The Substance of Seeing

When I investigate, I see that colours are made of seeing, and seeing arises in awareness. But what is the seeing made of? In Kashmir Shaivism, there’s consciousness and something else – what is that other element? Rupert says: ‘All there is to the experience of seeing is consciousness knowing. If you take the experience of seeing and you, so to speak, touch it, the only substance present there is knowing consciousness. You are looking at a sight, an appearance. The appearance that you are seeing is an appearance of something. What is it that is appearing to you as the world? Consciousness. All that is happening right now is that consciousness is experiencing itself. You have to be very careful, because if you are saying that all there is to the world is your private experience of seeing, then you are going dangerously towards solipsism.’

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

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