I started my journey towards enlightenment over 20 years ago. So true it is not an exotic experience. It occurred recently for me, not on a mountain, by the ocean, sunset, or sunrise. Not while meditating, or practicing yoga. I was in my car and someone cut me off in traffic, I responded by going to my breath and saying let go. It was so complete a release that I will never forget it, and in that instant I was forever changed. The understanding of where my journey had been leading in a moment that I was not searching and seeking, simply revealed. Truly astonishing !
@archsys307
9 ай бұрын
Bro leveled up big W
@kenjones102
8 ай бұрын
Byron Katie awakened when a cockroach crossed her foot. Adyashanti awakened one day while walking across a carpet. If I can find the same carpet and species of cockroach, that still leaves the make and model of your car! Please help.
@archsys307
8 ай бұрын
@@kenjones102 Instructions unclear, made myself into a model. Not sure this'll help with enlightenment...
@Soulsmusic1931
5 ай бұрын
I would not say that I am enlightened but I would say that I merely exist as consciousness now which is aware of itself, mind, thoughts, body and everything else.. I said something to the love of my life and ended up hurting her which was the last thing that I wanted to happen which led me question by beliefs and concepts.. I guess this happened cuz she is my twin flame and it's been 2 years in this journey already, even though I don't want to label it like that but it is what it is.. My love for her led me to question everything that my mind has been going on about since childhood..
@anonaki-mt6xb
5 ай бұрын
I was in line at Walmart at 11:43 pm. Funny how things go sometimes. It was astonishing to say the least.
@innerlight617
Жыл бұрын
For me the basic understanding in non-dual approach is, that we are all aspects or manifestations of a single indivisible whole or reality.Our belief of separation,of individuality ,is due to ignorance. Deep understanding of the above weaken considerably the two major beliefs which constitute the self-illusion state. 1 .There is me (individualization)2. I am so and so (identification). It is the first step towards equanimity. And equanimity for me is bliss.
@TheJooberjones
Жыл бұрын
Got better towards the end, the barrier is the identification with the form. The hamster wheel has a ton of momentum to it, and this can even be seen in the brain via fmri. So it takes a bit more than simple recognition as rupert says, meditation is a scientific process of disidentification, which happens slowly and arduously for most.
@ms7HD
19 күн бұрын
Hamsters wheel has no impact on hamster once he gets off of it even if it still spinning 😂
@TheJooberjones
18 күн бұрын
@@ms7HD good luck tryin to get off it while its still spinning 😉
@geetanjaliputhran6978
13 күн бұрын
Absolutely agree
@russellmason5095
Жыл бұрын
There are some useful pointers here towards an important truth. However, after watching the video all of the problems of my life go on as before because I don't understand how my mind and samsara work, and I forget that I am awareness for 23 hours and 59 minutes every day. Enlightenment is not just about understanding briefly, having a brief flash of recognition and then forgetting again. This is a pretty low bar, and the knowledge that you are awareness will not do more than temporarily relieve your suffering or may lead to enlightenment sickness or ego inflation. While the ultimate realisation may be as simple as this, the real question is 'How can I stabilize my life in this knowledge?' In almost every case a lot of spiritual practice and study is required to really prepare the mind to be able to understand what "I am awareness" means and to make the understanding ongoing. When the knowledge is stablized during walking, sitting, working, sleeping etc, etc. and the person acts equanimously in every situation, then the person may be enlightened or whatever you want to call it. If they are not reacting equanimously, then of course they are perpetuating suffering for themselves and others and perpetuating samsara. There's a reason why the Buddha started with suffering and the Advaitans talk about suffering, Maya, the Causal Body etc. Suffering is an important of the teaching and a fundamental aspect of our lives and the process of understanding them. I hope you were inspired by this video, but in my view his type of teaching should be seen as the start of a long - and mostly joyous - path and not the end of one. Good luck!
@user-ij4hp5nn6g
Жыл бұрын
You don't need to try and stabilise your life, simply be aware of the rollercoaster ride
@eylam9690
Жыл бұрын
If you turn it into a path, you will never get there though.
@mikelipschitz7281
Жыл бұрын
Great points ,I suppose like how obvious is e=זmc( squared ) but the skill is as you say what to do with the knowledge,and of course getting to that understanding in the first place !!! You make me think of snakes and laders ,you just hope not to many snakes and enough different sized ladders !!!!
