Rupert Spira

And in order to... We can't go outwards into the universe to find the answer to that question because everything we know appears in accordance with the limitations of the finite mind. So if you go inwards, what happens? If we travel, as it were, backwards... through the layers of experience, thoughts, feelings, sensations, perceptions, all of these are limited.

And in order to... We can't go outwards into the universe to find the answer to that question because everything we know appears in accordance with the limitations of the finite mind. So if you go inwards, what happens? If we travel, as it were, backwards... through the layers of experience, thoughts, feelings, sensations, perceptions, all of these are limited.

So they can only give us a limited or relative view of reality. But if we go all the way back behind, as it were, the content of thought and perception, we arrive at one experience, namely the awareness of being.

So they can only give us a limited or relative view of reality. But if we go all the way back behind, as it were, the content of thought and perception, we arrive at one experience, namely the awareness of being.

So they can only give us a limited or relative view of reality. But if we go all the way back behind, as it were, the content of thought and perception, we arrive at one experience, namely the awareness of being.

aware being awareness itself and this this this experience we have the experience of being aware or aware being is the only experience there is that is not mediated through the finite mind and therefore it is the only access we have to reality and that is why The words, know thyself, were carved above the temple of Apollo.

aware being awareness itself and this this this experience we have the experience of being aware or aware being is the only experience there is that is not mediated through the finite mind and therefore it is the only access we have to reality and that is why The words, know thyself, were carved above the temple of Apollo.

aware being awareness itself and this this this experience we have the experience of being aware or aware being is the only experience there is that is not mediated through the finite mind and therefore it is the only access we have to reality and that is why The words, know thyself, were carved above the temple of Apollo.

The early Greek philosophers realized, if you want to know the nature of reality, you have to know the nature of yourself. It's the only way to know the nature of reality. And this truth is expressed in many different ways in the Sufi tradition, as you know, Balayani, whosoever knows their self knows their Lord.

The early Greek philosophers realized, if you want to know the nature of reality, you have to know the nature of yourself. It's the only way to know the nature of reality. And this truth is expressed in many different ways in the Sufi tradition, as you know, Balayani, whosoever knows their self knows their Lord.

The early Greek philosophers realized, if you want to know the nature of reality, you have to know the nature of yourself. It's the only way to know the nature of reality. And this truth is expressed in many different ways in the Sufi tradition, as you know, Balayani, whosoever knows their self knows their Lord.

That's religious language for whoever knows their self as they truly are, knows the ultimate reality of the universe. So that's why all the religious and spiritual traditions, one way or another, point to self-knowledge as the key to understanding and the principle really which on civilization must be founded.

That's religious language for whoever knows their self as they truly are, knows the ultimate reality of the universe. So that's why all the religious and spiritual traditions, one way or another, point to self-knowledge as the key to understanding and the principle really which on civilization must be founded.

That's religious language for whoever knows their self as they truly are, knows the ultimate reality of the universe. So that's why all the religious and spiritual traditions, one way or another, point to self-knowledge as the key to understanding and the principle really which on civilization must be founded.

if a civilization is going to evolve in a way that is consistent with truth, rather than evolve in a way that is consistent with the apparent evidence of sense perception, in other words, separation. Our world culture now is... predicated on a paradigm of separation because we have allowed our sense perceptions to dictate their model of reality. Everything and everyone is separate.

if a civilization is going to evolve in a way that is consistent with truth, rather than evolve in a way that is consistent with the apparent evidence of sense perception, in other words, separation. Our world culture now is... predicated on a paradigm of separation because we have allowed our sense perceptions to dictate their model of reality. Everything and everyone is separate.

if a civilization is going to evolve in a way that is consistent with truth, rather than evolve in a way that is consistent with the apparent evidence of sense perception, in other words, separation. Our world culture now is... predicated on a paradigm of separation because we have allowed our sense perceptions to dictate their model of reality. Everything and everyone is separate.

That's the foundation on which our world culture is based. And of course, we all know This paradigm, it leads to sorrow on the inside and conflict on the outside. So this self-knowledge must be the foundation of a peaceful, harmonious, loving society.

That's the foundation on which our world culture is based. And of course, we all know This paradigm, it leads to sorrow on the inside and conflict on the outside. So this self-knowledge must be the foundation of a peaceful, harmonious, loving society.

That's the foundation on which our world culture is based. And of course, we all know This paradigm, it leads to sorrow on the inside and conflict on the outside. So this self-knowledge must be the foundation of a peaceful, harmonious, loving society.