This fascinating conversation about performers who transcend the ego is the result of an artist’s question. She wants to align her meditation practice with her art practice because when she is creating art, she finds her truest sense of herself.
Rupert says: ‘It’s not that you find yourself – you actually lose your sense of yourself as a person when you’re in the flow of creating your art. You’re not conscious of yourself as a person – you’re completely in the process. That’s what a sports player aims for in their sport. They think they’re playing in order to win, but they’re not. They’re playing because when they perform at the height of their abilities, and when they give themselves totally to the game, they have no sense of themselves as a person. There’s no ego present – and that is blissful.
And that’s why, when we watch really great players, we feel they do things that are impossible or sublime. We don’t care who wins the game – we go to be taken beyond ourselves, to lose our limitations and to touch the eternal in us. But in order to do that as an artist or a sports person, it’s not enough to transcend yourself – you also have to have the skill. That’s when your work becomes truly inspirational and touches people’s hearts.’
*This video is from one of Rupert’s in-person retreats at The Vedanta, 3–10 June 2023.
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