Creation: A Non-dual Perspective

Is there a way of explaining creation from a non-dual perspective? A man who says he grew up with the creation myths from the catholic tradition asks Rupert if there is a similar story within the non-dual traditions.
Rupert says yes - it's called Mary and Jane. Within Mary's mind there lies all possible dreams, but while she is awake, she doesn't have access to those dreams. So, she falls asleep and dreams she's Jane on the streets of Paris. Her own mind, which is a single indivisible field of consciousness divides itself into a subject and an object. From Jane's point of view, it appears that what exists is mind on the inside, and matter on the outside. But, when Mary wakes up, she realises there is no world, no separate mind, no separate self, no people and no objects - only the activity of her own mind.
This is, of course, a myth. I'm not suggesting that this is an accurate model of reality, but it's the most accurate one I know. And if you look back, all the world's great traditional societies and many of the world's great religions have this in one form or another. They have this story of the absolute dreaming or imagining the world within itself and localising itself as a person in that world.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Explaining Creation
1:18 Rupert’s Analogy Of Mary And Jane
4:13 The Non-Dual Understanding
05:07 God’s Dream
06:35 Consciousness Is All There Is
07:12 Original Sin
08:13 The One Thing Everyone Wants
08:55 The Finite Mind
10:23 Unlocalised Consciousness
11:58 Localised Consciousness
14:25 A Creation Myth
16:11 A Model Of Reality Based On Experience
17:45 The Fundamental Experience
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[@rickleitch1036]

This mans use of language allows his inner depth to shine. He is a true beacon of truth. As i sit here and listen to him, even the coffee seems to taste richer...😊

[@TravisBryantNYC]

"Everything is God's dream, and our job in this life is to make God's dream as beautiful a dream as possible." Thank you for this.

[@kathrynphillips3710]

Rupert is 'the' best teacher of non- duality, only he can so beautifully explain these difficult concepts so simply and clearly, we are blessed! Thankyou dear Rupert 🙏❤️🙏

[@Jacadz]

Yes, this is vey elegant indeed. And the seven year old in Rupert still shining. Beautiful, true and holy.

[@Jacadz]

Does this comment reflect your reality or Rupert’s? It’s a strong and very questionable statement to make that you know someone else has an unquenchable love of money.

[@peacenlove6502]

Rupert is most definitely one the most sharpest minds alive today , if not the sharpest ....an amazing being !!!

[@toribellum]

“Now I lay me down to sleep,“ we’re quite literally waking up in this experience called life. I often recall the feeling of waking up from a dream. It’s no coincidence that we sleep, dream, and then wake up.

[@pinkifloyd7867]

WoW good point 🎉

[@billgucci8378]

"Thank you Rupert," the last line in this video cannot begin to express the reality or gratitude of what we have just heard/experienced, yet it is the only thing one can say. Thank you Rupert...indeed!

[@RandyMartinsen]

Thank you, Rupert, for one of the most clear and concise explanations of Source I have ever heard spoken.

[@herculanogaspar7809]

From now on , This model of reality shoud be teached in all the schools in the world as the primordialy Fhilosophie and teology. This is the History of the one Being, This is the most accurate explanation for all that there is. This is beauty, This is God. Thank you Rupert 🙂!

[@mauricepowers3804]

Taught.

[@graememcgregor8407]

It's still only Ruperts theory

[@pinkifloyd7867]

I agree but doubt big bro would want us to grow up into such wise inrelligent adults...

[@JackieJiddo]

We should not negate the HUMAN-PART of ourselves though. Indeed its true that matter doesn't ultimately exist as we perceive it, but it does exist the way we perceive it in relevance to our own humanness. Us being human with the experience of things like solidness or emotions is a valid and deliberate expression of infinite consciousness. It's where our happiness lies, not in imagining ourselves away from our human factor.

[@jensbekaert166]

the human being is real ,its not you though. jane isnt jane ,jane is mary if jane wishes to ,she can completely negate the JANE-PART of herself ,mary will take care of it ,cuz jane always was marry

[@RobBegg]

I agree that our human experience is beautiful however our happiness doesn’t lie in the experience of what we perceive - this awareness is intrinsic to non-duality. Happiness is who we are before the agitations / projections of consciousness in the mind based upon our perceptions, assumptions and the meaning we give to things. Our very being is whole, complete, eternal, happy and fulfilled. Happiness is what’s left when the mind is still.

