Key is no judgementalism -RAdams

Adams, Robert

“A question that I’m most often asked, ‘How can I tell if I’m making spiritual progress? Is there a sign? How can I know if I’m making spiritual progress on this path?’ The answer is very simple. When you look at the world what do you see? Do you see the same world you saw five years ago? If so your habits haven’t changed.

[If] your judgmental-ism hasn’t changed, your ego hasn’t changed, your anger hasn’t changed, this really means you’re not doing anything … and you will see the things that you are, outside of yourself. But, if you’re feeling more peace, more harmony, when there is strife going on, so-to-speak, you look right through it and you see harmony.

You no longer are judgmental towards anybody or anything. Right and wrong, good and bad, up and down, forward and backward are all illusory to you, then you know you’re making progress, things are happening.”

~ Robert Adams (20th century American Advaita mystic)

Don’t get mixed up in world -RAdams

Adams, Robert

“If you get mixed up in this world and you think of worldly things, what do think happens to you? You become a worldly person that worries, upsets herself, himself, who gets into all types of mischief, troubles. The choice is always yours. There is one reality, one Self, one principle, one consciousness and you are that. Why will you not accept this? Open your heart to it.”

~ Robert Adams (20th century American Advaita mystic)

Unwanted/ Junk thoughts -rjs

Robin Starbuck

JUNK ON STREET LIKE UNWANTED THOUGHTS

Walking down the street, I saw a spot on the pavement – must’ve been someone’s piece of gum. A little further were a few pebbles and then a torn piece of paper. Walked a ways further and noticed a big stain, coffee or something.

You know what those things reminded me of? Thoughts. Mostly unwanted thoughts. Silly, stupid, careless thoughts.

Wanna know what I did with the junk on the sidewalk? Absolutely nothing.

What ought we do with unwanted thoughts? Absolutely … you got it! Nothing!

rjs

Conversation with Rupert Spira. What Unseparated is All About -RSpira

Rupert Spira

THE SEEING AND THE SEEN ARE MADE OF THE SAME SUBSTANCE: CONSCIOUSNESS. CONSCIOUSNESS KNOWS A THING BY BEING A THING [Sat-Chit-Ananda]. WHEN CONSCIOUSNESS IS VEILED HAPPINESS IS VEILED.

RUPERT SPIRA HAS OUTDONE HIMSELF ON THIS ONE ! AMAZING AND WONDERFUL !
NOW I’M AWARE OF … SINCE YOU MENTIONED IT AND BECAUSE I KNEW IT ALL ALONG
Not changing, but looking deeply at this experience….
AWARENESS IS FIRST AND ONLY. IT IS INFINITE. FIRST IS CONSCIOUSNESS: DEEP SLEEP, DREAMING, WAKING STATE. Deep sleep is pure awareness so I Am always in deep sleep. The space between 2 thoughts is deep sleep because it hs no duration. It is Awareness.

In everything all around, there is God and only God -NM

Nisargadatta Maharaj

Nirupana 16
Sunday, March 19, 1978

‘I am not the body, I am the Self ‘. If you meditate like this, you will become God. This great mantra is the same as pure consciousness. Do not worship it by giving it a form. The idea that you are the body must go. Then the rest will be fine.

You say, ‘I forgot to meditate’, but the one who says it has not forgotten it.
Just as gold is the source of ornaments, similarly, the sense ‘I am’ is the source of all words. When consciousness realizes itself, it is called the grace of the Guru.

One must be the proof of the Guru’s words.
The initiation with mantra establishes a special relationship with the Guru. Hence, you must have faith in the Guru. One could die anytime. Then how can he neglect the Guru’s words?

Real devotees are illumined by Self-knowledge. Their existence is like that of space. When the stage of the seeker evolves, his behavior also changes. Some behave in a peculiar fashion. Some go about naked, some keep silent, and some become very abusive. As they are Self-realized they do not behave consciously.
A Self-realized person has no concern with how the body behaves. His conduct is not governed by any rule of law.

The flavor of your beingness is the holy presence of God. The concern about the individual self can be compared to a snakebite. Sages do not consider themselves as the body, so they are not bitten. The Self is beyond light and darkness. Only the body or the mind gets stained.

Bhagavan means light. The light of Bhagavan is a big void of light. Is there a difference between that light and your own light? When you know your consciousness and become a witness, you will understand that the sky is your light. There is nothing beyond the light of God. The natural quality of God is your own consciousness.

