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Experience moves through the self
I’ve been listening to the meditations from the Garrison Retreat, and in one, Rupert says that “the Self doesn’t move through experience,...
Bill Smith
Jul 3, 20222 min read
What's age got to do with it?
At a recent nondual meeting, there was some discussion about whether it helped to have age and experience to be “realized,” to be able to...
Bill Smith
Jun 28, 20224 min read
My perspective when I go to the various Zoom meetings
Periodically, I attend the Zoom meetings of Friends of Rupert Spira and the Spiritual Coffee Shop (hosted by Holger Hubbs). I want to...
Bill Smith
Jun 22, 20222 min read
Seeing and expressing through the veil
I have learned something valuable from the Spiritual Coffee Shop (https://www.gardenoffriends.com/ ) group. For awhile, I have expressed...
Bill Smith
Jun 18, 20223 min read
Finding the self
Some days, when I want to find my True Self, it’s like peeling an onion. I go through, layer by layer, looking for access, but I don’t...
Bill Smith
Jun 2, 20222 min read
Why do I attend the non-dual Zoom meetings
In one of Holger Hubbs’s "Spiritual Concession" Zoom meetings, someone suggested that the only reason to be there was to solve our...
Bill Smith
May 28, 20224 min read
Getting to that space…
I’d like to describe an event that is occurring more frequently for me. It still only happens about once a week, and even though I go...
Bill Smith
May 26, 20222 min read
Contrast between spiritual teachers
I have been wondering about the “place” where various spiritual teachers speak from. They all speak of the ultimate reality as “Oneness,”...
Bill Smith
May 25, 20224 min read
Learning from failures ( winter 2021)
Note: This passage was written awhile back, months ago, in 2021. I’ve learned to no longer depend on “my story” for learning, or for my...
Bill Smith
May 25, 20224 min read
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