What Is the Closest a Mind Can Get to Reality?

Given the limitations of the mind, what is the closest we can get to experiencing reality? Considering that all we have are thoughts and perceptions, can we somehow transcend the mind and know what is really there?

Rupert says: ‘Everything the human mind knows is filtered through its own limitations. It can only think of reality in terms of time and space. But that’s just our mind’s impoverished view of what is really taking place. What is actually taking place is absolutely nothing like it appears to be.

‘So, how can we get beyond the mind’s limitations to know what is really there? I think it’s music – just listen to a Beethoven symphony. The great artists are people whose minds are expanded, and therefore they are in touch with that dimension that is appearing to us as a mere physical world. And the role of the artist is to bring back that knowledge and represent it for humanity.’

*This video is from one of Rupert’s in-person retreats at The Vedanta, 31 May–7 June 2024. For more information on upcoming retreats (many of which can be attended online via livestream) go to:

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Timestamps:

0:00 What Is Reality?
2:46 Limitations of the Mind
5:53 The Mind’s View of Reality
8:04 Going Beyond the Mind
10:21 Is Reality a Mental Construct?
12:14 We Half Create, Half Perceive the World
14:26 Laws of Mind

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