“…a moment of understanding is always accompanied by joy” - feeling this!🥹 This video just shifted my entire understanding and ACCEPTANCE of us as souls, our purpose in the human body, and an understanding of the workings of the Universe. It unwound my spiral in The Void that I’ve been in for several months. It came at the perfect time. I’ve been waiting for this moment!😭💖
So true: "As the mind sinks deeper and deeper into this understanding, it just begins to emerge and get clearer and clearer." This, too, is my living experience. Thank you, Rupert, for sharing your insights. 🙏🏻
It is ridiculously complex, and I would even say satanic, because its complexity is designed to keep us away from the true and eternal unbreakable love of God, which is manifested in Christ Jesus.
These meditations and theories just take us around and around in circles - when the simple truth of the matter is that God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son, to die in our place and for our sins and that everyone who believes this should not die but have the eternal life of God and be reconciled to God, whom we all lost when Adam sinned. God has made salvation so simple
For myself, not being a true intellectual, I find that these elaborations are necessary by some to catch you at a certain point, enough to satisfy you, so that you are content to return to practicing the humble practice of “I AM.” I love Rupert’s speaking on myriad levels, knowing many practices and authors. One that he quotes often is Nisargadatta. His basic only practice was “I AM,” which he describes as the very first ignorance. But, we must start there. And, your Reality is just prior to “I AM.” Concentration, focus, is a preliminary step in this process. That is, concentration on “I AM” as a focal point, of the first separation, as it were, the first delusion, that “I AM” is the first lie that proliferates the myriad lies. “I AM” can be experienced, and “I AM” seems to pop out as creation, the very first creation. So, once we get a sense of “I AM,” we look behind it, where “I AM” came from. Experience the vastness of the pool where “I AM” originated from.
I'm currently reading Nisargadatta and you have put it quite nicely. I have also found focusing on the sense of 'I am' to be a very simple and helpful practice.
Well said. Pure "I am -ness", asmitā, is still a mental fluctuation (a "citta vrtti") that derives from the original seed of ignorance of true-Self (avidyā). Someone or something still has to focus attention on this asmitā. That must still be a mental function. At that rareified sattvic mind-body state, it can only be the polished buddhi-mind process undertaking self-observation, discrimination and detachment (vicchara, viveka, vairagya - the 3 Vs). Pure consciousness does not and cannot actively participate, even as a "Seer", except to passively illuminate mental process. This is consistent with the Samkhya and raja yoga model. I think Nisargadatta and subsequent (neo-)advaita vedantans are wrong. "I-Am" is not the main event. Buddhi is. Then, let Buddhi take some sleep.
@@robertworrall2346 The key to this process is allowing oneself to be reduced to the most basic level of creation, the firstborn, the innocent birth of not knowing. That is our job. What happens thereafter is unscripted, beyond words, a free fall into that which you came from and have returned to. Or, the realization that you never left, and have been engaged fully in this preoccupation called human existence.
Seems to me, too, that this is a correct use of our minds, an expansive thinking and wondering and being ever open to more and more understanding. The intellectual mind, tool of consciousness.
The gentle lady Ana posing the question has wonderful intuition and perceives the situation of reality, separate realities, separation, entirely correctly For her, there is indeed a separation and a simple answer to the question: where is reality created and how? As well as why the sense of separate realities The most humble and sincere reply is that almost everyone, naturally and automatically identify themselves with the body and thoughts Where are these positioned within the sense of reality ? Are they one ? Or is there a separation by which an observer of said reality is created ? Is there one that experiences and perceives a life, reality (story) and tells this story and is there another that patiently and lovingly listens to this story? One ? or Two ? Or Two in One ? It is this dual identification with - I exist - (personified through the body) and - I am this or that etc - (personified through thought, language and identification process) that creates the separation. Hence the imagination or feeling that there are two But it feels like they both exist within you, they are you! .. hence the confusion One reality is created or fabricated and the other reality is simply the miracle of - that what is - Aliveness - unnamable.. The latter reality is happening (not done nor made.. simply happening) This one is reality and according to modern quantum physics this real reality still remains a wonderful mystery So much so that 98% of that reality is titled as dark matter, materia oscura.. simply meaning ‘we don’t know’ Then this - spontaneous happening or reality or aliveness - is experienced by the 5 natural bodily senses and then the 6 sense (the mind, thoughts) creates its interpretation of said reality and tells a story about it The five bodily senses constantly try to make sense of the real reality, based on memory, impressions, etc And then titles this interpretation of the real (not understood) reality is labelled - my experience, I saw this with my own eyes, it happened in my life - and thus the storyteller or the ego appears on the stage and tells this life story (reality in the (left) brain) which is very crafty fabricated during the waking state and dream Strangely enough, it was said by Ramana Maharshi (and others) that the deep sleep state is the closest to real reality (materia oscura) Real reality being said to be 98% dark matter, so what do you - the I am - actually know during your deep sleep? If you can contemplate these natural internal mechanisms during several meditations, it will surprise you how stunningly, simple and truthful these mechanism work logically and harmoniously, every day and night The daytime mechanism were taught to us as a baby mainly through images, projection, interpretation, language and storytelling (thus creating a psychology) The nighttime mechanism is entirely natural Some say it is the natural state prior during and after the body experience Once you know how these simple mechanisms works and can see how automatic and habitual they are, then you can more easily become free from it (through the process of recognition) To help you understand the above better and locate this storyteller, in clinical psychology and modern neuroscience, since only a few years, it has been discovered that in the left hemisphere of the brain there is a very small region which scientifically has been given two names - the interpreter - and - the storyteller - This puts itself forward as a sort of control centre for the five bodily senses, and it has been proposed that this is where the so called - I, the ego - resides This small part of the brain lights up each time the one proclaims I am, I exist or this is my body, I see, I hear, this is my hand etc It’s quite interesting .. It reminds one of the beautiful painting on the ceiling of the Sistine chapel in the Vatican by MichelAngelo - The creation of Adam - Clearly, the proposed creator is sitting in a cloud, which, according to sketches of the time from MichelAngelo and da Vinci themselves, is identical to a cross-section of the human brain The creator of Adam resides in the human brain itself ? Interesting perhaps ? Look at it, please.. look at it closely This very small location at the left hand of the father, was named the opposer Whereas peace and silence, the Amen, sits at the right hand of the father At the left hemisphere, there, all narrative and interpretations, names and forms are created The story of my experiences and my life, etc Because a story without contrast, opposition, opposites (duality) is not much of a story and thus this small location (at the left hand of the centre, the source, the father) creates all such separation by itself by means of interpretations From that location (you, I am) your feeling of separation (perhaps two realities?) is created and presented to you, the observer Hence the feeling of two.. not one Try to deeply understand this partly natural and partly fabricated (language, neuro linguistic psychology since babyhood) during silence (the only teacher), meditation and see it, recognise it and understand it and then give it its suitable proportional role within your life story Then it will suddenly befriend you, recognise the master in you and assist you towards even greater understanding, seeing reality and thus liberation, peace, the great contentment I hope this was helpful If needed, remaining at your humble service 🌺 Ben 🤗
Thank you Rupert. Happy Saturday everyone! May today be a day of peace, joy, and spiritual growth for you. Take some time to connect with your inner self and reflect on the blessings in your life. Remember that every moment is a gift and an opportunity to spread love and kindness to those around you. Embrace the beauty of this day and let your spirit soar!💜🦋
Minds that are asleep are the over thinking minds. Direct experience is the sound, the tasting, touch, the smell, the seeing, without preference, without thought. Understanding your body/mind as merely a vehicle emerging from the ground of being, to experience a physical self is enough. Understanding/knowing at this level is peace of mind is true love. Going back to sleep is thinking too much, such as is happening here to Rupert and this dear lady.
Thinking too much is a relative statement. You're judging the discussion. The road that you choose is all the will matter because you will have to experience it. However, others have the free will to choose their own.
@@Onlytakes1 yes, but are not all statements relative ! Including this reply. Free will, even Rupert has said many times over the years,” free will doesn’t really exist”. Rather life’s choices are more often taken from the menu of the day/ego centred, rather than awareness/life’s full menu. Mind without awareness falls back into the ego trap, it happens, and many a teacher and lay person including myself takes one step forward then two steps back. Direct experience of fallibility has shown this of myself, and I recognised it in the conversation between the lady and Rupert.
Although I have been a fan boy of Don Hoffman and his hypotheses on this very subject. You sir, hold some very interesting ideas that, in their own right, are bold and encouraging. The level of respect on varying degrees presented by yourself and Mr. Hoffman, is the very basis of all scientific profession. I humbly bow to you sir in homage and vast curiosity. I believe a new dream of mine has emerged, to sit and spend a day of coffee drinking and wild conversation with yourself and Mr. Hoffman. We could leave all limitation at the threshold, and let our imaginations soar to the greatest heights achievable.
"Anything and everything observed, experienced, or imagined is, in fact, nothing but qualia within the awareness that is the ground of existence" - Neil Theise & Menas Kafatos 2016
What we perceive is reality , but just for us . Each person has their own reality. That is why people argue about what has happened, for every single person something else has happened . The reality that we are looking for is the whole, that we cannot experience on this world, we will experience it only on the other side
This is very deep. I will share my understanding of this and hope it’s helpful to others like me, currently grappling with the weirdness of relations preceding that which relates. It does however make sense in light of the transformative power of relationships. They literally trans-form us and in-form what we become. Around 22:45:00 min Rupert responds to a question about humility following on from his deep reply to the previous question about the relationship between the individual finite mind and the Mind of infinite Consciousness. He quotes McGilchrist (The Matter with Things), “relationship precedes relata.” Rupert says that humility is the consequence of beginning to understand the profound significance of this point, which “conventional wisdom” finds “so far out, so unbelievable, so weird”. Shifting to this point of view is very strange and counter intuitive. However, many people including many present day physicists are coming to this understanding; as a result of deeply investigating reality from the conventional scientific/ reductive materialist perspective. Eventually you are confronted with the apparent paradox that relationship come before the entities doing the relating. Ultimately, all the way down to the quantum level, “matter” appears to emerge out of a relational field of potentiality. It is the relationship between the whole (infinite Consciousness) and the parts (finite consciousness) that informs and differentiates physical reality. The whole is necessarily constituted by the parts, which are themselves (scale-dependant) wholes to other parts; all the way down to the infinite and formless relational field of potentiality, which provides the ground of all Being and the source of possibility for all Becoming.
