Dr. James Cooke
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Rupert Spira is an internationally renowned teacher of a direct method of spiritual self enquiry called Advaita or non-duality which has its roots in ancient Hinduism. He holds regular meetings and retreats in Europe and the US and is the author of 6 books including The Ashes of Love, The Nature of Consciousness and Being Aware of Being Aware. He is also a notable artist who works in the medium of pottery. Our conversation focuses on the core insight of non-duality and the nature of reality.
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Rupert is priceless here. All inferences successfully disallowed. Thanks for this. Dr. Cooke seems a 'secret' panpsychist – ultimately a materialist.
Conclusion about our true identity from various internet sources, that "We are all One Consciousness" for the following reasons:
1. In this world everything must have a cause, so that something exists because of something else, so do we.
2. It would be very boring / boring if our physical form is only one in this world.
3. It would be very tedious / boring if all humans have the exact same physical form / behavior.
4. Try to imagine emptying all the physical things around us, leaving only the humans, then eliminating all the humans, leaving only the memories, then erasing all the memories, leaving only the consciousness, then connecting the consciousness, feel who we are ??.
5. Body, mind, feelings, emotions and everything else in this world is always changing, then what never changes ??, that is who we really are, namely true consciousness. If everything changes / moves who is watching, there must be someone who remains to be able to observe.
6. All humans communicate with each other is the beginning / the forerunner of humans to unite, today's electronic devices alone can unite all humans, one day the device is implanted in the human mind and in the end humans will open all access to their thoughts.
7. Our bodies are a collection / heap of accumulated memories that were carried from the beginning of the birth of the world's first human through DNA bonds continuously.
8. Twins born at close range, what if all humans were born at the same time? What would happen if the birth of all humans were not influenced by the dimensions of space and time ??
9. Identical twins of A and B, if all of A's memories are copied to B, what is the difference ??
10. Law of attraction (law of attraction) that our minds will attract whatever we think, because we are all like one part of the body.
11. Like several video recordings of ourselves, there are videos as vocalists, videos as violinists, as pianists, as drummers, etc. These videos are put together in one video, it will produce a more interesting orchestra, something new and more productive. our world.
12. The greatest enemy of man is himself, currently man is at war against himself. By believing we are all one, the sense of ego will fade because nothing is different between us.
13. That is why religious teachings command us to be grateful and benefit many,
If you hurt others, you are actually hurting yourself, so if you are doing good to others, you are actually doing good to yourself.
14. Could it be that we are all dreaming and our dreams are meeting each other on the same frequency in parallel. Have you ever dreamed that when you sleep you switch roles as other people, it's because we are all one.
15. We are not immortal as humans so that we have time to roll through all of life.
16. "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience" ~ Stephen Covey, Have you ever felt that our lifespan is very short, is it possible that our consciousness is immortal?.
17. We are one, only the roles are different, the memory divider between lives is what makes humans feel different / separate. It is enough by brainwashing / erasing one's memory that someone will become a different person but their awareness is still the same.
18. What is fortunate for us is … consciousness is always looking for / looking for / having the intention / desire towards good / positive / happiness even though we have experienced various wrong ways.
19. When we die, our body and memory are destroyed, how can we remember having died.
20. Why do we have to die? ", When we say dead, one day this eternal question will be asked again and we are always there." The world is a sustainable life "~ Bruce Lipton.
21. In the beginning we were one, but split through a big bang or bigbang until we became different and separated like now, but we are equipped with a sense of love for us to reunite.
22. There is only us and a mirror of ourselves in this world, but there is still another world out there.
23. We will always smile happily seeing each person as himself "How beautiful I am" see the different self.
24. If all consciousness is told now that they are all one, whether the experience gained is enough, the consciousness is designed from the beginning to be different so that there is a lot of intrigue, consciousness is created differently so that when it comes together to have an extraordinary experience of consciousness.
25. We are alone in this universe, but there are many other universes with their own natural laws.
26. Have you ever felt that you have come to a place that has never been visited but feel familiar with that place, as if we have lived in that place sometime?.
