Podcast Ep. 01 ~ In Conversation with Rupert Spira

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The new podcast entitled "Tantra Illuminated with Dr. Christopher Wallis" is a journey through the depths of the human experience, as viewed through the lens of the tradition called nondual Shaiva Tantra. This multi-format podcast delves into the fascinating world of Classical Tantra and its intersections with philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, and the broader world of spirituality. The podcast includes four types of episodes: conversations with prominent spiritual teachers and philosophers, readings of my translations from the original Sanskrit texts, guided meditations, and my own extemporaneous reflections on the spiritual life and the awakening process.
Today’s episode (#01) is a conversation, and I’m speaking with the renowned teacher Rupert Spira. Rupert, like myself, has been a spiritual practitioner since the age of 15. He began with Advaita Vedānta, as well as Sufi teachings and Fourth Way teachings, but the pivotal turning point in his spiritual life was meeting Francis Lucille, who introduced him to the Direct Path teachings of Ātmānanda Krishna Menon and the teachings of Tantric Shaivism, which Francis had received from his teacher, Jean Klein. Rupert is the other of You Are the Happiness You Seek and many other short books. He lives in Oxford, where I was fortunate to meet with him face to face, although the conversation you’ll hear today was recorded remotely. Rupert holds regular meetings in the UK, US and Italy, as well as online webinars and Retreats at Home. I personally find his long-form guided meditations to be amongst the most powerful and well-crafted guided meditations available anywhere, especially those in his audio download called Transparent Body, Luminous World, which is inspired (in part) by the Vijñāna-bhairava-tantra.
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@olindalarralde9228 8 месяцев назад

Christopher, thank you for this effort to come into a deep discussion with other spiritual teachers. I personally feel there where inaccuracies on Rupert’s expositions, and I would have loved him to enter into a true conversation with you more, to perhaps sharpen each other and make some discoveries or nuances together. I can imagine it’s not always possible. Conversation is an art! It would really be very exciting to see a conversation between you and Igor Kufayev! Are you acquainted with his work? You two could really reach a different level of depth! All the best!

@mogyorospusztai6776 3 месяца назад

I second this, would like to hear a conversation between Chris and Igor.

@Radek__ 4 месяца назад

Rupert Spira is my guru, so that is why I came here. But I like almost everything, what you were saying during this awesome conversation. I mean, when Rupert has different opinion than yours, then I will always stay with him, but luckily you both are thinking about the same thing, but just spoke about it, in slightly different words. Thank you.

@SitaRam-my2ur 3 месяца назад

This was sweet! I love the effort put into address the same truths in both paths. I love Rupert and only found Christopher Wallace through him and now I have a deep respect for him as well

@higherguidancehealing7269 8 месяцев назад

Excited to absorb more of your wisdom here I have had profound movement from practicing the empowered means which I first learned about from your book Tantra Illuminated 🙏 another spiritual teacher I follow is Igor Kufayev in which I have had invaluable support with my awakening helping me to let go and trust the naturalness of the expansion. It would be incredible to hear the two of you discuss and share your experiences and love of Tantra 🙏🌸🙏 in gratitude for all that you share

@lindal8720 8 месяцев назад

I wholeheartedly second this suggestion. Igor Kufayev is a must when it comes to Kashmir Shaivism. A conversation between the two of you would be truly captivating.

@innerlight617 8 месяцев назад

Excellent conversation! 1.14.15 'Wisdom tells me i am nothing,love tells me i am everything ,and between the two my life flows."Sri Nisargadatta

@harkcali 8 месяцев назад

love that one❤ hahahha.

@mcconlogue1898 8 месяцев назад

I feel like I received some blessing from the discussion. One nice thing about Rubert is that his talks and meditations are always direct, experiential encounters with awareness. Not talking about the spiritual path; but an actual taste of the reality. I am just discovering Christopher. But what I have encountered thus far has been good. Thanks to both.

