A Thought Experiment — Is Distance Only in the Mind?

In this discussion, Rupert Spira guides us through a thought experiment that exposes the illusion of distance. By examining our direct experience and questioning how we perceive reality we get to see how space is merely a concept.

Rupert says close your eyes and imagine you're a newborn baby. It is the first experience you've ever had. Allow the experience of ‘my mouth’ to come to your attention. Where is that experience taking place? All we can say is ‘here’.

Now allow the tingling sensation at the source of your feet to come to your attention. You're a newborn infant. You have no past to refer to. Where does the sensation take place? We can only answer ‘here’.

Is there a difference between the two ‘heres’ or is ‘here’ always the same experience? Our experience of space always takes place here but here is not a place in space — it is the place where I am, where consciousness is. It is perception that refracts the dimensionless here and makes it appear as space.

This video is taken from one of Rupert's in-person retreats at The Vedanta — 3rd to 10th June 2022. To view and book for upcoming retreats (many of which can be attended online via livestream) go to:

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Timestamps:

0:00 Challenging The Concept Of Reality
0:25 Is Distance An Illusion?
1:16 A Thought Experiment
2:15 ‘here’ Is Not Located In Space
3:08 How We Perceive Reality
3:52 Exploring The Nature Of Reality
4:35 EE Cummings
5:12 Perception Creates Space
5:28 Thought Creates Time.

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Видео A Thought Experiment — Is Distance Only in the Mind? канала Rupert Spira