Our Thoughts Don’t Come From the Mind

[@controllerbrain]

What fascinates me is the idea that we can only worry about one thing at a time. When I'm worrying about A, I'm not worrying about B. So the question is, what is happening for me to not be worrying about B? The answer to that should allow us to not worry about anything.

[@Celinah]

Amazing train of thought..

[@EriPages]

​@Celinah my friend....if you aren't worrying about anything, then nothing amazed you either

[@inspiringmedia3716]

Wow

[@gabrielerainero3549]

@@EriPages can you absolutely know that it's true? :)

[@mahakala]

good point

[@Cl4rendon]

I like the analogy which i got from Eckhart Tolle - My thoughts are the clouds in a blue sky of consciousness- Even when it gets overcast once in a while, i am aware of the blue sky behind the layers....

[@6Tabazan6]

🙏

[@coenterhaar9183]

Life moves between being and non being, and between form and emptiness. Being, or the still point is what I am.

[@lesliemclean4381]

Thought sits on the throne in the mind.Born of time and experience. Jiddu krisnamurti.

[@libertyblueskyes2564]

Thoughts are the river of existence, flowing freely and constantly.

[@LoveLeigh313]

I’ll be watching this a few times 😮‍💨

[@aaliareal]

Qué bien explicado!

[@44westwind]

This is an awesome conversation. I love the visual of a permeable mind that drinks from universal consciousness and also has individual consciousness. This is very helpful. We all share one ocean of consciousness. We are each just drops of water in the ocean of mind.

[@medhatmohamed5551]

Namaste 🙏 💜 ❤️

[@zissumanter]

If you are not using your mind "in active thinking" you do not create "thoughts". If it is not a result of active thinking it is automatic like our breathing. You cannot stop breath for a long time. At the end you have to take a breath in. Some thoughts are like that I call them "associative thoughts" . It is not right to call them "thoughts". Because they are different than thoughts. Thinking requires deliberate active concentration. Associative thoughts does not have any deliberations. They appear and disappearwith no rhyme and reason just like in dreams. It is very important to understand the difference between "associative automated thoughts" and "real thoughts that are the result of active thinking."

[@jixie_93]

Better explanation than Ruperts...I'm surprised he doesn't even touch on this 😏

[@mirian593]

Good explanation, I resonate to that 😊

[@JackKlumpass]

Yes, thanks for your ‘thoughts’ on that.

[@zissumanter]

@@JackKlumpass you are welcome.

[@mrmaster8884]

Thoughts are Fluid, Just like Water and air. Ripples in the pond.

[@kathrynphillips3710]

so Love the simplistic ways Rupert explains such difficult concepts to better understand Consciousness and how it works, Thankyou Rupert ❤❤❤ much Love & Gratitude

[@juanalarcon6449]

Rupert, From the botton of my heart, thanks. Your analogies are always the best. But this one is as clear as water, a real eye opener. Blessings

[@PennyForYourThought1]

The occurance of the corona virus happens outside us, but the awareness of it, perception of it, our understanding of it, the witnessing of it, the hearing about it, the entire experience of it occurs within us and within our mind.

[@angshumanray]

You are outstanding Rupert

[@mohammednovalija]

I like the part where he bathes in his own shit

[@anthonyegan59]

Brings the idea, of a Hive Mind into which we all are plugged into.. I mean our interests , gravitate to energy fields, Potential ... The Company we keep, has always been of importance...because everything interacts on our being, ...

[@carolmiller5713]

I once had a deep spititual connect with a friends cat when I lived in their house. It was as if this elderly cat was my soulmate. She always understood when I was worried or sad and we had so many wonderful times and conversations. 😻

[@shimrrashai-rc8fq]

aww, meep 🥰

[@Shanjuran-ug6go]

I can relate with your experience with the cat. There is so much we humans refuse to recognize about animals.

[@sandraschultz3104]

Reincarnated soul possibly

[@Danuxsy]

that has nothing to do with spirituality and everything to do with evolution.

[@ganh222]

Very deep😂

[@antiv]

The paper an the circle analogy is extremely helpful.

[@McIntoshYoga]

I like Rupert's comment about some minds being more dense than others.

[@shazamshazamshazam696]

I came to see it as there is only one thing and everything else is part of that thing, all connected all the time and yes individualized in all forms, but not disconnected.