THE CREATION OF SELF DEFINITION. All of life is a process of deciding Who You Are, and then experiencing that. As you keep expanding your vision, you make up new rules to cover that! As you keep enlarging your idea about your Self, you create new do's and don'ts, yeses and nos to encircle that. These are the boundaries that "hold in" something which cannot be held in. You cannot hold in "you," because you are as boundless as the Universe. Yet you can create a concept about your boundless Self by Imagining, and then accepting, boundaries. In a sense, this is the only way you can know yourself as anything in particular. That which is boundless is boundless. That which is limitless is limitless. It cannot exist anywhere because it is everywhere. If it is everywhere, it is nowhere in particular. God is everywhere. Therefore, God is nowhere in particular, because to be somewhere in particular, God would have to not be somewhere else - which is not possible for God. There is only one thing that is "not possible" for God, and that is for God to not be God. God cannot "not be." Nor can God not be like Itself. God cannot "un-God" Itself. I am everywhere, and that's all there is to it. And since I am everywhere, I am nowhere. And if I am NOWHERE I Am NOW HERE Everything in the universe is consciousness. Space and time in all planes of reality are only projections within universal consciousness. There really is no here or there for everything is at one place where Mind is. Mind does not move at all. Mind simply is (Not to be confused with the brain). Mind is everywhere yet nowhere. Mind is nowhere but Here, Now. We are all existing together as a singularity in one place and time. Everything is one, Here and Now. Your soul is the reflection of all souls. You are the Other. Without the other, you would not exist. You are defined by your relationships with others. You would need to describe the whole universe in order to define a single person. Therefore every single person is the whole universe. Your soul is both personal and universal at the same time. Everyone is a reflection of yourself. You are in a hall of mirrors where every reflection of yourself appears different. Others you admire reflect the qualities you most cherish in yourself. Others you detest reflect the qualities you most deny in yourself. Each person you see is a different version of you. The outer world is a mirror of yourself at any place and time. If you want to know the state of your personal consciousness, just look around and see what is happening to you. If you want to know the state of the collective consciousness, just look around at what is happening in the world. Your personal reality is synchronistically orchestrated by your sense of Self at all times. If a critical mass of people expressed their higher selves, they would cause a transformation in collective consciousness and the world reality. Every time a person rises in personal consciousness, he moves the state of the world towards a higher one than before. The deepest secret is that life is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation. You are not discovering yourself, but creating yourself anew. Seek, therefore, not to find out Who You Are, seek to determine Who You Want to Be. Life is not a school, and we are not here to learn lessons. No. We are here to remember, and re-create, Who You Are. I have told you, over and over again. You do not believe Me. Yet that is well as it should be. For truly, if you do not create yourself as Who You Are, that you cannot be. You have heard teacher after teacher tell you that life is a school with life lessons to be learned. I say you have nothing to learn. School is a place you go if there is something you do not know that you want to know. It is not a place you go if you already know a thing and simply want to experience your knowingness. Life (as you call it) is an opportunity for you to know experiencially what you already know conceptually. You need learn nothing to do this. You need merely remember what you already know, and act on it.
He eventually gets close enough for it to be worth all the leading along 🤷🏾♂️. He ended by stating, “It’s so difficult to make it clear!” But he never used the distinction of - the Non Distinct! ☝🏽😎
Rupert is the most profound Master / Teacher / Guru ❤ One can FEEL IT! ❤ And yet... ... let me say, that we don't need "explanations" ON something. We need insights FROM something (let's call it "REALity") ❤
Thank you, RUclips algorithm. I’ve felt this concept innately for a long time. I also believe that the past, present, and future are all happening at once. It’s our mind’s perception that imparts the sense of time moving only forward.
There is a big price to pay for this knowledge. In order to grasp it, life make you pass through difficult experience which are necessary for the understanding of this knowledge
A segment from 'Saved by the Light of the Buddha Within'... My new understandings of what many call 'God -The Holy Spirit' - resulting from some of the extraordinary ongoing after-effects relating to my NDE... Myoho-Renge-Kyo represents the identity of what some scientists are now referring to as the unified field of consciousnesses. In other words, it’s the essence of all existence and non-existence - the ultimate creative force behind planets, stars, nebulae, people, animals, trees, fish, birds, and all phenomena, manifest or latent. All matter and intelligence are simply waves or ripples manifesting to and from this core source. Consciousness (enlightenment) is itself the actual creator of everything that exists now, ever existed in the past, or will exist in the future - right down to the minutest particles of dust - each being an individual ripple or wave. The big difference between chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo and most other conventional prayers is that instead of depending on a ‘middleman’ to connect us to our state of inner enlightenment, we’re able to do it ourselves. That’s because chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo allows us to tap directly into our enlightened state by way of this self-produced sound vibration. ‘Who or What Is God?’ If we compare the concept of God being a separate entity that is forever watching down on us, to the teachings of Nichiren, it makes more sense to me that the true omnipotence, omniscience and omnipresence of what most people perceive to be God, is the fantastic state of enlightenment that exists within each of us. Some say that God is an entity that’s beyond physical matter - I think that the vast amount of information continuously being conveyed via electromagnetic waves in today’s world gives us proof of how an invisible state of God could indeed exist. For example, it’s now widely known that specific data relayed by way of electromagnetic waves has the potential to help bring about extraordinary and powerful effects - including an instant global awareness of something or a mass emotional reaction. It’s also common knowledge that these invisible waves can easily be used to detonate a bomb or to enable NASA to control the movements of a robot as far away as the Moon or Mars - none of which is possible without a receiver to decode the information that’s being transmitted. Without the receiver, the data would remain impotent. In a very similar way, we need to have our own ‘receiver’ switched on so that we can activate a clear and precise understanding of our own life, all other life and what everything else in existence is. Chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo each day helps us to achieve this because it allows us to reach the core of our enlightenment and keep it switched on. That’s because Myoho-Renge-Kyo represents the identity of what scientists now refer to as the unified field of consciousnesses. To break it down - Myoho represents the Law of manifestation and latency (Nature) and consists of two alternating states. For example, the state of Myo is where everything in life that’s not obvious to us exists - including our stored memories when we’re not thinking about them - our hidden potential and inner emotions whenever they’re dormant - our desires, our fears, our wisdom, happiness, karma - and more importantly, our enlightenment. The other state, ho, is where everything in Life exists whenever it becomes evident to us, such as when a thought pops up from within our memory - whenever we experience or express our emotions - or whenever a good or bad cause manifests as an effect from our karma. When anything becomes apparent, it merely means that it’s come out of the state of Myo (dormancy/latency) and into a state of ho (manifestation). It’s the difference between consciousness and unconsciousness, being awake or asleep, or knowing and not knowing. The second law - Renge - Ren meaning cause and ge meaning effect, governs and controls the functions of Myoho - these two laws of Myoho and Renge, not only function together simultaneously but also underlies all spiritual and physical existence. The final and third part of the tri-combination - Kyo, is the Law that allows Myoho to integrate with Renge - or vice versa. It’s the great, invisible thread of energy that fuses and connects all Life and matter - as well as the past, present and future. It’s also sometimes termed the Universal Law of Communication - perhaps it could even be compared with the string theory that many scientists now suspect exists. Just as the cells in our body, our thoughts, feelings and everything else is continually fluctuating within us - all that exists in the world around us and beyond is also in a constant state of flux - constantly controlled by these three fundamental laws. In fact, more things are going back and forth between the two states of Myo and ho in a single moment than it would ever be possible to calculate or describe. And it doesn’t matter how big or small, famous or trivial anything or anyone may appear to be, everything that’s ever existed in the past, exists now or will exist in the future, exists only because of the workings of the Laws ‘Myoho-Renge-Kyo’ - the basis of the four fundamental forces, and if they didn’t function, neither we nor anything else could go on existing. That’s because all forms of existence, including the seasons, day, night, birth, death and so on, are moving forward in an ongoing flow of continuation - rhythmically reverting back and forth between the two fundamental states of Myo and ho in absolute accordance with Renge - and by way of Kyo. Even stars are dying and being reborn under the workings of what the combination ‘Myoho-Renge-Kyo’ represents. Nam, or Namu - which mean the same thing, are vibrational passwords or keys that allow us to reach deep into our life and fuse with or become one with ‘Myoho-Renge-Kyo’. On a more personal level, nothing ever happens by chance or coincidence, it’s the causes that we’ve made in our past, or are presently making, that determine how these laws function uniquely in each of our lives - as well as the environment from moment to moment. By facing east, in harmony with the direction that the Earth is spinning, and chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo for a minimum of, let’s say, ten minutes daily to start with, any of us can experience actual proof of its positive effects in our lives - even if it only makes us feel good on the inside, there will be a definite positive effect. That’s because we’re able to pierce through the thickest layers of our karma and activate our inherent Buddha Nature (our enlightened state). By so doing, we’re then able to bring forth the wisdom and good fortune that we need to challenge, overcome and change our adverse circumstances - turn them into positive ones - or manifest and gain even greater fulfilment in our daily lives from our accumulated good karma. This also allows us to bring forth the wisdom that can free us from the ignorance and stupidity that’s preventing us from accepting and being proud of the person that we indeed are - regardless of our race, colour, gender or sexuality. We’re also able to see and understand our circumstances and the environment far more clearly, as well as attract and connect with any needed external beneficial forces and situations. As I’ve already mentioned, everything is subject to the law of Cause and Effect - the ‘actual-proof-strength’ resulting from chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo always depends on our determination, sincerity and dedication. For example, the levels of difference could be compared to making a sound on a piano, creating a melody, producing a great song, and so on. Something else that’s very important to always respect and acknowledge is that the Law (or if you prefer God) is in everyone and everything. NB: There are frightening and disturbing sounds, and there are tranquil and relaxing sounds. It’s the emotional result of any noise or sound that can trigger off a mood or even instantly change one. When chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo each day, we are producing a sound vibration that’s the password to our true inner-self - this soon becomes apparent when you start reassessing your views on various things - such as your fears and desires etc. The best way to get the desired result when chanting is not to view things conventionally - rather than reaching out to an external source, we need to reach into our own lives and bring our needs and desires to fruition from within - including the good fortune and strength to achieve any help that we may need. Chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo also reaches out externally and draws us towards, or draws towards us, what we need to make us happy from our environment. For example, it helps us to be in the right place at the right time - to make better choices and decisions and so forth. We need to think of it as a seed within us that we’re watering and bringing sunshine to for it to grow, blossom and bring forth fruit or flowers. It’s also important to understand that everything we need in life, including the answer to every question and the potential to achieve every dream, already exists within us.