@miriam_san 8 месяцев назад

A great topic and I enjoy how these conversations unfold when different teachers come together. Would love to hear you in a talk with Igor Kufayev. I did his online course about KUNDALINI, and it helped me so much in understanding what I was going through. All the best 🤍

@dattatreya_acke 8 месяцев назад

Yes, which will allow to bring in the importance so Shakti as the mover and shaker which somehow wasn’t addressed in this conversation

@olindalarralde9228 8 месяцев назад

It is indeed a great idea to invite Igor Kufayev!! There are so many points on this conversation where I notice inaccuracies about the real process. There seems to be a dual reminiscence still present in Rupert’s expositions.

@luismoref 7 месяцев назад

Hi, I had an spontaneous awakening 6 years ago, and I've been following Rupert and others non dual teachers since. But they never talk about energies of the body, they said it is just another experience. But the more I abide in our true nature the more I feel this energy in me and in others, I'm starting to look for some explanation, do you think this is kundalini? Would love some help in this understanding. 🙏

@db-333 8 месяцев назад

For me Rupert validated exactly what I experienced.His teachings are direct and closest to my heart, always find myself smiling and nodding yes when I listen to him ❤

@katherinedobson 8 месяцев назад

For me the podcast was profound, enlightning, and a beautiful transmission of the experience of beingness. Thank you both for having the courage to elucidate the path and non-path giving me pointers so that I can surrender more and more from self to non-self. My mind tells me and I feel at a threshold allowing more sinking and relaxing into beingness. There's a fully letting go that wants to happen and it will! Thank you from the bottom of my heart! ❤️

@DominusNovemus 8 месяцев назад

YESSS, what a wonderful surprise

@exhalewithemily 8 месяцев назад

What a pleasant surprise! And, to have Rupert Spira as your first guest.. Thank you 🙏🏽 I’m excited to dig into this episode ✨

@luisliberty8293 8 месяцев назад

Dr. Wallis has always engaged my intellect with his explanations. And appealed to my curiosity of language and it's role as divine exegesis of the sacred. Hebrew, Sanskrit, Arabic, Latin and others that hold elevated traditions of holiness.

@rodgercampbell2441 8 месяцев назад

But have you experienced enlightenment thru him yet? Have you experienced God? All else is vain bro

@davidmickles5012 8 месяцев назад

Good to see (hear) two of my favorite online teachers together in one setting 🙏❤

@lynnequity7296 8 месяцев назад

So gratified to see you succeeding and collaborating in this way. Congratulations.

@timoxyz1466 Месяц назад

thank you gentleman this was pure pleasure listening and understanding all the nuances!!! :)

@Colette.Davenport 8 месяцев назад

Yes, TBC please! I’d love to hear more about the practical application of this understanding. I find myself “disintegrated “ from the world as I am enjoying simply being aware. I’d love to enjoy the world, prosper, and express this awareness with a partner. ❤

@matthewbazeley2984 8 месяцев назад

A great conversation! Im so happy you are doing podcasts. I hope they are as enjoyable to make as they are to receive 😊

@christopherwallis751 8 месяцев назад

They are!

@ellenbritt8819 8 месяцев назад

Matthew would you be willing to share a link to the episode?

@matthewbazeley2984 8 месяцев назад

@@ellenbritt8819 share it where ?

@christopherwallis751 8 месяцев назад

@@ellenbritt8819 you're commenting on the episode!

@Christoth2012 8 месяцев назад

😆@@christopherwallis751

@critiquingchristianity 8 месяцев назад

I have listened to several meditation sessions of Rupert Spira on RU-vid. One in particular I found to be so profound, it would be no exaggeration to say it formed a very real initiation - even conversion experience - in my own experience.

@JonHarrington9075 8 месяцев назад

Can you say which one it is please?

@critiquingchristianity 8 месяцев назад

@@JonHarrington9075 I believe it’s the meditation entitled, ‘Reality is Only One’. There was another I found particularly profound called, “Reality is ‘Not Two’ “.