[@stephenkaake7016]

I am enlightened, we have a greater mind we are unaware of, I was shown how this can produce thoughts, there are many ways we can experience thoughts, or even no thoughts

[@yogig6271]

Potentials for experience are carried in the mind😊

[@JamesDickson-vs5of]

I have actually been fully aware during deep meditation, and saw thoughts as they arrived, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 happy healthy peace ✌️

[@krishnaprasad1052]

What colour do u see when you close eyes?

[@JamesDickson-vs5of]

@@krishnaprasad1052 when I reached a point where my mantra fell silent , I just instinctively knew I was totally clear of all thoughts, just darkness with a purple hue , bliss, it only lasted maybe 10 seconds, when into my minds eye , flashed a image of my flowers in my garden, and only because I've been practicing lots, I saw it , and passed it bye, I was so happy that I was beginning to develop " my technique" , please give me your thoughts 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 happy healthy peace ✌️

[@andrearenee7845]

Rupert - you've got it. Thank you for your big heart, and sincerity. Much gradetude

[@Nugget-of-Wisdom]

Thanks for your Nuggets of Wisdom

[@bradpryer]

Thank you again Rupert!

[@Gotit2023]

Absolutely amazing! And most of the comments here helped enlighten one’s perspective even more. Finding this video by chance was like a messsge or a lesson to me that I only can understand and relate my previous thoughts to. I feel like I’ve already known this but the articulation of such understanding was what I really needed. I’m writing this comment so I can come back to this video and comments again. This helps one understand themselves and the world we’re in. Thank you 🙏

[@pinayinmichigan6363]

Amazing explanation!!! Wow! So helpful to me!!! Thank you so much for this!!!

[@sivaramana2]

Outstanding explanation by Sri Rupert the Great Master

[@mikelisteral7863]

solipsism still debunks his view and he is just confirming determnism and hedonism as the source of choices

[@JaySpear]

Solipsism is the philosophical idea that only one's own mind is sure to exist, and anything outside of it, including the external world and other minds, cannot be confirmed with absolute certainty. It's a highly skeptical perspective that questions the nature of reality beyond one's own subjective experience.

[@JaySpear]

Determinism is the philosophical concept that all events, including moral choices, are predetermined and inevitable. In a deterministic worldview, every state of affairs, past, present, and future, is the result of antecedent states and natural laws. This perspective raises questions about free will and the extent to which individuals can truly make independent choices.

[@JaySpear]

Hedonism is a philosophical or ethical theory that suggests pleasure or happiness is the highest good and the ultimate goal of life. It emphasizes the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain as the guiding principles for decision-making and ethical considerations. There are different variations of hedonism, ranging from psychological hedonism, which claims that individuals always act to maximize their own pleasure, to ethical hedonism, which asserts that pleasure should be the primary criterion for determining the morality of actions.

[@mikelisteral7863]

@@JaySpear solipsism still debunks his view and he is just confirming determnism and hedonism as the source of choices

[@arunagreen8119]

Brilliant!

[@mohammednovalija]

I missed that part

[@iamthematrix-369]

Our mind is not in our body, our body is in our mind. It's time to Organize our Intelligence and Optimize the Mind with an Organic Intelligence Language Model.

[@Peace2dagawdz]

Lmao

[@iamthematrix-369]

lmao@@Peace2dagawdz

[@Peace2dagawdz]

@@iamthematrix-369 shit is so wild

[@iamthematrix-369]

@@Peace2dagawdz interesting time to be alive for sure.

[@RodMitchell-x5v]

You are doing an awesome job Robert

[@vidayperfumes7514]

awesome explanation

[@consideredwhisper]

That’s simply brilliant. So clearly described. Thank you, Rupert.

[@duckwalkerindian4689]

the force that beats my heart that keeps all d things in order inside d body is d same source from where my thoughts r also given

[@-Boundless-]

Thoughts are unreal as the interpretations or references they claim to be, and real as energy apparitions or light formations within the total field. As interpretations believed, thoughts seem to hide their context and cause suffering, but as plays of conscious light, thoughts reveal their source clearly and promote celebration.

[@cicekbocekkelebek]

Thank you

[@matrixmatico695]

I actually did that drawing and draw arrows around the circles meaning our projection on the others . Then a second drawing with arrows pointing inwards that is the creation of egos by taking information ( others projections) and making it ours.

