Suffering Is the Inevitable Consequence of Separation

Rupert suggests that while it's not necessary, suffering is the inevitable consequence of separation; that is, feeling our self as temporary, finite, limited selves. There is an impulse that every separate self feels to reach for something in order to complete itself, through an object, subject or relationship. No amount of acquiring objects, substances, relationships will alleviate this sense of lack. Ultimately, the only way to alleviate it is to recognise who we essentially are. ‘Would I still feel this emotion if I wasn't a separate self?’, is a quick check for sensing on whose behalf emotions arise, the sense of a separate self or of our shared being.

From event 14 - 18 January, 2022 Five Day Retreat at Froyle Park – 14th to 18th January

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