All posts by Dr. Robin Starbuck

About Dr. Robin Starbuck

Professor of English 1973 M.A., New York University 1989 Ph.D., New York University Linguistics

So many issues – bring a shovel

THERE ARE SO MANY ISSUES I want you to help me with.
I need to meet with you to discuss them.
I know I’ll need a lot of time, a lot of help.
I’m willing to pay for your time and knowledge.

You have two choices: the first one is to bring lots of money and a good shovel.

Why a shovel? And what’s the second choice?

The former is to shovel out all the darkness. The latter is to simply turn on the light.

Better than Eros

BEYOND-EROTIC LOVE

In the physical realm
It’s nearly impossible
To fathom the depths of
I Am, Consciousness.
Titillating rapturous
Fleeting peaks pale
To fully grasp the Permanent.

Never collapsing, unrequited,
Whimsical, spent or sadly gone
But a sublime knowing infinite
Eternal happening now to
Kiss the joy as it stays
Alive, forever, in conscious rays.

That place-less place
Where awareness resides
Never sneaks off on fleeting hayrides!
Experiences that seem to be
Bodily in origin are Separate
Superimposed Self clinging for life.

Hunger not for the unreal
The latest trap within another.
Infinite Consciousness IS Now
As it has always been, unfettered.
The very “I” that never yearns –
Ever fullfilled, truly Passionate Love.

Never ever need Religion again (caps mine)

The JEWS took the “Kingdom of God in us”,
and turned it into the Kingdom of God in Symbolism, Government and Religion.
God, again through Jesus, demonstrated the Kingdom of God in us.
This time CHRISTIANITY turned it into Symbolism, Government and Religion.
“The Kingdom of God within”, is the greatest threat to the Religious System.
For once YOU AWAKEN to God’s permanent residence within you,
You will Never ever need Religion again.
~Dan Shaffer

Litmus test for emptying oneself!

FRESH REVELATION PASSES THE LITMUS TEST !!
“Empty out everything! – all your old beliefs – dump them all!”
Robin: “What a beautiful day, but I wish it were going to be warmer …!” (I didn’t even get that far in my sentence when the directive came: “Restate your sentence to include the BELIEF that is ensconced in it.”
Robin: Okay, lessee now, well the ‘I’ is questionable.
Directive: Good, but keep going….”
Robin: I seem to have said that if the temperature doesn’t rise to a given level, I’ll not have a very good day.”
Directive: That’s exactly what you have BELIEVED INTO EXISTENCE.”
Robin: Well, I’m giving notice that I am hereby believing it OUT of existence!
Directive: Then you’ve just exchanged one belief for another!
Robin: Uh-oh! Okay, I’m dumping all beliefs!

You believe your beliefs right into existence!

You create your own suffering with your self-talk. The same old track keeps playing in your head AND YOU BELIEVE IT !!
A thought, a belief, an interference seemingly “presents itself” to you: “It’s too h-a-a-a-rd! Why can’t I just believe aright? I’ve tried for so long! Maybe I’m not the type!”
If you believe it, YOU’RE BELIEVING IT RIGHT INTO EXISTENCE !! Then you have to try to transcend it. But if you don’t believe it in the first place, there’ll be nothing to transcend.

You are the perceiving presence, God consciousness.

What you are is not something that you perceive, you are the perceiving presence referred to as God consciousness.

Some wonder if there is a destination in the spiritual quest. The answer is yes there is. But this destination is what you truly are. It is available to you outside of the mind, outside of time and space.

You need to realize the destination that is already realized. You need to die into the Self that you are.

You may wonder ‘how could this be?’
You have relied on the mind for too long. It is time you dive into the heart.

Inquire into the truth without relying on the mind that is already conditioned. Do not rely on the past. Old beliefs are hurdles along the path.

You have all it takes to awaken to the Self.

You are what you seek. You have never been a mortal form. Forms appear to the infinite invisible, to the formless I AM.

Realize the Self and be done with the unhappy illusion of separation.

The eye of the needle is yours to traverse.
~Magdi Badawy

Power of brutal honesty

There is a power that defies description behind discovering and ferreting out
Your unwanted thoughts.
Petty jealousies will no longer lurk, Tormenting you with fear and sadness,
When brutal honesty takes over.

It’s not snakes ‘n snails
And puppy dog tails
But unchecked, unwanted phobias
That rob us of sweet tranquility.

God can use them – every one of them –
And reveal to us how amazing
Is our present Self-consciousness,
Our having attained awareness
Of our now palpitating, eternal life.