In this guided meditation we explore the Now, how time only exists as thought and how seeing and understanding this clearly shows us that our true nature of peace and happiness is always present.
Rupert says: ‘If the mind did not have the capacity to think or imagine, what experience of time would we have? And if we never experience the past and the future, do we actually experience time, or do we only think about it and imagine it?
‘And what then becomes of our sorrow, our desire for happiness, our search for enlightenment or our longing for God, if the future – the realm in which we hope to find happiness, enlightenment or God – cannot be found? What becomes of any sense of becoming, acquiring, achieving or realising without reference to a past or a future?
‘We normally think that our suffering exists in the Now, and we escape from it into the past and future. But it’s the other way around – our suffering always exists with reference to the past and future, but the Now is our refuge, the place of peace.’
This video is from one of Rupert’s in-person retreats at Garrison Institute, 22–29 March 2024. For more information on upcoming retreats (many of which can be attended online via livestream) go to:
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Timestamps:
0:00 The Past and Future Are Always Thoughts
4:53 Do We Actually Experience Time?
9:01 Does the Now Exist in Time?
17:41 What We Are in the Absence of Time
25:07 Do We Ever Experience ‘There’?
33:58 What Remains Without Time and Space?
38:10 The Now Is Our Refuge
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Guided Meditation: The Now Is Our Refuge
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