A couple of years ago, I realized I knew nothing at all. I only had speculations, thoughts, and beliefs. In 75 years of seeking the ultimate truths, I knew nothing. I recognized that to "know" was to be that which is before the existence of mind, thought, matter, space, and time. I felt tremendous relief and freedom when I realized that my search was over. I am now free to believe what I consider to be my best values and behaviors to live by.
Wonderful 🎉 and also wonderful to Be Here with all of you, listening to Rupert in real time. Aren’t we the luckiest humans on the planet to have been drawn here by Grace? ❤❤❤
For me not knowing is the transition from conceptual knowing to letting go but then the key was discovering the next stage, "the not knowing that knows" the awake wordless awareness that is the nature of mind that is none other than aliveness. From here I feel in joyful flow where I can move my hand or use thought as a tool .
‘Not knowing’ is not ignorance… it is not a lack of intelligence or awareness. It is the dissolution of the mind’s relentless need to categorize, define, and grasp at reality. It is an openness… a surrender into the vast, unknowable presence that is always here. To not know is to be free of the illusion that we must always have answers, that we must always be in control. The mind thrives on knowing. It builds identities, beliefs, and entire worlds out of its concepts. But what happens when we stop clinging to those ideas? What remains when we no longer hold onto the security of labels and conclusions? There is a space-a stillness-that is deeper than knowledge. It is not something to be acquired… it is simply noticed. This ‘not knowing’ is not passive. It is the highest form of intelligence, because it is free. It does not rush to judge or grasp at explanations. It allows life to unfold without resistance. It is the wisdom of presence itself… the recognition that reality is not something to be figured out, but something to be directly experienced. To embrace not knowing is to let go of the mind’s need for certainty. It is to rest in the simplicity of this moment, without needing to define it. This is where true clarity arises-not from mental conclusions, but from the silent space in which all thoughts come and go. In this way, ‘not knowing’ is the doorway to peace. It is the end of struggle, the release of resistance. It is the ultimate surrender to the intelligence of existence itself… to the ever-present flow of God, where nothing is truly lost, and everything is already complete. So rest in this not knowing. Let it be a softening… a return to the natural state of being. Here, in the space before thought, is where true knowing arises-not as information, but as pure awareness itself.
When all that I owned was in my backpack, and I normally found myself sleeping in a new place, every night, I would sometimes awake and not know where I was. I learned to recognize this immediately and I loved playing the game of seeing for how long I could avoid remembering where I was. As soon as I remembered the earth, I would soon zero in on where. But, not knowing where, was very refreshing, for as long as it lasted.
"None shall spill the thoughts of life's turmoil, and all that is known shall be your soil. For you shall not be with nor shall you be without. For I am your comforter, I am your mysterious I am. I am the knower of all, I am the transmitter, I am the call. I am the essence, I am the all. To whom I seek, I shall not speak, but I am so that you shall eat, for each I am, for everyone I am not." Ask yourself, who am I?
Man knows nothing till he knows how not to know. And the greatest of teachers will tell you: The end of all knowledge is oblivion Sweet, dark oblivion, when I cease Even from myself, and am consummated. - D.H.Lawrence, "Know-All."
This must be what the anonymous author was getting at in the Cloud of Unknowing or what St. John of the Cross means by saying in The Ascent of Mount Carmel “faith is the proximate means of union with God”
I have no idea why, simply saw this & thought I'd check in........Rupert, how do you manage to make something so beautiful & EASY... SO very SIMPLE...... SO complicated & confusing......on & on & on.. here's my tip...empty yourself of all those same words everyone else on youtube uses....just samo, samo.......subject/object just words meaning nothing........naturally naturally naturally .........
When it comes to Knowing IT, there may be there are two fundamental limitations. From this human perspective, we are limited by: 1) the fact that we live in 3 dimensions, 4 if you consider time. That's how we measure stuff. That's how we see the world. 2) Linearity. Everything with us is linear. Our alphabet, grammar, mathematics, music, the way we tell stories, the way we live our lives, the way we perceive time. This is why we can NEVER know IT completely from this perspective. IT is more than 4 dimensions, and probably it's nonlinear.
