Non-duality

Life’s purpose

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The following is by Robert Adams:

…you have not come to this earth to struggle, to fight, to become anything, to hurt anyone, to be hurt, you are here merely to be. Not to be this or to be that just to be. You allow this beingness to function properly when you get yourself out the way, that is your thoughts, your preconceived ideas.

When you keep the mind still, perfectly still and calm then you will always find that you are in the right place going through those experiences that are necessary for your unfoldment and your fulfillment.

“…you will always find that you are in the right place going through those experiences that are necessary for your unfoldment and your fulfillment”

Do not worry about the future or the past. Do not concern yourself with events in the present. Just be! Be the Self that you are. You will be satisfied. Everything will be okay.

“Be the Self that you are….
Everything will be okay”

There is nothing that wants to hurt you, cause you pain or give you any problems. It is only because you keep thinking continuously, constantly that you have this belief that somebody wants to hurt you, cause you problems, upset you.

There is only one. There are not two or three. There is only one Self and you are that

Daily Nonduality Quote for Contemplation 5

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All this is just an appearance. Light and sound. Like a cartoon, things appear to be happening but actually  nothing is happening.

This is not something that is known, this is not a theory or a belief, but just a description of how things already are.

 

Daily Nonduality Quote for Contemplation 4

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Be still and all will be revealed.

This Revelation or revealing is not something you can know or experience. It is a total collapse of the knower/experiencer.

There is nothing to know and nothing will be revealed. Only the illusion will go.

Be still.

Know there is nothing to gain, nothing to loose.

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Daily Nonduality Quote for Contemplation 2

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Continuing the daily quotes for contemplation. I advised allowing your mind to quieten down before contemplating the following quote. Then read the quote several times to ensure the full meaning penetrates your mind and being. Here is the quote:

All assertions, such as the truth is like this or the truth is like that, all these assertions are part of the dream.

 

All verbal assertions are by and for the ego.

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Daily Nonduality Quote for Contemplation 1

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Over the next ten days I’ll be posting a quote every day. Some quotes will be longer than others, but the idea is to stick with a single quote and contemplate on it, so that the depth of it can be realised at a non-verbal level. I advise taking your time to quieten your mind down first before entering into contemplation.

So…here is quote number 1:

Only the ego needs a teaching

(Yes, that’s it)

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Does Karma really exist?

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Robert Adams Advaita

The following is by Robert Adams:

Does Karma really exist? I know that you can say, “No it doesn’t.” But as long as you believe that you are a body and mind, as long as you feel the world to be real, you cannot fool yourself. Do not lie to yourself. If the world perturbs you, if people bother you, if things annoy you, if you are reacting to conditions this means that you believe you are a body going through these experiences. And as long as you are going through experiences you are in karma. You are experiencing the karma that put you here as a body. It is only  when you have realized the self that there is no karma.

Therefore do not go around telling people that there is no karma, it will give them license to do anything they like. Feeling there is no retribution, there is no effect for their deeds. This is not true as long as you believe you are a body. For there are laws of the universe that respond to your actions. Karma means action. And as long as you believe you are the actor you will have to experience the results of the karma.

So in this particular life you are experiencing the results of not only the karma of this experience but of previous lives. Previous lives also come into effect whenever you believe you are the body.

There are only two ways to destroy the karma.

One is to inquire, “To whom the karma comes? Who is experiencing this karma?”

And the other way is to surrender completely to God. Totally surrender your life to God. God is within you as you. You therefore surrender everything to the self. Thy will be done. You begin to see that as long as you have God to surrender to, you need not worry, you need not fear. Everything will be alright.