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Beyond Both Existence and Non-Existence

Wednesday 26 March 2025

Descriptions Are Concessions

A woman explores Rupert’s book discussion of ‘empty, spacious awareness’ as a concession to the mind. Rupert explains that describing consciousness as ‘vast’ counters the belief it’s tiny and located in the head – a thorn removing another thorn. Even descriptions like ‘infinite’ are concessions, valid only in reference to finite things. From consciousness’s perspective, there are no finite objects to compare against, so it would simply express ‘I am’ without qualifications about dimensions or location.

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

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Awareness

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