A Way to Become Free from Suffering

The way to become free from suffering is to allow our pain to exist rather than trying to get rid of it. Most people when they suffer go towards some kind of object for relief, to avoid the pain they feel inside. Rupert suggests to take your pain or suffering as an invitation to go back to your true self, the open peaceful space of awareness, or pure being.

It's not about releasing trauma or going through your pain. It's about feeling yourself as the open, space-like presence and then allowing your pain to come to you, to arise within and exist in this space. You don't touch the pain. Our being is the place of refuge from pain or trauma.

This clip was taken from the Online Retreat at Home: Know Thyself; The Essence of Sufism between December 3-5, 2021.