[@triciatallman4514]

I sometimes like to imagine the body as a VR headset/human suit. We awareness apparently get to use this human suit while in the dream/simulation but it's not actually real because only awareness is real. I really enjoy Rupert's Mary and Jane example because in my night dreams I have dreamt my awareness as different people and it's very real during the dream but then I wake up and I am apparently the awareness of this body that is going about life in the day dream.

[@Sun.powder]

Yes not in imagining but in doing the work and knowing

[@geronimosbones]

To a degree you are right. The point of spiritual awakening isn't to resent or escape the human experience. It's to recognize that that is all it is. An experience. It is not what you are. It is not who you are. Not even temporarily. It's a state, condition, or experience. Are you a headache? No. In the same way you are not a headache, you are not the head or the thoughts you think are happening in it. You are that which witnesses all this within itself. So long as you identify to vividly with that collection of experiences, the more they inspire an experience of suffering. And it's not that you can stop the suffering, it's better than that, you discover that you are not that suffering either... What you really are is like the clay that serves as the substance for a clay bowl. You are not the bowl. The bowl is just something you look like right now. The goal of spiritual awakening, and it really is just the start of a much larger adventure, is not too smash the bowl, it's too realize there is no bowl. There is only clay in the form of a bowl. You are the clay. Not the man (or woman, or whatever).

[@nilanjandas9210]

All this is the tranquil, One without beginning, middle or end, which cannot be said to be existent or non-existent. Know this and be happy.

[@srsherman7]

Row, row, row your boat, life is but a dream...

[@quidjacques]

God or Consciousness never ceases to create forms or formless expressions.

[@MBop-xh8gl]

Separation is in a sense the greatest gift since it’s the prerequisite for free will. What is not mentioned is that Source/God/Brahma/etc is not asleep but has choosen to live inside every living being (thus separation is in reality just a mirage) so as to educate Himself and to share all our experiences. He is constantly evolving which is the purpose of creation.

[@Jensterkc]

Such a great discussion. I latched on to Richard Rohr’s “Original Goodness” when pondering the creation story. Where did all this shame and unworthiness come from. Conditioning around “Original Sin”? I’m so grateful this topic is being brought to the table from so many perspectives. Thank you!

[@juang4618]

Fear is the root of all "evil". Fear comes from the illusion of separateness as we are born into "Jane" and then conditioned to believe the separateness, at least most of us. Shame, unworthiness, lust, aversion, attachment.. all symptoms of the Original Fear. But that's the game. As Ram Dass said, we apparently have to become "somebody" ( separate) in order to realize we are "nobody" (reunited).

[@devanshudesperado]

When everything is a dream then as dream characters our only task is to enjoy it and be happy with each second of it😊

[@19Marc79]

Did you never experience a nightmare ?

[@user-si3oo1qy5r]

Oh Rupert! 💖 Thank you! The Heart is truly filled with Beauty and Love when it hear the Truth. And the Heart emits this Light around, changing the reality distorted by the mind. 🌅 Thank you for your “work”! 🙏

[@BRAVEONPRECIOUS]

In truth, no one knows. The imaginary tale that there is an infinite wanting to know the finite, that we are the dream of our consciousness etc… etc… is just satisfactory speculations, appeasing to the discomfort of NOT knowing…a nice trance that mesmerizes the needy mind. All that is to be known IS happening, here now. This is it. Just marvelous!!! .

[@Radek__]

it is a perfect analogy / explanation

[@TimCCambridge]

👍👍Hi. Yes. One impasse or contention from the Abrahamic is that the " Infinite Being " has autonomy ", it " behaves " or has authority and authors the landscape of existence, rather than being a coexistent presence to oneself that co-innocently is subject to all the universal ebbs and flows of the tides of change. Something like that.