@Rogsie-p6l
Жыл бұрын
Enlightenment is the simplest thing, but people expect it to be some ecstatic experience, and so they miss it. The trouble is that there are altered states of consciousness which can feel the way that people hope that enlightenment will feel. If they stumble into these states they can then believe themselves to be enlightened and spend the rest of their lives chasing these experiences like spiritual crack addicts. Instead, notice what it is that is doing the experiencing.
@yoya4766
Жыл бұрын
Or spend their lives making money from their hippie experience like Rupert.
@andrejfranjic5059
Жыл бұрын
If you didnt experience it how can you talk about it?
@isaacgarcia2979
Жыл бұрын
@@yoya4766 exactly😂
@atmannityananda-autognosia
Жыл бұрын
Enlightenment is not Just a recognition. It is the full illumination of the mind at all levels and the complete dissolution of the ego and becoming the mind as luminous as Consciousness itself. That's it ❤
@ascendor.ascendor
28 күн бұрын
"I am" without a story attached to it.
@aum-shanti
Жыл бұрын
Bonjour. OK but this is just the first step ( important step but the first ). you have much more to discover / rediscover. The journey is far from over. I love you all. jean-luc. 🙏🙏🙏🕉🕉🕉
@baharam98
Жыл бұрын
What a simple, yet powerful explanation. Thank you Rupert. Thank you for these wonderful short videos that are packed with light. Your words light up in the "center of being," and not just my head as simply more words! Thank you!
@littlewarcovers
Жыл бұрын
the joy of being is quite exotic to me, is something we usually don't notice until we do, then it's a WOW moment, and returning to it is kind of exotic, I guess if you could live in that state all the time (being enlightened) then it would become more subtle (less exotic until it just is the normal), but for someone who never experienced it I would say you will notice a big shift.
@zendragon4037
Жыл бұрын
i equate enlightenment with connection to source and the bliss that comes with that. so i see it as something special. as most people do not live in bliss and joy as a regular thing.
@AngieHaze
7 ай бұрын
Nothing feels closer for me to that “I am” then the moments of letting go and improvising on the piano. It’s not recorded, it’s not structured, there are no rules… there’s only a smile in my heart the entire time- feeling connected to that “being” state and completely letting go and loving all of it and just going with the process no matter what comes out.
@yahdood6015
Жыл бұрын
Experience is the trip. This is the wild ride. The space within which experience occurs is unchanging and timelessly present. Soak up this brief invaluable ever-changing illusory ride while it lasts! It’ll evaporate as quickly and subtly as it came on.
@bandit2048
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this. At last someone who has not profited from mystifying this even further and instead shows it for what it is.
@melchizedek3331
Жыл бұрын
Enlightenment is not achieved through an intellectual exercise but a vibrational alignment. The mind is for thinking; resonance in frequency is Knowing. I enjoy your effort, not an easy feat. All the best. 🕊🌎🌈
@PostkarteausWien
Жыл бұрын
He is so great, such a talented teacher, I like him a lot! 🥰👏✌️
@Herkimerdiamond
Жыл бұрын
Totally true!!!
@JonasAnandaKristiansson
Жыл бұрын
Don't you Love Him? What does it take for This Love to blossom from Within?
@kramnam4716
Жыл бұрын
What a lovely calm voice to listen to 🙏🏼💚
@sheradski
Жыл бұрын
Rupert's 'I am' teaching is brilliant in English. However, in some other languages it's harder to understand - just because in some other languages there sometimes isn't an 'I am' preceding one's age, gender, feelings, actions etc.
@shadr8994
Жыл бұрын
Many other languages have pronouns for "I am" that are simply "I" or "me," but they all point to the same "I am."
@sheradski
Жыл бұрын
@@shadr8994 Thank you 🙏🏿 Do you have an idea how it would work in Turkish, when there's often no pronoun - ie no 'I' or 'Me' etc
@shadr8994
Жыл бұрын
@@sheradski What about "Ben"? I know that this issue exists in Farsi as well, but this lack of pronoun usage is unique to colloquial Turkish. In written Turkish (though I am not an expert), the pronoun is still valid, I believe.
