Advaita Vedanta & the non-dual nature of mind and reality with Rupert Spira | Living Mirrors #25

Rupert Spira is an internationally renowned teacher of a direct method of spiritual self enquiry called Advaita or non-duality which has its roots in ancient Hinduism. He holds regular meetings and retreats in Europe and the US and is the author of 6 books including The Ashes of Love, The Nature of Consciousness and Being Aware of Being Aware. He is also a notable artist who works in the medium of pottery. Our conversation focuses on the core insight of non-duality and the nature of reality.

Topics & timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:49 Rupert’s background
4:26 Kashmir Shaivism & Advaita Vedanta
9:07 Why perform self enquiry?
11:42 Self enquiry
15:20 Identifying the nature of consciousness
18:15 The concept of “I”
20:37 Identifying with consciousness
21:44 The collapsing of the subject-object divide
23:56 Perspective in the non dual state
27:45 Relative separation and the absolute
29:41 The analogy of a movie screen
31:47 Separation & suffering, the peaceful, joyous, happy nature of consciousness
36:34 The compassionate nature of the mind
39:23 Is consciousness eternal and infinite?
44:41 The idea of a goal on a spiritual path, the analogy of the actor
51:00 The path of Advaita
53:33 The role of meditation
1:01:27 Does only consciousness exist?
1:19:29 Art and non-duality

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