The scary part of standing on a ledge of a tall building, it's not worrying that you'll fall off, it's actually the fear that you might want to jump off. What scared me is that I really wanted to do it. The greatest beauty i've had is dying. I don't care anymore whether I live or die. I accept my death. I will take the entire Universe with me. There won't be any suffering because I'm taking you all with me.
It really shows an evolution and refinement of the teaching. Amit Goswami uses pretty much the same model refering to quantum physics language. It is totally consistent with the ancient wisdom traditions in my view. It is amazing to witness the convergence between the understanding and language of the ancient and the most advanced.
Holy molly what are you doing with me Rupert. That was amazing. When you said Relationship comes before things and I saw and it was amazing and then the woman started doing this into a thing again. It was like watching a toddler destroy the mona lisa.
Great Guidance, Rupert! This guidance deeply spoke to me. I was about to awaken, but then I sneezed and then I thought about the meaning of the Sneeze and then I thought I'd share that...
This makes me wonder what the relationship is between my localized imagination and the imagination of the whole. Presumably the world is a type of stabilized imagination of the one being, a kind of patterned dream,... so what might my localized imagination be in some fractal sense? Whispers of the cosmic psyche, or creations of new galaxies of conscious experience?
These videos inspired some beautiful poetry and fascinating stories. I’ve been writing a lot lately. After having writers block for almost five years. It’s so inexplainable but omg the discovery of this truth …. Thanks to whoever runs this and Francis’ channel❤
Correct. Awareness is the only constant and concept is the sculptor of clay of being (or awareness). This is one concept that Rupert doesn't quite seem to get. And he's expressed it several times. As in this video he expresses that there is a reality outside of mind in his segment "half create, half perceive". Yes, this is exactly true from our human perspective, but not true in a higher perspective. All form the conceptualization of mind. Every form we experience is the conceptualization of mind. And even Rupert recognizes this when he uses the dream analogy. In a dream we know that all form is projection of the mind. The exact same thing is true in the "real" world. Someone might say "but when the mind stops, a dream stops. When I stop thinking in the real world, reality continues." That's because it isn't the lower mind that is creating the "real" world. It is a higher mind creating the "real" world just like the physical mind creates the dream world. What is this higher mind creating the physical world, then, and why is it important to understand this? First, we know this higher mind exists not only through personal experiences of insight that we know do not come from the physical mind, but perhaps more importantly our understanding of Being necessitates it. We know that Being is the primal "state" or "experience". Better said, being or awareness is primary. Nothing comes before it. Rupert is an expert at explaining this. Being is pure stillness and spaciousness. It has no boundaries. In order for there to be any thing else, there has to be distinction. In order for there to be movement, there must be distinction. Anything that moves must change in relation to something else otherwise there is no movement. (We experience this clearly with relative motion in the physical world.) We also know that distinction comes from the mind. Mind says "this, not that". Being says "this". Therefore, if anything but pure sameness exists, then mind must exist. It's not hard to assume that the physical or lower mind isn't creating the physical world, therefore it must be a higher mind. This is pretty self-evident once one understands the nature of awareness, but, again, Rupert hasn't adopted this understanding. This we can understand through basic logical. Taken a step further it also explains the soul, the inner being, the higher self, and who exactly is running things when pure being is without form. Again, disappointing that I had to figure this out on my own journey and not force fed to me by Rupert. 😅
I used to have that feeling all the time as I was growing up - oh is this really real? It didn't feel real. Sometimes I would be so surprised to find myself "in the present moment". It's a weird feeling.
So to fully understand myself would seem like pure joy , infinite love like a lightbulb turning up my awareness brighter than a million suns . I have this intuition that calls to me through my heart and soul that to fully understand ourselves would be like cranking up the love dial until it breaks apart into the infinite . The place where all our souls are as one in praise to our Glory. I believe there is such a place .
To fully understand yourself would feel like perfect stillness which is exactly what we feel when we inquire of our true nature. This is the very reason why pure being cannot see itself. It sees no division. It hears only silence with nothing to break the silence. Contrast is needed for any perception. But not to worry. Our limited selves will be expanding forever into our true selves. There is an infinite amount of joy to come. (This is the love of the Father for the Son in spiritual texts.)
@@davidalbro2009 I get glimpses of this joy and it temporarily relieves me from the bondage of self . But my longing for it probably pushes it away and so mediation has been my next step in this process of spiritual development.
This is really a very thought provoking discussion, or presentation. As far as I can make out, what he says in this video is compatible and consistent with quantum mechanics and Einstein’s Relativity. Just three examples. 1/ Colours as we see them (red, blue, yellow, etc.) don’t physically exist: they are pure constructs of our mind or of our brain, and interestingly it seems that we humans all have the same construct for colours. But do we? How can I know your red isn’t my green and your yellow isn’t my blue? Impossible to know. But more importantly, what our brain interprets as colours are nothing more than certain wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum. So aliens with another biology could see/interpret these wavelengths not as colours but in a very different way. Here on earth certain species can see ultraviolet or infrared wavelengths that are invisible to us. And imagine how the world would appear to us humans if evolution had geared us to see in the x-ray domain: many things would appear as transparent. Evolution didn’t do this to us for a simple reason: if a rock wall appeared to us transparent but we couidn’t run through it, we’d be hitting rock walls all the time. Not a great strategy for survival if you’re being chased by a hungry sabre-toothed tiger (this would be happening in prehistoric times). The way we see and experience the world is the result of evolution trying to keep us alive. It’s not about seeing reality « as it is ». 2/ The distinction between ‘matter’ and ‘non-matter’ is no longer meaningful given current quantum physics. Matter is, literally, an illusion, although it’s an « effective » illusion, in that it is useful and allows us to interact with the world and survive. It’s an illusion because physics shows us that even electrons and quarks (which make up protons and neutrons, and therefore all of our experienced physical reality) are nothing but excitations of quantum fields, and the mass of a proton or electron is more than 99% immaterial: it emerges from the kinetic energy of the jiggling of the quarks with the gluons that keep them together. The illusion of mass reflects Einstein’s famous E = mc2 (energy = mass, and energy is « immaterial » in opposition to matter). 3/ Rupert’s excellent example of the glass of water looked at from different points in space reminds us of Einstein’s « block universe », which « proves » that both space and time are illusions. They are produced by the fact we humans are limited to a specific point in spacetime, exactly the point that Rupert makes. Great stuff!
Well, quantum physics basically has already found that everything is quanta of energy on a fundamental level, and that's outside of spacetime (4D). So that's all everything really is because being outside of spacetime means it can theoretically be anywhere but chooses to appear in various forms. I think it's all just conscious energy that experiences itself in different forms. No rhyme or reason to it but to have an experience because it can. This energy is the intelligence fundamental to all reality, and it is what makes up everhthing. That is my digestibility for what Rupert is trying to convey.
Consciousness experiences itself as forms of consciousness. The smell of a rose is qualia within consciousness or the taste of chocolate is a qualia within consciousness. It is a direct experience there is a unitive subject consciousness.
The moment a particle is a wave; it has to be a conscious wave! Gravity is the conscious attraction among waves to create the illusion of particles, and our experience-able Universe. Max Planck states: "Consciousness is fundamental and matter is derived from Consciousness". Life is the Infinite Consciousness, experiencing the Infinite Possibilities, Infinitely. We are "It", experiencing our infinite possibilities in our finite moment. Our job is to make it interesting!
After years of thinking about this topic, it feels less and less important to understand. It seems so important and interesting but in the end it's like a rocking chair that keeps you busy but doesn't get you anywhere. Put differently, I think a perfect understanding of this topic will not improve your life anymore than having a perfect understanding of infinite would.
Yes, for most people living this topic is not near approaching their path on life's journey. However, for many this teaching is crucial just as understanding we are not our thoughts is crucial for others just as understanding we are not our bodies is crucial for yet others. There are many, many points of understanding that only become important when they are the next step along one's personal journey.
separation from and obscuring of ultimate reality comes in with the sixth faculty of thinking ( labeling , conceptualizing etc... ) and identification ( thought ) with a " me " ; the other faculties : hearing , seeing , smelling , touching and tasting don't limit reality by what they allow to perceive or experience ( as for the newborn ) without the thought faculty in combination with a belief ( thought ) of separate individual coming in .Our cat is totally in sync with the nature of reality .
@@tajzikria5307 It has never been proven that it DOESN'T appear in the brain. Every single perception is a function of the brain. This isn't hard to accept. This is a fundamental understanding of biology. We see an apple. It is red. Where do we perceive that redness? Only in the mind. "But the apple exists on that table" and so you go over to pick it up to prove its existence. "See, you can feel the apple." But where does that perception of touch exist? Only in the mind. "But when I throw it against the wall, it makes the wall wet. That PROVES the apple exists outside the mind." But where did you perceive the wetness on the wall? Everything. EVERYTHING takes place in the mind. This is common knowledge in philosophy. "But there are concepts and things I have learned that exist outside the mind. There is no way I could have made those things up. They must have an external reality." First, we have already learned that all perception is in the mind. We cannot perceive anything of substance outside of it. As far as something being more complex than the mind could conceive...just because you don't know how something came to be doesn't mean it didn't come from mind. Not knowing how something arose is not proof of knowing how it arose just as not ever seeing a unicorn is not proof that unicorns exist. That is, just because you are unaware of the process of how something arose doesn't mean you get to decide arbitrarily which process you want it to arise from. And we also do know the nature of being which is pure stillness and that anything other than stillness must come from mind, as Rupert explained in this video. Therefore all form arises from mind. But you also have a good idea that it didn't arise from your physical mind. Therefore there must be a higher mind from which "external" reality emerges from.