@sheradski
Жыл бұрын
@@shadr8994 Thank you very much for your reply 🙏🏿 I don't know much about Farsi, but regarding Turkish, it's a suffix language; therefore much of the grammar is expressed by suffixes added to nouns and verbs. Even in written Turkish 'ben' often would not exist. There are other languages too, like Indonesian, Finnish, Hungarian and Mandarin where, I believe, there's also no use of pronouns.
@shadr8994
Жыл бұрын
@@sheradski Well, in that case, they're all in trouble (:
@Susangroe
Ай бұрын
To me enlightenment is knowing the I Am essence, but without our ego. This is where I feel ppl get tripped up bc they haven’t fully integrated all of their mind. Just knowing the I Am is the beginning of the process. Just my experience. ☮️ 🕊️
@Frooji-ps1xk
3 ай бұрын
When breathing, KNOW you're breathing. When sitting, KNOW you're sitting. When standing, KNOW you're standing. When thinking, KNOW you're thinking. When urinating, KNOW you're urinating. When pooping, KNOW you're pooping etc etc. From the Satipatthana Sutta (the foundations of mindfulness)🙏🧡
@borisnahalka3027
Жыл бұрын
here is somebody who is talking about enlightenment without being enlightened and who never met such a being. so it is all theoretical. simple? yes. easy - no. why is it not easy? because of an I in the "I am". it is not easy to let go of this "I". you have invested so much in this "I", so letting go - is not easy. the "I" is constantly in a state of dreaming, therefore another name - awakening. Liberation - another name, what are you liberated from? you are free from the notion of "I". you are liberated from yourself. it is the last and the only liberation. qualities of experience - Vritty in Sanskrit. getting them out of the way is not enough. you need to get out of the experience itself out of the way. as long as there is "I" that experience anything, there is no liberation, no unity. subject - object - process of experience - does that look like unity to you?. if you are there in the moment of enlightenment, it is not enlightenment, it is just another dream.
@electricsnut
Жыл бұрын
Desire is the key, you’re always searching for something to make you happy which means you think you’re missing something and not whole. That means you can never be happy until you find it but there is nothing to be found… To realise the oneness and your perfect already and don’t lack anything. The paradox of this is desire is what makes you seek enlightenment. All this talk however should not understate how profound and peaceful this state is, it’s beyond comprehension… Any psychedelic trip can give you a glimpse of this perfect state of being.
@ellenrule3189
Жыл бұрын
Hi Rupert big hello and thank u for helping humans grow spiritually!!! In peace and love Ellen
@jjrecon3024
Жыл бұрын
When one can remove all the add-ons imposed by the ego, then one is left with I Am. I have, I was, I Am and I Will be and do as Mother Nature intended in order to see Thyself beyond the physical eyes.
@mokuho
Жыл бұрын
Enlighment is the recognition of the nature of your being
@mattcharles8240
Жыл бұрын
Well said, that's it
@Benny_000
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, to me Enlightenment is ego-death which means that you have realized you are actually infinite and not finite. Maybe this state of being will become normal and then I guess Enlightenment can be considered mundane? I haven't reached Enlightenment yet but I'm closing in and I know how amazingly wonderful it is to realize that I am infinite and eternal and that nothing real can be threathened. The awe that comes with this realization sometimes makes me want to fall to my knees. It's that powerful.
@aum-shanti
Жыл бұрын
this is only the first step................ the journey is far from over..............( by my own experience )....................,
@Laxman_p11
3 ай бұрын
Sacrificing personality is very biggest hurdle here for one. but without giving up personality(filters) we can't see ourselves, this much i understood.
@dommccaffry3802
Жыл бұрын
Patience of a saint
@sugarfree1894
Жыл бұрын
This approach, without the preparation of the mind and body through silent meditation, will always be fleeting/obscure/partial/separate. That is why people keep going back to these events, buying books, etc. You can have it, do it, be it utterly under your own steam (and yes, I know, there is no 'you', etc etc etc). You don't need anything or anyone. You have your body, your mind, your breath, the privilege of choosing - you have everything you need. You already have it all.
@kimcleveland8943
Жыл бұрын
You all are ahhhhmazing! I got so much wisdom from this comment thread. Thank you. Thank YOU.
