This “universe” is a dream state. But very very few people have the slightest inkling what that means. People who live in the dream experience rainbows and earthquakes, sublime scenery and horrific ones. They are all “I” and will never die. But in their dream state, death, taxes and I guess reincarnation are as real as the sleeping dreams they have every night.
DrRobinStarbuck 2017
We try to put our revelations into words which heretofore had been but unspeakably amazing patches of sheer knowingness. We offer them for mortal eyes to see and mortal brains to process, knowing full well that the body’s mind cannot comprehend such indescribable effulgence. We can only hope that one more human mind will discover that it was never born into this world for in fact there exists no such world.
Quantum physics’ claim (pronounced by Max Planck and reiterated by Albert Einstein) – that “matter as such does not exist” – not only proves my point … it IS my point. “SO WHAT?” is what this entire book (and my life as such!) is about.
It is my heartfelt desire to be a catalyst for every reader who still gets jammed up from time to time and earnestly yearns to be set free once and for all. This applies at every ‘level’ and domain.
But, alas, the moment we commit our spiritual awakenings to words they cease being of true celestial nature. How to put together a manuscript whose message is far and above human language … that is the onus upon us.
DrRobinStarbuck
You cannot force yourself to believe anything that doesn’t make sense. The entire task before us is to learn what we already know thoroughly enough that believing it becomes a moot point. When we know that we know that we know it’s absolutely true then we don’t need to worry about whether or not to believe it anymore and we can concentrate on processing and accepting it down deep within our soul.
There are various levels of spiritual apprehension. Some factors that ‘seem’ to weigh heavily are language proficiency, levels of openness, awareness, receptivity and a genuine desire to experience an entirely new way of Life.
ONE, ALL, ‘All-One’, ‘A-U-M’, I AM.
All Holy books declare that God is Life: Lao-Tzu, Christ, Zen, Koran, Buddha, Talmud, etc.
The word “Christ” doesn’t have to be a problem to you at all. You may be coming from a place of pretty much hating the whole construct and I don’t blame you – that’s what religion has done to it. it’s organized religion as well as taking mysticism literally that is so hideously detrimental. You can substitute other words for Christ but you may start to miss out on the real intended message that cannot – I repeat cannot – be found in any – I repeat any – religion! You could think of CCC when you think of Christ: Corrected Christ Concept. Once you step out of the body-mind, there is no “into.” Step out equals awaken: it’s the same thing. And Christ = the universal begotten Son = all of us, since forever.
SATTORI (Jap) Zen. The Word. The whole secret. Enlightenment. When your human consciousness which wasn’t spiritually enlightened becomes illumined, that’s SATTORI. You always had it but now you are fully aware and free.
When you’ve been engrossed in many issues in the world as we all seem to need to be and you realize you haven’t been thinking in terms of Spirit, Christ, Soul, God, Self, then you do need to step out. Whether the image of ‘stepping out’ is helpful to you or not is entirely up to you. I belabored it for some time and then I realized that “step out” equals “awaken”! – it was just that instantaneous! But when I was swimming in the mesmerism and hypnotism of the world it seemed as though I needed to make a conscious and conscientious effort to step out of all the stuff that I was knee-deep in. The moment I just simply mentally stepped out, I became fully awake!
DrRobinStarbuck 2017
“You do not have to be with a group of enlightened beings to become self-realized. You do not have to be in a monastery, on a mountain top in a cave or anywhere else to become self-realized. Due to the fact that you’re already self-realized. You are already free. You are already bright and shining. What you do have to do is leave everything alone.
You have to stop being concerned about person, place or thing, about who is right or wrong and what is going on in your life. As far as your life is concerned these things have absolutely nothing to do with it. In other words you may be a thief and be self-realized. It’s a very strange understanding but it’s true. To be self-realized all you have to do is to wake up, no matter what position you’re in.”
Robert Adams
When you ●●realize that you are bliss, you are no longer the body. You ●● become something else completely. People see you as the body but you are not the body, and ●●you know that you are not the body. You ●●feel something so wonderful that in the beginning stages you ●●start crying, you start ●● laughing, all at the same time. Your body does this. It’s an ●●expression of bliss. ●●Every cell of your body becomes bliss. Bliss is your real nature. ●●Consciousness is your real nature. ●●Pure awareness is you. Therefore as you ponder these things something ●●definitely begins to change within you.
●●I am consciousness, total awareness, expressing as bliss. Now what does this do to you as a human being? It ●●transcends your human experience. It ●●lifts you beyond the relative world into ●● reality. There is no explanation. You ●● try to explain this to your friends. You ●●cannot. As a matter of fact, you find that your ●●friends disappear because they think you’re crazy. And you ●●probably never needed those friends to begin with.
●●You begin to identify with the substratum of existence. You are ●● no longer part of the world of effects. As you are aware, this is a ●●world of effects in which we live. There is ●●no permanency in this world. Everything comes and goes. To ●●identify with the world is to suffer. Therefore to ●● find the truth is to experience bliss. ●●No matter what you may acquire in this world you still suffer. As long as you believe you are the ●●body-mind concept this is what causes suffering, if only because of deterioration. As most of you know, as ●●soon as you’re born you start to die. It’s therefore ●●foolish to be satisfied only with a material existence. I realize even as I say this, if I wrote some of you a check for $10,000 I’d probably never see you again, because you would think foolishly you’ve got something special. But that will be gone soon, or you’ll worry about it.
