Non-Duality and the Nature of Consciousness | Blog | Rupert Spira

Rupert then invites us to consider the possibility that, when in the waking state, what appears to us as our environment – what we call ‘matter’ – is in fact a dream state for universal consciousness. The universe as we know it is in reality how (in religious language) the mind of God appears to us from our limited and localised perspective. The un... See more

‘Whatever it is that knows our thoughts, feelings, sensations and perceptions is not itself a thought, feeling, sensation or perception. It is not itself an experience’. All experiences come and go, but whatever it is that is aware of them remains consistently present.

‘If I speak, I tell a lie; but if I remain silent, I am a coward’.