Just make the statement “drop it!”
and forget about everything.
Do not think what you are thinking.
Do not allow yourself to have those thoughts.
When the thoughts come, when you feel futile say,
“Drop it!”
If you make the statement as an exclamation, just say,
“Drop it!”
Something will happen to you, you will feel a peace, you will feel radiance.
You will feel free.
•~•~•
But don’t do like a mimsy-wimsy and say,
“Drop it”.
(laughter) Say,
“Drop It!”
That means everything can go to hell.
The whole world, the whole universe, everything.
All my problems.
All my fears.
You have dropped it, it’s finished, it’s gone.
It’s like what I did one Thursday night I said,
“Wake up!”
Same thing.
You are dropping all your theories, all of your knowledge, everything.
You drop it and let it go.
But do not analyze it.
Do not think about it.
Do not put it in certain category.

The Ego Keeps You in Bondage
Robert Adams

“The reason why so many people are in negative experiences and not become self-realized is due to the fact that they accept their negative experiences. They accept what the senses show them and tell them. They accept the world as it appears as real. They accept their body, whatever it’s going through to be real. How can you become self-realized if you’re doing this?

It is up to each one of you to drop the world from your mind, mentally. Not to make any changes. Some people still believe that if they make positive changes they will be happier. They’ll have more of an opportunity to study, to meditate, to think. Again ●●remember self-realization has absolutely nothing to do with all of these things. It has nothing to do with meditation, nothing to do with thinking, nothing to do with changing to a positive atmosphere. “

~ Robert Adams (20th century American Advaita mystic)

“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

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

“The thoughts and the ego are synonymous. As the thoughts slow down, the ego slows down, and begins to also disappear with the thoughts. When there are no thoughts, there’s no ego. When there’s no ego, there’s nobody left to think. Then the question you will ask is, ‘How do I function without thinking?’ …

The sage’s thoughts are like a burnt rope. They appear to be real, but they’re not. In other words, your thoughts are not real. They are false. How do you function without thoughts? Very well, thank you. Many of you still believe you have to have thoughts to function.

You think you’ll become a vegetable, but you will be spontaneous without thoughts. You’ll be motivated by the Self. You will know what to do, where to go, whom to speak to, whom not to speak to, much better than you do now—much, much better. Things will happen to you spontaneously. “

~ Robert Adams (20th century American Advaita mystic)

FROM WHICH POINT OF VIEW ARE YOU REFERRING? rjs

Non-existence vs illusion

LUCID WAKING: JOHN SMITH CAN STILL PLAY THE PART OF KING LEAR WHILE KNOWING HE’S REALLY JOIN SMITH. Awareness doesn’t fall asleep anymore. It’s the essence of prayer or self-enquiry. 1. Lost in experience 2. I am John Smith. Inward-facing. 3. John Smith doesn’t forget who he really is anymore. Outward-facing.