The Separate Self, a Moth to a Flame

A woman shares that during meditation she feels an impulse for ‘doing’. Rupert suggests that this contraction is a residue of the sense of separation coming back as she goes deeper into the dissolution. The separate self feels that the deeper she sinks into being, the less place there is for a separate self. It fears it will die, and it’s right. Like a moth to a flame. The impulse to do something is a way of substantiating the separate self, which can only exist in identification with something else.

From event 18 - 25 March, 2022 Seven Day Retreat at Mercy Center, CA – 18th to 25th March

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