HOW DOES ALL THIS FIT TOGETHER ?? Contradictions in this teaching! Knowledge is only existent in the object-subject-relationship - in the finite mind. The infinite mind knows nothing but it is conscious. There is no bridge between them. Mary as Jane forgets that she is Mary, and as Mary she forgets the experiences of Jane in the dream because she has no knowledge at all, even that she has dreamed.- I am now referring to Kastrup's model with the whirlpools in the river. The whirlpool as the finite mind and the river as the infinite, pure consciousness. When these whirlpools dissolve, something (he doesn't say what) is left behind from which new whirlpools can then form downstream. This is Kastrup's and Spira's idea of a conceivable recarnation in some sense. However, if knowledge exist only within the finite mind (the whirlpool) and there is no bridge to the infinite mind (the river), this model is not correct. In addition, there is another problem: information is indestructible. That is a basic principle. Where is the knowledge of the whirlpool if it doesn't exist any more?
So basically pure knowing’s knowing cannot be known by the mind. If that’s the case that explains why the mind will never know itself because then knowing does not belong to the mind yet the mind says “I knows” 😮 🤔. lol so the highest form of truth should definitely be not knowing if the mind sees tht it cannot know itself 😅 smh 😮💨
Dear rupert, haven't you noticed that you are using the logic from the world of duality to try to explain the world of non-duality? How can you be so convincined that this logic applies in the world of non-duality that "God" needs to stand apart from itself to know itself? That logic would only apply to duality, obviously.
Lol the universe was created to know him. The universe is in him. That's in pure awareness u know. No mind state is just start. No mind then you will get into cosmic mind when you ready.
when you try to convince but in vain...this wont serve my daily purpose ya...this man is rocket science expectation....will you pass ya...see better half is one who has accepted/es me the way i am thats how I derive energy of marriage menu....why have you made your band the only topic of life last issue....i know nothing...then when will you board ulta what called...check out sounds less costly....something similar to board only i prefer ...this lady is oxford AlRiGht...manger ya ?what difference does it make to you ? beetal nut,elephant state...you are so ethereal ya.
Quote; " what is meant by not knowing". Well I didn't even know this was a question. It's looks like the so called teacher is just making something up for a reaction. And these mugs at the retreat are falling for it and making a fool of themselves. Oh no, wait for it, more analogies, oh no not more analogies from the subjects great leader. Chuckle chuckle . your finger is the sensor, Hello! as is your eyes. In fact your whole biological body is the sensor for your Formed source which was formed at the inception of your generational lineage. Not only is your whole physical body a sensor but your Formed source within which is an object within is using your whole body which is also an object, as it's sensor. Basically everything is an object that once recognised, is no more a subject. There is no blind spot in knowing, why you may ask, because you are ALL KNOWING. How you may ask. Because your Formed source that manifested from the elements of the universe and transcended is your Universal imprinted knowledge within. Thats the problem with so called teachers who do not have a clue how your lineage inception derived and therefore they offer a revolving door of confusion. The subjects mind knows to re check because it knows it's hearing false teachings. You can never fool your imprinted knowledge with external beliefs and proof is right there. It's not fear, its excitement from your Formed source within that finally can enlighten your physical brain of your Formed source presence within.
Years listening to him about the same, over and over again, and every time is like a new loving melody. What a gift.
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Same, but then, isn’t this precisely what ours minds will, someday, be sick of?
A couple of years ago, I realized I knew nothing at all. I only had speculations, thoughts, and beliefs. In 75 years of seeking the ultimate truths, I knew nothing.
I recognized that to "know" was to be that which is before the existence of mind, thought, matter, space, and time.
I felt tremendous relief and freedom when I realized that my search was over. I am now free to believe what I consider to be my best values and behaviors to live by.
Wonderful 🎉 and also wonderful to Be Here with all of you, listening to Rupert in real time. Aren’t we the luckiest humans on the planet to have been drawn here by Grace? ❤❤❤
I feel so so so lucky...what a huge blessing
So lucky!!
Explained once again in that beautiful Rupert way. Thank you. Blessings.
Not knowing is the highest truth for mind. Beautiful!
For me not knowing is the transition from conceptual knowing to letting go but then the key was discovering the next stage, "the not knowing that knows" the awake wordless awareness that is the nature of mind that is none other than aliveness. From here I feel in joyful flow where I can move my hand or use thought as a tool .
‘Not knowing’ is not ignorance… it is not a lack of intelligence or awareness. It is the dissolution of the mind’s relentless need to categorize, define, and grasp at reality. It is an openness… a surrender into the vast, unknowable presence that is always here. To not know is to be free of the illusion that we must always have answers, that we must always be in control.
