Can We Trust Awareness?

Is it safe to place our trust in God, or in awareness? How can we know that awareness is reliable and has our best interests at heart? Rupert says: ‘You can find out from your own direct experience whether awareness is trustworthy: Just go to the experience of being aware and, as best you can, try to name its qualities. Do that on numerous occasions and in numerous circumstances, and see if you always get the same answer. ‘That’s the way to develop this deep trust in the reliability and steadiness of awareness. If you got a different answer every time you did that experiment, you’d know that awareness is not reliable. ‘And then you can make a subtle shift – from you being a person or mind that is investigating awareness, to establishing yourself AS awareness.’ *This video is from one of Rupert’s in-person retreats at Mercy Center, 10–17 March 2024. For more information on upcoming retreats (many of which can be attended online via livestream) go to: ▸ UK https://rupertspira.com/event/locatio... ▸ EU https://rupertspira.com/event/locatio... ▸ US https://rupertspira.com/event/locatio... Timestamps: 0:00 Can We Trust God (or Awareness)? 3:11 Qualities of Awareness 4:38 Is Awareness Always the Same? 6:14 I Am Awareness 7:58 Establishing Yourself as Awareness 9:59 Does Awareness Allow Injustice? 14:11 The Price of Manifestation –– ACCESS FULL VIDEO ARCHIVE You can watch or listen to 1000s of hours of teachings, guided meditations and answers in Rupert's full video archive here: ▸ https://rupertspira.com/subscriptions –– RETREATS (Weekend, 5-day, 7-day) Rupert holds regular retreats, roughly once per month, either in-person and online. Many in-person retreats can also be attended from the comfort of your home via livestream. ONLINE RETREAT SCHEDULE ▸ https://rupertspira.com/events/retrea... IN-PERSON RETREATS SCHEDULE (Also Available to Join Online via Live Stream) ▸ UK https://rupertspira.com/event/locatio... ▸ EU https://rupertspira.com/event/locatio... ▸ US https://rupertspira.com/event/locatio... –– WEEKLY WEBINARS (2 hours) Rupert's webinars take place on Wednesday evenings, from 4pm UK time. In the first twenty to thirty minutes, Rupert leads a spontaneous meditation. The remaining time is open for attendees to discuss their questions with Rupert. WEEKLY WEBINAR SCHEDULE ▸ https://rupertspira.com/events/webinar –– BROWSE RUPERT’S BOOKS ▸ https://rupertspira.com/store –– LISTEN TO RUPERT’S PODCAST ▸ iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... ▸ Libsyn: https://rupertspira.libsyn.com/ ▸ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6z1GN... –– JOIN RUPERT’S FACEBOOK GROUP ▸   / rupertspiracommunity   –– SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS ▸ Website: https://rupertspira.com ▸ Instagram:   / rupertspira_   ▸ Facebook:   / rupertspira   ▸ Twitter:   / rupertspira   ▸ Tiktok:   / rupertspira_   –– FOLLOW RUPERT ON MEDIUM   / rupert_spira   –– SUBSCRIBE TO RUPERT’S YOUTUBE FOR NEW VIDEO ALERTS ▸ https://www.youtube.com/user/rupertsp... –– #rupertspira #nonduality #happiness #natureofreality #consciousness #awareness #meditation #guidedmeditation