Rupert Spira
Rupert Spira is a non-duality teacher and author who explores awareness, happiness and the nature of experience through books, guided meditations, videos and conversations.
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Known for
- The Shining of Being2025 · Author
Sahaja Publications - The Heart of Prayer2023 · Author and audiobook narrator
Sahaja Publications - You Are the Happiness You Seek2022 · Author and audiobook narrator
Sahaja Publications - The Nature of Consciousness2017 · Author
Sahaja Publications - The Transparency of Things2008 · Author; 2016 Sahaja edition
Sahaja Publications
Overview
- From
- London, England; born in 1960
- Work
- Non-duality teacher, author and ceramic artist
- Approach
- The Direct Path of non-duality
- Early book
- The Transparency of Things, first published in 2008
Mini bio
How it started.
Rumi’s poetry caught Rupert’s attention at fifteen. He went on to study with Dr. Francis Roles at Colet House in London, learning mantra meditation and exploring Advaita. In parallel, a Michael Cardew exhibition drew him towards pottery; he trained with Henry Hammond and later worked with Cardew in Cornwall.
Two creative paths.
For decades, he made ceramics, including vessels carrying poetry incised or embossed into their surfaces. His work entered museum collections, including the Fitzwilliam Museum. His meeting with Francis Lucille in the 1990s became a turning point in his spiritual exploration.
Sharing the understanding.
The Transparency of Things appeared in 2008. Books, recorded dialogues and guided meditations became ways for him to share non-duality with a wider audience. Today he offers retreats and online meetings, alongside a podcast and his Substack, The Transparency of Things. His teaching invites people to examine their own experience of awareness and happiness.
Creditschronological, newest first
Books
- 2025The Shining of BeingAuthor
- 2023The Heart of PrayerAuthor
- 2022You Are the Happiness You SeekAuthor
- 2017The Nature of ConsciousnessAuthor
- 2008The Transparency of ThingsAuthor
Ceramics
Quotes
This book, of all the books I have written, is probably my favourite.Rupert Spira, The Heart of Prayer publication page
Speaking about the book’s personal connection to his understanding of prayer.
Trivia
- He learnt Mevlevi Turning, a Sufi practice combining movement, prayer and meditation.
- His poem vessels include words by Kathleen Raine as well as his own poetry.
- He reads the audiobooks of The Heart of Prayer and You Are the Happiness You Seek himself.
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