Do You ‘Die Before You Die’ Only Once?

Do you ‘die before you die’ only once? In other words, is the dissolution of the ego or separate self a single occurrence, or is it an ongoing process?

Rupert says: ‘Very occasionally, this happens just once. But for most of us, it’s a series of near-death experiences. We get a glimpse of our true nature and if, for the sake of this conversation, we credit the separate self with an existence of its own, we can say that it dies as a result of this glimpse.

‘But in almost all cases, through force of habit, the separate self reconfigures itself again. We find something that brings us back to our being and then the separate self reconfigures itself again. So, for some time there is this back and forth. But every time we go back to our true nature, we weaken the power that objective experience has to take us away from our self. In other words, we become established in our true nature.’

*This video is from one of Rupert’s in-person retreats at Castello di Titignano, 20–29 August 2023. For more information on upcoming retreats (many of which can be attended online via livestream) go to:

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