Rupert Spira

Spiritual Teacher British Born 1960 (age 66)

British spiritual teacher; teaches Advaita Vedanta.

372 quotes

"The death of the personal self is the birth of true life."
Death
"Loneliness ends when you recognize yourself in all beings."
Solitude
"What you truly desire is already present as what you are."
Wisdom
"The mind is a useful tool, but a terrible master."
Philosophy
"Inspiration is the quiet knowing of your infinite nature."
Inspiration
"All conflict arises from the belief in separation."
War
"The present moment is complete and needs nothing."
Time
"Your essence is unaffected by your history."
Philosophy
"Music is the language of consciousness recognizing itself."
Music
"Healing is the return to the recognition of wholeness."
Health
"Adventure begins when you release the known."
Adventure
"The self cannot be acquired; it can only be revealed."
Wisdom
"Justice flows from understanding the unity of all beings."
Justice
"Perseverance is simply the refusal to believe in limitation."
Perseverance
"The finite cannot contain the infinite, but the infinite contains all finitude."
Philosophy
"Motivation based on effort will eventually collapse."
Motivation
"Your consciousness is the only thing that is certain."
Truth
"The work you came to do is the work of knowing yourself."
Work
"Humility is the natural state of consciousness aware of its infinity."
Wisdom
"What you give, you give to yourself."
Kindness
"The search is over; you are what you've been seeking."
Wisdom
"Form changes; consciousness remains eternally the same."
Philosophy
"Peace is not the absence of thoughts but indifference to them."
Peace
"Your true nature is untouched by circumstance."
Philosophy
"Love asks nothing of the future and regrets nothing of the past."
Love
"The infinite appears as the finite through consciousness."
Philosophy
"What resists life is suffering; what flows with it is grace."
Wisdom
"You are the consciousness in which all experience appears."
Philosophy
"Humor is the recognition of the lightness of what seemed heavy."
Humor
"The world is not as it appears; it is as consciousness is."