@TheDeepSharePodcast
Жыл бұрын
Our favorite thing to forget is "being" is a present participle, which is used in forming continuous tenses. And this one is for the Verb to be. As Buddhism teaches, "Things are not as they appear. Deeds are done, but no doer can be found." This is why the goal of meditation is the non-thinking, ecstatic center. Not just simply the observation of thoughts, the separation of observer from the thoughts.. but that it's all simply the act OF observing. The observer is another thought form, 'albeit a persistent one'.
@chitraisenlightened
Жыл бұрын
in response to rupert..enlightenment comes in degrees..when you finally (metaphorically) go beyond the body/mind space/time/causation complexs, beyond the waking dreaming and deep sleep states you will realize youSelf as Supreme Energy, sometimes called the Paramatman or Atman sometimes called the Pure I Consciousness Pure becaseu there is nothing, absolutely nothing but yourSelf..one of rupert spiras teachers sri atmananda, in his discourse *notes on spiritual discources* he explains that in order to know what the Atman/I principle is you have to remove all objects from the screen that is You..thats final enlightenment.
@chitraisenlightened
Жыл бұрын
its quite extraordinary to realize exactly what you are.
@randylayhey
Жыл бұрын
I think this is the danger's of stating it outright, is the mind latches onto these ideas and chases them, never arriving. When it's much better to strip away the qualities and point to the door which spira as a teacher shows.
@chitraisenlightened
Жыл бұрын
@@randylayhey yes, well, now we have a bizillion wanna be gurus who think that noticing that they are awareness now think they are completely awake..id rather tell the truth and remind people that complete enlightenment is rare and most people wont get it..its something to work on with spiritual practices...
@randylayhey
Жыл бұрын
@@chitraisenlightened yes everyone wants to dress up as one (guru) lol. or "be" enlightened as a new ego. there is no ego. the whole teaching is that. That's the absolute truth, see theres almost something fraudulent if that's realized to then call yourself something else. complete freedom from identity
@chitraisenlightened
Жыл бұрын
@@randylayheyi think freedom is identity with the Supreme Energy that we all are..the Supreme Self...thats realized in the beyond!
@kaitlinobrien243
Жыл бұрын
This cracks me up I love it so much!!! Rupert I love you! 🌻💐💕
@agucci
Жыл бұрын
Enlightenment is great! The enlightenment of the Law.
@ivettea6358
Жыл бұрын
So Direct, So incredible ❤️, Blessings, Thank you (it Can take a while/it's ongoing)!!
@AmyMylet
5 ай бұрын
what can be only felt, can not be described exactly in words.
@gracev4186
Жыл бұрын
😊 Just say "I AM IS"⚡ And Call it GOD ❤️🎇🌈🪶💕 Grace Victoria 🦋
@IAMLiamwalker4444
Жыл бұрын
What is the Difference between Thought and Perception?
@andrejfranjic5059
Жыл бұрын
“If you can't explain it to a six-year-old, then you don't understand it yourself” Albert Einstein.
@AmyMylet
5 ай бұрын
Try to explain biggest feeling of your life to anyone, i am sure if they dont have same experience they will not understand. any age.
@bunberrier
Жыл бұрын
Like ordinary life, but two inches off the ground. Gathering wood, drawing water, building fire. Washing dishes can be a blissful sensory experience.
@sirtom3011
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Alan….
@user-vf1rj9dd4k
Жыл бұрын
@@sirtom3011 yes, Alan watts amazing
@stephenkaake7016
Жыл бұрын
I went through the enlightenment process, mystics talk about it, its dreams, visions, psychic abilities, objects moving, God speaking to me, going to hell, purgatory, God taking over my body, no one has any clue what this is like
@shiranthibandara33
Жыл бұрын
Enlightenment is like if someone taste for example Salt that person can't explain it to another that taste it has to be experienced by individuals enlightenment is too is something like that. To understand this you need to eradicate mainly the craving of oneself and understand how me concept is caused. If you address of being permanently existing there is no enlightenment. The life is a flow which can be called anichha dukka anattha
@freisein6554
Жыл бұрын
These days a lot of people run around with a deregulated nervoussystem. Fight,flight or freeze response. In these states they want to use a spiritual bypass, to not feel. Breathwork, cold exposure, the bottom up approach, working with the body instead of top down are at least in my own experience very helpful. To force yourself mentally into „transcendence“ creates a split and can take you further away from experiencing a natural joy and peace. I established a routine of breathwork, than cold exposure and after that sitting of 30 minutes, watching the breath ( Anapanasati) All these techniques are operating in the realm of „being“, beyond concepts. Conceptualizing is left behind.