@SARVX_ 7 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for sharing... ❤

@Zeeshan-bv7mo 7 месяцев назад

1:01:35. 🔥

@Merkabakorea 7 месяцев назад

I loved this discussion Hareesh, I am very interested in Saivism and do some studies on it, have visited India and Nepal, and look forward to your next book, However, I spend most of my time and studies on Vajrayana and Dzogchen, there are many similarities yet some key differences with Kashmir saivism, I would love to see a respectful and informative conversation on this on your podcast!

@mythicsin3083 7 месяцев назад

I’ve got both Tantra Illuminated and The Recognition Sutras. Love them both. As well I’ve listened to Rupert a lot and I don’t listen to many Advaita folks anymore.

@harkcali 8 месяцев назад

Rupert is pointing to something in the body I am curious about. A new door I haven't seen before. It is soft, and round, and not what I thought it would be.

@ShakuhachiSpirit 8 месяцев назад

Great conversation. Excellent intellectual journey: providing a wonderful experience of Listening and indeed it is pointing to something beyond the Mind. Like a good meal, a nice walk, a hard days work: a session of mantra is a wonderful part of a full life; as long as it is not engaged with desire to achieve something or as an addictive experience, but is mantra for just being, which has many health benefits, just like a good nights sleep providing rejuvenation and also dreams.

@ulrikekolbingerganga4524 8 месяцев назад

Thank you! so much! Your conversation is so inspirational!🙏

@selfandcalm 8 месяцев назад

So valuable! two of the greatest spiritual teachers of our time in a deep, very finely differentiated conversation. every word was a teaching, touching the modesty of these two personalities! Christopher Wallis's ability to resonate with the development of the conversation gives the impression that you were listening to a personal conversation. The finest!

@luisliberty8293 8 месяцев назад

Bout time!

@adamwander8195 8 месяцев назад

Very grateful and excited to learn about this new podcast. Really looking forward to all of its offerings. Thank you!

@ankitruparel1895 8 месяцев назад

Congratulations on the brilliant start with another brilliant guest!

@elizadaphne5501 8 месяцев назад

Wow how wonderful ! ❤

@micaelamae5703 8 месяцев назад

Thank you! Spira's teachings and approach are new to me, but the questions Wallis asked sparked some new contemplations 🙏 I will have to have a second listen. The brief dialogue on both of your experiences with younger students was intriguing. I am 29yo and many of my peers are curious about the spiritual path but when they have a peak experience they often get caught up in a new age narrative about it (that can often be commodified) and/or as Wallis mentioned keep pursuing the peak experience.

@SethAnanda 8 месяцев назад

Beautiful conversation, thank you.

@lauramartinezcalderon8487 6 месяцев назад

thank you so so so much for such a deliciously easy and rich conversation... I reaaaally enjoy it 🙏

@tomhouska9567 8 месяцев назад

Thank you, Hareesh. I will be following along for the journey of the podcast :)

@davidcook637 8 месяцев назад

Wonderful discussion. Even better the second time around if I may say so.

@e.h.5849 8 месяцев назад

Thank you, both, Christopher and Rupert. Great talk! I'll add few comments regarding vimarsha/self-reflectivity and it's paradoxical presence in the nnon-dual experience. The age old dispute between Advaita and Shaiva philosophers whether there is or isn't self-reflectivity within pure awareness is resolved in nirvikalpa samadhi, when selfreflectivity is present, yet no object, whatsoever. The knower and the known and knowing are one single wave. It is glorious! It's like a golden flame, that one IS and without observing or objectifying, is self-luminous with self-knowledge, one without the other. Primordial, original HOME. The truth is, advaita and Trika Shaiva interpretation of nirvikalpa experience are complementary and are not really in contrast, except for philosophers without actual experience - they will find plenty of differences, cause there the objective is to find disagreement and compete whose knowledge is more precise. Being self-aware in the condition of primordial awareness is indeed paradoxical and can't be understood without having really gone that deep and experience this directly. Only then this distinction will have been properly absorbed and understood, without resorting to philosophies. The awe and shock of this miraculous paradox will stay forever. Self-awareness as in self-reflected state of oneself (vimarsha aspect) is inherent property of sat-cit-ananda. I would define Sat-cit-ananda as bliss itself which is aware and awareness of being with all these three attributes being completely inseparable. Shiva is never really without Shakti.

