How we understand the nature of mind and reality has profound implications for how we live, how we treat others, and how we relate to our world.

The scientific method, which neglects consciousness in order to study objects, gradually became a philosophy that denies the primacy of consciousness altogether. We forgot that every scientific observation, every measurement, every theory exists within and as consciousness. The very brain scans that are supposed to explain consciousness are... See more

This isn’t a denial of the physical world. The body, the brain, the stars and galaxies are all real in their own way. But their reality might not be what we think it is. Rather than being made of some substance called ‘matter’ that exists independently of consciousness, they might be modifications or appearances within consciousness itself.

Over the weeks ahead, we’ll discover together that this simple recognition of being aware has the power to transform our understanding of everything. We’ll explore how the knowing awareness in which all experience appears is not limited by or contained within the experiences it knows. We’ll see how this awareness is not born when the body is born,... See more

This investigation doesn’t require you to change anything about your life or adopt any particular beliefs. It simply asks you to pay attention to what is already most obvious and intimate about your experience: the fact that experience is known, and that there is something that knows it.

Our culture’s materialist paradigm isn’t just an abstract philosophical position – it shapes how we see ourselves, others and the world. When we believe consciousness is produced by the brain, we inevitably feel ourselves to be temporary, limited, vulnerable entities. This belief, I suggest, is the root cause of the existential anxiety that drives... See more

When we believe that consciousness is merely a by-product of neural activity, we inevitably view ourselves as temporary, fragmented beings in a hostile universe. This isn’t just an abstract philosophical error – it shapes our entire approach to life, relationships and meaning.

As we shall see, all that could ever be known about is experience. And thus, experience must be the ultimate measure of reality

The question that will guide our entire journey is deceptively simple: What is the nature of the knowing with which all experience is known?