There is nothing in this world that can really bring you true happiness. No, I’m ●●not a prophet of doom. I’m telling you the truth. It is only as you ●●discover your true identity that the real happiness and the real joy begin to be expressed through you. You ●● don’t have to wait until you are self-realized. ●●● Even if you believe that you are the body, still, just by understanding that there’s something greater, something higher, something more beautiful, begins to make you feel good. Or shall I say, as you ●● dis-identify with the world, as you begin to disassociate yourself with identification of the world. I’m not speaking of leaving your job or going away from your family or changing anything at all. I’m speaking mentally. As you ●●disengage your mind from worldly attachments, goodness takes its place, to that extent.
Robert Adams, Excerpt from Satsang 22
(●● mine, rjs)
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When you realize that you are bliss, you are no longer the body. You become something else completely. People see you as the body but you are not the body, and you know that you are not the body. You feel something so wonderful that in the beginning stages you start crying, you start laughing, all at the same time. Your body does this. It’s an expression of bliss. Every cell of your body becomes bliss. Bliss is your real nature. Consciousness is your real nature. Pure awareness is you. Therefore as you ponder these things something definitely begins to change within you.
I am consciousness, total awareness, expressing as bliss. Now what does this do to you as a human being? It transcends your human experience. It lifts you beyond the relative world into reality. There is no explanation. You try to explain this to your friends. You cannot. As a matter of fact, you find that your friends disappear because they think you’re crazy. And you probably never needed those friends to begin with.
You begin to identify with the substratum of existence. You are no longer part of the world of effects. As you are aware, this is a world of effects in which we live. There is no permanency in this world. Everything comes and goes. To identify with the world is to suffer. Therefore to find the truth is to experience bliss. No matter what you may acquire in this world you still suffer. As long as you believe you are the body-mind concept this is what causes suffering, if only because of deterioration. As most of you know, as soon as you’re born you start to die. It’s therefore foolish to be satisfied only with a material existence. I realize even as I say this, if I wrote some of you a check for $10,000 I’d probably never see you again, because you would think foolishly you’ve got something special. But that will be gone soon, or you’ll worry about it.
There is nothing in this world that can really bring you true happiness. No, I’m not a prophet of doom. I’m telling you the truth. It is only as you discover your true identity that the real happiness and the real joy begin to be expressed through you. You don’t have to wait until you are self-realized. Even if you believe that you are the body, still, just by understanding that there’s something greater, something higher, something more beautiful, begins to make you feel good. Or shall I say, as you dis-identify with the world, as you begin to disassociate yourself with identification of the world. I’m not speaking of leaving your job or going away from your family or changing anything at all. I’m speaking mentally. As you disengage your mind from worldly attachments, goodness takes its place, to that extent.
Robert Adams, Excerpt from Satsang 22
Question: By constant sadhana, do you mean self-enquiry?
Annamalai Swami: Yes. By strength of practice, by doing this sadhana, this veil will be removed completely. There will be no
further hindrances. You can go to the top of Arunachala, but if you are not alert, if you are not paying attention, you may slip
and end up at Isanya Math [a Hindu institution at the base of the hill].
You have to make an enormous effort to realise the Self. It is very easy to stop on the way and fall back into ignorance. At any moment you can fall back. You have to make a strong determined effort to remain on the peak when you first reach it,
but eventually a time will come when you are fully established in the Self. When that happens, you cannot fall. You have reached your destination and no further efforts are required. Until that moment comes, constant sadhana is required.
Question: Is it important to have a Guru at this stage, this period when constant effort is required?
Annamalai Swami: Yes. The Guru guides you and tells you that what you have done is not enough. If you are filling a bucket with water, you can always add more if there is still space. But when it is completely full, full to overflowing, it is pointless to add even a single drop. You may think that you have done enough, and you may believe that your bucket is full, but the Guru is in a better position to see that there is still a space, and that more water needs to be added.
Don’t rely on your own judgement in this matter. The state you have reached may seem to be complete and final, but if the Guru says, ‘You need more sadhana ,’ trust him and carry on with your efforts.
Bhagavan often used to say, ‘The physical Guru is outside, telling you what to do and pushing you into the Self. The inner
Guru, the Self within, simultaneously pulls you towards itself.’
Once you have become established in the inner Guru, the Self, the distinction between Guru and disciple disappears. In that state you no longer need the help of any Guru. You are That, the Self.
Until the river reaches the ocean, it is obliged to keep on flowing, but when it arrives at the ocean, it becomes ocean and the flow stops. The water of the river originally came from the ocean. As it flows, it is merely making its way back to its source.
When you meditate or do sadhana, you are flowing back to the source from which you came. After you have reached that source,
you discover that everything that exists – world, Guru, mind – is one. No differences or distinctions arise there.
Non-duality is jnana\ duality is samsara. If you can give up duality, Brahman alone remains, and you know yourself to be that Brahman, but to make this discovery continuous meditation is required. Don’t allocate periods of time for this. Don’t regard it as something that you do when you sit with your eyes closed.
This meditation has to be continuous. Do it while you are eating, walking, and even talking. It has to be continued all the time.
Pretty soon you become old, and you appear to die. Do you want to believe this lie, that you die, that you get old, that there are problems in this world? This is all a lie. It’s the mortal dream. Do not identify with the mortal dream. Know who you are once and for all. You are that which was never born, which does not prevail, and can never die.
You are that which is beyond all concepts, all reasoning, all thoughts. You are that which has always existed as pure awareness. You are that which is neither female or male, which is neither good nor bad, which is neither right or wrong, which just is. Beauty, joy, love, harmony, peace, bliss, this is your real nature, this is who you are. Why not accept this and become free, right now?
Robert Adams
PRINCESS OF KASHI!!! IT IS US!!!