Is there a way of explaining creation from a non-dual perspective? A man who says he grew up with the creation myths from the catholic tradition asks Rupert if there is a similar story within the non-dual traditions.
Rupert says yes — it's called Mary and Jane. Within Mary's mind there lies all possible dreams, but while she is awake, she doesn't have access to those dreams. So, she falls asleep and dreams she's Jane on the streets of Paris. Her own mind, which is a single indivisible field of consciousness divides itself into a subject and an object. From Jane's point of view, it appears that what exists is mind on the inside, and matter on the outside. But, when Mary wakes up, she realises there is no world, no separate mind, no separate self, no people and no objects — only the activity of her own mind.
This is, of course, a myth. I'm not suggesting that this is an accurate model of reality, but it's the most accurate one I know. And if you look back, all the world's great traditional societies and many of the world's great religions have this in one form or another. They have this story of the absolute dreaming or imagining the world within itself and localising itself as a person in that world.
*This video is taken from one of Rupert's in-person retreats at The Mercy Center, 24 to 31 October 2021. 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 Explaining Creation
1:18 Rupert’s Analogy Of Mary And Jane
4:13 The Non-Dual Understanding
05:07 God’s Dream
06:35 Consciousness Is All There Is
07:12 Original Sin
08:13 The One Thing Everyone Wants
08:55 The Finite Mind
10:23 Unlocalised Consciousness
11:58 Localised Consciousness
14:25 A Creation Myth
16:11 A Model Of Reality Based On Experience
17:45 The Fundamental Experience
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