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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
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 Krishna Menon and, more importantly, directly indicated to him the true nature of experience.
His two books, The Transparency of Things, (sub-titled Contemplating the Nature of Experience), and Presence, in two volumes (The Art of Peace and Happiness and The Intimacy of All Experience), are a profound exploration of the non-dual nature of experience.
Rupert lives in UK and holds regular meetings and retreats in Europe and USA.
For all further information see www.rupertspira.com.
Interview recorded 11/6/2011.
8 июл 2024
