Weekend Retreat with Rupert Spira on Video

  Weekend Retreat with Rupert Spira December 9-11, 2016   The winter weather kept three people from attending this weekend retreat, but the five who did attend were able to immerse themselves in the teaching and guidance provided by Rupert Spira, well respected teacher of Advaita Vedanta practice, on the subject of self-inquiry. We followed the videotaped sessions of a retreat given in Amsterdam in May of this year which featured guided meditations and explorations into the nature of awareness and the significance of realizing it as our true nature. There were also plenty of questions on various aspects of self-inquiry practice from his audience that were skillfully dealt with by Rupert. He gave some simple and effective direct ways of bringing attention to awareness and its unlimited, unbounded nature. Participants remarked that his clear and precise mode of communication makes what he is pointing to very comprehensible and available. Two short videos about Krishnamurti and his teachings were shown on Saturday evening: an introduction by Professor Alan Anderson and a BBC interview with Bernard Levin. Both are excellent and instructive presentations. The weekend also included time for walks and quiet contemplation as well as opportunities to dialogue within the group and share informally. The chance to meditate without distraction on the truths of such beautiful teachings and to benefit from the good company of other contemplators was much appreciated by all.