Reality is an illusion because we can't perceive real reality. The illusion is real because it's meaningful for the psyche/mind. The ego is there to protect us as it is there to help us figure out best strategies for surviving.🙏🏼❤️
Reality isn't an illusion because we are the only ones who can perceive reality. It is not the whole reality, but nothing can perceive the whole reality, not even pure being as pure being.
Why does the Awareness accepts suffering and pain? If we are a localisation of the infinite awareness, why are we allowed to cause pain to ourselfs? What is the purpose?
Conceptual knowing takes time, so, yes, you can only know you were or will be conceptually. Luckily, there is a knowing that is free of concept which is the only way we truly know ourselves. You bring up a good point. And many spiritual teaching speak about this reality very much. Even Rupert talks about it.
without perception there would be a infinate flux of potential possibilities happening all at once but that once isnt in time, honestly that is happening even without perception. if you could see it or percieve it it would look just like what Rupert is saying. In a way i wonder if that darkness just before your actual self is that. Also whats weird is that the percieving of that blank darkness is the potential of yourself the first apparent seperation of yourself. im trying to come up with more to say about it but words break down here. its so weird how there is no position at your deepest self but yet its able to see into its self and that is the world we experience but i guess thats the nature of infinity of our being and it creates all possibilities. Love you all, Namaste ❤🙏🏼❤🙏🏼❤. it's really beautiful honestly. when ever I see a Hindu God the multiple arms behind them or faces always reminds me of this. like look out into the world and really understand this and it will make you feel joy seriously and put a smile on your face even if it's just a coffee cup your looking at. You are truly amazing. ❤❤❤
If you answer questions I'd very much appreciate your opinion and your insight. I believed a thing I thought the truth only to find that it was not. I have opened my mind and began to pursue what may be true as it relates to God. I have heard some of what you had to say in reference to how you might be believing currently in a power greater than ourselves. Forgive me I'm not very good at asking these questions, how do you feel about NDE
With regard to the senses. I think it’s the other way around. We have evolved senses to understand the nature of our environment. So the grass for example does have innate qualities and living beings have evolved the apparatus to understand them.
Boom. The missing link ladies and gentlemen. I have been searching for a key to unlock this unrelenting depression i am experiencing. I think this talk pays some homage to the idea that consciousness uses us, and it's not us the use consciousness as depicted in my self publication.
Half way through I got pondering ... I can't smell since covid So I started removing one more sense and re imagining my world perception... once all 5 physical senses are gone the only sense that remained was the sense of time ... the sense of self So do we realy only have 5 senses? I'll argue that we have 6 We do sense time somehow.
Even in the physical world scientists know we have more than 5 senses. I think it might be 8 or 9. But when it comes to time, time is only a comparison in the mind. Without memory there is no time. Time is much less a perception and much more a concept. "Without memory, time would not exist; memory is its only evidence. Like space, time is an a priori notion, an inescapable mental framework." Nature Neuroscience volume 22, pages 151-153 (2019)
FYI there is a scammer impersonating Rupert, heads up: "The FBI estimates that the scammers steal US$10 billion annually worldwide.The use of the names of famous and respectable people such as Richard Branson to encourage people to buy fake "investments" is frequent and increasing"
That which perceives “I am” must itself be part of the mind’s perceptual apparatus. This perception is not sight, smell, sound, touch, and taste, so we need a sixth perceptual category: that which directly perceives/experiences the I AM with conviction.
Absolutely not. A sense of being is fundamental. It requires no thing by definition. Being is perfect no thing. Being IS the awareness of being which is why it is often referred to simply as "awareness".
@@davidalbro2009 a “sense” of being cannot be separated from the mind’s sensory apparatuses. Beingness is indeed no thing. “Being is the awareness of being” is a notion-a philosophical point which has been amply debated. Some believe self-awareness is fundamental to being, others do not. To qualify the unqualified is risky business indeed. 🙏
@@davekay7221 You are correct. I was confusing being with a sense of being. Being is prior to mind but that sense of being requires mind. It is the whole point of mind: to perceive being, to know God. The mind expanded itself like a ferocious beast trying to understand what being is from every possible angle, forever getting a deeper and deeper understanding of being, but never fully. This is the eternally connected nature of mind and being. Creation is the mind of God attempting to know being by becoming being.
@@davidalbro2009 “Being is prior to mind”-only from the perspective of a localized, separate self. From the Absolute, being and mind are not two, therefore one is not prior to the other. When attention focuses on the content of the mind, it withdraws attention from the backdrop of mind (unchanging beingness). To know short is to know tall. To know change is to know the unchanging. They are not two. The mind is insentient, and as such, has no “purpose”. A great mystery exists in existence itself. God may be an apt descriptor for the unknowable. Minds apparently evolve since senses evolve. “The mind seeks to understand” comes only from the perspective of a separate self. There is no “deeper and deeper understanding” of being. Being just is. Minds interpret reality via the senses that exist, which is why our separate experience is made up of apparent objects that can be seen, touched, smelled, heard, and tasted. Reality exists but is not as it appears. For mind and being to be “connected,” you imply they are two. Mind is mind; being is being. From the absolute “perspective”, they are neither two nor one.
Minds are abstract in nature and not limited. It's impossible. But they can be of lesser infinity, just like different orders if infinity in math. I recommend learning this point in math to improve the quality of thinking about infinities
"The reality that we know is not the true reality; it is the reality seen through an ugly mind which projects itself on reality. We don't see the real; we always see it colored with our own prejudices, ideas, our whole mind. And even that we see only while running. We never relax."
If we imagine that we are separate and we are trying to have a union with a reality which is not what we already are, is just an illusion. Here in this space and time, is time or space all that there is. If not all, what else is there. Do we know an other thing, this separate I. Am I known. As there is one reality, no other, really exists to know that. cx
It is my understanding....that each person has his own understanding of reality. There can't be one guy to tell us what reality is, furthermore,,a man's reality can change drastically during just one day. There seems to be versions of reality, none of them are certain in my opinion.
Infinite consciousness and the finite mind are the same thing - Good analogy for the father -son relationship in the Hebrew Elohim. There is only one 'it' Brahman is Atman is Paramatman. Tat Tvam Asi.
I'm fascinated by the first words from the speaker, that your body comes from the universe. Firstly, what does he mean "the universe"? The physical universe or the mental universe? Descartes's dream argument. So he immediately makes assumptions about how the world is and mixes this into the general ideas so that he jumps from possible knowledge to belief. Belief doesn't span the gap to knowledge. As for waves, what if the ocean began without a ripple? Then the wave is an expression of some ructions that came from outside the ocean, so to say that a wave is an expression of the ocean is foundationally wrong, like proper wrong. In any case, asking the questions at length doesn't answer the question.
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Is it, consciousness isn’t in the human body… but the other way around ; In consciousness we think we are a human body that thinks it’s consciousness ! Is that the right answer 😂cx
The conscious body is born, where experience like birth happen. Life exists with a birthdate in time and a place in name and a form. Having name shape or form is revealed as other than i and is false therefore not real, or to be relied on cx
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“The awareness of being does not go through perception, it is a direct experience of being”. Such clarity is truly valuable❤
Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation. - Rabindranath Tagore.
Human love fluctuates, is unstable and grows hot and cold. Eventually love dies. God alone is love and His love is eternal
Holy shit! His explanation is the closest thing to defn of reality I've ever grasped. Will meditate and reflect on this...
I'm in my late 60's and a Rupert Spira fanboy. Life is full of surprises. Much love y'all.
Why Consciousness cannot perceive Reality is brilliantly explained Thanks Rupert
“…a moment of understanding is always accompanied by joy” - feeling this!🥹
This video just shifted my entire understanding and ACCEPTANCE of us as souls, our purpose in the human body, and an understanding of the workings of the Universe. It unwound my spiral in The Void that I’ve been in for several months. It came at the perfect time. I’ve been waiting for this moment!😭💖
So true: "As the mind sinks deeper and deeper into this understanding, it just begins to emerge and get clearer and clearer." This, too, is my living experience. Thank you, Rupert, for sharing your insights. 🙏🏻
This is so intellectual and ridiculously complex that I cannot help but abandon it for simple joy and faith in the divine to care for me...
Care for the divine and it will care for you. :)
Indeed.
It is ridiculously complex, and I would even say satanic, because its complexity is designed to keep us away from the true and eternal unbreakable love of God, which is manifested in Christ Jesus.
These meditations and theories just take us around and around in circles - when the simple truth of the matter is that God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son, to die in our place and for our sins and that everyone who believes this should not die but have the eternal life of God and be reconciled to God, whom we all lost when Adam sinned. God has made salvation so simple
The most profound explanation of Reality I've ever heard.
I toyally agree. And his level of clarity is unparaleled.
Read Kant, Schopenhauer, and Berkeley - they developed these ideas. Also Bernado Kastrup recently
It is ❤
But we don't need "explanations" ON something. We need insights FROM something (let's call it "REALity") ❤
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Reality IS NOT philosophy 🤭👍
@@aisthpaoitht 👍 Yes!
Dear Rupert I love the brilliance that is you, by quoting poetry during your already comprehensive explanation.
Every experience reveals the truth that I exist and I am immortal. That really feels so good to know. That knowing is pure joy.
For myself, not being a true intellectual, I find that these elaborations are necessary by some to catch you at a certain point, enough to satisfy you, so that you are content to return to practicing the humble practice of “I AM.”
I love Rupert’s speaking on myriad levels, knowing many practices and authors.
One that he quotes often is Nisargadatta. His basic only practice was “I AM,” which he describes as the very first ignorance. But, we must start there. And, your Reality is just prior to “I AM.”
Concentration, focus, is a preliminary step in this process. That is, concentration on “I AM” as a focal point, of the first separation, as it were, the first delusion, that “I AM” is the first lie that proliferates the myriad lies. “I AM” can be experienced, and “I AM” seems to pop out as creation, the very first creation. So, once we get a sense of “I AM,” we look behind it, where “I AM” came from. Experience the vastness of the pool where “I AM” originated from.
