This series covers events from 01/26/1983 - 04/13/1983

This series of classes is an in-depth exploration of Mentalism—the metaphysical position that reality is fundamentally mental rather than material—through close analysis and discussion of paras from Category 21 of Paul Brunton's Notebooks.

Drawing primarily from Paul Brunton's writings, while also integrating classical sources like Kant, Plotinus, and Proclus, Anthony Damiani guides students through rigorous philosophical analyses demonstrating that the world we experience is essentially a projection of consciousness rather than independently existing matter. The classes examine how it is the mind, not the senses, that actually perceives objects and explores the complex relationship between individual consciousness and a universal world-mind that projects the fundamental "World-Idea" we all share. Through step-by-step logical demonstrations, textual study, and practical applications, Damiani deconstructs materialist assumptions while revealing space, time, and causality as mental constructs.

The series uniquely bridges intellectual understanding with mystical realization, using the example of dream states to illuminate the mental nature of all perception and showing how a sage experiences the same phenomenal world differently—seeing it as consciousness appearing to itself. Rather than remaining purely theoretical, the teachings emphasize how grasping mentalism transforms one's entire relationship to experience, offering students both philosophical comprehension and practical wisdom for recognizing that what we call "the world" exists as mental content within the boundless mind that we ultimately are.

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