Rupert Spira Podcast Episode 8: Conversations Exploring Experience Through the Metaphor of an Actor
Jul 14, 2020
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Actor Metaphor For Personhood
- John Smith plays King Lear seven nights and each night King Lear is born and dies when the role is shed.
- Nothing happens to John Smith between performances; King Lear is a temporary role within him.
Reincarnation As Habitual Trace
- 'Reincarnation' is explained as habits of consciousness persisting as traces, not a persisting individual soul.
- Residual mental energies gather in consciousness and form the basis of subsequent appearances.
Lucid Waking Versus Losing Oneself
- Awareness (John Smith) can either forget itself in roles or remain lucid while performing them.
- A lucid waking is possible where awareness knows itself while experiencing the world.