[@reptilexcq2]

I agreed with the one big infinite mind that localized and foster all other beings. But that does not explain that there is a story behind it. If that is all there is, then no one would be afraid of committing evil since there is no punishment because as soon as that person wake up, everything is forgiven because they realize it is only a dream. Nah, there is more to the story. Every being is uniquely created and the life they lead in this world will bring them to either heaven or hell. But by the way of Rupert's explain about the state of dream, then it sounds like the life that we lead doesn't matter because it is only dream.

[@SSolanki72]

When he said Mary Jane, I had to spark one up!

[@swayp5715]

Ha ha ha that is brilliant! Ganja is indeed the true source ! ❤

[@individualisttv9247]

Helps the understanding 😂

[@privateuser7]

Weed is cool

[@andrewseymore4506]

MJ is to meditation as caffeine is to exercise

[@devinholcomg4664]

I’m smoking homegrown by the fire right now. Beautiful!

[@joelyazell7380]

I was with you all the way,and I could feel a lot of people couldn’t follow. It happens when I speak,the people that do understand themselves are open to every way,and those that don’t cling tightly to what they do. I’ve learned to let go of what I know and bring nothing to my new understanding. No plans,just contentment in the unknowing ,knowing I’m there.

[@rhaineyrwc1974]

💕”Everything is God’s dream. Our job in this life is to make God’s dream as beautiful a dream as possible. We are God’s eyes and ears, through which it perceives itself as the universe. Our role as an apparent individual is to bring this understanding into the world in some form, in the form of truth, Love, or beauty.” 💕🙏🙌

[@joajoajb]

@rhaineyrwc 1974. If everything is God's dream, then, three is no "we" anywhere to make or change the dream in any shape or form. If God Alone is doing the whole show, then, it is God Alone can make the dream either more or less suffering. Rupert's story is a nice story. A story started by religion and religious ideology and beliefs. Understanding the nature of Existence has to be free from all preconceived notions. Starting with a preconceived notion on Existence or God as being all happiness, all peace all good or all loving is a religious way of understanding Existence. This is based on self ignorance and self dishonesty, which are two main forms of self deception. One can never be too careful when it comes to the Absolute True Nature of oneself or Existence as Is in Itself.

[@bildencarlia6924]

@@joajoajb You should start from the beginning-it is impossible to understand anything starting from here...

[@joajoajb]

@@bildencarlia6924 I was very curious about life ever since I was very little. I had many obes when I was little. It just occurred by itself. I was too young to understand or analyze. My very first all in meditation into the nature of Existence began when I was in college. That was almost 30 years ago. I'm afraid you're missing or overlooking the self deceiving notion that is practiced by Rupert and others alike here, without realizing what is really being instilled. This is supposed to be a consciousness only model. But, if you look closely, what you really find is nothing more than a religious ideology , rooted in duality. Religion divides Reality into a Deity and the Devil. One to be praised and the other to be blamed. That's duality. Praising one while blaming the other can only be possible, when and if these two supposed entities have their existence, completely independent of each other. Only then, it's possible to praise one and blame the other. All religious ideologies are rooted in duality. Religions claim that their deity is never responsible for the sufferings. All blames go to the nonexistent, imaginary entity the Devil. Rupert's ideology is a religious model. The only thing that changes in Rupert's model is naming. Under Rupert's ideology, the religious deity becomes consciousness and the devil becomes mind. Rupert has been claiming from day one that consciouness is never responsible for the sufferings. All blames went to nonexistent imaginary entities like mind, finite mind, belief in separate self...etc. Rupert always accuses mind as the one deceiving our true nature by mimicking the presence of consciouness. How can it be possible, if the mind is nothing more than the activity of consciousness alone?. In other words, It is consciouness Alone, deceiving Itself with its own activities. There's no mind anywhere, anytime to mimick the presence of awareness or to do any activity at all. The only One there, doing all this to itself is consciouness Alone. No devil, No mind. None, whatsoever. Creating and entertaining false notions of a deity or consciouness is the root of every form of self deception. One can never be too careful, when it comes to the Absolute True Nature of oneself or Existence as Is in Itself. You take good care of yourself.

