Experience Beyond Thought and Perception

When thoughts, feelings, senses and perceptions are offline, what is being experienced? Rupert says: ‘That’s a beautiful question that goes straight to the heart of the matter. If I were to answer you with a word, that would just give you another thought, but you have to answer that question in your experience. What remains of yourself when your thoughts and perceptions are no longer online? You take away your thoughts, feelings, sensations and perceptions – all that remains is I, awareness, knowing nothing. That’s what remains when all King Lear’s thoughts, feelings, activities, and relationships disappear: John Smith. The presence of awareness is not itself an experience. You cannot find it in your experience. You can only be that knowingly.’

From event 05 - 12 April, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at Mandali, 5–12 April 2025

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