Rupert Spira

It's the one feeling that defines the apparently separate self, this feeling I'm incomplete, I lack something. And therefore, in response to that feeling of lack, all separate selves manifest. all apparently temporary finite selves, are motivated by one thing, to be completed, to be whole again.

It's the one feeling that defines the apparently separate self, this feeling I'm incomplete, I lack something. And therefore, in response to that feeling of lack, all separate selves manifest. all apparently temporary finite selves, are motivated by one thing, to be completed, to be whole again.

Because in the memory, deep in the memory, deep in the hearts of all temporary finite selves, there is this memory of our existence. of our essential nature, this memory of our eternity, this memory of our innate happiness. But it's been veiled. Our innate happiness has been veiled by the content of experience, and therefore everyone is longing.

Because in the memory, deep in the memory, deep in the hearts of all temporary finite selves, there is this memory of our existence. of our essential nature, this memory of our eternity, this memory of our innate happiness. But it's been veiled. Our innate happiness has been veiled by the content of experience, and therefore everyone is longing.

Because in the memory, deep in the memory, deep in the hearts of all temporary finite selves, there is this memory of our existence. of our essential nature, this memory of our eternity, this memory of our innate happiness. But it's been veiled. Our innate happiness has been veiled by the content of experience, and therefore everyone is longing.

Now, to begin with in life, we try to relieve this longing through the acquisition of objects, substances, activities, relationships, and so on. And for many people, I suspect for many of your listeners, when... Most people, at least many people, they've been failed often enough by the world. The world has failed to produce the happiness they seek often enough.

Now, to begin with in life, we try to relieve this longing through the acquisition of objects, substances, activities, relationships, and so on. And for many people, I suspect for many of your listeners, when... Most people, at least many people, they've been failed often enough by the world. The world has failed to produce the happiness they seek often enough.

Now, to begin with in life, we try to relieve this longing through the acquisition of objects, substances, activities, relationships, and so on. And for many people, I suspect for many of your listeners, when... Most people, at least many people, they've been failed often enough by the world. The world has failed to produce the happiness they seek often enough.

They begin to suspect that happiness can't be found in the conventional world. And then we start on a great spiritual search. We rebrand the search for happiness in the world, the search for enlightenment. But it's just the same thing. It's just a rebranding of the same thing. longing for something. Only now what we're longing for is a little bit more refined.

They begin to suspect that happiness can't be found in the conventional world. And then we start on a great spiritual search. We rebrand the search for happiness in the world, the search for enlightenment. But it's just the same thing. It's just a rebranding of the same thing. longing for something. Only now what we're longing for is a little bit more refined.

They begin to suspect that happiness can't be found in the conventional world. And then we start on a great spiritual search. We rebrand the search for happiness in the world, the search for enlightenment. But it's just the same thing. It's just a rebranding of the same thing. longing for something. Only now what we're longing for is a little bit more refined.

And the objects or activities in which we seek it are a little bit more refined than the objects and activities that we used to seek it in the world. It's no longer substances and so on. It's meditation practices and teachers and teachings and traditions and disciplines and so on. But they're all, in effect...

And the objects or activities in which we seek it are a little bit more refined than the objects and activities that we used to seek it in the world. It's no longer substances and so on. It's meditation practices and teachers and teachings and traditions and disciplines and so on. But they're all, in effect...

And the objects or activities in which we seek it are a little bit more refined than the objects and activities that we used to seek it in the world. It's no longer substances and so on. It's meditation practices and teachers and teachings and traditions and disciplines and so on. But they're all, in effect...

activities of the mind that we engage in for a sole purpose, bringing to an end this longing, this existential longing that lives in each of our hearts. We now call it the longing for enlightenment. If we're in a religious tradition, we call it the longing for God. But it's all the longing for something, something that's going to put an end to this unbearable longing.

activities of the mind that we engage in for a sole purpose, bringing to an end this longing, this existential longing that lives in each of our hearts. We now call it the longing for enlightenment. If we're in a religious tradition, we call it the longing for God. But it's all the longing for something, something that's going to put an end to this unbearable longing.

activities of the mind that we engage in for a sole purpose, bringing to an end this longing, this existential longing that lives in each of our hearts. We now call it the longing for enlightenment. If we're in a religious tradition, we call it the longing for God. But it's all the longing for something, something that's going to put an end to this unbearable longing.

The dissolution of a separate self. Yes. So the... most, if not all the, I would say, all the great spiritual and religious traditions in one way or another. say that what we're really seeking is not an object, however refined and noble that object may be. It's within ourself.

The dissolution of a separate self. Yes. So the... most, if not all the, I would say, all the great spiritual and religious traditions in one way or another. say that what we're really seeking is not an object, however refined and noble that object may be. It's within ourself.

The dissolution of a separate self. Yes. So the... most, if not all the, I would say, all the great spiritual and religious traditions in one way or another. say that what we're really seeking is not an object, however refined and noble that object may be. It's within ourself.