I'm currently reading Nisargadatta and you have put it quite nicely. I have also found focusing on the sense of 'I am' to be a very simple and helpful practice.
Well said. Pure "I am -ness", asmitā, is still a mental fluctuation (a "citta vrtti") that derives from the original seed of ignorance of true-Self (avidyā). Someone or something still has to focus attention on this asmitā. That must still be a mental function. At that rareified sattvic mind-body state, it can only be the polished buddhi-mind process undertaking self-observation, discrimination and detachment (vicchara, viveka, vairagya - the 3 Vs). Pure consciousness does not and cannot actively participate, even as a "Seer", except to passively illuminate mental process. This is consistent with the Samkhya and raja yoga model. I think Nisargadatta and subsequent (neo-)advaita vedantans are wrong. "I-Am" is not the main event. Buddhi is. Then, let Buddhi take some sleep.
@@robertworrall2346 The key to this process is allowing oneself to be reduced to the most basic level of creation, the firstborn, the innocent birth of not knowing.
That is our job. What happens thereafter is unscripted, beyond words, a free fall into that which you came from and have returned to. Or, the realization that you never left, and have been engaged fully in this preoccupation called human existence.
" I am He, as You are He, as You are Me, and We are, all together. "
Absolutely an amazing explanation of reality. Articulated in a graceful manner. Thank you 🙏🏾 Rubert.
Seems to me, too, that this is a correct use of our minds, an expansive thinking and wondering and being ever open to more and more understanding. The intellectual mind, tool of consciousness.
The gentle lady Ana posing the question has wonderful intuition and perceives the situation of reality, separate realities, separation, entirely correctly
For her, there is indeed a separation and a simple answer to the question: where is reality created and how? As well as why the sense of separate realities
The most humble and sincere reply is that almost everyone, naturally and automatically identify themselves with the body and thoughts
Where are these positioned within the sense of reality ? Are they one ? Or is there a separation by which an observer of said reality is created ?
Is there one that experiences and perceives a life, reality (story) and tells this story and is there another that patiently and lovingly listens to this story? One ? or Two ?
Or Two in One ?
It is this dual identification with - I exist - (personified through the body) and - I am this or that etc - (personified through thought, language and identification process) that creates the separation.
Hence the imagination or feeling that there are two
But it feels like they both exist within you, they are you! .. hence the confusion
One reality is created or fabricated and the other reality is simply the miracle of - that what is - Aliveness - unnamable..
The latter reality is happening (not done nor made.. simply happening)
This one is reality and according to modern quantum physics this real reality still remains a wonderful mystery
So much so that 98% of that reality is titled as dark matter, materia oscura.. simply meaning ‘we don’t know’
Then this - spontaneous happening or reality or aliveness - is experienced by the 5 natural bodily senses and then the 6 sense (the mind, thoughts) creates its interpretation of said reality and tells a story about it
The five bodily senses constantly try to make sense of the real reality, based on memory, impressions, etc
And then titles this interpretation of the real (not understood) reality is labelled - my experience, I saw this with my own eyes, it happened in my life - and thus the storyteller or the ego appears on the stage and tells
this life story (reality in the (left) brain) which is very crafty fabricated during the waking state and dream
Strangely enough, it was said by Ramana Maharshi (and others) that the deep sleep state is the closest to real reality (materia oscura)
Real reality being said to be 98% dark matter, so what do you - the I am - actually know during your deep sleep?
If you can contemplate these natural internal mechanisms during several meditations, it will surprise you how stunningly, simple and truthful these mechanism work logically and harmoniously, every day and night
The daytime mechanism were taught to us as a baby mainly through images, projection, interpretation, language and storytelling (thus creating a psychology)
The nighttime mechanism is entirely natural
Some say it is the natural state prior during and after the body experience
Once you know how these simple mechanisms works and can see how automatic and habitual they are, then you can more easily become free from it (through the process of recognition)
To help you understand the above better and locate this storyteller, in clinical psychology and modern neuroscience, since only a few years, it has been discovered that in the left hemisphere of the brain there is a very small region which scientifically has been given two names - the interpreter - and - the storyteller -
This puts itself forward as a sort of control centre for the five bodily senses, and it has been proposed that this is where the so called - I, the ego - resides
This small part of the brain lights up each time the one proclaims I am, I exist or this is my body, I see, I hear, this is my hand etc
It’s quite interesting ..
It reminds one of the beautiful painting on the ceiling of the Sistine chapel in the Vatican by MichelAngelo - The creation of Adam -
Clearly, the proposed creator is sitting in a cloud, which, according to sketches of the time from MichelAngelo and da Vinci themselves, is identical to a cross-section of the human brain
The creator of Adam resides in the human brain itself ? Interesting perhaps ?
Look at it, please.. look at it closely
This very small location at the left hand of the father, was named the opposer
Whereas peace and silence, the Amen, sits at the right hand of the father
At the left hemisphere, there, all narrative and interpretations, names and forms are created
The story of my experiences and my life, etc
Because a story without contrast, opposition, opposites (duality) is not much of a story and thus this small location (at the left hand of the centre, the source, the father) creates all such separation by itself by means of interpretations
From that location (you, I am) your feeling of separation (perhaps two realities?) is created and presented to you, the observer
Hence the feeling of two.. not one
Try to deeply understand this partly natural and partly fabricated (language, neuro linguistic psychology since babyhood) during silence (the only teacher), meditation and see it, recognise it and understand it and then give it its suitable proportional role within your life story
Then it will suddenly befriend you, recognise the master in you and assist you towards even greater understanding, seeing reality and thus liberation, peace, the great contentment
I hope this was helpful
If needed, remaining at your humble service 🌺 Ben 🤗
Rupert has always been my favourite spiritual teacher.His knowledge has helped me navigate my spiritual awakening.Thank you Rupert.
He is ❤
But we don't need "explanations" ON something. We need insights FROM something (let's call it "REALity") ❤
Thank you Rupert.
Happy Saturday everyone! May today be a day of peace, joy, and spiritual growth for you. Take some time to connect with your inner self and reflect on the blessings in your life. Remember that every moment is a gift and an opportunity to spread love and kindness to those around you. Embrace the beauty of this day and let your spirit soar!💜🦋
Minds that are asleep are the over thinking minds. Direct experience is the sound, the tasting, touch, the smell, the seeing, without preference, without thought. Understanding your body/mind as merely a vehicle emerging from the ground of being, to experience a physical self is enough. Understanding/knowing at this level is peace of mind is true love. Going back to sleep is thinking too much, such as is happening here to Rupert and this dear lady.
Thinking too much is a relative statement. You're judging the discussion. The road that you choose is all the will matter because you will have to experience it. However, others have the free will to choose their own.
@@Onlytakes1 yes, but are not all statements relative ! Including this reply. Free will, even Rupert has said many times over the years,” free will doesn’t really exist”.
Rather life’s choices are more often taken from the menu of the day/ego centred, rather than awareness/life’s full menu.
Mind without awareness falls back into the ego trap, it happens, and many a teacher and lay person including myself takes one step forward then two steps back.
Direct experience of fallibility has shown this of myself, and I recognised it in the conversation between the lady and Rupert.
Worth listening a million times thank you sir 🙏
Definitely gonna listen to this again. There are so many points to meditate on here... and ponder at work today when it gets slow 😉
Although I have been a fan boy of Don Hoffman and his hypotheses on this very subject. You sir, hold some very interesting ideas that, in their own right, are bold and encouraging. The level of respect on varying degrees presented by yourself and Mr. Hoffman, is the very basis of all scientific profession. I humbly bow to you sir in homage and vast curiosity. I believe a new dream of mine has emerged, to sit and spend a day of coffee drinking and wild conversation with yourself and Mr. Hoffman. We could leave all limitation at the threshold, and let our imaginations soar to the greatest heights achievable.
"Anything and everything observed, experienced, or imagined is, in fact, nothing but qualia within the awareness that is the ground of existence" - Neil Theise & Menas Kafatos 2016
Very well explained Rupert. We are blessed to have you as our guide.
Wow! That was amazing and beautiful. Thank you to the lovely lady for asking your questions and thank you Rupert for your answer/explanation 🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕
What we perceive is reality , but just for us . Each person has their own reality. That is why people argue about what has happened, for every single person something else has happened .
The reality that we are looking for is the whole, that we cannot experience on this world, we will experience it only on the other side
And in that argument no one is right from one perspective ... and everyone is right from their own perspectives.
A very simple description of the true nature of reality. The end is brilliant - yes, humility is understanding this. Posted.
This is very deep. I will share my understanding of this and hope it’s helpful to others like me, currently grappling with the weirdness of relations preceding that which relates. It does however make sense in light of the transformative power of relationships. They literally trans-form us and in-form what we become.
Around 22:45:00 min Rupert responds to a question about humility following on from his deep reply to the previous question about the relationship between the individual finite mind and the Mind of infinite Consciousness. He quotes McGilchrist (The Matter with Things), “relationship precedes relata.” Rupert says that humility is the consequence of beginning to understand the profound significance of this point, which “conventional wisdom” finds “so far out, so unbelievable, so weird”. Shifting to this point of view is very strange and counter intuitive. However, many people including many present day physicists are coming to this understanding; as a result of deeply investigating reality from the conventional scientific/ reductive materialist perspective. Eventually you are confronted with the apparent paradox that relationship come before the entities doing the relating. Ultimately, all the way down to the quantum level, “matter” appears to emerge out of a relational field of potentiality. It is the relationship between the whole (infinite Consciousness) and the parts (finite consciousness) that informs and differentiates physical reality. The whole is necessarily constituted by the parts, which are themselves (scale-dependant) wholes to other parts; all the way down to the infinite and formless relational field of potentiality, which provides the ground of all Being and the source of possibility for all Becoming.
What remains untouched by the act of perception of the mind is god, is being... what a wonderful way of say it
THE CREATION OF SELF DEFINITION.
All of life is a process of deciding Who You Are, and then experiencing that.
As you keep expanding your vision, you make up new rules to cover that! As you keep enlarging your idea about your Self, you create new do's and don'ts, yeses and nos to encircle that. These are the boundaries that "hold in" something which cannot be held in.
