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What does it mean?
Material reality depends on an uncharted mental realm we do not understand.
In plain terms
The physical world rests on a mysterious mental foundation.
What can you take from it?
Explore your mind to understand the ground of being.

Where it applies

  • scientific inquiry
  • spiritual practice
  • research

Putting it to work

  • meditation
  • study
  • experimentation

Questions to consider

  • What part of reality remains unexplored?
  • How does thought shape matter?

Another view

Physics suggests matter exists independently of our current mental maps.

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