COURSE

Don't Fool Yourself Any Longer

Welcome to this InsightTimer online course: Don't fool yourself any longer! If somehow you feel in your life, it would be very helpful 'to put things down'... to drop all burdens and to finally see, feel, and experience ‘The Truth of your own Being’… then, this online course is perfect for you. You'll be joining Ruben on an ‘Awakening Journey’ in which you will listen to seven profound talks (warmup sessions) and 7 guided meditations. After listening to all the talks and guided meditations, you won't be able to fool yourself any longer. Seven days full on! For those dedicated, and those who are fed up, trying, trying, and trying. It's not necessary to try any longer, just join Ruben on this journey and you'll see, it's so effortless! So beautiful! So heart-opening and so tender... And if somehow, you're not sure if 'Waking up to Truth' is what you want… then, this online course is also truly helpful. It will show you the beauty and wonder of life again and again. True freedom and relaxation during all circumstances! Imagine this... this doesn't imply that you'll always be happy. No, it implies that there will be simultaneity. A simultaneity that will show you 'The Truth of your own Being' during your daily experiences. That which doesn't change will be felt and known in each experience. Imagine this to be fully embodied. Knowing that something within this whole mysterious life is always perfectly at ease… Imagine yourself walking around, interacting with others, or being all by yourself and simultaneously Knowing that The Peace, The Stillness, The Spaciousness, the ever so profound unchanging mystery is always there within your whole experience... again and again, moment to moment. So... clarity and relaxation will no longer only be felt in sweet circumstances… but also at times when all seems to go ‘wrong’. In those moments you will be able to see perfection itself. Wholeness… Oneness… Love… and Freedom.

Abundance Health & Happiness Awakening Spiritual Buddhism Nondualism Spirituality Insight Meditation Mindfulness Self Inquiry (I Am)Unconditional Love Meditation Love Relationships

Meet your Teacher

Ruben Bach

Dieren, Netherlands

Ruben Bach is a consciousness trainer, writer, and meditation teacher. He provides sessions on various themes that focus on 'living from clarity' and the research into the (loving) essence of our existence. Ruben’s guidance is known to be greatly helpful for those who are in search of ‘Truth’. It is Ruben's greatest passion to introduce people to the transience of this life. To have them experience that every moment is so incredibly precious. To show that, as it were, all life experiences can be looked at through completely different eyes. Less from a closed ‘state of mind’, and more from openness in a spatial manner. Beyond all thoughts… there… somewhere… with no location… Ruben shows you the wonder of life, again and again. Additional background information. Volunteer and non-profit projects: Founder of The Love Trail and The Calm Down Project. Founder and co-creator of the ‘Embracing Death project’ which is available on Insight Timer as an online course. In addition to his work as an ‘awareness trainer’, Ruben is a certified volunteer active in Dale Borglum’s Living/Dying project. Here Ruben guides people who are directly involved with their imminent death. The Living/Dying project is a worldwide organization that has been active since the 1970s. Some reviews on Insight Timer: 'Can Life Itself Be Enough?' Amazing! Can’t wait for the course! Thank you! /// Anju 'What force is meditating you?' This was the best meditation I’ve yet experienced. It contains some new ideas for me and fits my laissez-faire attitude perfectly. Thanks so much! /// Ray Wow, something clicked, good stuff! /// Darren Reviews from the online course: Embracing Life, Death & Impermanence Very well thought out & paced & written. So sweet & gentle. I appreciate every moment. Thank you both. /// Clare Everyone could learn from this beautiful course. It wasn’t scary, as I thought it might be, it was graceful, living, and intuitive. Thank you Charmaine and Ruben for helping me embrace aging and my mortality /// Deenise I LOVE this course. It brings so much peace and wisdom. I plan to listen to it over and over. There is so much value to take in. Thank you!! Namaste /// Jen Hi Ruben, What a powerful course. I don't really have the words to explain it but at the end of the first two sessions, tears started streaming down my face...I see and feel something about me that is beautiful and eternal. There is this knowing that I am so much more than my body, mind, and thoughts, which is comforting to know. This is true for me and all life… The tears just flowed as I felt truth being revealed to me... I can't put everything in words…. I’m still not sure why so many tears…was it sadness? happiness? A combination? Whatever the answer, I am looking forward to day 3. Thank you for this course /// Sandra Wow! Thank you for taking us on this incredibly profound journey! Absolutely beautiful and no words! Wished it would never end but It is like this! /// Anju Each time I decide if I will listen to a session. It’s like diving into the deep end of a pool, lake, something where there is like this great unknown…Yet each time I come out, I feel like I’ve learned something and like I’ve come out with precious wisdom… /// Sandra Reviews on guided meditation and online courses in Dutch: Wow, you are such a great being. And y sweet voice is so soft and beautiful. I have now listened to a few meditations made by you and there are many things recognizable in myself that I can still 'work' on. But I believe in myself and am grateful every day… thankful for the new day… thankful for this beautiful universe. Thank you for allowing me to follow you by listening to these beautiful meditations. /// Yolanda Impressively good. Liberating. /// Bert Very deep and enriching. I am only 31 years old, but I could get a lot out of it. Especially the idea: it is good as it is. Everything is a perfect expression of life itself. /// Jeroen So delicious, open, and practical. Thanks. /// Marie Louise So comforting. /// Sonja

