Consciousness and Self: A Vedantic Perspective | Dr. Tony Nader with Rupert Spira

In this episode, Dr. Nader and Rupert Spira sit down for an in-depth discussion on the nature of the ultimate reality. They explore the teachings of Advaita Vedanta, and that the nature of the ultimate reality is Consciousness.

Rupert Spira is a philosopher, an international teacher of the Advaita Vedanta direct path method, and author of several books, including "Being Aware of Being Aware”, “You Are the Happiness You Seek”, and "The Nature of Consciousness: Essays on the Unity of Mind and Matter". He is based in Oxford, UK and is also a notable ceramic artist.

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[TheChand]

1:03:40 Have you ever in your wildest dreams seen Vasishtha and Veda Vyasa share their thoughts in this Yuga, at the present time??? This is it!!!

What a celebration of knowledge!! I can’t help but smile from the beginning thru the end.. I enjoyed this conversation immensely. Two souls from the same ancient tradition of knowledge expressing their views of Vedanta in their own language. Both from the lineage of Guru Dev - one thru Maharishi. The other thru Shantanand Saraswati, both of whom were guru bai’s under Guru Dev

[wisdomsourcing]

What a firework of light! Two lighthouses conversing about questions regarding ultimate reality. It’s beautiful how every verbal expression of each of them gives rise to a complementary expression of the other partner in this dialogue, showing that words can touch ultimate reality, but not embrace it entirely. So one expression calls for another expression, making the light of sharing and understanding brighter and brighter.

[skyadav]

Two legends talking supreme knowledge available to humans on this planet

[ashia_in_bloom]

This is delightful, I love how much fun they’re having talking about this stuff! Hearing the different ways they describe the same concept is so helpful for understanding!

[david]

I loved this meeting. So much happiness, so much agreement about such an important philosophy of life! I've been practicing Transcendental Meditation™ for many years, and teaching an alternative to it called Natural Stress Relief™. But also I have followed Rupert and other nonduality teachers, attending their retreats and reading their books. I just don't understand how few people have discovered the incredible compatibility of TM (which is based in yoga dhyana) with nonduality (which is based in advaita vedanta). My students and many others have discovered that lasting peace and happiness is easy to achieve, when such effective paths are learned and practiced. Tony Nader is the head of the "Government of World Peace" set up by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi before his death in 2008. He is a neuroscientist, and Lebanese, with a PhD from MIT.

[b]

Art and Science having a conversation. It was so colourful and I learnt so much more! Wonderfully enjoyable, thankyou 🙂

[deebrown]

I am brought to tears of relief when I hear Rubert’s explanation of illusion!! I’m so thankful to have a better understanding of this teaching. I too have really struggled, actually as long as I can remember, with what is Reality! At times even doubting my sanity 😢

[Tleon]

It is amazing how they are using words to point toward "THAT" which is "I AM". For my appreciation/comprehension of the conversation, I thank Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for making the TM Technique and Science Of Being And Art Of Living available to me over the last 50 years. Jai Guru Dev

[jgdjgd]

A wonderful conversation --- very deep, meaningful, loving, and insightful!

[sthulander]

Rishi, Devata, Chandas - three in one unity; the process of the knower being delivered within/to the object, chandas - which is also the 'hiding' aspect of an object (thought and emotions, as well, btw, as objects). Maharishi also related that within ultimate UNITY - Brahman (inner and outer), WE, who are unified have the option of experiencing consciousness - (pure) BEING, and also BECOMING. Being and becoming, Being and becoming, Being and becoming . . . and yet UNITY is NOT LOST. We may explore, we may experience ANY of these three as we choose: knower, known, and process: Rishi, chandas, and, Devata. Thank you, Dr. Nader . . . thank you Dr. Spira (let us all bestow the 'doctorate' here, Sir.)

[naghmehamini]

So grateful for this knowledge given by the enlightened scientists. We are truly blessed to know this channel to always learn more from ❤

[prachichitnis]

Their smiles are so pure and cute! Pray God makes more people like them.

[integralsun]

It’s good too see Dr. Nader reaching out to other experts such as Mr. Spira. The more inclusive the better!

[OfficialGOD]

41:10 I think it looks like it births in ignorance because of the limitations of our evolutionary mind because most of the children of living beings reflects pure consciousness nature.

Beautiful conversation, thank you

[msms]

Mr. Rupert Spira at his best I have ever heard. 👌

[sunilkamesh]

Consciousness pays for manifestation...with its own is EPIC Dr Spira..!

[vavanz]

Dr. Nader, can you please make video with Swami Sarvapriyananda about advaita and Vedas? He is great wise master and dear and humble man. It would be great listen you both. ❤🙏❤🙏

[vedicwarrior]

Aham Brahmasmi. Aham (I am). Aham Veda/Ved'o ham (I am the Veda). Aham Sharir (I am the body), Aham Vishvam (I am the Universe), Aham Brahmasmi (I am TOTALITY). As for Pure Consciousness moving within itself without movement, it's like the Unified Field that exists below the Planck Scale where there ARE no particles, only the tendency for that field to vibrate, there being no warp and woof of spacetime. That tendency seems to "bubble up", attracting more & more energy from the field until it spontaneously breaks into spacetime, becoming a "wavicle" that may or may not be measured. I believe that simultaneously, an identical, virtual particle is attached to it, acting as the MANIFEST particle's source, containing all the INFORMATION the "particle" needs to traverse a path in spacetime, kind-of guiding the REAL wavicle in a 4D quantum level. Spacetime is CREATED to handle diversity, but the information for a string to vibrate in eight dimensions while existing in ten - which are most likely attached to the virtual particle in the Unified Field at two points (10-2=8). The process of manifestation of "matter" (Consciousness that takes on "solid" properties) from a field of potential that appears to be pure NOTHINGNESS, is the same for the movement of Pure Consciousness within itself as it creates one-to-one correspondences WITH itself, transitioning from Pure Consciousness to Pure Consciousness as it is conscious of itself spontaneously in accord with its own nature to "See" or "know" all possibilities of itself. I believe the Unified Field and the Atma are one and the same, the model of Consciousness that Maharishi and Dr Tony Nader (along with John Hagelin as well) formed from the perspectives of a particular branch of string/superstring theory and the Veda being very "friendly" to both fields with each other.

[draganazivanovic]

Wonderful conversation, enjoyable by all aspects, by the level of surface of mind and by experience from deeper level of consciousness, listening about un phantomable Reality. Thank you for this opportunity to enjoy presenting visions and experiences from other "little" perspectives. Lilal's play with our words 🙏🤗✨💗

[angelikavoss]

A very delightful conversation😇🙏 Now it would be interesting to learn what they have to say about how the spiritual seeker can actually get established in the "knowing" of his/ her true nature and thus express life as a human being within knowing the unbounded field of consciousness/ awareness. Tony made some remarks on that regarding way the mantra is used in TM. Rupert to me seems to have a different idea of this.
And maybe they could elaborate on what impact the "knowing" of one's true nature has on the expression of individual and social life. Wherein exactly lies the relevance of this "knowing" or of being aware of (every) one's true Self?
I ask this because many so-called and intelligent Neo-Advaitins who have intellectually perfectly understood and can themselves perfectly explain what Rupert and Tony elaborated on and teach the same, seem to me to be stuck in intellectual understanding and often even go so far as telling their followers that nothing needs to be practiced ( f.i. yoga, mantra meditation etc.), it can all be totally grasped by self-inquiry and that's it. Rupert, too, seems to be having a different idea from Tony regarding mantra meditation.