@christopherwallis751 8 месяцев назад

I agree with what you say here -- we have yet to find out if Rupert does. I'm not sure why he wants to attribute the power of self-reflection only to the finite mind. I'll try to get into it with him next time.

@aquarianwarrior77 5 месяцев назад

Best comment on the Internet ever! Been pondering this all day after having cognitive dissonance and feels nice to hear others’ understanding of how it is finally not a philosophical matter. The philosophy is just tools. Shiva and shakti never separate …thanks

@holyvoid 8 месяцев назад

Great/Super! Resonated very deeply🙏Thanx!

@SARVX_ 7 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for sharing ❤

@ShimmerBodyCream 8 месяцев назад

Congrats!

@JohnSmith-wiba 8 месяцев назад

Good to see.

@Psiconauta-cabalista 7 месяцев назад

Wow... I'm starting tantra illuminated. By you hahahaha. Glad to see you have a online presence. I'm loving the book. Thank you deeply.

@trikasadhana 8 месяцев назад

🙏

@roycohen. 8 месяцев назад

such a good convo. thank you :)

@ofeliacabrerachirino4890 8 месяцев назад

Fascinating podcast. So many gems for reflection, and of course, I absolutely believe in the practical application of these teachings and revelations, because in any case we are talking about Freedom... Those phases that you have named, that blind spot within the experience, I don't know whether my experience was Vedantic or Tantric, probably, as you have mentioned, they are both, but I do know that awakening consisted of disidentifying myself with the object of the experience, and then re-experiencing this existence from a new internal point of reference...I simply wanted to stop suffering, and by understanding how the experience of suffering occurred I was able to detach myself from it to observe it again this time from a new point of view, it is a kind of Resurrection...Where as you have described, one experiences what you have talked about, I would describe it with the phrase from the B. Gita, when Lord Krishna says: "I am the Field and the Knower of the Field..." Wonderful Rupert Spira when he gets to the point of how to explain that...The amazing phrase of the Zen Master when he says: " if I speak I tell a lie..." Silence is the Truth, but we are experiencing a finite existence, although this is just a glimpse into what existence truly means! The infinite makes the finite possible... And realizing that is Liberating... Thank you for this wonderful conversation!! ❤❤🙏

@ceciliaamicone2093 8 месяцев назад

💜

@LenkaSaratoga 8 месяцев назад

Is this live?!?’ What an honor to attend the opening!

@DominusNovemus 8 месяцев назад

exactly, what an honor. Its not live but still a RU-vid Premiere!

@eugenei7170 8 месяцев назад

WOW, Christopher, I was not aware of the third stage of the "falling away of I" and going beyond existence and non-existence in Shaivism. Traditionally Vedantic path leads to "I am Brahman" realization, which still involves reification of "I am", and which was always criticized by the Buddhists as being "eternalistic". But this "third stage" is exactly in line with the Buddhist approach, the middle way of Madhyamaka - avoiding conceptual extremes of nihilism (non-existence) and eternalism (existence), and realization of the emptiness of self ("I"). So, Shaivism and Buddhism, while employing perhaps somewhat different techniques and taking different paths, eventually lead to the same direct realization of the experiential presence of Awareness inseparable from all of its forms beyond any concepts (including those of existence, nonexistence, self etc).

@RolandKovacs68 7 месяцев назад

Interesting conversation. I don't get it why is there a need to introduce the word god. For me this makes sense: everything=universe=god=I, but why do we need the word god?

@troytice8354 8 месяцев назад

Would love to see you in conversation with Jeffrey Kripal!

