Rupert Spira
1960-present • British
Non-Dual / AdvaitaVedanta
Contemporary non-dual teacher whose clear, precise teachings explore the nature of experience and consciousness.
Key Works
- The Nature of Consciousness
- Being Aware of Being Aware
- Satsang talks
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Quotes by Rupert Spira
106 quotes“Awareness is the simple presence of awareness.”
awarenessBeing Aware of Being Aware
“The only place to look for peace is where it is to be found — in our own being.”
peacePresence
“Happiness is the very nature of our self.”
happinessThe Nature of Consciousness
“Our true nature, awareness itself, is whole, undivided, peaceful.”
naturePresence
“All experience takes place in awareness.”
awarenessThe Transparency of Things
“You cannot find awareness as an object, because you are awareness.”
awarenessBeing Aware of Being Aware
“Look for the one who is looking.”
inquiryPresence
“The 'I' that knows experience is the same 'I' that knows another experience.”
identityThe Nature of Consciousness
“Experience changes, but the awareness of experience does not.”
awarenessPresence
“What you essentially are has never not been.”
essenceBeing Aware of Being Aware
“To know yourself is to know reality itself.”
unityThe Nature of Consciousness
“Consciousness is the underlying reality of all experience.”
consciousnessThe Nature of Consciousness
“Awareness is not a state. It is the underlying reality of all states.”
awarenessBeing Aware of Being Aware
“Suffering is the experience of resistance to what is.”
sufferingPresence
“Peace is our nature, not an achievement.”
peacePresence
“Being aware of being aware — that is the practice.”
awarenessBeing Aware of Being Aware
“Notice the silent, intimate presence that you are, before any thought.”
presencePresence
“There is no boundary between awareness and the awareness of an object.”
non-dualityThe Nature of Consciousness
“You are the awareness of experience, not its object.”
awarenessThe Nature of Consciousness
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