@Da_Xman
4 ай бұрын
The question that Self-enquiry addresses is: • "what is That which is experiencing experience?". This translates into: • "What is It that experiences and is immediately experiencing concepts/thoughts, memories, emotions, sensations and the immediate sense of being/existing?
@hourih2862
Жыл бұрын
You feel as though you are watching yourself as a 3rd party. You watch Emotions come and go but you are not attached to them. You are physically playing out a role but YOU are actually not doing anything. There is no duality. There are no wants or desires left. There is no resistance left. You will start seeing the illusion. You will become one with everything. If you are able to quiet the mind you will slowly return to your natural state Brahman 🙏🏼
@synesthesia251
Жыл бұрын
Indeed enlightenment can be a very memorable experience with or without chemicals. This is one thing I don’t agree with Rupert. There have been several times when whatever I was looking at all of a sudden wasn’t in the context of me watching that but all that I saw was me. Not intellectually but experientially. You still see the same thing but it’s not a thing but almost like all you are experiencing / seeing is in your head inseparable.
@ayeam5822
Жыл бұрын
Remove even the AM, as, the AM is our QUALIFICATION in to OBJECT reality as that which FOLLOWS the AM, we ARE. So enquire EXCLUSIVELY as to who the I is? that's the one present ALWAYS and MUST BE to even KNOW the experience of the qualification. Ohm 🙏
@Edopriv1
Жыл бұрын
I believe that the purpose of our earthly life is simply to re-learn, recognize, and remind ourselves and others, that we are one, we are part of God, and one with God. Creation and Creator at the same time…
@worldsarise
5 ай бұрын
I am. Just this. Just now. We can train the mind so that this is our default mode, instead of continual mental chatter, judgment, worry, and commentary. The mind will rest in a default mode of equanimity. When thinking or consideration is necessary, it will arise as necessary in an instant to meet the need, then pass away.
@esthersquires8574
4 ай бұрын
Once we realize it’s not something we can search for. It’s as simple as deciding to be here rather than there.
@davidbulger3716
Жыл бұрын
“ You is what you is and that’s all what you am.”
@Tabascosause
Жыл бұрын
People are not forward enough. He explained enlightenment very well for people who believe they are more than human, or a sense of calling to a religion etc. This is a good direct video. Only issue is the truth. The reason myself and many others are expecting something more, is because we were never taught correctly by our parents because they were taught wrong. It's not that we have became some lizard being or that you have this secret knowledge. You've just accept life at some point to its realist concept and need to adjust to you're knew understanding. Western world was made like this. ADD and ADHD are personality traits if you dont like it monitor it. Learn tools for it. Same with every single emotion we have. We shouldn't take things if we can monitor it. We should don't have people around us that really want to help everyone wants to make money off something.
@timothygeorge2530
Жыл бұрын
Everything is oneself
@FUTURECREEP2PI
Жыл бұрын
I AM I is infinite consciousness AM is its infinite existence.. You are that I AM...
@achan292
Жыл бұрын
The "mind of enlightenment" is a concept in Buddhism that refers to the state of mind that is attained when an individual reaches enlightenment or Nirvana. This state of mind is characterized by the complete elimination of suffering and the attainment of true understanding and wisdom. It is believed that the mind of enlightenment is free from the cycle of rebirth, and is characterized by an absence of greed, hatred, and ignorance. In Buddhist practice, the attainment of the mind of enlightenment is considered to be the ultimate goal, and is achieved through the cultivation of wisdom and the elimination of negative mental states through meditation and other spiritual practices.
@GuilleFernandezGarcia
Жыл бұрын
According to my experience, Enlightenment is far from something simple, far from the deep understanding of the statement "I am". I see it as THE second birth of the human being, a step of the lifecycle when, through certain suffering and curating events, oneself realizes a certain deep learning of some aspect of one's life... Knowing that this realization orbits in a deep understanding of a superior feeling of LOVE.
