Unshakeable Peace in the Midst of Experience

A woman looking for unshakeable inner peace keeps getting lost in thoughts or absorbed by her thoughts. She is under the understanding that the peace comes when thinking stops, and asks how she can observe the thoughts while staying as awareness. Rupert clarifies that peace is found when you recognise the nature of thoughts, not when thoughts come to an end. He suggests that there is no need to struggle with your thoughts or change your thoughts. You withdraw the permission for them to take you away from yourself and emphasise the consciousness aspect of thinking. That is, you realise that the thought itself is just the experience of thinking, then you drop the label ‘thought’ and instead to be aware of the process of thinking. A thought is an object, thinking is a process. A thought is a noun, thinking is a verb. In this way, we don’t turn away from the experience of thinking. Instead, we focus on the ‘stuff’ that thinking is made of. Touch that stuff and find out what’s there. Thinking is not nothing, so it must be made of something. If you’re experiencing thinking, you must be experiencing the stuff it is made of. Contemplate for yourself – is there anything present in thinking other than the knowing of it? Thinking is known. Is there anything apart from knowing in the experience of thinking? You’ll find that thinking and knowing are not two separate things. Thinking is a modulation of knowing. And knowing is consciousness. With this understanding, we can turn towards our thoughts because we see that all that is there in these thoughts is consciousness – myself. Thus, when we see clearly that all is a modulation of consciousness, we feel unwavering peace, even in the midst of activity. Timestamps: 00:00 Withdrawing Permission from Our Thoughts To Control Us 01:02 I Keep Getting Lost In My Thoughts 02:08 Understanding Thoughts and Thinking 03:32 What Are Thoughts Made Of? 04:40 Everything Is Made Of Consciousness – Myself 05:42 How To Feel Unshakeable Inner Peace 06:54 Ending The War With Our Thoughts –– 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... ▸ US https://rupertspira.com/event/locatio... –– WEEKLY WEBINARS (2 hours) Rupert's webinars take place most Sunday and Thursday 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 –– FREE CONTENT, EVENTS & NEW RELEASES To be notified of free content, events (online and in-person), books and other new releases, please sign up to Rupert's free newsletter: https://rupertspira.com/free-newsletter –– 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   –– SUBSCRIBE TO RUPERT’S YOUTUBE ▸ https://www.youtube.com/user/rupertsp... –– #rupertspira #nonduality #peace #natureofreality #consciousness #happiness RS22092j