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“Don't try to make awareness peaceful. It already is.”
peacePresence
“Stay as the knowing of experience, not the experiencer.”
witnessThe Nature of Consciousness
“The 'I' is the most familiar and most overlooked element of experience.”
awarenessPresence
“Find out who is here when no thought is here.”
inquiryBeing Aware of Being Aware
“What I essentially am is unchangingly present.”
presenceThe Nature of Consciousness
“Whatever appears, it appears in me — pure awareness.”
awarenessThe Nature of Consciousness
“There are not two — only one knowing.”
non-dualityThe Nature of Consciousness
“To suffer is to forget what we are.”
forgettingPresence
“Awareness is its own evidence.”
awarenessBeing Aware of Being Aware
“Self-knowledge is the recognition of our own being.”
self-knowledgePresence
“The mind, the body, and the world are all known by awareness.”
awarenessThe Nature of Consciousness
“What is conscious of you, your thoughts, and your perceptions?”
inquiryPresence
“This 'I' is awareness itself.”
identityThe Nature of Consciousness
“There is only one knowing — the knowing 'I am.'”
I-amThe Nature of Consciousness
“Awareness is intimate with all that is known.”
intimacyThe Nature of Consciousness
“You are not in your body. Your body is in you.”
identityThe Nature of Consciousness
“Find the 'I' that is the same in all your experiences.”
identityPresence
“This 'I' has no age, no gender, no memory.”
identityThe Nature of Consciousness
“You are the awareness of experience, not its object.”
awarenessThe Nature of Consciousness
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