Where Is Consciousness Located?

Where is consciousness located if it is not in the mind? If consciousness is infinite, does that mean it is located everywhere? And why is the experience of our self as consciousness sometimes referred to as being vast, spacious or empty?

Rupert says: ‘The first step is that you feel awareness is the witness of your experience. But the witness could still be limited or feel like it’s located in your head. The second step is that the witness then loses its localisation. As a result, where you previously thought it was located in the space behind your eyes, you now feel it’s located everywhere in space. However, that’s just the mind trying to account for the feeling of being unlocalised, in a way that’s consistent with its belief in time and space.

‘But the awareness that we essentially are is not tiny or located in the head, nor is it vast or located everywhere in space – it is infinite. Vast means “endlessly extended in all directions”, but infinite means “of no dimensions”. In other words, it’s not in the time and space that seem to be real from the point of view of each of our minds. So, the statements that awareness is vast, spacious or empty are legitimate statements, but ultimately untrue – they are the mind’s attempt to describe awareness in terms of its own limitations.’

*This video is from one of Rupert’s in-person retreats at Mercy Center, 22–29 October 2023. For more information on upcoming retreats (many of which can be attended online via livestream) go to:

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Timestamps:

0:00 Being the Witness in Meditation
1:09 Is Awareness in the Mind?
1:40 Where Is Consciousness Located?
2:54 Rupert’s Dream Analogy
4:54 The Infinite Has No Dimensions
6:06 The Mind’s Limitations
7:18 Nothing We Say Is Ultimately True

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