[@joajoajb]

@@bildencarlia6924 I'm afraid you're missing or overlooking the self deceiving notion, practiced by Rupert and others alike here. Religion divides Reality into a Deity and the Devil. One to be praised and the other to be blamed. That is Duality. Prasing one while blaming the other is only possible if these Two supposed entities have their existence, completely independent of each other. Only then, Prasing one and blaming another becomes possible. Rupert's ideology is a religious model . It is based on the same old religious belief. The only thing that changes is naming. Under Rupert's ideology, the old religious deity becomes consciousness and the Devil becomes mind. Religions claim that ther deity is never responsible for the sufferings. All blames go to the imaginary entity the Devil. Rupert has been claiming from day one, that, consciouness is never responsible for the sufferings. All blames went to nonexistent, imaginary entities like mind, finite mind, belief in separate self...etc. Rupert often accuses mind as the one mimicking the presence of consciouness. How can it be so? How can it be even possible, if the mind itself is nothing more than the activity of consciousness alone? In other words, it is consciouness Alone that is deceiving Itself with its own activities. There is no mind anywhere ,anytime doing anything. The only One doing it to itself is consciouness Alone. No devil, No mind. None, whatsoever! Having false notions of a deity or consciouness is the root of every form of self deception. One can never be too careful when it comes to the Absolute True Nature of oneself or Existence as Is in Itself. You take good care of yourself.

[@joajoajb]

@@bildencarlia6924 I'm afraid you're missing or overlooking the self deceiving notion, practiced in such teachings, without realizing what is really being instilled. Rupert's model is supposed to be a consciousness only model. Upon a closer look, it turns out to be nothing more than a religious ideology. Religion divides Reality into a Deity and the Devil. One to be praised and the other to be blamed. That is Duality. Prasing one while blaming another is only possible if the two supposed entities have their existence, completely independent of each other. Only then, prasing one and blaming the other becomes possible. Religions claim that their deity is never responsible for the sufferings. All blames go to the imaginary entity the Devil. Rupert's ideology is a religious model, based on the same belief as the old religious ideology. The only thing that changes is naming. Under Rupert's ideology, the religious deity becomes consciousness and the devil becomes mind. Rupert has been claiming from day one that consciouness is never responsible for the sufferings. All blames went to nonexistent, imaginary entities, such as mind, finite mind, belief in separate self...etc. This is Duality. It has always been duality, disguised and packaged under the label non-duality. Rupert has often accused mind as the one mimicking the presence of awareness to protect his false notions of consciouness. How can it be so? How can it be even possible, if the mind itself is nothing more than the activity of consciousness alone? In other words, It is consciouness Alone that is deceiving Itself with its own activities. There is no mind anywhere, anytime to mimick the presence of awareness. The only One doing that to Itself is consciouness Alone. No devil, No mind. None whatsoever! Understanding Existence thru false notions of a deity or consciouness is the root of every form of self deception. One can never be too careful when it comes to the Absolute True Nature of oneself or Existence as Is in Itself. You take good care of yourself!

[@searchingforsanddollars]

We love you Rupert ❤ your patience and dedication is beautiful

[@malabuha]

If you hold on to your experience of consciousness and then think about it, you will see that consciousness itself has no ability to forget or remember. It can only do so long way into its creation. The story of creation is, there is light and it takes hold on life, it grows and evolves, in its own mind, and it's a beautiful single being creating and stretching through countless dimensions of existence, and there is nothing and noone appart from it. It is all alone, condemned to only be

[@solitarium9149]

For those who are more left-brained, ontological mathematics would be the perfect complement to this description, as it provides a mechanism or structure through which all of this occurs, including the illusion of matter itself.

[@puma14all]

What is ontological mathematics?

[@Oimsi100]

Hi Rupert, Your explanation of reality is very kind to the mind, which likes to understand. On that note, there is a video on KZbin called "light is weird" which I think you might like. The last experiment is deemed to be evidence to suggest that light appears to go back in time, and is a mystery to science. From the understanding of truth of course its very easy. The apparent past is being created now. Best regards.

[@BRAVEONPRECIOUS]

How does he knows that the Infinite cannot know the finite?? What is the Infinite he refers too? Who creates the Finite? Is the Finite defining the Infinite? It’s all here. No Mary, no Jane, no finite, no infinite.

