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“All knowing arises in awareness, by awareness.”
knowingThe Nature of Consciousness
“Notice the changelessness behind every change.”
changelessPresence
“Recognize who you are, and you will know what reality is.”
recognitionThe Nature of Consciousness
“There is only one self — the awareness that knows.”
unityThe Nature of Consciousness
“Find that in you which is unchangeable.”
essencePresence
“Be still and know that the knowing is what you are.”
stillnessBeing Aware of Being Aware
“The greatest discovery is not that we have a self, but that we are awareness.”
awakeningThe Nature of Consciousness
“What you call 'me' is just awareness mistaken for a thought.”
identityPresence
“Pure awareness is the only thing that is always present.”
awarenessBeing Aware of Being Aware
“Suffering is the price of misidentification.”
sufferingPresence
“In every experience, awareness is the constant.”
awarenessThe Nature of Consciousness
“Stop looking for awareness. Recognize you are looking from awareness.”
recognitionBeing Aware of Being Aware
“There is no distance between you and awareness.”
intimacyPresence
“You are not a separate self. You are the awareness in which all selves arise.”
non-dualityThe Nature of Consciousness
“To meditate is to recognize what is already aware.”
meditationBeing Aware of Being Aware
“All thoughts arise in the silent space of awareness.”
awarenessPresence
“What is the substance of an emotion? Awareness.”
awarenessThe Nature of Consciousness
“Whatever is being known, awareness is the knowing.”
awarenessThe Nature of Consciousness
“Stay with what is known to be — the simple knowing 'I am.'”
I-amBeing Aware of Being Aware
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