[@EyeonZion]

the dotted circle analog can be really insightful to contemplate: tread light, hold loose, merge and BE the circle that has no centre (ego): infinity,..yet compassionate since once, you were also lost

[@robstammers7149]

Question: how do you know what to do when you go into a restaurant? You have a pre-assembled mind based script. So you assemble a script by which your behaviour is guided, assembly of the script takes place over several years of experience and conditioning. If you ever find yourself in a situation where you don't know what to do, then you don't have a developed script to follow. Thoughts are free flowing streams of words in your own language within your mind (consciousness). We simply do not know how thoughts are constructed or where in the mind they come from. Just like we don't know how the constant stream of images we 'see' in our minds eye arise from. Fascinating discussion.

[@kathleendowner6506]

Beautiful❤

[@jmarco117]

I think the key is to eat clean so your body isn’t heavy, correct your negative thinking when it arises, learn emotional maturity by self reflecting on your actions and responses, move the body (eg walking but also moving your arms in big circular motion, shake the legs. Movement will shift stagnant energy), but most importantly, notice when your heart chakra is open, and once you feel that softness in that area, just sit with it, just feel it. It can be the thought of someone you adore that triggers this, or a puppy, or a memory. Doesn’t matter what triggers the heart chakra (it can’t be a sad thought though) but once you get the feeling try and shift your focus to the FEELING rather than the thought eg that sweet adorable puppy. Sit in this feeling. Do this practice as often as possible. God is Love, so sooner or later the mind will follow surely? Hence we should be able to reach higher consciousness this way! I say this about the heart chakra because I had a mystical experience once and I wasn’t even trying. I just happened to be thinking of someone I adored while DRIVING and I slipped/shifted into this feeling of complete serenity. Everything ‘just is’, no wrong or right. But it was a FEELING not a state of mind. I think it helped I was in a relaxed mood anyway, I didn’t have any worries bothering me. I’ve not actively tried to regenerate this feeling but perhaps I will take my own advice from above and see how I go…

[@cowgirljane3316]

I'm not a funny person. But suddenly I will think of something so funny I start laughing. And I don't know where it comes from. I just feel that it's coming from someplace else, besides in my brain.

[@HelenaAbidinPB]

It is beautifully and simply explained. I keep smiling after watching this video…

[@FallingRayne]

As a visual learner, I actually drew this out and WOW 😮 this helped so much in another layer of understanding. I was amused at how much it looks like the flower of life symbol. Thank you, Rupert 🙏🏼

[@ccvccv5600]

Can i see the draw somewhere?

[@mikeGietExperience]

did you hear about daisy of death symbol?

[@janburke.23]

Mike-No I didn’t hear about the daisy of death symbol. Could you explain? Thanks

[@elizadaphne5501]

@@ccvccv5600 The Flower of Life website

[@Shasha-kq4jw]

Is there a flower life symbol?

[@CreativeSoul333]

Wow! What a great example (perforated circles/porous minds)! This is why it’s so important for all of us to do the individual work to ascend to higher consciousness & raise our vibration! Thank you!

[@buzzwordy9951]

Great metaphor. Rupert is great with language and his videos are awesome, Illuminating the path to truth. I clearly understood it. Thank you.

[@mindfulkayaker7737]

I really don’t like the metaphor of the “expansion of the mind” because it could promote the idea that spiritual liberation comes with the development of mind, thoughts or will.

[@daodejing81]

Spiritual liberation comes with meditation on experiences, reflecting on observations, from which come insights and wisdom. Wisdom lesds to spiritual liberation.

[@masterthedream9580]

As our true nature as pure awareness is realized thoughts appear as separate things appearing in our true nature. Thoughts are spiritual entities that range from peaceful and good to horrible and evil. These spiritual entities are the cause of all the good and evil humans do. Training the mind to control all thoughts as the Buddha taught is very important. "Be ye Holy even as I am Holy," is what we are here to become. The true nature and mind is already holy. This presence will grow stronger and stronger as one concentrates on it and trains all thoughts to be servants and all unholy thoughts to either transform into good thoughts or leave. It is very important to realize that we become what our mind consumes. There is a strong concentrated effort to flood all minds with negative movies, TV shows and music. A person will not advance quickly as long as feasting on these things continues. Be ye separate is required.