You cannot hold in "you," because you are as boundless as the Universe. Yet you can create a concept about your boundless Self by Imagining, and then accepting, boundaries.
In a sense, this is the only way you can know yourself as anything in particular.
That which is boundless is boundless. That which is limitless is limitless. It cannot exist anywhere because it is everywhere. If it is everywhere, it is nowhere in particular.
God is everywhere. Therefore, God is nowhere in particular, because to be somewhere in particular, God would have to not be somewhere else - which is not possible for God.
There is only one thing that is "not possible" for God, and that is for God to not be God. God cannot "not be." Nor can God not be like Itself. God cannot "un-God" Itself.
I am everywhere, and that's all there is to it. And since I am everywhere, I am nowhere. And if I am NOWHERE I Am NOW HERE
Everything in the universe is consciousness. Space and time in all planes of reality are only projections within universal consciousness. There really is no here or there for everything is at one place where Mind is. Mind does not move at all. Mind simply is (Not to be confused with the brain). Mind is everywhere yet nowhere. Mind is nowhere but Here, Now. We are all existing together as a singularity in one place and time. Everything is one, Here and Now.
Your soul is the reflection of all souls. You are the Other. Without the other, you would not exist. You are defined by your relationships with others. You would need to describe the whole universe in order to define a single person. Therefore every single person is the whole universe. Your soul is both personal and universal at the same time. Everyone is a reflection of yourself. You are in a hall of mirrors where every reflection of yourself appears different. Others you admire reflect the qualities you most cherish in yourself. Others you detest reflect the qualities you most deny in yourself. Each person you see is a different version of you.
The outer world is a mirror of yourself at any place and time. If you want to know the state of your personal consciousness, just look around and see what is happening to you. If you want to know the state of the collective consciousness, just look around at what is happening in the world. Your personal reality is synchronistically orchestrated by your sense of Self at all times. If a critical mass of people expressed their higher selves, they would cause a transformation in collective consciousness and the world reality. Every time a person rises in personal consciousness, he moves the state of the world towards a higher one than before.
The deepest secret is that life is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation.
You are not discovering yourself, but creating yourself anew. Seek, therefore, not to find out Who You Are, seek to determine Who You Want to Be.
Life is not a school, and we are not here to learn lessons. No.
We are here to remember, and re-create, Who You Are.
I have told you, over and over again. You do not believe Me. Yet that is well as it should be. For truly, if you do not create yourself as Who You Are, that you cannot be.
You have heard teacher after teacher tell you that life is a school with life lessons to be learned. I say you have nothing to learn.
School is a place you go if there is something you do not know that you want to know. It is not a place you go if you already know a thing and simply want to experience your knowingness.
Life (as you call it) is an opportunity for you to know experiencially what you already know conceptually. You need learn nothing to do this. You need merely remember what you already know, and act on it.
Rupert trying to articulate the ineffable ....remarkable effort !!!
He eventually gets close enough for it to be worth all the leading along 🤷🏾♂️. He ended by stating, “It’s so difficult to make it clear!”
But he never used the distinction of - the Non Distinct! ☝🏽😎
Thank you Rupert!!!
Now I see the need for my limitations…to enable the One to experience itself in the universe. For I to see I
Beautiful
Rupert is the most profound Master / Teacher / Guru ❤
One can FEEL IT! ❤
And yet...
... let me say, that we don't need "explanations" ON something. We need insights FROM something (let's call it "REALity") ❤
Copied and twisted from Jiddu Krishnamurti's teachings
Thank you, RUclips algorithm. I’ve felt this concept innately for a long time. I also believe that the past, present, and future are all happening at once. It’s our mind’s perception that imparts the sense of time moving only forward.
There is a big price to pay for this knowledge. In order to grasp it, life make you pass through difficult experience which are necessary for the understanding of this knowledge
I am starting to really love your teachings thank you for this amazing insight
A segment from 'Saved by the Light of the Buddha Within'...
My new understandings of what many call 'God -The Holy Spirit' - resulting from some of the extraordinary ongoing after-effects relating to my NDE...
Myoho-Renge-Kyo represents the identity of what some scientists are now referring to as the unified field of consciousnesses. In other words, it’s the essence of all existence and non-existence - the ultimate creative force behind planets, stars, nebulae, people, animals, trees, fish, birds, and all phenomena, manifest or latent. All matter and intelligence are simply waves or ripples manifesting to and from this core source. Consciousness (enlightenment) is itself the actual creator of everything that exists now, ever existed in the past, or will exist in the future - right down to the minutest particles of dust - each being an individual ripple or wave.
The big difference between chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo and most other conventional prayers is that instead of depending on a ‘middleman’ to connect us to our state of inner enlightenment, we’re able to do it ourselves. That’s because chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo allows us to tap directly into our enlightened state by way of this self-produced sound vibration. ‘Who or What Is God?’ If we compare the concept of God being a separate entity that is forever watching down on us, to the teachings of Nichiren, it makes more sense to me that the true omnipotence, omniscience and omnipresence of what most people perceive to be God, is the fantastic state of enlightenment that exists within each of us. Some say that God is an entity that’s beyond physical matter - I think that the vast amount of information continuously being conveyed via electromagnetic waves in today’s world gives us proof of how an invisible state of God could indeed exist.
For example, it’s now widely known that specific data relayed by way of electromagnetic waves has the potential to help bring about extraordinary and powerful effects - including an instant global awareness of something or a mass emotional reaction. It’s also common knowledge that these invisible waves can easily be used to detonate a bomb or to enable NASA to control the movements of a robot as far away as the Moon or Mars - none of which is possible without a receiver to decode the information that’s being transmitted. Without the receiver, the data would remain impotent. In a very similar way, we need to have our own ‘receiver’ switched on so that we can activate a clear and precise understanding of our own life, all other life and what everything else in existence is.
Chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo each day helps us to achieve this because it allows us to reach the core of our enlightenment and keep it switched on. That’s because Myoho-Renge-Kyo represents the identity of what scientists now refer to as the unified field of consciousnesses. To break it down - Myoho represents the Law of manifestation and latency (Nature) and consists of two alternating states. For example, the state of Myo is where everything in life that’s not obvious to us exists - including our stored memories when we’re not thinking about them - our hidden potential and inner emotions whenever they’re dormant - our desires, our fears, our wisdom, happiness, karma - and more importantly, our enlightenment.
The other state, ho, is where everything in Life exists whenever it becomes evident to us, such as when a thought pops up from within our memory - whenever we experience or express our emotions - or whenever a good or bad cause manifests as an effect from our karma. When anything becomes apparent, it merely means that it’s come out of the state of Myo (dormancy/latency) and into a state of ho (manifestation). It’s the difference between consciousness and unconsciousness, being awake or asleep, or knowing and not knowing.
The second law - Renge - Ren meaning cause and ge meaning effect, governs and controls the functions of Myoho - these two laws of Myoho and Renge, not only function together simultaneously but also underlies all spiritual and physical existence.
The final and third part of the tri-combination - Kyo, is the Law that allows Myoho to integrate with Renge - or vice versa. It’s the great, invisible thread of energy that fuses and connects all Life and matter - as well as the past, present and future. It’s also sometimes termed the Universal Law of Communication - perhaps it could even be compared with the string theory that many scientists now suspect exists.
Just as the cells in our body, our thoughts, feelings and everything else is continually fluctuating within us - all that exists in the world around us and beyond is also in a constant state of flux - constantly controlled by these three fundamental laws. In fact, more things are going back and forth between the two states of Myo and ho in a single moment than it would ever be possible to calculate or describe. And it doesn’t matter how big or small, famous or trivial anything or anyone may appear to be, everything that’s ever existed in the past, exists now or will exist in the future, exists only because of the workings of the Laws ‘Myoho-Renge-Kyo’ - the basis of the four fundamental forces, and if they didn’t function, neither we nor anything else could go on existing. That’s because all forms of existence, including the seasons, day, night, birth, death and so on, are moving forward in an ongoing flow of continuation - rhythmically reverting back and forth between the two fundamental states of Myo and ho in absolute accordance with Renge - and by way of Kyo. Even stars are dying and being reborn under the workings of what the combination ‘Myoho-Renge-Kyo’ represents. Nam, or Namu - which mean the same thing, are vibrational passwords or keys that allow us to reach deep into our life and fuse with or become one with ‘Myoho-Renge-Kyo’.
On a more personal level, nothing ever happens by chance or coincidence, it’s the causes that we’ve made in our past, or are presently making, that determine how these laws function uniquely in each of our lives - as well as the environment from moment to moment. By facing east, in harmony with the direction that the Earth is spinning, and chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo for a minimum of, let’s say, ten minutes daily to start with, any of us can experience actual proof of its positive effects in our lives - even if it only makes us feel good on the inside, there will be a definite positive effect. That’s because we’re able to pierce through the thickest layers of our karma and activate our inherent Buddha Nature (our enlightened state). By so doing, we’re then able to bring forth the wisdom and good fortune that we need to challenge, overcome and change our adverse circumstances - turn them into positive ones - or manifest and gain even greater fulfilment in our daily lives from our accumulated good karma. This also allows us to bring forth the wisdom that can free us from the ignorance and stupidity that’s preventing us from accepting and being proud of the person that we indeed are - regardless of our race, colour, gender or sexuality. We’re also able to see and understand our circumstances and the environment far more clearly, as well as attract and connect with any needed external beneficial forces and situations. As I’ve already mentioned, everything is subject to the law of Cause and Effect - the ‘actual-proof-strength’ resulting from chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo always depends on our determination, sincerity and dedication.
For example, the levels of difference could be compared to making a sound on a piano, creating a melody, producing a great song, and so on. Something else that’s very important to always respect and acknowledge is that the Law (or if you prefer God) is in everyone and everything.
