts of the book, " And in fact, a thorough reading of the Bible does not come up with anything other than very dualistic religions that put "God" as distinctly separate from "everything else".
Many people are raised in Christianity and other dualistic religions, and so Nonduality is easier to sell if one can make the case that the originators of those religions were actually nondualists themselves. But that attempt is a dead end, because those religions are hopelessly dualistic and the actual viewpoints of people thousands of years ago is impossible to really determine. So, nonduality teachers should stick with teaching the advantages of nonduality, rather than trying to use an "appeal to authority" by quoting famous texts.
Hopelessly dualistic is a little misleading without taking into account some of the new Christian teachers. I think of Richard Rohr, Cynthia Bourgeault and James Finely. The non dual teachings are the basis of all religions, and often a little more difficult to find in some. Also to claim what someone meant a thousand or more years ago not possible. Word for word translators often loose the essence, meaning for meaning translators often present essence in an understandable form. I would say do not sell the bible short, there are many non dual gems hidden within its pages.
"The non dual teachings are the basis of all religions". I think that is a New Age myth. It's also a VERY important marketing tool to try and get people involved in groups who have been brought up in mainstream religions, and might occasionally get the idea that they are "going to hell" for attending that yoga class.
If you read the entirety of several books of the bible - rather than just cherry picking sentences out of context, they are unquestionably dualistic.
The fact that non dual teachings are an accurate description of the world does not make them the basis of all religions, just as serving the citizens is not the basis for all governments.
Anyway, here is an example of what I mean. Many non-dual teachers understand that the foundation of the practice is "Be still". Some of them have heard the phrase from Psalm 46 "“Be still, and know that I am God." Even better than having "Be still", it has OMG "I am". Any self respecting teacher can come up with some nondual teaching when the quote has the two most important nondual statement in it.
But... the whole quote is
"“Be still, and know that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!”
The Lord of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress. "
If you are still not convinced that this is 100% dualistic, how about the earlier verse:
"The nations rage, the kingdoms totter;
he utters his voice, the earth melts.
The Lord of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress."
We are not talking about Absolute Brahman here, we are talking about the Personal God within the relative world, i.e. "Iswara".
And what of Nisargadatta 's "Absolute" non-state prior to illusionary consciousness ( I am)????
Nothing happens with that. According to Nisargadatta Maharaj the I am is always attested by that is not considered as the ultimate reality. . The term [prior to] does not imply separation or duality between consciousness and Absolute [Awareness]. We could say that the Absolute or Awareness is Consciousness in itself or pure Conciousness and the consciousness of itself [with minuscule] is the reflex consciousness or by contact. The latter is illusory because it appears and disappears with its object. According to his teaching in deep sleep there is Awareness but not consciousness.
true but even in the verses you shared I don't see any dualism because it largely depends on how one is interpreting. If you dive into Neville Goddard's teachings, he refers to the Bible as allegorical and provides translations for it that signify the nondual nature that the presence of consciousness is the only reality. So actually religions like Hinduism or Christianity - if I look at their scriptures - they were all meant to be inferred and applied in a non-dualistic manner. There is no outside cause. Of course, most translators have this idea that God is something outside of themselves bc they identify themselves as human.
Alright I see! I refers to the experience of I , I would suspect that most people objectify it when they refer to I but I can see the difference.
Yes, "I" refers simply to the experience of Being. The pure sense of existence before it becomes identified with the body-mind complex and all other subsequent identites: i.e "man, woman, friend, painter, saint, etc.". You are, in your essential nature, that pure and formless presence of the I AM without attributes. What an incredible discovery.
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I Am That I Am is supposed to be an affirmation of God. I don't know anymore if this is true. I doubt anything Rupert says is true no matter the interpretation. I don't subscribe to his beliefs.
Regarding the audio: the voice is very soft in comparison to the piano. A better balance would be an improvement.
Where is your point
Nonduality.
audio so low, hard to hear. Too much "thought" in the threads below. What difference does it make "what WAS meant or not meant", or "is proper or not", IF you get the message here, namely, REALITY is non-dual, non-opposing, non-agitating, not-this-not-that---a UNITED WHOLE, or to use the parlance of the New Age Movement, the Quantum Field or the 5th Dimension. This being said, the ever-present-I-Am, being talked about my Rupert, and his asking whether no matter the quality of the experience one is feeling, the fact that there is this un-changing Supra-Awareness Ever Present, does me no good, when I feel to be personally witnessing a "depressed state of being", and I can't see it becoming not or non-depressing, outside of eons of time-passage or uber material improvement in the present Life, or a "dissolution of this current body-mind-personality, for a new one that can perform better, think better, be more inclined to achieve meaningful material happiness. I intellectually and philosophically understand what he is saying, but it doesn't give me any "enlightened, "bliss" feeling or awareness"...only a knowingness of Truth.
T. Carter Wynn too much thought
I think McDonald's serves great burgers!
I listened to a few lectures and meditations of this guy in one compares consciousness to a bulb with a flashlight but consciousness is not a point, besides I have a ninth impression as if he imitated Eckhart Tole his body movement and blinking, somehow I find it difficult to trust him but I can be very wrong I just share my impressions
All you better know before you die, is Jesus Christ is. " I AM". God almighty, God of this universe, and he's coming very soon,.
@Eric Jon Jasso a man is definitely separate from the creator... He lives forever because he is the way the truth and the life,,,. And Jesus is God
" ... and he's coming very soon."
And he has been coming "very soon' for almost 2,000 years. Just what is the delay?
No he is within and cannot come from without. I Am is Not a being outside of you