From an early age, Rupert Spira was deeply interested in the nature of reality. At the age of seventeen he learned to meditate, and began a twenty-year period of study and practice in the classical Advaita Vedanta tradition under the guidance of Dr. Francis Roles and Shantananda Saraswati, the Shankaracharya of the north of India. During this time, he immersed himself in the teachings of P. D. Ouspensky, Krishnamurti, Rumi, Ramana Maharshi, Nisargadatta, and Robert Adams, until he met his teacher, Francis Lucille, in 1997. Lucille introduced Spira to the Direct Path teachings of Atmananda Krishna Menon, the Tantric tradition of Kashmir Shaivism (which he had received from his teacher Jean Klein), and, more importantly, directly indicated to him the true nature of experience. Spira lives in the UK and holds regular meetings and retreats in Europe and the United States. For further information, see www.rupertspira.com.
"Presence is a profound and luminous book with great power and is
obviously the fruit of many years of contemplation. These two
volumes together are a relentless and utterly thorough examination
of the nature of experience, exploring every square centimeter of
the territory with absolute excellence and ruthlessly precise
analysis. Their astuteness and clarity will be extremely exciting
to those readers who are ready for the next steps in lifting the
veil of separation, and I suspect it will become a spiritual
classic that readers will savor slowly and return to again and
again."
--Victoria Ritchie, former manager of Watkins Bookshop and editor
for Eckhart Tolle
"It seems that every generation produces a few unusually clear
voices that call us back to our essential, undivided nature. Rupert
Spira is such a voice, and the collection of essays in these two
volumes are his songs, his hymns of remembrance and celebration. As
with any song, we must be available to truly hear it. These
overlapping writings are meant to be carefully pondered in order
for their underlying, vibrant Silence to be heard and felt. Savor
them slowly as you would a fine wine, a delicious meal, or an
exceptionally beautiful sunset. Let the wisdom and love from which
they come saturate you. Feel how they act on you. That in you which
knows and loves the truth will respond to their call to come home
to who you really are."
--John J. Prendergast, PhD, professor of psychology (emeritus) at
California Institute of Integral Studies, author of Listening from
the Heart ofSilence and In Touch
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