14 Days

679 students

4.8 stars

28 min / day

Abundance

English

Lesson 1

Warmup session #1: What force is meditating you?

Here Ruben shares about the burdens in life and how they affect our perception of life and how they blur the beauty of life. Questions like: How tired are you? How fed up are you? How tired are you really? ...will be explored and will be returned to during the upcoming guided meditation.

Lesson 2

Guided meditation #1: What force is meditating you?

During this guided meditation you will deeply get in touch with a new possible way of perceiving life.

Lesson 3

Warmup session #2: This Non-Personal-Awareness

You will explore what it is that keeps you from seeing the pure beauty of life. After this exploration Ruben will invite you to drop all pre-conceived ideas, feeling, emotions, and thoughts... all for the purpose of the practice during this warm-up session.

Lesson 4

Guided meditation #2: This Non-Personal-Awareness

During this guided meditation you will get more familiar with the words Non-Personal-Awareness. An in-depth exploration that will create clarity in daily life.

Lesson 5

Warmup session #3: The Tipping Point

In this 3rd warmup session, Ruben will explain the beauty of simultaneity in which you, as a human being, recognize both the ongoing ever-changing experiences and the unchanging always stable Non-Personal-Awareness. This amazing shift is due to listening and practicing very effortlessly. Like learning how to drive a bike… once this tipping point is ‘occurring’, life will never be perceived the same. More and more a deep trust in the ever-perfect nature of all experiences will be deeply felt. You will be asked to write down in which moments in your life you can already experience a simultaneity and asked to investigate how you can amp up clarity in certain less clear moments in your life.

Lesson 6

Guided meditation #3: The Tipping Point

In this 3rd guided meditation, pointers will be given towards a possible shift in the life of a human being as well as the point in the life of a human being where the emphasis shifts from emphasis on being identified as a person, that is feeling stuck in a body, to a broader and spacious loving Non-Personal-Awareness. The words ‘The Tipping Point’ will pop up throughout the day and show the ever-so-available unchangingness within all phenomena.

Lesson 7

Warmup session #4: Trusting Non-Personal-Awareness

Here Ruben will ask you to explore why you trust what you trust. This practice will gain more clarity in your daily experiences. Why things flow and other things get stuck. You will be asked to write down a list of things that flow easily and things that seem to get stuck frequently.

Lesson 8

Guided meditation #4: Trusting Non-Personal-Awareness

In this 4th guided meditation, you will more deeply explore what the words Non-Personal Awareness refer to, and what it is TRULY pointing towards. You’ll be asked to deeply contemplate these words for a while. After a while, you’ll be guided even beyond ‘the thinking Mind’ to gain a deeper trust in that which is unchanging… which is You.

Lesson 9

Warmup session #5: Repetition is key!

In this warmup session, Ruben will have you investigate different areas in your life where you witness yourself being distracted. Once these areas become clearer, clarity will arise and on a deeper level the meaning of life will shine forth. One could say… from now on it will be ever so clear that practice IS your purpose in life. To create less resistance towards practice this talk emphasizes the importance of kindness and compassion. Softening the perception of life will help smoothen all daily experiences. You will be asked to write down a list of ways for you to implement an effortless practice.

Lesson 10

Guided meditation #5: Repetition is key!

