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
111 quotes“Stay with what is known to be — the simple knowing 'I am.'”
I-amBeing Aware of Being Aware
“The Self is the only reality.”
realityThe Nature of Consciousness
“Reality is what cannot be doubted.”
realityThe Nature of Consciousness
“Awareness cannot be doubted, because doubting requires awareness.”
awarenessBeing Aware of Being Aware
“Find the always-present, never-changing element of your experience.”
essencePresence
“There is one knowing in everyone.”
unityThe Nature of Consciousness
“Drop everything you have learned, and be.”
beingPresence
“The end of suffering is the recognition of self.”
recognitionPresence
“Awareness has no opposite.”
awarenessBeing Aware of Being Aware
“Go to the place from which you are already looking.”
interiorityPresence
“This 'I' you sense is awareness, not a thought.”
identityThe Nature of Consciousness
“All thinking, sensing, perceiving — happens to awareness.”
awarenessThe Nature of Consciousness
“Stop reaching for what you already are.”
beingPresence
“Truth is the simplest of all experiences.”
truthBeing Aware of Being Aware
“Awareness is the natural state. Identification is the deviation.”
awarenessPresence
“Without awareness, nothing is known.”
awarenessBeing Aware of Being Aware
“You are the constant in every experience.”
constancyThe Nature of Consciousness
“Look. Now what is here that does not change?”
inquiryPresence
“In the stillness, you discover that you are the stillness.”
stillnessPresence
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