Reality Cannot Be Known by the Mind

Rupert says: ‘The understanding that objects are real – or that things are known – and that reality is a mystery is the point of view of the mind. From this point of view, objects are real and reality is abstract, and we presume we can’t know it. But in reality, it’s the other way around: all that is known is reality, and the objects that the mind seems to know are abstract.

‘That which is known by the mind can never be known by consciousness because infinite consciousness can only know the infinite. And that which is known by consciousness itself – the one infinite reality – can never be known by the mind. Here, we take the point of view of consciousness, so we say all that is ever known is reality, and it is consciousness that knows it.’

*This video is from one of Rupert’s in-person retreats at Garrison Institute, 8–15 October 2023. For more information on upcoming retreats (many of which can be attended online via livestream) go to:

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