Turner/White Paper Analogy

A man seeks confirmation of Rupert’s analogy involving Turner’s watercolour, where the moon appears as a white circle of unpainted paper. In this analogy, the white paper represents pure consciousness, within which a circle of perception arises. The waking and dreaming states are likened to the coloured content painted around this circle, while deep sleep remains as the untouched white background of consciousness. The man suggests that abiding in the true self during waking – seeing through the transparency of experience – would eliminate delusion in that state, leaving dreaming as the only remaining veil. Rupert affirms this interpretation.

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

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