@brawlpups3517
Жыл бұрын
The type of talk that allows many to feel they understand but few know. Not to be too critical though.
@aum-shanti
Жыл бұрын
I AM...............that's all.............🤣🤣🤣
@ghelfling_bunny
3 ай бұрын
Hello! Could you tell me why should we seek enlightment in this life that passes so fast if the soul will experience eternal enlightment anyway after it leaves the body?
@Blodtrykk
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. This is just what was needed....
@myndspot
Жыл бұрын
Gotcha 🙌
@JorgenTiigisoon
Жыл бұрын
I can't agree that I am. Where does the idea come from that an experience requiers an experiencer? In order to know that there is such thing as the experiencer we requier to have an experience of the experiencer. But then the experiencer is an experience, and who experiences that? Experiencer 2.0? I don't feel that I am, I feel that the mind is rather like an empty room, with nobody in it. Except maybe the ego jumping around and claiming that "I am, I am". An empty room would work just as fine, no "me" requiered there. Or am I misunderstanding somethinga about what he is talking about?
@billyblim1213
Жыл бұрын
I have thought the same thing.
@ayeam5822
Жыл бұрын
No THING is GOING to happen................It is ALREADY happening. Go NOW to the experience of JUST being, so that you can recognize this simplicity. That is ALL. 🙏
@jnorfleet3292
Жыл бұрын
That which is looking for it is in the way of finding it.
@sagemurillo870
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this my friend...
@martingifford5415
Жыл бұрын
I think he means: "My version of 'Enlightenment' is not an exotic experience."
@aum-shanti
Жыл бұрын
he has never had the concrete experience............. he can't know............
@Saurabhgupta23671
Жыл бұрын
Yeah but the questions still remains who created the universe
@JonasAnandaKristiansson
Жыл бұрын
Master
@jmseipp
Жыл бұрын
The mi d is always trying to figure it out.
@ramkumar_watch
Жыл бұрын
Is it "I am" Knowing "I am" ????????
@jeffrey3498
Жыл бұрын
Enlightenment is existing in the eternal present.
@HelloJamesBond
Жыл бұрын
Maybe it's the words which confuse people...there's no doubt that there are levels of seeing this or not, i.e.... You're completely unaware and don't spare a second thought about it You're on the journey (seeking) this state, desperately trying to understand it You've already realised it and practice realisation everyday. I guess most people here are in the second stage, why else would we be here. Try and find language that works for you. Maybe enlightened is too much of an exotic word, what about recognition, or something else....good luck everyone!
@mindfulnessdigrazia
8 күн бұрын
There is much talk about being and its liberation, but then it seems that everyone in one way or another asks the world for satisfaction and security. Why? Awakening to one's nature is not as easy as some suggest and living in time we experience many impediments, also if they are immaginary we don't experienced them as such.
@phillipoualbertcornickakao3606
18 күн бұрын
He does not KNOW enlightenment, he is speaking about REALISEATION, and that happens when one becomes SELF AWARE, that is that which stands silently behind mind recognises itself as being. Enlightenment happens when one has gone beyond mind self and body, times stands still breath ceases, coming back one sees the reality and the nature of life essence itself.
@kitspics526
Жыл бұрын
This gave me affirmation that I’m not a mess Lol
@WillDanceAlone2U
Жыл бұрын
Rupert's ability to guide the mind into silen...
@muhaimin244
24 күн бұрын
Trick to enlightenment: question and become aware of your process of becoming aware of anything.
@shamanic_nostalgia
Жыл бұрын
James Low 🔅
@nsbd90now
Жыл бұрын
When I was a kid, I thought getting a grip on the human experience of reality would come with magic powers. Turns out, "Just Awareness" is rather quiet and still and magic powers are... irrelevant, or something.
@victoria.xseven7913
Жыл бұрын
I think someone said "either everything is magic or nothing is", so possibly it's our understanding of what magic is? Maybe we believe magical abilities to be beyond our normal experience, but isn't our normal experience also dictated by our beliefs? It gets to be like circular reasoning lol.