[@katrinacerise6221]

☀️💎☀️💎☀️💎☀️

[@lingeshsawanth253]

Beautifully explained 🙏🙂

[@LeftTheMatrix]

Beautiful imagery. Thank you both for your sharing!❤

[@dr.satishsharma1362]

Excellent.... thanks 🙏.

[@lrvogt1257]

I can accept the idea to the extent that the entire universe is deterministic and we are aware of some aspects of it. It seems to me that mind is not a thing but a process of the brain. I tend to agree with Sean Carroll, Robert Sapolsky, Alex O'Conner, and Sabine Hossenfelder that our brains are deterministic and that there is no free will and we become aware of our thoughts rather than will them. Each moment is the direct result of the moment before.

[@marksingleton7199]

It is more comlex than explained here. This is really about a growing consciousness that evolves through dimensions. You have mineral which vibrates slowly. The plants feed off the soil which came from the rock. The animals feed off plants and themselves. Man feeds off everything. So the higher awarness of man feeds off that which is below. This is where we have a problem. The higher dimensions can be seen but it takes time and memory to understan it. You are asked to go to a house. Outside is you anda higher awareness. Both are asked to show what is inside the house. You go in and memorize each room and come back out. This takes time. You are slow because yor mind works in 3d models. The higher being did not even go into the house physically. It was instantly aware of each brick, each space confined by bricks and walls etc. Because we do not understand what we are, we think independently. We collect thought which is true and false. We choose to keep some ideas and throw others away. The world fights over these collections depending on what is desired as truth. Dictators tell people what to believe and the lazy go along with it until life becomes unbearable. Originally, thought was used to experience lower dimensional thought and this was compared to the source of the thought. If you are a multidimensional being and you wish to look at yourself and understand what you are, you look at a mirror. We are the mirror. To get an honest view, the mirror was given a seperated awareness. It had a self knowledge. This is mirrored by your children. You copy yourself and the copy looks to you for information. Here, we allow the child to be seperated and go off to do its own thing. Originally the child was there to look at the parents and feed back information about what it saw un the parents. Once it had developed enough, its thought would join the parents and become a memory of itself. So thought was given to the child who would reflect on it. It would run thought through itself like a day dream. All possible scenarios and outcomes would be investigated while the parents watched the thoughts evolve. The parents saw their thought honestly investigated. We are that thought that lives and dies and saved as memory. Here at the moment, we are trapped in the self absorbed investigation. We are not investigating the patent source but are trapped into investigating the self. The dream took over. The parents are fully aware and try to influence the dream so that the childs focus returns to the parents instead of arguing internally. All thought is remembered in the parents. This means that all memory can be used to build up a picture of the parents even with the childs mind distracted by itself thought.

[@ringostar4904]

Thank you for this great, yet simple and still elaborate explanation. Well explained - Om Shanthi

[@moopius]

Very succinct and clearly understandable... I will be copying this explanation for sure.

[@lisalyle4440]

This is a great help. Thank you

[@GabrielSBarbaraS]

After Rupert explained it so clearly, I feel like he drove me out of my mind. ( I may have to sleep on this to sort it all out. )

[@davideadobati]

Il lavoro di Rupert è ottimo perché punta direttamente al di là. Ma ciò che i ricercatori fanno è aggrapparsi a dei concetti (seppur vasti) quali presenza, coscienza, awareness, vuoto, silenzio.. o commentare cercando di spiegare.. è ancora la mente che cerca appigli. Bisognerebbe lasciare la mente senza concetti di nessun tipo.. per vedere ciò che è

[@triplegrace155]

You do not create your thoughts, but you do choose which ones you will believe.

[@rahmasamir909]

Not even that 😢😅😂😂😂 sorry to tell u that WE have zero free will😊😂😂🎉🎉

[@triplegrace155]

@@rahmasamir909 it is free, just pre determined

[@supdawgtt94]

