What’s the Difference Between ‘Being’ and ‘Consciousness’?

What’s the difference between saying ‘everything is made of consciousness’ versus ‘everything is made of being’? They evoke different feelings for me. Rupert says: ‘“Being” and “consciousness” are identical. “Consciousness” or “awareness” just means “aware being”. In the English language, the suffix -ness means “the presence or being of”, so awareness means “the presence of that which is aware”. The being of that which is aware. I use them differently depending on the context. It’s relatively easy to understand that, if you were to touch the substance a thought is made of, all that’s there is the knowing of it. Now, it’s not so easy to see how the reality of an inanimate object is also pure knowing. It’s much easier to see that its reality is pure being, so that’s why I often use the word “being”. Take whichever word works for you. And if I use a word that doesn’t resonate, just substitute it. Using many different names for that which truly is sends the subliminal message that that which you truly are cannot really be named.’

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

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