@BaritoneUkeBeast4Life
Жыл бұрын
wanting magic powers stems from an egoic need to be in control when one feels powerless and not in control. Awareness however, realizes that we are not in control and is content with that and surrenders to it.
@nsbd90now
Жыл бұрын
@SIMPLY HUMAN And in the Bible. 😀
@nsbd90now
Жыл бұрын
@SIMPLY HUMAN Well, certainly a lot of people think that's no different than a comic book character for little kids!
@nsbd90now
Жыл бұрын
@SIMPLY HUMAN Mmm... everyone has thoughts they experience, but not everyone _thinks_ which requires skills and practice. For instance, no one is born knowing logic. We are born as irrational creatures. You have to take classes in it as a topic, and practice it as a skill to become an actually rational, thoughtful person.
@ItApproaches
Жыл бұрын
Enlightenment is just one who is truth realized. Nothing more, nothing less. A realization that there is no "you", never was. Enlightenment is truth, which is to say, nothingness.
@teodorstoyanov
Жыл бұрын
If you ever catch yourself twitching or eating your fingers the catching yourself is what awareness feels like
@ozgursenturk11-11
Жыл бұрын
There's no one to be enlightened🙏
@mattcharles8240
Жыл бұрын
Yes there is :)
@ozgursenturk11-11
Жыл бұрын
@@mattcharles8240 if you say that there is a person to be enlightened then there is at least one person to be enlightened which is you🙈🤷🏻♂️🤣🤣🤣🙏
@treich1234
Жыл бұрын
When it happens you'll never be the same again Nor will you want to
@craig6753
Жыл бұрын
The looking IS the problem. There is no separate ‘you.’ It’s just a thought ‘It’(and that includes ‘you’) is all one big ‘now,’ constantly changing. I have a peer who spent 10 years in a monastery meditating for 10-18 hours a day, 7 days a week. After all that, he said ‘there is nothing to get enlightened about, because you already are!’ No individual can ever become enlightened, because there is no individual. And the mere effort of trying become it only serves to push it further away, because it reinforces the idea of a separate ‘you.’ You’re ‘it’. Tatvamasi! Jesus said ‘I and the Father are one!’ Buddha said ‘there are deeds being done but no doer to be found.’ Laozi certainly understood this as well. If you read the Tao Te Ching knowing this, you’ll understand totally differently.
@Newfoundmike
Жыл бұрын
You become quite Ordinary. Stop trying to get it and you'll have it . Alan Watts 🙂
@paulkolberg7661
Жыл бұрын
Rupert - who is the "I" or "you" that you are referring to? Who or what do you mean by "is' or "am" "or "being"? The "I am 47 years old or "I am a plumber" etc" you refer to is the ego "I". That is a mental construct immersed in or arising out of identification. The ego is the false sense or thought of who "I" (the ego) thinks others (of course their egos) think I (my ego) should be. That "I"'s (ego's) attempts to live up to that false understanding is the source of suffering in the world. Why? Because it never can live up to the image of who we think others think we are. Enlightenment (or at least the beginnings of it) is surely when we begin to or fully see or recognise that that "I" (ego) is a false sense of who we truly are and our achieving an abandonment of that "I" (i.e. ego). Our true essence is something far more powerful and positive than our egos. Et in arcadia ego. Paul
@rajmars
Жыл бұрын
Last sentences more effective
@Bobcheckman
8 күн бұрын
Bruh this guy rupe might be the fastest reader in the world
@vijiind
Жыл бұрын
I am a son a father brother wife daughter ......all that comes from two a man or a woman . If you get a child then you become a father or mother , otherwise you are husband or wife
@NeilEvans-xq8ik
9 ай бұрын
The Muslims say that Allah is closer to you than your jugular vein.
@lostsoleful
Жыл бұрын
Enlightenment is just the first stage, step 1. Step 2 is wearing a gigantic nappy 24/7. Step 3 is changing your name to a word of 25 letters.
@verumpraevaleat8177
Жыл бұрын
Before enlightenment , chopping wood , carrying water. After enlightenment , chopping wood , carrying water.
@eeliteG
Жыл бұрын
Wouldn’t quite compare it to drinking tea…😂. ..although I get what he’s trying to say in context.
@zamoraobed
Жыл бұрын
Retrace your steps back and rest in your being. Do not listen to any thoughts and they will disappear like a mirage.
