Pure Knowing Without Objective Qualities

How do I know if I’m experiencing pure awareness rather than awareness that’s like content? How can I be certain I’m there and not experiencing something objective? Rupert says: ‘If it was the content of experience, it would be something that you are aware of. If it had any objective qualities to it, it would be something that you were aware of. Just refer to the pure experience of being aware itself, without reference to any other, without contrasting it with any other experience. You really can’t say anything about it. It’s just pure knowing, pure luminosity. It’s not an emotion. We only refer to it as being peaceful when we are trying to contrast it with our normal state of agitation. If we just experience the fact of being or being aware, without reference to anything else, then we really fall silent.’

From event 30 August - 06 September, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at Mandali, 30 August–6 September 2025

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