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Step Out of the Mind

Thursday 16 June 2022

How Do We Know Something Is an Illusion?

A man says he sees there is no seeker and is now suffering. Rupert suggests that the understanding that there is no individual seeker may relieve him from the belief in the seeker, but it hasn't yet relieved him of the belief in a separate self. A seeker is one aspect of the separate self. How do we know that something is an illusion? Using the example of the the snake, we see that its reality is the rope.

From event 16 June, 2022 Webinar – Thursday 16th June

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Separate self

Distress Over the Separate Self as Illusion

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Distress Over the Separate Self as Illusion

Why Is the Ego Here at All?

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Why Is the Ego Here at All?

Separate Self and Lack

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Separate Self and Lack

Attachment to Foreign Identity

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Attachment to Foreign Identity

If There Are No Others, Where Is the Conflict?

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If There Are No Others, Where Is the Conflict?

Does Knowing Include Biological Sense Perceptions?

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Does Knowing Include Biological Sense Perceptions?

Why Does the Infinite Localise into the Finite?

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Why Does the Infinite Localise into the Finite?

The Fear of the Separate Self

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The Fear of the Separate Self

Intuition and Decision-Making

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Intuition and Decision-Making

Shaking Off the Separate Self

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Shaking Off the Separate Self

Everything Is Fine

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Everything Is Fine