In this video clip from the Tiruvannamalai live meetings and live streams with John de Ruiter, the questioner asks about Sri Ramana Maharshi’s process of self inquiry, asking ‘Who am I?’ and the connection to John’s teaching. John explains that asking ‘Who am I?’ can only take you to the awareness of the ‘I’ and that the real question should be ‘What am I?’ which can only be known, without thought or feeling, in direct realization.
Dr. Michael Wayne interviews John de Ruiter in New York. He speaks about his new book The Intelligence of Love: Manifesting your being in this world.
“Your soul is of greater value than anything else you have. Your soul is of greater value than all of your heart. It’s of greater value than all of your being. Everything that matters is dependent on the condition of your soul.”
“Your power belongs exclusively to what you know the truth of in your heart, even if what you know the truth of is such a tiny, tiny little bit. That tiniest little bit is home, and there’s no sin that prevents your return.”
“Your person, given, is the embodiment of response. As your person is unrolled like a living scroll into your being, any response of yours to what you know, on any level, is embodied in your person.”
“From within all of your levels, through all of your energy centers, consume what you know I am, assimilating me into you. In the same way that your body consumes food, drink, and air to live, you consume me for your being to live out here, for you to turn into what you were born for.”
“Open to knowing beyond limitation. Open to a level of you that’s beyond what you’ve awakened to. As soon as you open, you know.”
“My sole purpose is to be, in life, what we are after we’ve died. Through openness and softness of heart and core-splitting honesty at any personal cost, I live as that while actualizing the same in others I meet. I am available as a resource for anyone who recognizes and values this way of being.”
– John de Ruiter
