Mary and Jane Were Never Truly Separate

A man expresses his gratitude and asks about dissolving the inside-outside distinction, drawing an analogy to Jane and Mary. Rupert replies that Jane and Mary were never separated in the first place. It is perception that creates a division between them. Mary and Jane were never truly separate, only from Jane's limited perspective. It's her perceiving faculties – thinking and perceiving – that divide experience into the external world and the internal self. Rupert quotes William Blake, saying: "This life’s dim windows of the soul / Distorts the heavens from pole to pole"; and, "Every bird that cuts the airy way is an immense world of delight, [enclosed by the five senses]."

From event 11 November - 02 December, 2023 Seven-Day Retreat at The Vedanta – 11 to 18 November

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