The Most Self-Evident Fact of Experience

A man shares feeling disturbed when quantum entanglement seemed to ‘prove’ materialism, then asks how Rupert would respond to a scientist claiming to prove consciousness mathematically. Rupert replies that consciousness is self-evident and requires no external proof – only consciousness can prove consciousness. He proposes a simple experiment: ask ‘Are you aware?’, ‘What experience enables you to say yes?’, and ‘What is aware that you are aware?’ This establishes consciousness as the most self-evident fact of experience. He concludes that contrary to scientific assumptions, it is matter – not consciousness – that remains mysterious despite millennia of enquiry.

From event 21 March - 28 April, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at Garrison Institute, 21–28 March 2025

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