[@thomasbrouwer2771]

What Rupert calls the localized aspect of Consciousness is what in Vedanta is called the reflected Consciousness or the Jiva.. the localized part has a subtle body or sukshma sharira which allows it to reflect infinite Consciousness.. that is why the body mind system feels conscious when in fact only Consciousness is conscious. The mind and body as the internal and external aspects of the same thing is well explained in Ken Wilber's 4 quadrant model of the Integral Approach.

[@markleto4852]

This conversation truly blew my mind. In a way that seems so fermiliar 😮 thank you ❤

[@Zoeticlicense1976]

So my question is how can I stop the sense of seesawing between the experience of being Mary one moment and being Jane the next. I guess - how do stabilise in the non-dualistic faith? What is it that can bridge these world within me? 🙏🏽

[@nagodio]

Rupert:I have the most easiest life in the world ! I barely work! No stress no tension no bills i dont earn much but i can still buy Whats needed, i work from home and get to Spend 24-7 with my family! I know everything you and others say i try to be contempt with my life i dont desire much at alll and see how lucky i am but i Still feel so much pain

[@graememcgregor8407]

Alan Watts: "We are apertures through which this universe is experiencing itself"

[@lifeinpai6765]

That's completely wrong. The universe is inside, not outside 😂

[@graememcgregor8407]

@@lifeinpai6765 That's because you are thinking in duality, that there is an inside and an outside. He said WE are apertures, NOT that our eyes are apertures. We, as the universe, are looking at ourselves, ie the universe, through our sense of being. This is completely compatible.

[@lifeinpai6765]

@@graememcgregor8407 watts says the universe is experiencing itself. Very backwards indeed 😄

[@graememcgregor8407]

@@lifeinpai6765 Who else is experiencing the universe?

[@magdalenawiko5158]

This is where we differ. When I look at another person, I don't just see his body. I see a feeling and thinking being. I think it's called empathy or something like that... And many people have it too...

[@somdomatheus]

I see how you relate to this. What I can add is that the empathy you are talking about is produced and felt in you, you see a body and from there its all in your mind, the bodys language interpretation, the context, your past experiences...all in your mind

[@fabianandresdemurogarcia8725]

Dear Rupert, congratulations for this beautiful explanation! ❤

[@swapnaldubey8162]

It’s so amazing in itself that same words in this teaching reveals in a completely new form as we develop understanding of the truth. And I think it can serve as a confirmation that we are on correct pathless path :)

[@stelladonnelly2832]

The best models/explanations I have heard - even Jesus is quoted as saying - of myself I can do nothing, the Father within doeth the works.

[@HemPat56]

What a wonderful explanation of the core of non-duality 🙏

[@michaelrose93]

4:59 *"The infinite knows nothing of the finite, which is why its nature is peace and joy."* < But is also the impetus of creation, a mirror with which to see oneself.

[@kengemmer]

That was illuminating! Thanks Rupert!

[@C4RLO5_13]

Wisdom 🙏 Beautiful!!

[@pamelaolson5259]

Here's a thought, for what it's worth: If God deliberately put herself to sleep to experience herself, wouldn't "waking up" then be counterproductive? Maybe even heresy? Or are we just God slowly waking herself up? And if we do wake God up... What then? Back to undifferentiated everything-nothingness? Then another dream? Speaking of which... If God can't know anything when she is in her pure infinite form, how did she know to put herself to sleep? I'm not trying to be contrarian. These are just the kinds of questions my mind jumps to. Pondering them a bit can help my mind calm down.

[@DrunkenBoatCaptain]

There are two orginal sins. The first is the fall into illusion or Maya, this is the realm of nature and animals (Paradise). The second is the rise of metacognition or ego separation found in humans and more 'evolved' beings.

[@siyandadlamini496]

This makes sense because animals and flowers 💐 experience far worse fate than human beings but we are more miserable than them because we are capable of higher thought forms as a species. Now Mr Tolle always says we are here for the evolution of consciousness meaning what? Does consciousness "God" want human beings to be aware of the illusionary nature of reality. In other words, where do human beings and our unique ability to be unconscious fit in this "dream" ?

[@jensbekaert166]

they are both the same. ego is maya. the physical world isnt illusion ,the apparant seperateness of the world is the only illusion.

