We don't need to investigate in all five senses. Using the sense that resonates with us is enough when we re visit the inquiry, usually multiple times.
Be prepared to be shocked. Alan is such a gift to humanity he can choose some of the best of videos.. This talk of Rupert’s will shake you to your core. If nothing happens while listening, choose one of the senses do what Rupert’s says with all the attention you have. The experience you will have will rock your world off its axis.😮😮
Very nice teaching totally different from other teaching of the other teachers or masters of the world. It is clear that there is no separate person, God and world except the consciousness/ awareness. Only awareness is aware of being aware. All is made of awareness, appear in awareness and known with awareness. You are that awareness. I am that awareness actually there is no you and I only awareness is. Very gratitude, very wonderful teaching .
@@alanneachell9092 it’s a great tool/pointer Alan. I correlate or bounce between these two ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-84E1NGMM00s.html
That was lovely. I really dig when Rupert does ‘experiment type’ meditations. Thx to DH & RL teachings that give me insight, clarity & understanding into teachings like this. Thank you Alan.
At the end of this talk a few lyrics of a song by Kenny Rodgers (1979) surfaced that seemed appropriate: I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in.
I dont know why I am laughing. I, Now and Here are the same.. damn .. after 10 years... i have just realised this. just need courage to be myself (the consciouseness) from moment to moment, well actually dont need because I always present (being and knowing) ...hahahahahhaha sorry for my poor english , but this sentence is just seeing.. seeing seeing seeing.. :) but it dosent mean I am going to do whatever i want.. what i am going to do is to align my behaviour with this peace, love and happiness.
Perceptions "outside" the normal 5 senses ???? How about dreams, and other "extra sensory" stuff ??? Though i grant that all of that must still register with the components of our nervous system . . . brain, spinal cord, nerve endings, memory stored somewhere in the body allegedly, etc etc. Hence i agree that absolutely nothing is beyond the material senses . . . in our experience. Any "thing" beyond must condescend to our level to be perceptible.
If we start out with the consensus view of reality as our default model then it's very difficult to access the consciousness only model. In my experience it has been essential to be introduced to the mostly overlooked Knower of all phenomena.
I find seeing the most difficult of all the senses to experience as a modulation of consciousness. Though I conceptually know this for quite a while now, it seems that the believe in an outside world is completely merged with the experience of seeing. Difficult to acknowledge that seeing and sight are the same inward happening. My mind is resisting it big time.
When we say a modulation of consciousness, we mean a modulation of myself. That way it's easier to see that seeing is a modulation of myself and doesn't require a seer..
I totally agree. With eyes closed I find it very easy to see that everything takes place inside me but with eyes open it's so much more difficult. Some things I have found helpful: 1) Start with eyes closed and then only slightly open the eyes letting just a little light in and play around with that. 2) Visual meditation by staring at an object (watching it like a cat would watch a mouse hole, not missing a split second), it get's quite trippy and helps to break away from that standard mode of visual perception. 3) The 'headlessness' work of Douglas Harding. His most famous book is 'On Having No Head: Zen and the Re-discovery of the Obvious'. There's an interview on Batgap with Richard Lang who carries the torch these days which would be a good intro. It's vital to do the exercises. Here's the interview: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PAckqzUSPiw.html
There IS no "we". Such a thing is simply not possible. There is only one consciousness. The one looking at these words (and imagining itself to be "in" a world). There is no other consciousness. Anywhere. Ever.
I have lost my sense of smell and taste to Covid-19. It's been almost 6 months now and no sign of it returning, a very good chance it could be like this permanently. It's so depressing and my world feels very one dimensional now, we don't realise just how important our sense of smell is until its gone! Rupert talks about our senses a lot but this is a sense I no longer have and miss it so much. Any advice on how to cope with the situation I'm in? I'm trying to look for an answer through the teaching but struggling to find it
I can't imagine what it's like to lose those important senses and I really sympathise with you. From a non dual perspective, if we have come to see in our own experience that nothing, including the senses are personal then the lack of taste or smell would be the same as the lack of anything else. We are not fundamentally the body or the senses and when we take our stand as the knowing of the body and senses, we find that our whole experience softens. The apparent problem will still be there and it's appropriate to look for a solution. From the standpoint of naked knowing, there will be much less emotional content and this will allow for a solution to come more easily and if no solution can be found, acceptance will be without much effort. I hope you find a solution soon 🙏❣️
@@alanneachell9092 Thank you Alan for your answer, greatly appreciated 🙏. Yes I feel when I'm resting as the knowing the experience does soften but, if I'm honest, this is extremely overwhelming and I'm finding it difficult to remain there. I've joined Rupert's latest retreat, I'm hoping that can help to establish myself further. Thanks again for writing Alan and I love the work you do 🙏🙂
Hi KP. I hope smell has returned by now. I was a clinician and saw many folk who could smell …say coffee, lavender, herbs, when they were in trance-like place. Maybe you could rehabituate smell thru imagining. Xx
Im curious about something if someone can help. Does that understanding affect our experience in any way? Or maybe its fault in my understanding? Because before watching this my perception was exactly the same as after watching. Maybe it can feel different but only when i constantly remind myself what exactly "i see" by using thoughts like "this object is made of seeing, and seeing is made only out of knowing" etc. Problem which appears is: do i have to remind myself all of that continuosly again and again? its not very practical then, because it makes me emerged in thoughts rather then in looking. And to be honest, its rather not possible to be fully focused on what you see and have any thought (in my case thought which remind me what i see) Can someone help me with this? Im not sure if i was clear enough with what i tried to communicate here :)
Konrad: it's quite paradoxical, everything changes yet nothing changes. What is most important is to actually 'get it' in direct experience and not just in understanding. My experience is that most of us need to revisit the investigation until a shift in the way we perceive happens.
Alan Neachell Thank you for nice, clear answer. So i should to "try it" when i have free time, to live it not only understanding i guess. :) How it works in your case for now?
Konrad. I 'got it' in actual experience and then revisited the experience whenever the reminder came to do so. It doesn't usually become our established experience straight away. It's not a competition, we can do this in a relaxed, natural, enjoyable way 😊
Alan Neachell of course, i agree, forcing ourself to do something is never the best way to do anything at all. :) I hope your experience will be more and more saturated with yourself in actual experience, and i am always open for sharing our understanding and helping each other. Thanks for videos you make. Have you ever thought about going for a week retreat with Rupert? I know its not a cheap event, but it may be worth it :)
I've met Rupert but have not been to a retreat. But yes, I'm sure it would be great! Thanks for your nice comments and I wish you the best of all things 😊
It doesn't make a difference unless we allow it to. I would suggest that you live your life to the best of your ability. The non dual perspective is a way of modelling reality but is just one perspective and not for everyone. The only thing any of us can say for sure is that I know that I am. Find me on Facebook if you would like to chat more.
Your entire comment is just a thought in the mind, which is only possible because you are aware, and that same awareness is infinite and is what perception/sensation/thoughts arise from and are made of. And it means god is love and we are eternal. Just know you are eternal and divine. No effort needed except to be relaxed and calm.
Hi Alan, What is name of this audio in the subscription list? I subscribe to his audio recordings and would like to listen to the entire talk. Thank you
Conceptually, the flower and scent are connected but from direct experience, seeing is only colour and shape and has no other qualities. Thought constructs a "world" by linking everything together. The conceptual world works because flower and scent seem to arise at the same time on a "regular" basis.
Are you saying then that there is no flower ? I get that my perception of the flower is made of my consciousness, but I also see that the flower exists, and has colour & smell
