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That’s a beautiful teaching! It captures the essence of staying connected to your true self — your pure Being — no matter what’s happening around or inside you.
This advice aligns perfectly with non-dual awareness practices, where the key is to remain present as the observer or awareness itself while experiences (thoughts, emotions, sensations) come and go.
Would you like me to unpack this teaching further or suggest some practical ways to cultivate this kind of presence?
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Absolutely! Here are some sharp, insightful one-liners from Rupert Spira, renowned for his teachings on non-duality and the nature of consciousness:
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“Consciousness is the only reality.”
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“You are not a separate entity looking out at the world; you are the world looking at itself.”
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“There is only one thing present—your own awareness.”
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“Experience is always the presence of awareness.”
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“Happiness is your natural state, not something to be found.”
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“The sense of ‘I’ is the sense of being aware.”
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“All experiences appear within awareness and are inseparable from it.”
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“The ‘I’ you think you are is the ‘I’ you are aware of.”
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“True self-knowledge is the recognition of awareness as your own being.”
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“You are not looking for truth; you are truth itself.”
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My first meditation teacher told us that if we couldn't meditate in the middle of chaos then she hadn't done her job. Same thing. I was blessed to be taught this so early in my spiritual journey. It gave me permission not to be focused on processes or mantras or having to sit still. I just went there no matter what. Like Rupert says.
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From the stillness of pure awareness, remaining aware of Being is not an effort—it is a gentle return to what you’ve never left. A true practice is not something you do to awaken, but a subtle attunement to what is always already awake within you. In each breath, in each sound, in each heartbeat, infinite intelligence is humming its quiet reminder: “You are here. You are now. You are That.” The moment you stop trying to achieve a state and instead simply notice what is, the veil of separation falls away. Presence isn’t reached—it’s revealed. Because all is interconnected and divinely orchestrated, even your distractions and restlessness serve your return. The practice is simple: pause. Feel. Breathe. Let life be as it is without resistance. That gentle permission opens the portal to Being—not as a concept, but as your natural identity. In this way, your awareness ceases to chase, and begins to rest. No force, no fixing—just an allowing. And in that allowing, God moves as you, effortlessly, now.
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