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Genuine Paths Lead to the Mountaintop
Saturday 22 March 2025
A woman first questions the distinction between awareness and mind, then asks whether pure awareness (Brahman/Shiva) needs reflected consciousness to even conceptualise ‘I am’, suggesting pure existence wouldn’t need this concept. Rupert confirms formulating ‘I am’ requires mind, but awareness itself is self-luminous like the sun – knowing itself by being itself without reflection. Using the John Smith/King Lear analogy, he explains that awareness knows itself naturally while the finite mind must practice self-enquiry to discover its true nature.
From event 21 March - 28 April, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at Garrison Institute, 21–28 March 2025
Dialogues 18:18
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