NB: There are frightening and disturbing sounds, and there are tranquil and relaxing sounds. It’s the emotional result of any noise or sound that can trigger off a mood or even instantly change one. When chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo each day, we are producing a sound vibration that’s the password to our true inner-self - this soon becomes apparent when you start reassessing your views on various things - such as your fears and desires etc. The best way to get the desired result when chanting is not to view things conventionally - rather than reaching out to an external source, we need to reach into our own lives and bring our needs and desires to fruition from within - including the good fortune and strength to achieve any help that we may need. Chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo also reaches out externally and draws us towards, or draws towards us, what we need to make us happy from our environment. For example, it helps us to be in the right place at the right time - to make better choices and decisions and so forth. We need to think of it as a seed within us that we’re watering and bringing sunshine to for it to grow, blossom and bring forth fruit or flowers. It’s also important to understand that everything we need in life, including the answer to every question and the potential to achieve every dream, already exists within us.
The scary part of standing on a ledge of a tall building, it's not worrying that you'll fall off, it's actually the fear that you might want to jump off.
What scared me is that I really wanted to do it. The greatest beauty i've had is dying. I don't care anymore whether I live or die. I accept my death. I will take the entire Universe with me. There won't be any suffering because I'm taking you all with me.
So beautiful movement to understand the reality very clearly.
Thanks for the great Movement 💖🙏🙏🙏
It really shows an evolution and refinement of the teaching. Amit Goswami uses pretty much the same model refering to quantum physics language. It is totally consistent with the ancient wisdom traditions in my view. It is amazing to witness the convergence between the understanding and language of the ancient and the most advanced.
It may not be what it appears to be !!! thanks Rupert!
I see this world full of parcicles, vibrating fast. Even I see a rock vibrating. See the world very colourful.
Holy molly what are you doing with me Rupert. That was amazing. When you said Relationship comes before things and I saw and it was amazing and then the woman started doing this into a thing again. It was like watching a toddler destroy the mona lisa.
"I was a Treasure unknown then I desired to be known so I created a creation to which I made Myself known"
this is beautiful and interesting and I had to google it. Muslims are indeed very interesting
Wonderful. Thank you for these videos
So beautiful. I think you’re a modern day Mystic.
Thanks Rupert 🥰🚀
Great Guidance, Rupert! This guidance deeply spoke to me.
I was about to awaken, but then I sneezed and then I thought about the meaning of the Sneeze and then I thought I'd share that...
My mind won blast, love you Ru
Thanks dear Rupert, Italia made understand better❤
The world is colored by our perceptions, is my take on this . I would guess that no two people perceive reality in exactly the same way❤
Muchísimas gracias!!!❤🙏😊
This makes me wonder what the relationship is between my localized imagination and the imagination of the whole. Presumably the world is a type of stabilized imagination of the one being, a kind of patterned dream,... so what might my localized imagination be in some fractal sense? Whispers of the cosmic psyche, or creations of new galaxies of conscious experience?
Quantum leap everytime i hear you. Picture gets clearer
These videos inspired some beautiful poetry and fascinating stories. I’ve been writing a lot lately. After having writers block for almost five years. It’s so inexplainable but omg the discovery of this truth ….
Thanks to whoever runs this and Francis’ channel❤
Brilliant! Great explanation about reality.
Reality is whatever mother nature wants us to see
I adore Rupert's movie analogy, being a movie buff myself!!!!
What is reality when change is the only constant? Reality is just one big concept. There is only this big universal process that contain everything.
Correct. Awareness is the only constant and concept is the sculptor of clay of being (or awareness).
This is one concept that Rupert doesn't quite seem to get. And he's expressed it several times.
As in this video he expresses that there is a reality outside of mind in his segment "half create, half perceive". Yes, this is exactly true from our human perspective, but not true in a higher perspective.
All form the conceptualization of mind. Every form we experience is the conceptualization of mind. And even Rupert recognizes this when he uses the dream analogy. In a dream we know that all form is projection of the mind. The exact same thing is true in the "real" world.
Someone might say "but when the mind stops, a dream stops. When I stop thinking in the real world, reality continues." That's because it isn't the lower mind that is creating the "real" world. It is a higher mind creating the "real" world just like the physical mind creates the dream world.
What is this higher mind creating the physical world, then, and why is it important to understand this? First, we know this higher mind exists not only through personal experiences of insight that we know do not come from the physical mind, but perhaps more importantly our understanding of Being necessitates it.
We know that Being is the primal "state" or "experience". Better said, being or awareness is primary. Nothing comes before it. Rupert is an expert at explaining this. Being is pure stillness and spaciousness. It has no boundaries. In order for there to be any thing else, there has to be distinction. In order for there to be movement, there must be distinction. Anything that moves must change in relation to something else otherwise there is no movement. (We experience this clearly with relative motion in the physical world.)
We also know that distinction comes from the mind. Mind says "this, not that". Being says "this". Therefore, if anything but pure sameness exists, then mind must exist. It's not hard to assume that the physical or lower mind isn't creating the physical world, therefore it must be a higher mind.
This is pretty self-evident once one understands the nature of awareness, but, again, Rupert hasn't adopted this understanding.
This we can understand through basic logical.
Taken a step further it also explains the soul, the inner being, the higher self, and who exactly is running things when pure being is without form.
Again, disappointing that I had to figure this out on my own journey and not force fed to me by Rupert. 😅
If the experiencer is unreal then the experience is unreal. Wake up Rupert! What IS is not a student of ITSELF!
I used to have that feeling all the time as I was growing up - oh is this really real? It didn't feel real. Sometimes I would be so surprised to find myself "in the present moment". It's a weird feeling.
Me too, growing up, but unable to understand what was going on, a state of surprise.
So to fully understand myself would seem like pure joy , infinite love like a lightbulb turning up my awareness brighter than a million suns . I have this intuition that calls to me through my heart and soul that to fully understand ourselves would be like cranking up the love dial until it breaks apart into the infinite . The place where all our souls are as one in praise to our Glory. I believe there is such a place .
To fully understand yourself would feel like perfect stillness which is exactly what we feel when we inquire of our true nature. This is the very reason why pure being cannot see itself. It sees no division. It hears only silence with nothing to break the silence. Contrast is needed for any perception.
But not to worry. Our limited selves will be expanding forever into our true selves. There is an infinite amount of joy to come. (This is the love of the Father for the Son in spiritual texts.)
@@davidalbro2009 I get glimpses of this joy and it temporarily relieves me from the bondage of self . But my longing for it probably pushes it away and so mediation has been my next step in this process of spiritual development.
This is really a very thought provoking discussion, or presentation. As far as I can make out, what he says in this video is compatible and consistent with quantum mechanics and Einstein’s Relativity. Just three examples.
1/ Colours as we see them (red, blue, yellow, etc.) don’t physically exist: they are pure constructs of our mind or of our brain, and interestingly it seems that we humans all have the same construct for colours. But do we? How can I know your red isn’t my green and your yellow isn’t my blue? Impossible to know. But more importantly, what our brain interprets as colours are nothing more than certain wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum. So aliens with another biology could see/interpret these wavelengths not as colours but in a very different way. Here on earth certain species can see ultraviolet or infrared wavelengths that are invisible to us. And imagine how the world would appear to us humans if evolution had geared us to see in the x-ray domain: many things would appear as transparent. Evolution didn’t do this to us for a simple reason: if a rock wall appeared to us transparent but we couidn’t run through it, we’d be hitting rock walls all the time. Not a great strategy for survival if you’re being chased by a hungry sabre-toothed tiger (this would be happening in prehistoric times). The way we see and experience the world is the result of evolution trying to keep us alive. It’s not about seeing reality « as it is ».
2/ The distinction between ‘matter’ and ‘non-matter’ is no longer meaningful given current quantum physics. Matter is, literally, an illusion, although it’s an « effective » illusion, in that it is useful and allows us to interact with the world and survive. It’s an illusion because physics shows us that even electrons and quarks (which make up protons and neutrons, and therefore all of our experienced physical reality) are nothing but excitations of quantum fields, and the mass of a proton or electron is more than 99% immaterial: it emerges from the kinetic energy of the jiggling of the quarks with the gluons that keep them together. The illusion of mass reflects Einstein’s famous E = mc2 (energy = mass, and energy is « immaterial » in opposition to matter).
3/ Rupert’s excellent example of the glass of water looked at from different points in space reminds us of Einstein’s « block universe », which « proves » that both space and time are illusions. They are produced by the fact we humans are limited to a specific point in spacetime, exactly the point that Rupert makes.
Great stuff!
Thank you so much❤❤❤
Well, quantum physics basically has already found that everything is quanta of energy on a fundamental level, and that's outside of spacetime (4D). So that's all everything really is because being outside of spacetime means it can theoretically be anywhere but chooses to appear in various forms. I think it's all just conscious energy that experiences itself in different forms. No rhyme or reason to it but to have an experience because it can. This energy is the intelligence fundamental to all reality, and it is what makes up everhthing. That is my digestibility for what Rupert is trying to convey.
Consciousness experiences itself as forms of consciousness. The smell of a rose is qualia within consciousness or the taste of chocolate is a qualia within consciousness. It is a direct experience there is a unitive subject consciousness.
The moment a particle is a wave; it has to be a conscious wave!
Gravity is the conscious attraction among waves to create the illusion of particles,
and our experience-able Universe.
Max Planck states: "Consciousness is fundamental and matter is derived from Consciousness".
Life is the Infinite Consciousness, experiencing the Infinite Possibilities, Infinitely.
We are "It", experiencing our infinite possibilities in our finite moment.
Our job is to make it interesting!
After years of thinking about this topic, it feels less and less important to understand. It seems so important and interesting but in the end it's like a rocking chair that keeps you busy but doesn't get you anywhere. Put differently, I think a perfect understanding of this topic will not improve your life anymore than having a perfect understanding of infinite would.
Thank you for your contributing to the discussion. With love, Rupert's Team
I agree. This kind of topic is what my father referred to as the playground of an idle mind.
Yep. Just like the little white dot that appears on a 1950's TV when you turn it off eventually fading into NOTHING.
Yes, for most people living this topic is not near approaching their path on life's journey. However, for many this teaching is crucial just as understanding we are not our thoughts is crucial for others just as understanding we are not our bodies is crucial for yet others.
There are many, many points of understanding that only become important when they are the next step along one's personal journey.
Simply beautiful
There is a relationship in motion between all galaxies and the life within them.
Awareness of it is unrealized until the self and the soul set sail.
The Truth speaks volumes.....😎💯
Thank you Rupert 🙏 🌟
None of these things can be explained in words.
