How Consciousness Can Reach Toward Something

A woman enquires how consciousness can stretch towards something when consciousness is all there is to an object. Rupert uses the analogy of Mary and Jane to illustrate that the knowing with which Jane on the streets of Paris, representing the finite mind, experiences her environment is actually Mary asleep in Garrison, who symbolises infinite consciousness. In a subject–object relationship, there is always perceived distance between subject and object, necessitating a stretching of attention. The idea of stretching attention concedes to the apparent reality of the subject and object relationship.

From event 22 March - 13 April, 2024 Seven-Day Retreat at Garrison Institute – 22 to 29 March 2024

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