The mind thrives on knowing. It builds identities, beliefs, and entire worlds out of its concepts. But what happens when we stop clinging to those ideas? What remains when we no longer hold onto the security of labels and conclusions? There is a space-a stillness-that is deeper than knowledge. It is not something to be acquired… it is simply noticed.
This ‘not knowing’ is not passive. It is the highest form of intelligence, because it is free. It does not rush to judge or grasp at explanations. It allows life to unfold without resistance. It is the wisdom of presence itself… the recognition that reality is not something to be figured out, but something to be directly experienced.
To embrace not knowing is to let go of the mind’s need for certainty. It is to rest in the simplicity of this moment, without needing to define it. This is where true clarity arises-not from mental conclusions, but from the silent space in which all thoughts come and go.
In this way, ‘not knowing’ is the doorway to peace. It is the end of struggle, the release of resistance. It is the ultimate surrender to the intelligence of existence itself… to the ever-present flow of God, where nothing is truly lost, and everything is already complete.
So rest in this not knowing. Let it be a softening… a return to the natural state of being. Here, in the space before thought, is where true knowing arises-not as information, but as pure awareness itself.
Beautifully explained
Deep knowledge for open minds only.
Not knowing is most intimate.
Yes, Rupert is an incredible gift to aid this journey ❤
Zen questions explained. Beautiful ❤️
I am absolutely in trust with not knowing because it is I am.
Great teaching on deep acceptance, thanks!
Me ha encantado!!! Muchísimas gracias!!!🙏🤍💛🧡❤️🩷💜💙🩵💚🤎🩶
Perfect explanation!
Thank you ❤
beautiful little vid Rupert, must get to one of your events again sometime!
Very sweet, thank u 🙏🏽
❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏 Thank you.
👁️my I point that.. That Response Rupert IS far to Complex..🌅Thank You for sharing🪷
When all that I owned was in my backpack, and I normally found myself sleeping in a new place, every night, I would sometimes awake and not know where I was. I learned to recognize this immediately and I loved playing the game of seeing for how long I could avoid remembering where I was. As soon as I remembered the earth, I would soon zero in on where. But, not knowing where, was very refreshing, for as long as it lasted.
Mind is separate ego. Self is pure awareness. The mind cannot know what the Self is.
Agree. Felt that before then, filled my mind with garbage again aka knowledge. Coming back to myself again.
You need Rupert...Its better then somebody need you.... ❤
Not knowing is where every thought and conversation starts. Unfortunately, the human mind doesn’t know when to stop.
"None shall spill the thoughts of life's turmoil, and all that is known shall be your soil. For you shall not be with nor shall you be without. For I am your comforter, I am your mysterious I am. I am the knower of all, I am the transmitter, I am the call. I am the essence, I am the all. To whom I seek, I shall not speak, but I am so that you shall eat, for each I am, for everyone I am not."
Ask yourself, who am I?
How can I copy this that you wrote? Please❤
Be still
Stay in the "I don't know”
in Un-knowiñg
Thank you i feel here somthing meaningful and value freedome, above the mind talking . Everything stops here
"You do not know what a single thing is". Adi Da Samraj on Divine Ignorance, "There is only the Mystery"
You can either know, or you can BE.
"You can't have the cake and eat it too"
If you know you dont know. If you dont know you truly know
🙏 to "nothing" 💞
Man knows nothing
till he knows how not to know.
And the greatest of teachers will tell you:
The end of all knowledge is oblivion
Sweet, dark oblivion, when I cease
Even from myself, and am consummated.
- D.H.Lawrence, "Know-All."
This must be what the anonymous author was getting at in the Cloud of Unknowing or what St. John of the Cross means by saying in The Ascent of Mount Carmel “faith is the proximate means of union with God”
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I have no idea why, simply saw this & thought I'd check in........Rupert, how do you manage to make something so beautiful & EASY... SO very SIMPLE...... SO complicated & confusing......on & on & on.. here's my tip...empty yourself of all those same words everyone else on youtube uses....just samo, samo.......subject/object just words meaning nothing........naturally naturally naturally .........
❤
The Blind spot that he is talking about is the experience of awareness or rather the awareness’s experience of itself…..You are Welcome 🙏
But as we can know our true self so why can't the infinite knowing know it's self
So called "knowledge" is only a curse without wisdom. Wisdom, in some analog, is not letting the left hand know what the right hand does...
'Know nothing. Pay attention. Be kind.'
I don't know?
When it comes to Knowing IT, there may be there are two fundamental limitations. From this human perspective, we are limited by:
1) the fact that we live in 3 dimensions, 4 if you consider time. That's how we measure stuff. That's how we see the world.