[@jensbekaert166]

​​@@siyandadlamini496We are evolving to a state in where all humans will know we are all one. You (human form) are an expressio of God's love ,we are evolving to realise this. When we realise this ,all that is left to do ,is express our Love.

[@DrunkenBoatCaptain]

@@jensbekaert166 No, insects and amoeba experience Maya but they don't have an ego, just instinct.

[@youssefalaoui4286]

@@jensbekaert166You hit it right on the nail. It’s the mental position towards “another object” that creates the problem.

[@helenbaldwin4447]

Pure genius, thank you Rupert 🙏❤️

[@johnstewart7025]

We want a separate experience when we are in the Garden. When we are separate, we wish to be reunited in the garden.

[@manasimahapatra1689]

So much wisdom Thanks sir

[@mwicks1968]

Beautiful! 👏👏👏

[@magicandflaws221]

Hello sir I just coincidentally found your video while I typed non dualism in my KZbin search bar & I am so happy to have found you! It’s been 3 hours now & I am hooked on to your channel. I really want to learn a lot about manifestation & how can I use your teaching to manifest my dream body & dream career

[@rkowlagi]

No words to express …. ❤🙏🙏

[@heinzgassner1057]

Whenever I listen to a video of Rupert, I copy the link, thinking that this one video is so special and says it all, that I save the link in my ‘videos which say it all folder’. Funny enough, I catch myself copying a link to every video of Rupert that I watch, slowly filling up my special folder 😂

[@Maradther]

So clear 🙏🏼

[@prabirgoswamee6356]

If infinite consciousness had to fall asleep for all the finite consciousness to appear, this precludes the chance of anyone becoming truly enlightened until the dream is truly over. Assuming that Rupert has achieved enlightenment, why is his awakening not resulting in the end of this dream universe? Because how can infinite consciousness keep sleeping after one limited consciousness woke up. The truth is that the infinite consciousness never slept. It is up and is witnessing this big drama in mirror called Maya 😀

[@christinatodd3912]

Brilliant. Thank you 💛

[@db-333]

So good ! ❤

[@rosaliabarletta8438]

As I am new to these teachings trying to understand the meaning of life and death with some knowledge of the fact that matter does not exists outside of our consciousness I have trouble grasping the concept especially after my beloved dog that I loved more than anything passed on last August getting him into my life almost 15 years ago at the age of 3 months his passing with the assistance of our vet has change my entire world 😢 can someone please help me understand the missing and longing is so real what am I not getting about real or illusion?

[@zoomby4380]

Experience of love, Experience of death, the dance between the movement of Experience. Its all movement into the next movement of Experience. Dogs as spoken by Echartd Tolle, dogs are "Guardians of Being" they teach us "Being". Your sadness is real, under the sadness is the joy of your Being having loved and experienced Being with Doggie. 🐕🐶🐕🐕‍🦺🦮🐕🐶🐩🐕‍🦺🦮🐕🐶

[@paulasullivan-ks1lp]

I feel your pain, having lost a beloved pet myself. Perhaps this experience is what Rupert was referring to as God’s dream. a drak of love that is concealed by the thoughts, emotions, and sensation of pain, loss, and grief? Underneath your grief is the experience of love (True Nature) you have for your dog, no matter the content of the dream.

[@gardeniabee]

I find a video by Matthew Hussey on “Heal Your Heartbreak” helpful.

[@gardeniabee]

And in our life experience, everything is sensed as real. I think our growth in god-union transforms us such that even in our suffering we find peace (beyond understanding). I also like Rupert’s description of his experience with the practice of the presence of God. The video is about Praying without Ceasing.

[@raveendrahegde7491]

Beautiful..!!

[@divinenonbinary]

Convoluted indeed!!

[@iboddy119]

Just saying consciousness is a belief in separation. Infinite being is. Separation was a belief or thought of something other than self-awareness. ❤ Consciousness is the activity of ego.

[@gardeniabee]

Perhaps it is thinking that is the activity of the ego. Whereas, consciousness or awareness always is, even when thinking rests.

[@FisherKot11235]

This is absolutely fire

[@ranga7333]

If there is only consciousness There is no difference between Mary and Jane. They are one

[@vipulchaturvedi996]

Rupert at his enlightened eloquent best. Vishnu dreaming and creating Maya.