The question "where do thoughts come from" can also be asked as "why do I have some specific thoughts". The origin of thought vs the contents of the thought can create some confusion about thought itself. If you're thinking about food or about love or about hate or work, etc., the contents of the thoughts are the energetic patterns of one's state of being either as a reflection of who they are at that moment or a belief they hold about themself. Certain thoughts arise from within, as a projection of your state of being so that you can become aware of who you are. You choose whether to act upon your thoughts, because acting on the thoughts reinforces your beliefs about yourself, either agreeing or disagreeing by your acts. Dreams, fantasies, nightmares are also thoughts, but visualized. These are interpretations of the conceptual ideas manifested as imagery through your beliefs. The visual imagery may not accurately represent the idea you are examining, but the beliefs you have translate the energy into the specific forms that you experienced. Mental thoughts are the same thing. They represent some desire or belief about yourself using language. Language is the set of definitions that verbally describe experience, rather than visually. If you did not have the filter of the mind (the non-physical "space" to experience self awareness) for your beliefs, thoughts would not be a thought because it would simply be direct action. Consciousness or awareness, when localized into a specific perspective (a physical existence), can choose through having thoughts before taking action, because of beliefs. Beliefs are the filter for physical reality. It defines what your thoughts are and what they mean, and it is the mechanism to give freedom of choice, because it is first noticed in the mind. Habit or unconscious acts are thoughts that you may not be aware of, but your body acted upon. So separation of thought and action is one specific mechanism to experience physical reality.

[@ahthiw]

WOW easy to understand, thank you

[@deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

Awesome❤

[@marturb2581]

Well said

[@jasmeetsingh3156]

the thoughts are produced by seeing something. if you see something with really open eyes. it will reflect in thoughts. if you see the world with ignoring eyes the thoughts will subside . and you can control it with the reciting of guru mantra at all times. it can be ram ram, har hare, allah hu , wah guru etc.

[@Sketcher93]

​@@jasmeetsingh3156blind people have thoughts so thoughts can not be produced by seeing.

[@jimmyboi4507]

Reminds me of people with near Death experiences NDE, when they describe knowing everything all at once.

[@mckennasweda3614]

I didn't sleep for a couple days in the desert then finally got a hold of some NyQuil and when someone tried to wake me up an hour later I became conscious of the dream state I was in and there I knew everything there was to know. Then, still somewhat in that state I put my gear on, grabbed my rifle and ambled through the sand to do guard duty.

[@0000asdfasdf0000]

Wow! Perfect coherent explanation clearly articulated.

[@hansgouda8593]

Very nicely worded. The question is what we mean by 'consciousness'. As the universal basis of everything, mass, energy, time and space, I cannot comprehend it. I also do not believe that that is true, that electrons and protons, atoms and molecules, mass and energy, including their interactions, stars and their planets and the infinity of galaxies are consciousness, because all of this is said to have consciousness as a basis. I think (yes, I know my thinking is limited and it's not even my thinking :) ) that these are all just assumptions. Rather, I believe that 'our' consciousness is something that manifests itself in life, and not in 'dead' mass and energy. I don't know what the basis of 'everything' is, but I don't want to call it consciousness without precisely stating what we mean by the concept of 'consciousness.

[@threestars2164]

Perhaps you should The Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes, he had similar ideas to yours.

[@hansgouda8593]

@@threestars2164 English is not my native language, so it is difficult to understand exactly. But I, like Rupert, have studied almost all spiritual and philosophical traditions in a practical way, including my own thinking, feeling and actions. I prefer to approach it as Ramana dad did: there comes a moment to be silent and not to lose yourself in ideas about the universe, time, space and consciousness as the basis of it all. Socrates also pointed this out when he was asked about what there is after death: "The wise are not concerned about that."

[@CurtNovitsky]

The mind is also fed info from the organs through circulation and nerves ,they must play some part as well as outside stimulus for creating 🤔

[@dongee1664]

Congratulations on taking so much time and so many words to, in the main, state the obvious. Simply put, our mind is stimulated by everything we see and touch.

[@Jlk-rm1jv]

LOL

[@TheAmbamatamantrasvideos]

Thoughts appear. We can not chose our thoughts, for in that case we would have to know our thoughts befóre they appear and then say hmmm i'm gonna think that thought and not that thought. Even this thought appeared because of the video appeared and coming into my attention which i did not chose neither ! So this means we are totally free of thoughts 😮 like the ocean is totally free of waves.😊

[@thelaserdoc1]

The principle of mentalism. The first of the 7 Hermetic Principles asserts that all is mind; the universe is mental. For anything to exist, a thought had to first exist, which then formed a physical reality or manifestation.

[@levlevin182]

We've been here before. Thought needs remembering. So my old advice is to remember your living now & not in the past.

[@lisamoag6548]

Yes, that is Bliss.

