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Feeling the Expansion and Contraction of Consciousness

Sunday 02 May 2021

How Does an Illusory Self Create Resistance?

A man from London describes experiencing moments of opening, followed by contraction and resistance. He asks how, if the separate self is an illusion, it can create resistance. Rupert explains that although the separate self is illusory, and its reality is the presence of awareness, the activity of resistance is a well-formed habit.

From event 30 April - 04 May, 2021 Five-Day 'Retreat at Home' – April

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Separate self

Distress Over the Separate Self as Illusion

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Distress Over the Separate Self as Illusion

Why Is the Ego Here at All?

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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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Why Does the Infinite Localise into the Finite?

The Fear of the Separate Self

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The Fear of the Separate Self

Intuition and Decision-Making

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Intuition and Decision-Making

Shaking Off the Separate Self

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Shaking Off the Separate Self

Everything Is Fine

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Everything Is Fine