@FahamNegini
Жыл бұрын
I disagree with this! The way 'I Am' is used here is confusing the "Ego I" with the "Supreme I". Enlightenment is the moment the concept of I (the way everyone is defining themselves), vanishes, and you realize there is only one Supreme Self, and you reside in that supreme self as another pure observer, not differentiating from it in any intention. As long as you are making intentions you are not there yet. The "I" thought is the fundamental thought you should break through to see the supreme self. If two people can define I, as separate I's at least one of them is not enlightened, enlightened people all are residing in one supreme self, they don't differentiate in their intentions.
@nameless-yd6ko
Ай бұрын
Anyone can be 'Saved/Enlightened'!; "Born again" into the state of Unconditional Love = Salvation = Enlightenment = Heaven = Immortality =One! "Heaven is at hand!" - Jesus Here! Now! Anything else is Hell! Unconditional Love is ALWAYS Known by It's Unconditional Virtues; Compassion, Empathy, Sympathy, Gratitude, Humility, Charity (Charity is never taking more than your share of anything, ever!), Honesty, Happiness, Faith... ALWAYS! "I and the Father are One!" "As I Am so can you be!" "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing." -John 15:5 One with Christ = One with God! "What a man loves, he is. If he loves a stone he is that stone, if he loves a person he is that person, if he loves God - nay, I durst not say more; were I to say, he is God, he might stone me. I do but teach you the scriptures." - Meister Eckhart Heaven, Here! Now! It is the LIFE of the truly Saved displaying the Virtues of Unconditional Love that is the gospel, the Light in the darkness! “Your task is not to seek for Love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” - Rumi
@BlindfoldedSight
Жыл бұрын
I think the title clearly shows your lack of understanding of what enlightenment is… enlightenment is immortality. You must retain and transform the body into a finer light based material imperceptible to the undeveloped. Angels are those who lived not those who died. You escape the cycle of life and death by living. Why is enlightenment so widely misunderstood? Too many people want to change the meaning of words to wear them rather than changing themselves to truly become the words.
@esneliamunoz5082
26 күн бұрын
🕉🕉🕉
@timruth8767
10 ай бұрын
"is it that simple" says it all. The constant need of the EGO to project will keep you hostage as long as you believe the need for it.
@kathleenwharton2139
Жыл бұрын
Thank You 🙏 Jesus I am Loved 🥰 I am Blessed 😇
@alextrusk1713
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like Anne brown
@JonasAnandaKristiansson
Жыл бұрын
Anna. Yes, she isn't fully home. Still neo-advaita, but wise and beautiful indeed
@q-j-p
Жыл бұрын
Saw a blurb I wrote to myself some time ago that resurfaced today which I hope helps “The mind connects the within and without. Within is presence, without perception” Bless all on your journeys ❣️☯️
@kundaliniairport
Жыл бұрын
It's a blurp, no doubt. Question is, did it come out of your mouth or rectum?
@msrmsr9999
7 ай бұрын
I think, the word mind can be replaced with a word which is awareness.
@Da_Xman
4 ай бұрын
✨Well stated, q-j-p!✨
@Da_Xman
4 ай бұрын
@@msrmsr9999 YES!
@stelladonnelly2832
Жыл бұрын
Part of the problem is that we have to continue using language the way everyone does, which makes it so easy to fall into identification with our experiences and bodily feelings. Imagine filling in a form requiring your details and writing - I Am. !!
@frv6610
Жыл бұрын
@SIMPLY HUMAN why is believing someone is communicating a problem?
@julien1
3 ай бұрын
@@frv6610 Describe being happy - at that point you are no longer BEING happy but thinking
@frv6610
3 ай бұрын
@@julien1 i think it is a generalization error you make. Yes some people may not be happy while describing their happiness, but imagine an extremely happy person, he would not for sure become unhappy when describing it. Memories are still in the now too, one cant access a memory which doesnt exist, so accessing a happy memory is still real happiness. So what is your point btw?
@julien1
3 ай бұрын
@@frv6610 NO im highlighting that BEING happy is different from thinking about happiness. Its the thinking that stops the being. This is the difference between BELIEF and KNOWLEDGE. One is BEING knowledgeable but cannot be BEING believing.
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