[@davekay7221]

An elaborate story nonetheless-a creation of the ego only, projected onto the unqualified infinite-as having desires to manifest in form, needing to fall asleep in order to manifest a localized dream of being this or that.

[@lynnrixson3013]

What a great explanation 😁😁

[@mrtantrix]

I would love to watch a long conversation between Mr Spira and Sadhguru

[@mishimayukio8644]

The Mary and Jane story is really cute, but!!! Why did Mary start dreaming and forget her true nature in the first place? Why should she fall asleep in the first place? What's the point for the infinite to fall into the finite duality and suffer? Is Mary crazy to begin with?

[@pranavkumar8784]

always ask yourself when dealing with such questions - 'why do I care?' if answers will give you happiness, you can just drop these questions and get it right now 😊

[@Zane3040]

I learned so much from Rupert

[@emilyhorst5983]

Thank you.

[@LindaMcFadden-pc2fn]

So, Jane falls asleep and dreams she is Mary in a localized position. So does Jane choose the experiences that Mary will have? Or can Mary choose? Or can Mary choose? And, if so, how does Mary create her reality to reflect her choice? If not, then we are talking about predestination with only the illusion of control? Is this correct?

[@Dreamweavernow]

Everything he said made perfect sense wow a portal in my awareness had opened

[@dubsdolby9437]

It's the universe experiencing itself through form.

[@faeryel]

Sadly I'm too dumb to truly understand what Rupert Spira is saying, but I'm trying!

[@divinenonbinary]

You’re aight! Don’t try too hard just to relax and stay with your experience 😊

[@nilanjandas9210]

Thank God Rupert

[@pakistanzindabad9257]

The reality of matter is just wave of probabilities & nothing physical

[@cabsrhere8897]

In other videos, Rupert says that the ocean of consciousness shudders within itself causing ripples, which complexify. He says that complex ripples look out at the sea of consciousness which they are in and see it as the universe. But here he is saying that consciousness doesn’t move (shudder) and simply dreams/imagines the universe. These two stories seem to completely contradict one another so I’m very confused. Can anyone help clarify please?

[@RobertHagen-mp3gi]

If infinite consciousness is homogeneous, smooth and symmetrical (that's my assumption, but maybe that's wrong), how and why does this symmetry get broken such that a finite entity is created? Whirlpools form in ponds because of an outside force (eg wind, dust, etc) they don't arise, and wouldn't arise, if the pond was unperturbed

[@ankurrupani]

this sounds all great but how does one experience onselsef as the pyre consciousness as a direct experience ?? it seems intellectual understanding to be but what about direct experience of this ?

[@gardeniabee]

Rupert speaks about his journey in experience in a recent video about “praying unceasingly,” and his progress in that effort.

[@antoineriwalski4074]

Incredible

[@doriesse824]

@ 8:15 Does Consciousness deliberately ignore its own Oneness in order to experience a "seeming" duality?

[@joelyazell7380]

Perfect example ,what you see inside,not translating to those that see a man instead of their understanding.

[@roycelee5299]

This looks like a self-letting go business. Mary let go herself to dream as Jane. Jane then let go herself to wake up as Mary.

[@APropperPaddy]

Love this

[@elizadaphne5501]

Nice …..😊

[@magdalenavernescu8978]

So beautiful and so true! But why God or consciousness likes to torture him/herself in such different ways? Killing each others, eating each others…and so on? Life on this planet must kill and eat and suffer to survive! All is God so, he likes to torture himself. Voilà

[@fritzdacat2]

If one starts from what is known, as Rupert says - then how does one go from solipsism to non-duality?

[@jn8922]

You have to experience it for yourself. An explanation can't help you. You have to have direct experience.

[@fritzdacat2]

@@jn8922 thanks

[@flowwhite3192]

Good question as nobody ever can be sure about that. Even for the Awareness behind „Rupert“ it could be possible dreaming all this without any awareness behind „us“. But it would be hard to teach „others“ about it 😂

[@fritzdacat2]

@@flowwhite3192 yes. He once said that solipsism is madness, but what’s mad about it? The low probability of just you being the one that only exist? Well, if you crunch the numbers the probability of exactly you being alive is infinitesimal. The probability of just you existing is just stronger infinitesimal.

