'An Immense World of Delight'

A woman asks about the relationship between awareness and experience. Rupert elaborates on the veiling of awareness by thoughts and feelings, which gives rise to the apparently finite self.

A Quaker man who experiences a deep sense of love asks how it relates to happiness. Rupert suggests that when everything else is let go, our essential nature shines freely.

A woman asks how trauma relates to non-duality. Rupert speaks about trauma as an echo in the body-mind from experiences we have either resisted or held on to, which can be triggered later in life.

A woman asks why awareness assumes a finite form. Rupert speaks about infinite awareness veiling itself to reach its finite potential in form.

A man asks for clarification on the relationship between the separate self and the subject of experience. Rupert uses the analogy of the actor John Smith playing the character King Lear.

A woman who had a mystical awakening experience asks how to live the implications of her awakening. Rupert speaks about engaging with the world not for the purpose of finding happiness but to be informed by qualities that arise on behalf of awareness.

A man who knows himself as peace and happiness asks how to return to it in the midst of distracting thoughts. Rupert speaks about the glimpse of our true nature as a first step in establishing ourself as awareness.

A yoga teacher who feels a lack of connection to her students asks for guidance. Rupert speaks about his experience as a teacher and the importance of finding creative and evolving pathways to keep the teaching fresh.

A man asks how non-duality relates to other theories of reality. Rupert discusses the materialist, subject–object model of reality and suggests the consciousness-only model as a unifying theory.