During this guided meditation the importance of effortless repetition is explained. Meanwhile, Ruben will explore the spaciousness of all phenomena. After listening it will be easier to recognize that you are always connected as Love. That you Are Love. By returning to Ruben’s guided meditations for a good amount of time in your life, freedom will be attained. Not by anyone… but one could say… as The One… by The One. By repeating the practice, the feeling of being stuck as a person in this body will subside and the natural flow of life will be palpable. More and more so. By touching upon ‘the longing to flow naturally through life’ repetition will automatically and effortlessly become a priority in life. On day 6 Ruben will continue exploring the longing for freedom.

Lesson 11

Warmup session #6: How much longing is there?

Before going into the sixth guided meditation Ruben will check in with you to explore the depths of your longing. How do we react to moments where distraction is clearly experienceable? And how can we soften moments in which life seems undoable, harsh, or depressing? This time Ruben will invite you to be very honest and write down what it is that might keep you from surrendering to Truth. In this session way, you’ll receive more clarity on topics like motivation and empowerment. You might find out that true empowerment lies hidden in an obvious place.

Lesson 12

Guided meditation #6: How much longing is there?

You will get to experience how much you are really longing for change in this lifetime.

Lesson 13

BONUS Warmup session #7: Unconditional Love

Why bonus? Just to show the beauty of unconditionally giving! In this ‘bonus talk, Ruben will invite you to investigate what it is in life that you are (still) clinging to and how it would be of benefit to share your gifts and talents more freely… from a state of freedom. Exploring this will bring any hidden agenda to service and recall the ever-so-unconscious and clever ways to fool oneself. Aiming for the highest… in this session, it will become obviously clear that it IS possible to drop all strategies to find true fulfillment within certain conditions. What is left is a natural open field of pure and unconditional Love. After this talk and guided meditation, you’ll experience that there is no longer the need 'to be clever' and manipulate life. You’ll set up a list of strategies that are obviously present in your life and on your own time you are being asked to find ways to transform these into clarity.

Lesson 14

Guided meditation #7: Unconditional Love

As is shown during the 5th session… repetition is key. In this 7th guided meditation, the emphasis will lie on the question… Can life itself be enough? You’ll repeatedly contemplate this question to the point where this becomes obviously clear. Any left-over tension, doubt, or false concept will transform into deep trust and true freedom. The answer to the question… ‘Can life itself be enough?’ will seep through all your daily experiences from then on. Such a great relief… being able to see the wonder of life moment to moment… and being reminded to no longer manipulate that which is already perfect… Life… You!

Ask your teacher

This course includes 33 community questions and 13 audio replies from Ruben Bach. The community classroom and teacher audio replies are only available via the app.

4.8 (18)

Recent Reviews

Kate

November 20, 2025

Thank you 🙏 A beautiful feeling to be in your company ❤️

Suzy

September 11, 2025

Amazing course that I will come back to OFTEN…for me it is what I struggle with-this “ISNESS”, nonattachment-life is enough without all the external factors-being the soft, loving, open, spacious me- Ruben has a special g

Yvonne

August 17, 2024

Becoming free from our thinking is real freedom; this course by Ruben has been so helpful. I could also really experience that he created this course with a lot of love. And with that (unconditioned:-)) love he knows how to touch me. Thank you dear Ruben.

Jan

February 6, 2024

Amazing! Thank you, Dear Ruben. 🙏🏻 If anyone reading this wants your heart to be soothed, your mind expanded, your body filled with peace, your Soul connected to a wise and caring guide, then take this course! It will soften life’s challenges. It will soften your sorrows, soften your interactions with others, and plant seeds of change that will grow beyond your immediate knowing. 💫 I will listen to these sessions again and again because I was met by a kindred Spirit here. And my Soul knows the soft ways home now. 🍃🩵🍃🩵🍃🩵🍃 Many blessings Dear Ruben. Soft sailing through all your inner and outer journeys. ✨💫✨

Peter

October 19, 2023

Ruben, this course has helped me the most to be more open and peaceful within this amazing space we call life. As a so called human having a word filled experience, you have helped me increase my awareness of my innate inner peace and softness. I wish you well my friend and I look foward to following your lead in the future. Thank you so much! Namastae…..Peter

Anne

February 5, 2023

An amazing excellent and profound course. So insperational and Healing. Will definitely use teaching again and again

Lisa

November 7, 2022

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