Meeting Mind’s Objections with Experience

"When you asked ‘Are you aware?’, I briefly visited my true nature, but then the mind raised an objection – it felt attached to body sensations. How do I work with this? Rupert says: ‘That’s a beautiful observation. You touched your true nature, and then the mind came in with its commentary. This is completely normal. The question “Are you aware?” is designed to take you to the experience of being aware before the mind has time to conceptualise it. In that instant, you taste awareness directly. Then thought rushes in: “But I’m still aware of the body, so I must be the body.” Use the mind’s objections to dig deeper. Ask: is awareness itself located in the body, or does the body appear in awareness? The sensation of the body is an object of awareness – it’s not awareness itself. When you checked your experience, you found that the experience of being aware is completely free of objective content. Stay with that recognition, and let the mind’s objections dissolve in the light of direct experience.’"

From event 21 - 28 November, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at The Vedanta, 21–28 November 2025

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