Brilliant description !
separation from and obscuring of ultimate reality comes in with the sixth faculty of thinking ( labeling , conceptualizing etc... ) and identification ( thought ) with a " me " ; the other faculties : hearing , seeing , smelling , touching and tasting don't limit reality by what they allow to perceive or experience ( as for the newborn ) without the thought faculty in combination with a belief ( thought ) of separate individual coming in .Our cat is totally in sync with the nature of reality .
It is in the brain that the poppy is red, that the apple is odorous, that the skylark sings. (Oscar Wilde)
Never been proven that is the problem.
@@tajzikria5307 It has never been proven that it DOESN'T appear in the brain. Every single perception is a function of the brain. This isn't hard to accept. This is a fundamental understanding of biology.
We see an apple. It is red. Where do we perceive that redness? Only in the mind. "But the apple exists on that table" and so you go over to pick it up to prove its existence. "See, you can feel the apple." But where does that perception of touch exist? Only in the mind. "But when I throw it against the wall, it makes the wall wet. That PROVES the apple exists outside the mind."
But where did you perceive the wetness on the wall?
Everything. EVERYTHING takes place in the mind. This is common knowledge in philosophy.
"But there are concepts and things I have learned that exist outside the mind. There is no way I could have made those things up. They must have an external reality." First, we have already learned that all perception is in the mind. We cannot perceive anything of substance outside of it. As far as something being more complex than the mind could conceive...just because you don't know how something came to be doesn't mean it didn't come from mind.
Not knowing how something arose is not proof of knowing how it arose just as not ever seeing a unicorn is not proof that unicorns exist. That is, just because you are unaware of the process of how something arose doesn't mean you get to decide arbitrarily which process you want it to arise from.
And we also do know the nature of being which is pure stillness and that anything other than stillness must come from mind, as Rupert explained in this video. Therefore all form arises from mind.
But you also have a good idea that it didn't arise from your physical mind. Therefore there must be a higher mind from which "external" reality emerges from.
Bit too much enquiry and questioning…just go and have a tea with Lin Chi
Reality is an illusion because we can't perceive real reality. The illusion is real because it's meaningful for the psyche/mind. The ego is there to protect us as it is there to help us figure out best strategies for surviving.🙏🏼❤️
We are happy that you are enjoying the channel. With love, Rupert's Team
An over stimulated ego often becomes a personality disorder.
You are creating your perception, which makes you own a reality.
Reality isn't an illusion because we are the only ones who can perceive reality. It is not the whole reality, but nothing can perceive the whole reality, not even pure being as pure being.
Why does the Awareness accepts suffering and pain? If we are a localisation of the infinite awareness, why are we allowed to cause pain to ourselfs? What is the purpose?
I can only know that I was, not that I am, because knowing takes a finite time to be instantiated.
Conceptual knowing takes time, so, yes, you can only know you were or will be conceptually. Luckily, there is a knowing that is free of concept which is the only way we truly know ourselves. You bring up a good point.
And many spiritual teaching speak about this reality very much. Even Rupert talks about it.
without perception there would be a infinate flux of potential possibilities happening all at once but that once isnt in time, honestly that is happening even without perception. if you could see it or percieve it it would look just like what Rupert is saying. In a way i wonder if that darkness just before your actual self is that. Also whats weird is that the percieving of that blank darkness is the potential of yourself the first apparent seperation of yourself. im trying to come up with more to say about it but words break down here. its so weird how there is no position at your deepest self but yet its able to see into its self and that is the world we experience but i guess thats the nature of infinity of our being and it creates all possibilities. Love you all, Namaste ❤🙏🏼❤🙏🏼❤. it's really beautiful honestly. when ever I see a Hindu God the multiple arms behind them or faces always reminds me of this. like look out into the world and really understand this and it will make you feel joy seriously and put a smile on your face even if it's just a coffee cup your looking at. You are truly amazing. ❤❤❤
If you answer questions I'd very much appreciate your opinion and your insight. I believed a thing I thought the truth only to find that it was not. I have opened my mind and began to pursue what may be true as it relates to God. I have heard some of what you had to say in reference to how you might be believing currently in a power greater than ourselves. Forgive me I'm not very good at asking these questions, how do you feel about NDE
With regard to the senses. I think it’s the other way around. We have evolved senses to understand the nature of our environment. So the grass for example does have innate qualities and living beings have evolved the apparatus to understand them.
Boom. The missing link ladies and gentlemen. I have been searching for a key to unlock this unrelenting depression i am experiencing. I think this talk pays some homage to the idea that consciousness uses us, and it's not us the use consciousness as depicted in my self publication.
Half way through I got pondering ...
I can't smell since covid
So I started removing one more sense and re imagining my world perception... once all 5 physical senses are gone the only sense that remained was the sense of time ... the sense of self
So do we realy only have 5 senses?
I'll argue that we have 6
We do sense time somehow.
Even in the physical world scientists know we have more than 5 senses. I think it might be 8 or 9. But when it comes to time, time is only a comparison in the mind. Without memory there is no time. Time is much less a perception and much more a concept.
"Without memory, time would not exist; memory is its only evidence. Like space, time is an a priori notion, an inescapable mental framework." Nature Neuroscience volume 22, pages 151-153 (2019)
Yes, understanding is always accompanied by joy, so true. ❤❤❤
@rupertspira-y7c Rupert Spira, is this you?
FYI there is a scammer impersonating Rupert, heads up: "The FBI estimates that the scammers steal US$10 billion annually worldwide.The use of the names of famous and respectable people such as Richard Branson to encourage people to buy fake "investments" is frequent and increasing"
That which perceives “I am” must itself be part of the mind’s perceptual apparatus. This perception is not sight, smell, sound, touch, and taste, so we need a sixth perceptual category: that which directly perceives/experiences the I AM with conviction.
Absolutely not. A sense of being is fundamental. It requires no thing by definition. Being is perfect no thing. Being IS the awareness of being which is why it is often referred to simply as "awareness".
@@davidalbro2009 a “sense” of being cannot be separated from the mind’s sensory apparatuses. Beingness is indeed no thing. “Being is the awareness of being” is a notion-a philosophical point which has been amply debated. Some believe self-awareness is fundamental to being, others do not. To qualify the unqualified is risky business indeed. 🙏
@@davekay7221 You are correct. I was confusing being with a sense of being.
Being is prior to mind but that sense of being requires mind. It is the whole point of mind: to perceive being, to know God.
The mind expanded itself like a ferocious beast trying to understand what being is from every possible angle, forever getting a deeper and deeper understanding of being, but never fully.
This is the eternally connected nature of mind and being.
Creation is the mind of God attempting to know being by becoming being.
@@davidalbro2009 “Being is prior to mind”-only from the perspective of a localized, separate self. From the Absolute, being and mind are not two, therefore one is not prior to the other. When attention focuses on the content of the mind, it withdraws attention from the backdrop of mind (unchanging beingness). To know short is to know tall. To know change is to know the unchanging. They are not two.
The mind is insentient, and as such, has no “purpose”. A great mystery exists in existence itself. God may be an apt descriptor for the unknowable.
Minds apparently evolve since senses evolve. “The mind seeks to understand” comes only from the perspective of a separate self. There is no “deeper and deeper understanding” of being. Being just is. Minds interpret reality via the senses that exist, which is why our separate experience is made up of apparent objects that can be seen, touched, smelled, heard, and tasted. Reality exists but is not as it appears.
For mind and being to be “connected,” you imply they are two. Mind is mind; being is being. From the absolute “perspective”, they are neither two nor one.
Beautiful
Minds are abstract in nature and not limited. It's impossible. But they can be of lesser infinity, just like different orders if infinity in math. I recommend learning this point in math to improve the quality of thinking about infinities
Reality is how you perceive it, if you doubt, take a hammer and hit your finger, now we are talking ! ( awaking )
Brilliant!
"The reality that we know is not the true reality; it is the reality seen through an ugly mind which projects itself on reality. We don't see the real; we always see it colored with our own prejudices, ideas, our whole mind. And even that we see only while running. We never relax."
Who said that?
@@jackroberts416 from a talk by Osho
everybody live in his own reality and when we talking or interact it is just those realities crossing eachother...
That lady has a beautiful voice.
There is no division, it’s the human desire to exist, that creates the whole illusion of separation, on the whole cx
If we imagine that we are separate and we are trying to have a union with a reality which is not what we already are, is just an illusion.
Here in this space and time, is time or space all that there is. If not all, what else is there. Do we know an other thing, this separate I. Am I known. As there is one reality, no other, really exists to know that. cx
It is my understanding....that each person has his own understanding of reality. There can't be one guy to tell us what reality is, furthermore,,a man's reality can change drastically during just one day. There seems to be versions of reality, none of them are certain in my opinion.
Infinite consciousness and the finite mind are the same thing -
Good analogy for the father -son relationship in the Hebrew Elohim. There is only one 'it'
Brahman is Atman is Paramatman.
Tat Tvam Asi.
This is so good 😮💨
I'm fascinated by the first words from the speaker, that your body comes from the universe. Firstly, what does he mean "the universe"? The physical universe or the mental universe? Descartes's dream argument. So he immediately makes assumptions about how the world is and mixes this into the general ideas so that he jumps from possible knowledge to belief. Belief doesn't span the gap to knowledge. As for waves, what if the ocean began without a ripple? Then the wave is an expression of some ructions that came from outside the ocean, so to say that a wave is an expression of the ocean is foundationally wrong, like proper wrong.
In any case, asking the questions at length doesn't answer the question.
So what is my consciousness doing in this human body? What was I before I was born and what am I after I die?
consciousness. Learn about near death experiences, then learn about CIA Project gateway, finally learn about The Monroe Institute. You can learn to leave this meat suit and experience pure consciousness again
Is it, consciousness isn’t in the human body… but the other way around ;
In consciousness we think we are a human body that thinks it’s consciousness !
Is that the right answer 😂cx
The conscious body is born, where experience like birth happen. Life exists with a birthdate in time and a place in name and a form. Having name shape or form is revealed as other than i and is false therefore not real, or to be relied on cx
the letter "I" is pronounced {ai}
{ai} is "me" in English
{ai} is "who" in Vietnamese