@SitaClaire 8 месяцев назад

It was Adi Sankacharya who made the statements about the world being Brahman 🌎

@christopherwallis751 8 месяцев назад

Nope, it's already there in the Upanishads. Shankara was an exegete.

@clearseeing5755 7 месяцев назад

It certainly wasn’t Ramana’s fresh insight.

@hilderoyal3250 8 месяцев назад

Beautiful🌹

@shawnewaltonify 8 месяцев назад

For sure The Buddha would approve of the teachings being updated and translated and re imagined to every subsequent generation. After all, the original Sutras all begin with an explanation of who the audience was and what their background was for this very reason. The Buddha was re imagining the universal laws of nature to speak to the needs of his audience. Yes, of course he did this and he would be disappointed whenever there is a defense of egos getting in the way of this. But I do understand how difficult it is to use peer review and critique through collaboration in order to correct mistakes in the re imagined teachings and in the interpretations of the re imagined teachings. I don't know if this requires awakened masters to be analysts. For sure, this is the job of the experts to decide if the present day translations have mistakes or if the interpretations of them have mistakes. Collaboration often looks like egos defending themselves on the way to consensus making and multi-lateral agreement.

@richardhernandez6937 8 месяцев назад

There is nothing wrong with contemplation. But the flaw in contemplation or becoming cognitively aware of your awareness, mindfulness, etc. defeats the whole notion behind Yoga as the complete stillness of thought. If you’re being truthful to the Vedas, the goal of Yoga is the secession of thought. Figuring out for oneself who or what the “I/Me” is does not constitute the experiential realization mention in the Vedas. There is nothing to be retranslated or reformulated for a new generation, the secession of thought means exactly that. Yes, reflecting on one’s own self does give you a clearer understanding and I admit the talk was very insightful but that is an intellectual pursuit. The Vedas are clear, the experiential experience is beyond the intellect. It is a life changing experience. The path is in fact the human brain’s own search for happiness and not your own intellectual search for happiness. You can search and search in a thousand different directions but you will never find it.

@Christoth2012 8 месяцев назад

It would be interesting to hear you talk to Swami Medhananda (and or Swami Sarvapriyananda) of the similarities and differences between "Vijnana Vedanta" and "Tantra", the seem to be quite similar.

@cosmoscripts2422 8 месяцев назад

This was a truly informative dialogue and looking forward to listening to more! Both of your exceptionally clear explanations afforded by your many years of study were greatly appreciated. On a side note, I was wondering if you could share what the name of the Sutra is that incorporates the ‘spiral’ symbol in the picture shown above your You Tube bio, Dr. Wallis? The reason why I ask is that I have a personal research interest in the spiral symbol in wisdom traditions. Thanks.

@orshaharorna.shahar8921 8 месяцев назад

I have been practicing tantra for 35 years. I have a master's degree in Judaism and I understand something about religions and spiritual concepts. A month ago I finished studying and understanding most of Harish's 'Tantra Illuminated'. I listened enthralled to this conversation but found that I am apparently still a complete idiot philosophically. At least half the time I had trouble understanding what they were talking about. Maybe I should go back to the meditation cushion for another 30 years

@christopherwallis751 8 месяцев назад

Just read The Recognition Sutras, then do the practices in ch. 18. All well become clear. :)

@orshaharorna.shahar8921 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for your response! I will do as you suggested when I finish translating the V.B.T into Hebrew, in about a month... I planned that it would take much longer, but the fact that you uploaded all the English translations to one neat place made the job much simpler. Thanks for that too!@@christopherwallis751

@EarInn 6 месяцев назад

The direct path sounds like what I experienced in Zen meditation. My first instructions were simply, "Pay attention to what's happening now." How does the direct path differ from simple sitting in Zen, if it does?

@christopherwallis751 6 месяцев назад

it differs a little bit, depending on who's doing the teaching. such questions require a more nuanced reply than I can give here. please consider joining my learning portal at tantrailluminated.org for indepth discussion, satsang, and Q&A.