[@user-kq5qp6dh8l]

The mind is a receiver that processes thoughts; They are a download:

[@xxxs8309]

Thoughts come from your environment and interactions

[@gireeshneroth7127]

Consciousness living a mind wake by egobeing and worldbeing itself. Exclusively a consciousness activity .

[@earnyourimmortality]

All Thought is available to everyone. Its in the ether all around us... Align your frequency by adjusting your channel to tune in!

[@lgroves336]

Each person is a THOUGHT. In a sea of consciousness.

[@pamelahall7614]

That is inquiry. When we are unclear it may take time to verbalize

[@tonykennedy1615]

God is within us I always say.

[@threestars2164]

Doesn't sound like a very useful "god".

[@infinityogauk]

In self realisation, consciousness, one is then free to experience infinite consciousness awareness, in the practices of breath Meditation with sound of silence (Singing Bowls and voice of a Guru) Dharana then arriving in Breath Meditation, as realised by the Buddha and Patanjali, Krishna to Arjuna, the body dissolves and the mind dissolve as we are not our thoughts, on pure conscious awareness, one only experiences through conscious awareness. So we are only the observer of experience coming in from external input.

[@RobMaskell-r4v]

There is only the one mind which we all share. Self responsibility requires us to be aware of our actions through our thoughts. What was said takes away the first gift given to us of infinite freedom. Holy karma arrives when the self surrenders into the simplicity of oneness. At this point the holy spirit act through you willingly. You become god itself but your experiences will be individualized.

[@VenkataramaniS-x5f]

Rupert Thank you for your insights Still confusion In non-duality how can be two mind? Again how thoughts get generated in local mind?

[@joelyazell7380]

As God yourself,the questioning of any is doubt in yourself,imagine whatever was is still itself on your watch

[@petergedd9330]

Life is not from when we are born to when we die, that is the time we have with our life. Life comes with every breath, this is real. The more we are caught up wondering about thought, the more we are thinking. Truth is within, but we must not try to pull it out, only when we are still will it be revealed naturaly. Try not to have ideas about what to feel, your heart will know soon enough when it feels the truth. It is there every moment, we have to learn to listen to it, an experience, rather than a thought. Be still and know thyself.

[@katrinacerise6221]

☀️💎☀️💎☀️💎☀️

[@CookinWithJewel]

What are we trying to reveal?

[@emeraldlotusbylori4988]

The 0 card in the Tarot, Major Arcana is exactly what Rupert described, you are the infinite awareness or consciousness expressing itself. ✌️

[@williambunter3311]

The bible says: 'As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he'. This doesn't mean that we are what we think we are, but that the way we think moulds the person we are.

[@jamesharvey7492]

Exactly!! The more we wrestle with flesh and blood the deeper we go into the quicksand!! If we don't recognize the spiritual forces at work we miss the boat.

[@diaryofawimpycollegegirl5149]

This is so hard for me to comprehend

[@elizadaphne5501]

I was touched to hear you include animals in your description of consciousness….I hope 🙏🏼 one day one will include insects too ….they are intelligent and aware 😊

[@delublink127]

wait until we realize everything is consciousness..sitting somewhere on the spectrum of The All That Is

[@wattaura7621]

When the sheep wake up from the spell, he probably will.

[@threestars2164]

@@delublink127 Get back to me when a rock tells you about its day.

[@clockoclock]

There are those who claim to have access to communication with static consciousness like rocks. Maybe one day it'll grow common, even in the sense of an Omniverse or evolution. Or "junk" DNA activation/use.

[@piccadelly9360]

Everything alive is conscious , animals plants just everything , life is conscious itself

[@kimpersing8082]

Some times i think people have feeling and don't understand where they come from i tell them be awear who your around. You might feel there sadness orbfeelings.

[@shimrrashai-rc8fq]

To me, using a model of "consciousness only" works better than "matter only" because "matter only" seems to invariably involve some form of convolution to try and either get out or explain away why we aren't "really" seeing (which sounds to me epistemically dubious) qualia. But from consciousness as primary, with _matter_ the derived effect, it's very simple: all _perceptions of matter_ are just that - _perceptions_ - made of qualia, thus accountable via consciousness! The way you get "physics" is that "physics" _emerges_ from essentially different consciousnesses "negotiating" a shared environment, well below the level of our material brain. It is self-organization / spontaneous order formation at a metaphysical level. We thus can start from "pure, free will" then imagine it becoming constrained by agreements that are formed spontaneously, which is much more satisfying than just saying "well this rather weirdly particular set of physical laws 'just happened to exist' because well 'just because'", at least to me.

