Channel: Rupert Spira

Category: Education

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Description: How do I deal with depression and continue the process to awaken to joy and happiness? A man who has suffered depression his entire life and is dealing with generations of ancestral depression, sometimes experiences deep peace and love, for example at retreats, but the intense fear and void soon return and feel overwhelming. He feels a longing to be free from suffering and asks for a 'how to' cope with depression and awaken to happiness and joy. What process should he use to recover from depression? Does he keep giving attention to the self and resting in being? Should he continue practicing knowing the I of King Lear is really the I of John Smith and listening to meditations? Rupert suggests that with depression, turning attention away from the depression towards presence or the self is not very effective. Often the depression is more powerful. So with depression he doesn't recommend turning away from it towards the one that is aware of it. That would simply be an extension of what we've been doing our whole life – not wanting to feel it. A more powerful way of dealing with depression is turning towards the depression. Really embrace it until you feel 'I love you' about the depression. Really love it, like the deep love a person, or like loving a child unconditionally even though they may be being difficult. So the love has nothing to do with the quality of the emotion of depression. Don't do this for a reason, because that's the same old habit of trying to get rid of it which doesn't work. Bring them close forever. This clip was taken from one of Rupert's Online Retreats at Home: Know Thyself; The Essence of Sufism, 3-5 December, 2021. –– 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: ▸ rupertspira.com/subscriptions –– ONLINE RETREAT SCHEDULE ▸ rupertspira.com/events/retreat-at-home IN-PERSON RETREATS SCHEDULE ▸ UK rupertspira.com/event/location/united-kingdom ▸ US rupertspira.com/event/location/united-states ▸ ITALY rupertspira.com/event/location/italy –– WEEKLY WEBINAR SCHEDULE ▸ 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: rupertspira.com/free-newsletter –– BROWSE RUPERT’S BOOKS ▸ rupertspira.com/store –– LISTEN TO RUPERT’S PODCAST ▸ iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rupert-spira-podcast ▸ Libsyn: rupertspira.libsyn.com ▸ Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/6z1GNgC1js30g9RLSfBB4M –– JOIN RUPERT’S FACEBOOK GROUP ▸ facebook.com/groups/rupertspiracommunity SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS ▸ Website: rupertspira.com ▸ Instagram: instagram.com/rupertspira_ ▸ Facebook: facebook.com/rupertspira ▸ Twitter: twitter.com/rupertspira –– SUBSCRIBE TO RUPERT’S YOUTUBE ▸ youtube.com/user/rupertspira?sub_confirmation=1 –– #rupertspira #nonduality #depression #happiness RS21145j