The Essence of Meditation
A Retreat with Rupert Spira

The Essence of Meditation explores what meditation truly is – not an activity we do, but the uncovering of the shining essence of our being, which remains constant, unaffected by external circumstances. Meditation is what we are, not what we do.In this recording of a weekend online retreat, Rupert Spira sets out three approaches to meditation: objective meditation, in which the mind is focused on an object such as the breath or a mantra; subjective meditation, in which attention is turned inward to the source of awareness; and non-meditation – the Pathless Path – a state of simply being, without controlling or directing the mind.As we disentangle ourself from the content of experience and abide as our essential self, we come to rest in our natural condition and stand alone as being: transparent, empty, luminous, inherently peaceful and lacking nothing. Here we discover that resting in being brings peace on the inside and love on the outside.