The Limits of Absolute Certainty

You’ve presented models of solipsism and universal consciousness, but neither can be absolutely proven. I can’t say with certainty that awareness is universal or created in the brain. Rupert says: ‘It’s a perfectly reasonable position. The only thing one can say with absolute certainty is that “I am”, or that “consciousness is”. If you wanted me to speak the absolute truth during these gatherings, I would remain silent the entire week. Nothing I say – with the exception of “I am” – is absolutely true. The models of reality that I build are imperfect models. For some of us with complex minds, questioning minds, investigative minds, these are the conversations that break up the mind’s certainties, the mind’s rigidities; that soften us, that open us. I don’t think our two points of view are that different.’

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

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