Only You Exist (& Science Can’t Disprove it)

Join for Free Live Webinars & community: https://www.skool.com/thethoughtdojo Work with me: https://www.thethoughtdojo.com Follow Instagram for my day to day:   / sajafendel   #Nonduality #Consciousness #HumanEvolution #Awakening #UnconditionalHappiness ___ Key Takeaways • Consciousness is the one thing science cannot objectively prove, because it is not an object. It is the very medium through which all objects, measurements, and experiences appear. • Every attempt to discover reality through observation is filtered through the mind. Before understanding what is observed, we must understand what is doing the observing. • What we call “objects” are conceptual interpretations layered over raw experience. We do not directly experience phones, bodies, or matter—we experience colors, sensations, sounds, and perceptions. • Matter functions as a placeholder for something science assumes exists but cannot directly locate. The deeper investigation goes, the less solid reality appears. • Awareness is the common denominator of every possible experience—waking life, dreams, altered states, imagination, or any conceivable reality. • Objective truth remains inaccessible because every experience is inseparable from consciousness. The search for reality inevitably becomes a search into subjective experience. • Genuine inquiry requires reclaiming authority over direct experience rather than outsourcing understanding to experts, concepts, or inherited beliefs. • The path of discovery is not about accumulating knowledge but investigating the immediate nature of seeing, hearing, feeling, and being aware itself. Topics The Mystery Science Cannot Solve Saja begins by highlighting what he considers the greatest mystery in existence: consciousness itself. Science can measure objects, behaviors, and processes, but it cannot objectively prove consciousness because consciousness is not an observable object. It is the very field within which all observation occurs. Why Consciousness Cannot Be Measured Scientific proof requires something to stand apart from its surroundings so it can be measured, analyzed, and compared. Consciousness fails this requirement because it is the subject of all experience rather than an object within experience. The observer cannot be placed on the laboratory table alongside the observed. Experience Before Concepts A central distinction is made between conceptual perception and direct perception. When we say “I am holding a phone,” we are referring to a concept. Direct experience consists only of colors, shapes, textures, and sensations. The mind organizes these raw perceptions into the idea of a “phone.” The World as Interpretation Saja argues that much of what we consider reality is actually conceptual overlay. Weight, objects, identities, and categories are mental constructions applied to immediate experience. Reality as it is directly experienced is far simpler and more mysterious than the conceptual world we normally inhabit. The Problem of Matter The video challenges the assumption that matter is the fundamental substance of reality. Science continually breaks matter into smaller components, yet never seems to arrive at a final, tangible “thing.” Matter becomes a label for something presumed to exist, while its true nature remains elusive. Awareness as the Universal Constant Whether one dreams, imagines, enters altered states, or experiences ordinary waking life, one element remains unchanged: awareness itself. Every possible reality depends upon consciousness being present to know it. Awareness is therefore treated as the fundamental condition for all experience. The Limits of Objective Truth The deeper investigation goes, the more difficult it becomes to locate anything truly objective. Every perception is filtered through the mind, senses, memory, and interpretation. Because experience is always subjective, objective certainty remains beyond reach. Subjective Inquiry as the Real Path Instead of searching outwardly for ultimate answers, Saja encourages turning attention toward direct experience itself. What is seeing? What is hearing? What is aware of thoughts, sensations, and perceptions? These questions shift the investigation from external objects to the nature of consciousness. Reclaiming Intellectual Authority The video criticizes the tendency to outsource understanding to scientists, teachers, philosophers, or experts. Guidance can be useful, but genuine understanding must come through one's own investigation. Direct experience becomes the final authority rather than borrowed knowledge. A Call to Direct Exploration The talk concludes with an invitation to become deeply curious about immediate experience. Rather than relying on theories about reality, Saja suggests exploring consciousness firsthand. The answers sought in the world may ultimately be discovered only by examining the awareness that experiences the world in the first place.