As soon as consciousness arises, the five elements are created along with the world. Your sight has the same color as that of space. All the names are of the incarnations of God. Were there any names prior to that? Bhagavan means the manifested consciousness. That by which you know ‘you are’ is the same as His nature. Embrace it tightly.

In everything all around, there is God and only God. Does this light see any difference between a man and a woman? All this, one and all, in its totality is consciousness. That taste or knowledge of self-existence is
Bhagavan. To understand this means to see God in every living being.

Forget that you are a human being. Your light is the light of Bhagavan. In all that appears, what is the underlying luminous Source? It is this light alone. It is present even in a stone but it is prominently
expressed in you.

In all things there is only one true quality. It is consciousness. It demonstrates existence. All other knowledge comes about because of knowingness. Paramatman means ‘I, myself, am Atman’. He is not a
deity. Deities worship Him. It is my own Self. It is the direct, correct knowledge. It is there before a single word is uttered.

The one that rises and the one that sets finds his rest in Paramatman. People are awed by the knowledge of Paramatman. How can it even be felt when one has no body? The enlightened devotee says, ‘I
am not the body’. Then who is it that became enlightened? (When a person becomes realized, he no longer considers himself a body. Then who says, ‘I have become realized’? In other words, there is no one who has become enlightened. There is neither knower, nor known. No one is born, no one dies, nothing has happened.)
The experience can be described in many ways but the experiencer cannot be described. When words are silent, there is no sense in enumerating the divine names.

🕉 MEDITATIONS WITH
SRI NISARGADATTA MAHARAJ

If you can only learn to love -RAdams

Adams, Robert

“If you can only learn to love enough, if you can turn within yourself and love yourself with all your heart, with all your might, with all your being, then when you look at the world you will see yourself. For isn’t that what you’re seeing right now? You’re only seeing yourself when you look at this world. You believe you’re seeing something else, but you’re not. You believe you see trees, people, sky, mountains, rain.

You’re only seeing yourself. Whatever you think of certain people, whenever you look at people, whatever conclusion you come to about people it’s your self you’re talking about. This is the first metaphysical principle of Advaita Vedanta. There is only one Self and you are that! So how can you possibly see something else? Ponder this. Think about this.”

~ Robert Adams (20th century American Advaita mystic)

No world, soul, God – only Self -RM

Ramana Maharshi

What is the nature of the Self?

“What exists in truth is the Self alone.
The world, the individual soul, and God
are appearances in it. Like silver in mother-
of-pearl, these three appear at the same
time, and disappear at the same time. The
Self is that where there is absolutely no “I”
thought. That is called “Silence”. The Self
itself is the world; the Self itself is “I”; the
Self itself is God; all is Shiva, the Self.

Shri Ramana Maharshi

Do your part!!! -RM

Ramana Maharshi

Grant Me Salvation, Swami

One afternoon a lady from Kumbhakonam sat near Bhagavan and exclaimed: “How glad I am that I have met you, Swami. I have craved to see you for a long time, Swami. Not that I want anything, Swami. Only please be kind and grant me salvation, Swami.” With that she got up and went away. Bhagavan had a hearty laugh.
“Look at her – all she wants is salvation. Give her salvation, she wants nothing else.”
I said: “Is it not what we all want?”

He replied: “Is salvation something to be handed over on request? Do I keep bundles of salvation concealed about me, that people should ask me for salvation? She said ‘I do not want anything.’ If it is sincere, that itself is salvation. What is there I can give and what is there they can take?”

Somebody brought a bell to be rung at the arati ceremony and it was put into Bhagavan’s hands. He tried its sound in various ways and laughed: “God wants us to make a fire of our past evil deeds and burn our karma in it. But these people burn a copper worth of camphor and hope to please the Almighty. Do they really believe that they can get something for nothing? They do not want to bend to God, they want God to bend to them. In their greed they would swallow God, but they would not let him swallow them. Some boast of their offerings. What have they got to offer ? The idol of Vinayaka (Ganesha) is made of jaggery. They break off a piece of it and offer it to Him. The only offering worthy of the Lord is to clear the mind of thoughts and remain steady in the peace of Self.”

✅ As I Saw Him – No.5. My Life, My Light
by Varanasi Subbalakshmi.
Source: THE MAHARSHI.
Nov / Dec 1991. Vol.1 No.5