@susanforste3165 6 месяцев назад

@@christopherwallis751 And who's meditating, no doubt. Thank you for replying. I will check out your website.

@PRAR1966 8 месяцев назад

🙂

@RobChatburn 8 месяцев назад

Please consider interviewing Dr Tom Campbell, author of My Big T.O.E

@zenroshi3957 8 месяцев назад

Get Angelo from simple always awake that would be great podcast.

@christopherwallis751 8 месяцев назад

I'm gonna try.

@ssudhak2 8 месяцев назад

I listen to lot of Advaita teachings while very less on Kashmiri Saivism. My understanding is in Kashmiri Saivism conciousness becomes the world while Advaita conciousness remains as it is and world is an appearance in conciousness.

@christopherwallis751 8 месяцев назад

In Shaivism, consciousness becomes the world, yes, but without relinquishing any aspects of its true nature, and all the while retaining its transcendental aspect.

@yogijeffrey 8 месяцев назад

Our dude Hareesh doin the podcast thing. Thanks and blessings. Buy yourself a mic that doesn't suck though cmon

@christopherwallis751 8 месяцев назад

already sorted.

@davidcook637 8 месяцев назад

“The true view is there is no knowledge, there is no experience. And that is what everything is.” Just as I suspected. No experience, no observer, no reality, no nuthin. And yet here we are😂

@christopherwallis751 8 месяцев назад

well, it really depends on how you define those terms. Obviously 'experience', in the normal sense of the word, is the one thing we can't deny.

@davidcook637 8 месяцев назад

So it would seem…but if there is no distinction between the experience and the one who experiences then who is it that denys or affirms?

@christopherwallis751 8 месяцев назад

you seem to be stuck on this point. what we call denial or affirmation (which after all are just concepts) can arise without a 'denier', just as everything gets done without need for a doer. words can exist without denoting anything in reality, for example 'dragon'. Likewise with 'who'.

@davidcook637 8 месяцев назад

Maybe I’m just confused, but I thought that was my point - there is no one to affirm or deny experience.

@christopherwallis751 8 месяцев назад

@@davidcook637 I kind of feel like you're chasing your tail in conceptual circles with this though. A dedicated meditation and inquiry practice (that is resolutely aimed past concepts) is needed for actual realization.

@rolandolislaegers5393 8 месяцев назад

Could it be that consciousness as an infinite potential generates consciousness through interaction with humans (soul and body).

@christopherwallis751 8 месяцев назад

more precisely, unparticularized awareness as an infinite potential generates consciousness through interaction with humans.

@eva9539 7 месяцев назад

Please ACTIVATE subtile 🙏

@christopherwallis751 7 месяцев назад

oh I thought it was already there . . . will do

@audiblebooksvideo7340 8 месяцев назад

Sir you ever come to india ?

@christopherwallis751 8 месяцев назад

yes, Kashmīr

@audiblebooksvideo7340 8 месяцев назад

@@christopherwallis751 🙏

@moesypittounikos 8 месяцев назад

Isnt there a problem with individualising the teaching and the ego becoming massive with this system?

@zahraabdi8949 7 месяцев назад

A comment on the 1.1 ish minute on the subject of divine Grace: The Persian Sufi, Saadi, says: سعدی چو‌ جورش می‌بری, نزدیک او دیگر مشو ای بی بصر! من میروم، او میکشد قلاب را ! A broad translation could be : Advisors advise me : "You are suffering from her cruelty so much , why don't you stop tracing her?" Oh they do not understand! It is not me who traces her, it is she who is pulling the hook! There is another Sufi saying: If you knew how passionately the divinity desires you, you would die out of bliss!

@ikodapasara8143 8 месяцев назад

First you need to define the terms you are using . Spiritual , Meditation, Tantra etc because all these terms are being used by Social engineers in different formats . What is your format ?

@christopherwallis751 8 месяцев назад

In accordance with the original Sanskrit.