2) Linearity. Everything with us is linear. Our alphabet, grammar, mathematics, music, the way we tell stories, the way we live our lives, the way we perceive time.
This is why we can NEVER know IT completely from this perspective. IT is more than 4 dimensions, and probably it's nonlinear.
Mind knows thought .. ingredients of thought is objectification and opposites.
Life is all there is .. not objects or opposites. Life is a no knowing.
HOW DOES ALL THIS FIT TOGETHER ??
Contradictions in this teaching!
Knowledge is only existent in the object-subject-relationship - in the finite mind. The infinite mind knows nothing but it is conscious. There is no bridge between them. Mary as Jane forgets that she is Mary, and as Mary she forgets the experiences of Jane in the dream because she has no knowledge at all, even that she has dreamed.- I am now referring to Kastrup's model with the whirlpools in the river. The whirlpool as the finite mind and the river as the infinite, pure consciousness. When these whirlpools dissolve, something (he doesn't say what) is left behind from which new whirlpools can then form downstream. This is Kastrup's and Spira's idea of a conceivable recarnation in some sense. However, if knowledge exist only within the finite mind (the whirlpool) and there is no bridge to the infinite mind (the river), this model is not correct. In addition, there is another problem: information is indestructible. That is a basic principle. Where is the knowledge of the whirlpool if it doesn't exist any more?
Is this AI? 😂
@@lukebattersby9179 Natural intelligence is completely sufficient to recognise contradictions
@@lukebattersby9179 Natural intelligence is completely sufficient to recognise contradictions🤔
So basically pure knowing’s knowing cannot be known by the mind. If that’s the case that explains why the mind will never know itself because then knowing does not belong to the mind yet the mind says “I knows” 😮 🤔. lol so the highest form of truth should definitely be not knowing if the mind sees tht it cannot know itself 😅 smh 😮💨
That's not what any religion I've ever heard of teaches. It's very confusing sometimes.
You can’t bite your own teeth Nicky baby.
He uses the phrase "the highest truth" quite often. That sounds suspicious.
Lol
Why?
How
Can 👁️See what A Woman 2000
Miles Away’ is Wearing? 👁️Don’t Know
Dear rupert, haven't you noticed that you are using the logic from the world of duality to try to explain the world of non-duality? How can you be so convincined that this logic applies in the world of non-duality that "God" needs to stand apart from itself to know itself? That logic would only apply to duality, obviously.
It's one of the things I can't agree with you.
Lol the universe was created to know him. The universe is in him. That's in pure awareness u know. No mind state is just start. No mind then you will get into cosmic mind when you ready.
Seek the observer and you will see
Real knowing reality that is not ABSOLUTE TRUTH it's fantasy. Never bring to mean what mention real?
formless being
Objekt is I, subjekt is all matter.
when you try to convince but in vain...this wont serve my daily purpose ya...this man is rocket science expectation....will you pass ya...see better half is one who has accepted/es me the way i am thats how I derive energy of marriage menu....why have you made your band the only topic of life last issue....i know nothing...then when will you board ulta what called...check out sounds less costly....something similar to board only i prefer ...this lady is oxford AlRiGht...manger ya ?what difference does it make to you ? beetal nut,elephant state...you are so ethereal ya.
Quote; " what is meant by not knowing". Well I didn't even know this was a question. It's looks like the so called teacher is just making something up for a reaction. And these mugs at the retreat are falling for it and making a fool of themselves.
Oh no, wait for it, more analogies, oh no not more analogies from the subjects great leader.
Chuckle chuckle . your finger is the sensor, Hello! as is your eyes. In fact your whole biological body is the sensor for your Formed source which was formed at the inception of your generational lineage. Not only is your whole physical body a sensor but your Formed source within which is an object within is using your whole body which is also an object, as it's sensor. Basically everything is an object that once recognised, is no more a subject.
There is no blind spot in knowing, why you may ask, because you are ALL KNOWING. How you may ask. Because your Formed source that manifested from the elements of the universe and transcended is your Universal imprinted knowledge within.
Thats the problem with so called teachers who do not have a clue how your lineage inception derived and therefore they offer a revolving door of confusion.
The subjects mind knows to re check because it knows it's hearing false teachings. You can never fool your imprinted knowledge with external beliefs and proof is right there. It's not fear, its excitement from your Formed source within that finally can enlighten your physical brain of your Formed source presence within.