27. The world is like a story script that is being written by the author, sometimes it is changed at the beginning, sometimes it is changed in the middle, sometimes it is changed at the end, it all depends on us as writers, and every story has a lesson that can be taken as a lesson.
28. Hair grows by itself, heart beats on its own, blood flows by itself, ideas arise by itself, etc., are we involved ??.
29. Imagine that today there has been an event that causes only you to live in this world, then who were all those yesterday ??.
30. "If Quantum Mechanism cannot surprise you, then you don't understand Quantum Physics yet. Everything that we have thought to be real, is not real." ~ Niels Bohr.
31. On the scale of quantum physics we are all connected to each other, even in double-slit experiments proving that particles change when observed or in other words consciousness can change reality, this has been proven time and time again by the Nobel Prize winners in Physics.
32. Everything we experience by our senses in the end will only be electrical impulses in the brain, is everything real ??. We are beings who are aware that we are conscious.
33. We are closer than the jugular vein.
He blew some of His spirit on you.
Knowing oneself means knowing its God.
Surely we will return to HIM. You are far away, I am far away, you are near me.
I am everywhere.
Before the existence of this world there was no matter other than Him.
There is only One True Spirit, namely the Creator.
I live up to your preconceptions.
34. Is the creator only in charge of creating, is it possible that the creator does not want to try his creation through another perspective.
35. There is no reincarnation, it is possible that our consciousness is synchronized, our consciousness is divided by the speed of light so that consciousness can move and divide rapidly through energy, and that's why we need sleep, that's why we are often not aware of something, that's why the size of the earth is reached by the speed of light so that consciousness is divided quickly and evenly, we are like some chess pieces played by a player, that's why if we move at the speed of light, then we can penetrate the dimensions of space and time, when we die we wake up and regain consciousness as long as there are humans who live in this world.
36. Have you ever had a problem and suddenly someone came to provide a solution to the problem we were experiencing, as if someone was sent by the universe to help us in overcoming the problem, which is actually our own consciousness that sends that person to us.
37. A thousand years ago, have people seen, heard and wondered about the advancement of technology today? If we all tend to sin (corruption) then there will be a world of hell, if we all tend to do good things then it will become a heavenly world.
38. Knowledge learns the object, God who created our consciousness, cannot God be the object of knowledge.
39. It is impossible for a human creation that is only in the form of words / symbols to represent true truth.
40. What is the meaning of existence without consciousness? then we are the adventurers of this existence.
41. The life of the world is just a game and a joke, what wins the world game is the one who finds his true self.
42. When the world's existence ends we will know everything.
43. My consciousness is living a very extraordinary life experience, experiencing life with different forms and different places even though my consciousness is always the same, wow .. I'm surprised !! how broad am I.
44. We are a consciousness, a concept that can answer various things.
45. Remember when you were leaving, you were worried you would lose me ??, calm down .. I was everywhere and we will always meet again, believe me.
46. Without searching, what is the difference between us in this world and us in a dream during sleep which just passes by without meaning.
47. In conclusion, whatever role we play, everything is our own design, so just enjoy it.
48. God created us to be happy, so don't disappoint God.
source of inspiration:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6fcK_fRYaI
Thank you so much for this conversation!
I was stunned with Rupert's answers even though James looked dissatisfied with some of them 🙂
Rupert's phrase that consciousness is a property of being seems to me to be an answer at the level of the highest insight in Kashmir Shaivism or Advaita.
Such an amazing human being who truly looks like he had the bliss to realise the non-duality of existence.
His answers helped me a lot in answering my own inner questions today.
Thank you James, great talk! Love from Moscow
Its a Vri nice
Most of us are familiar with the word MAYA, meaning illusion….
But what's more curious is that the word MATTER, has the same root!
I heard Alan Watts mention this and it just makes so much sense….
The word mother also comes from that root….
And by the same logic, so does my own name, so this one has literally been staring me in the face since I was born!
Great content dr james.
Yes.