Rupert Spira

Spiritual Teacher British Born 1960 (age 66)

British spiritual teacher; teaches Advaita Vedanta.

372 quotes

"Freedom is the recognition that you are not bound by anything."
Freedom
"All suffering is rooted in the sense of separation."
Wisdom
"The present moment is the only reality."
Truth
"Beauty is the perception of unity in multiplicity."
Beauty
"Your thoughts are like clouds passing through the sky of awareness."
Wisdom
"To know yourself is to know everything."
Knowledge
"The universe is made of consciousness, not matter."
Philosophy
"Authenticity is the alignment of your actions with your true nature."
Truth
"The seeker is the sought."
Wisdom
"Love and consciousness are one and the same."
Love
"Resistance to what is creates all suffering."
Wisdom
"You are not in the world; the world is in you."
Philosophy
"The deeper you go within, the further you reach without."
Solitude
"Imagination is the tool through which consciousness knows itself."
Imagination
"What you resist persists; what you accept dissolves."
Wisdom
"The purpose of life is to awaken to what you already are."
Life
"Kindness is the expression of the recognition of unity."
Kindness
"The mind is like a mirror that reflects only what it receives."
Wisdom
"Truth cannot be spoken; it can only be recognized."
Truth
"Creation is consciousness expressing itself through infinite forms."
Creativity
"The body is a thought in the mind of consciousness."
Philosophy
"Patience is the recognition that everything unfolds in its own time."
Patience
"Your happiness is not dependent on external circumstances."
Happiness
"The ego is the belief that you are separate from the whole."
Philosophy
"Strength lies in accepting what cannot be changed."
Strength
"The infinite is contained within the finite."
Philosophy
"Understanding yourself is the foundation of wisdom."
Wisdom
"Gratitude is the recognition of the gift of existence."
Gratitude
"Reality is not created by the mind; the mind is created by reality."
Philosophy
"The journey is not from illusion to truth, but from forgetfulness to remembrance."
Wisdom