@ikodapasara8143 8 месяцев назад

@@christopherwallis751 Not sure where and who founded Sanskrit, better to put in your own words so people are not befooled .

@christopherwallis751 8 месяцев назад

I have done so.

@ikodapasara8143 8 месяцев назад

@@christopherwallis751 In writing ?

@christopherwallis751 8 месяцев назад

yeah. look up my three books.

@songwritersvillage4538 8 месяцев назад

Rupert talks too much these days and is getting very theoretical, I’ve noticed it’s a bit of a one way conversation. Who is coming up with all his little technical metaphors, certainly not awareness.

@christopherwallis751 7 месяцев назад

I do think his metaphors arise from Awareness-Presence, but of course anything expressed in words is filtered through the mind.

@elizabethk3238 8 месяцев назад

One minute, and the background music is annoying! Bye!

@christopherwallis751 8 месяцев назад

LOL if you're that easily put off, you don't really care enough to hear the message anyway.

@christopherjordan9707 8 месяцев назад

Imagine if Jesus or Buddha said "yeah, but you gotta give me money first". Stoppp it. Christopher, did you have to pay your spiritual teacher? Lots of money being made in the enlightenment business.

@christopherwallis751 8 месяцев назад

Um, what? the podcast is 100% free, and will remain so. and, for the record, yes I did give dakṣiṇā to my guru, as is traditional. And Jesus required his disciples to put all their money in a communally held 'pot'. Without some sacrifice on their part, most people don't value what they're given.

@christopherjordan9707 8 месяцев назад

@@christopherwallis751 but you do charge money for the goood stuff. Spira making good money too. Both of you charlatans. Whatever you gotta tell yourself. Those who speak don't know... And real teachers don't ask for money.

@christopherwallis751 8 месяцев назад

LOL. Sounds like you're convinced, so no one will unconvince you. But for the record, you're wrong--the stuff that costs $ isn't any better than the stuff that doesn't. So you're just imagining things you want to believe. and the 'real teachers' who don't ask for money only don't because they've already made it, or because they have a job other than sharing teachings. come on back to the real world anytime now.

@christopherjordan9707 8 месяцев назад

@@christopherwallis751 real teachers have already "made it"? "Made it"? Wow. There aren't any real teachers that are charging money or aren't charging money. It's a racket. Your followers will search and search and search. Hey guys, search harder....what your looking for is juuust over the horizon. Keep going to lectures and buying books and watching videos. Enlightenment is on its way! Chris, relax your body. Take a deep breath....you know the rest.

@mcconlogue1898 8 месяцев назад

Generosity can be very freeing.

@goodnatureart 8 месяцев назад

I am hopeful that these kind of conversations continue to distract men from default programming picking up guns and killing each other. What a lunatic world we lie in-- every war entirely generated by our imagination. Just allow yourself to savor mystery, or not. Step 1 laugh. Step 2 laugh at the doubt that is it.

@MW-fh8xh 8 месяцев назад

Without wishing to disturb the obvious harmony, I am not convinced that the teaching of Cashmere Shaivism is fully integrated into Rupert's teaching. To indicate this, I enclose a link to a video with Swami Lakshmanjoo ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4gUzlm3is2o.htmlsi=FGctm6Ri8wL10t9I

@christopherwallis751 8 месяцев назад

I agree with you. And it's okay, of course.

@MW-fh8xh 8 месяцев назад

@@christopherwallis751 Dear Christopher, I am very grateful for your answer. An answer from your mouth helps me a lot to trust my intuition. Marco from Germany

@MW-fh8xh 8 месяцев назад

Hi Christopher, dacades ago Shakti came to me almost violently. As a person without any kind of spiritual or at least philosophical socialization at that time I needed 19 hell-like years to understand what happened. Now my inner focused attention, which I somehow are and which does not require any effort of will, seems to lead me incessantly to the climax described by Lakshmanjoo. It's almost undescribable. You are my primary source on my autodidactic trip to understand all that and I am extemely thankfull for you to exist and spread your knowledge ❤