Rupert Spira: The Quiet Joy of Being

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

What is the treasure that we all seek? What is it that we are looking for above all else? Contemporary spiritual teacher and author Rupert Spira believes that it's the feeling of sufficiency, of ease, of peace—or the realization of our innermost nature as being. In this podcast that is at once expansive and experiential, Tami Simon speaks with Rupert about his book You Are the Happiness You Seek and the insights he has gleaned through a lifetime of spiritual exploration and practice. Tune in for a liberating conversation covering the practice of pausing or "going back to being"; letting go of resistance and turning toward our unhappiness; bringing a complete "yes" to your current experience; the inquiry, who is the one that's experiencing?; the pure "I Am"; the original ADD: Awareness Deficit Disorder; the problem with the word "enlightenment"; recognizing the gaps between our thoughts and feelings; why what happens to the body doesn't happen to our being; the absolute level and the relative level; the practical implications of deepening our recognition of being; love: the felt sense of our shared being; freedom from "the tyranny of ego"; and more. Note: This episode originally aired on Sounds True One, where these special episodes of Insights at the Edge are available to watch live on video and with exclusive access to Q&As with our guests. Learn more at join.soundstrue.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hello, friends. My name's Tammy Simon and I'm the founder of Sounds True, and I want to welcome you to the Sounds True podcast, Insights at the Edge.
0:12.0	I also want to take a moment to introduce you to Sounds True's new membership community and digital platform.
0:18.9	It's called Sounds True One.
0:21.7	Sounds True One features original, premium, transformational docu series, community events,
0:29.0	classes to start your day and relax in the evening, special weekly live shows,
0:36.0	including a video version of Insights at the Edge with an after-show
0:41.3	community question and answer session with featured guests. I hope you'll come join us, explore,
0:48.6	come have fun with us, and connect with others. You can learn more at join.soundstrue.com.
0:56.4	I also want to take a moment and introduce you to the Sounds True Foundation, our nonprofit
1:02.0	that creates equitable access to transformational tools and teachings.
1:08.5	You can learn more at SoundsTrueFoundation.org. And in advance, thank you for your
1:14.6	support. Hello, friends, and welcome. Welcome to this episode of Insights at the Edge with Rupert Spira.
1:24.0	Rupert is a leading voice in contemporary spirituality. In fact, in the past couple of years, several sounds true authors have mentioned to me
1:33.3	when it comes to where do I go when I want to go on a meditation retreat, on a spiritual retreat.
1:40.3	I go to study with Rupert Spira. From an early age, Rupert was deeply interested in the nature of reality
1:50.0	and the source of lasting peace and happiness.
1:54.0	He began to meditate at the age of 17,
1:58.0	and he spent the next 20 years immersed in the teachings of classical
2:03.3	Ivaita Vedanta. In 1997 he met his teacher Francis Lucille who introduced him to
2:11.7	the direct path approach of Atmananda Krishna Menin and the tantantric tradition of Kashmir Chavism.
2:20.3	For many years, three decades in total, Rupert worked as a ceramic artist,
2:27.3	and he exhibited worldwide.
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