Rupert Spira 3 - 'The Transparency of Things - Part 2' - Interview by Renate McNay

Rupert Spira - &Transparency of Things - Part 2&- Interview by Renate McNay Rupert Spira first came across the poetry of Rumi at the age of fifteen in 1975. Shortly afterwards he learnt the Mevlevi Turning, a sacred Sufi dance of movement, prayer and meditation. He then met his first teacher, Dr Francis Roles, who was himself a student of the then Shankaracharya of the North of India, Shantananda Saraswati. Under Dr Roles&guidance he learnt mantra meditation and was introduced to the classical system of Advaita or Non-Duality. This formed the foundation of his interest and practice for the next 25 years. At the same time he read everything available by the Russian philosopher, P.D. Ouspensky and learnt the &During the late 70s he attended Krishnamurti&last meetings at Brockwood Park, close to his childhood home, and was deeply impressed and influenced by his intellectual rigor and fierce humility. Throughout these years he read and reread Ramana Maharshi and Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, on a continual basis. A &of despair&in the mid 90s led him to the American sage, Robert Adams. Robert Adams died two days after Rupert arrived. However, during the afternoon spent meditating beside his deceased body garlanded with flowers, with a small group of his students, Rupert was told about another teacher, Francis Lucille. Several months later Rupert met Francis. The first words Rupert heard him say were: &is a universal &to everything&Although this is the sort of phrase anyone on the...