The Crackling Aliveness of Being
Friday 14 March 2025
A woman describes experiences where life circumstances feel like God pulling her towards God, expressing awe at the all-knowingness of God and asking whether even awakened beings cannot fully be that all-knowingness. She wonders if the finite mind limits the full expression of the divine. Rupert explains that divine omniscience knows whatever each person or animal is experiencing, but for an individual to have a coherent experience, consciousness must narrow itself to exclude the billions of other thoughts, feelings and perceptions occurring simultaneously. He illustrates this by asking her to imagine having two opposing thoughts simultaneously, or eight billion thoughts at once – the mind would be unable to function. Thus, while infinite consciousness knows all thoughts simultaneously, not all thoughts appear in any individual mind. The woman understands that the finite mind serves as a protective, functioning mechanism that narrows infinite consciousness to know one thing at a time.
From event 09 - 16 March, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at Mercy Center, 9–16 March 2025
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