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Finding the Place of Peace

Thursday 05 May 2022

Distress Over the Separate Self as Illusion

A woman expresses distress at the idea that the separate self is an illusion. Rupert responds that all illusions have something real about them – a mirage is the illusion of water. The water is the illusion, but light is its reality. The separate self is like that. There is something there, but it's not a finite self. He uses the analogy of John Smith and King Lear in that King Lear does not exist except as John Smith.

From event 05 May, 2022 Webinar – Thursday 5th May

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Separate self

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Why Is the Ego Here at All?

Separate Self and Lack

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Separate Self and Lack

Attachment to Foreign Identity

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Attachment to Foreign Identity

If There Are No Others, Where Is the Conflict?

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If There Are No Others, Where Is the Conflict?

Does Knowing Include Biological Sense Perceptions?

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Does Knowing Include Biological Sense Perceptions?

Why Does the Infinite Localise into the Finite?

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The Fear of the Separate Self

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The Fear of the Separate Self

Intuition and Decision-Making

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Shaking Off the Separate Self

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Shaking Off the Separate Self

Everything Is Fine

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Everything Is Fine

God Has Taken Everything Away

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God Has Taken Everything Away