[@samuelwebster2670]

Its his certainty that I find confusing.

[@TheDeepening718]

It's called the devi mahatmayam

[@ultrafeel-tv]

Why is there ever only the same body-mind (namely 'mine') appearing in consciousness?

[@topherj.kutsumann5420]

A question I would ask is where the infinite consciousness came from.

[@plumeria66]

I would say the void.

[@genechorney]

It's not localized in space

[@flowwhite3192]

In his analogy, where did Mary came from… …maybe another dreamed figure 😂🎉

[@samc6231]

- Mary Jane dreams - Orange tinted glasses - John Smith is King Lear - Sprinkle with God references - Strategic vague terms - Use customized definitions... = CONGRATULATIONS you have mastered channeling Rupert Spira! 💯

[@Austination316]

Guys can we use morphic fields to help us with healing our body/mind/subconscious? Sapien medicine’s morphic fields works well for me but I use only one morphic field because I’m afraid if morphic fields are good for long term or not… there are many morphic fields that could help me alot like healing amygdala, dissolving ego, balancing chakras… but like I said I’m not sure how this fits in with non duality.. does anyone of you have used morphic fields or something similar which is free of cost and helps to heal our body/mind/subconscious? Is it advisable to use those?

[@jensbekaert166]

if you need something other then yourself ,the sense of being ,isnt that negating your non-dual being through action ?

[@Austination316]

@@jensbekaert166 awareness doesn’t need anything but the body/mind needs to stay nourished otherwise why would enlightened monks bother to drink or eat.

[@jensbekaert166]

@@Austination316 some dont ,but they also dont need a body anymore so its hard to spot them ;-)

[@Austination316]

@@jensbekaert166 I really wanted to do a little inquiring on someone who says stuff like this😭😭 I’ve a question for u if u don’t mind… do you feel peace joy love on a daily basis?

[@jensbekaert166]

​@@Austination316 Daily ,yes. Not 24/7 though. I get distracted by being an individual often ,but i daily meditate so yes i do feel that daily. I do believe how ever that it is possible to feel it 24/7 ,i've done that for periods in my life ... All joy is ,is awareness of awareness itself ,and since awareness is always 'there', you can always chose to become aware off it and feel joy. However this does not mean that because you know this fact ,that awareness is ALWAYS 'there' that it will always be so simple to not be distracted by thats what is happening within awarenss ... This requires practise. And by distraction by those things happening within awareness (your life) i don't mean to say there is anything wrong with acting within your life. Life isn't the problem ,it's not like you have to give up life and completely focus on awareness alone ,but you have to try and don't let the awareness of what happens in awareness take you away of being aware of awareness itself. This i believe requires practise ( don't know if Rupert wld agree) ,daily meditation but also trying to include step by step more awareness of awareness itself outside meditation. I haven't done enough 'practise' so i don't feel it 24/7 ,but i know i can ,and i DO feel it daily ,since i meditate daily. And i also feel it in differing degrees outside meditation ,but not always.

[@tebogomahlangu7388]

I wana hear a conversation between Rupert Spira and Jordan Peterson

[@wattaura7621]

Face Mob tells great stories also.

[@PeterPanick]

Being mind and body one and the same what distinguishes a living body from a dead body?

[@divinenonbinary]

Withdrawing of inner perspective

[@dhuhaal243]

Robert described the difference between religions and myths. Religion called sin and myth ignorance, and the names are two sides of the same coin, where if you are ignorant, it is expected that you will fall into sin. God Almighty said in the Qur’an ( Al-Baqara verse 35 ) : To Adam We said: 'Dwell with your wife in Paradise and both eat of it as much as you wish and wherever you will. But neither of you should come close to this tree or else you shall both become transgressors.

[@widipermono854]

🙏🙏🙏

[@devanshudesperado]

Forgetfulness is the original and only sin

[@barcelona12ist]

mind explosion 🤯

[@seraphimsars]

Form is emptiness Emptiness is Form.

[@thomaserickson568]

Hey my name's Tom too!