[@LiquidKaos1911]

this place runs backwards ... the "down there" determines what is "being organized" now. OOO.

[@ladikapoor9296]

Explained it so beautifully thank you Rupert. 🙏🏻🌈

[@Saved.by.Jesus.]

Thank you Jesus for the Bible and for commandments. Thank you for giving us prayer. We pray to survive.

[@robertamurphy1124]

We are the Temple in which God dwells

[@TheChadTI]

This is an ongoing concern for me. Glad I ran into this video. It messes with my mind if i let it.

[@katrinacerise6221]

We have thoughts because we live in a Word-Matrix. First reality is Nature/ vibrating consciousness, feelings, second realty is all stuff that humans create in the Word-Matrix.

[@muratyumusakkaya888]

Gerçeği arayan Uyanmış insanlara Türkiye'den sevgiler selamlar ❤❤❤

[@petermartin5030]

That there is nothing outside consciousness is a perspective, a particular belief that limits thinking, even if a useful challenge to materialism .

[@threestars2164]

I guess all of those billions of years of non-conscious microbes didn't happen then?

[@ausinchimbi]

Finale, I got it!

[@CosmicFrequencyFeedback]

Certainly they are harmonics of the morphic field or Akash

[@alexanderbreston9918]

I indentify myself as a spirit, not with my avatar, ego, thoughts and feelings.

[@chrisradano]

I had a thought (haha). Our thoughts come from the Akashic Records. Which is our DNA. Which is collective consciousness. We are merely drawing in information that is already ours. However, we (in having that thought) are evolving. Because it's the first time we had that thought in our individual circumstance. So it is a circumstance that we haven't experienced before. it is "uncharted waters". So therefore we all continue to add to the Akashic Record (our collective consciousness). So, if you have a toothache, this may not be an individual experience. Someone else can tell there's something amiss with you, even if you don't tell them specifically you have a toothache.

[@joan.nao1246]

Yup. Matt Kahn speaks of this.

[@sajid279]

Thoughts do come from the mind... Whatever you are used to think and past activities and thoughts are like waves extending and creating new waves...the mind is always on autopilot mode... Which we call chattering of the mind... If we re not careful we can be victim of our own mind..

[@seth956]

Thoughts derive in the heart and are translated by the mind into language. I am my mind, heart and soul working in simultaneous union. So technically I do create my thoughts. Most people usually identify as awareness alone because their identity is a felt distinction of control. I run, jump, plan, eat, drive... but is it I who performs cell mitosis? I cannot close my eyes and suddenly have the ability to control my cells and the knowledge of what to do and not. The distinction between conscious tasks and unconscious tasks is awarenesses ability to manipulate or at least the sensation of manipulation. In my opinion this is a continuous system where identity is circular. This is rooted in my religious beliefs of being made in the image of a triune God who is distinct in Father, Son, Holy Spirit but one in being.

[@LiquidKaos1911]

have you experienced or bore witness to the At-one-ment?

[@jamiereife5581]

Occasionally, a divine thought from the Holy Spirit comes through but mainly, most thoughts are just our ego generating the thoughts running through our mind on an endless conveyer-belt. As such, be the observer of your thoughts, and realize that they do not mean anything. In fact, we give our thoughts all the meaning they have for us. No one else is experiencing the same thing or thinking the same way. Observe the thoughts and know that they are not even real and that they really have no meaning. Instead of trying to figure out your thoughts, ask for the Holy Spirit’s thoughts to fill your mind, which indeed are from God and are your real thoughts but your noisy ego thoughts drown them out, ask for God’s thoughts to fill your mind. You will have thoughts of love, compassion, peace and forgiveness.

[@ErnestLauzon]

Really ? How f..cked up is that ?

[@allenjones9029]

Thank you for this comment. It really helped me. God bless!

[@Ashoka9386]

lol maybe it is easy for you but it is not possible for everyone.. Even believing in invasible entity called god also I heard truth exists beyond good, bad even God so yeah it sounds very useless to me

[@LiquidKaos1911]

a course in miracles is nice

[@johnmc3862]

Our thoughts come from the subconscious mind.