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