See previous post for more soliloquies from the late American sage and jnani, Robert Adams, who sat with Ramana Maharshi …
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“You are not what you appear to be. The world is not what it appears to be. The universe is not what it appears to be. Your God is not what it appears to be . . . Ponder this.”
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“The substratum of all existence is absolute intelligence, choiceless pure awareness. Therefore, how can there be evil so called, on this earth?
“How can there be sickness, man’s inhumanity to man, lack and limitation on this earth, if the substratum is pure consciousness? . . . Ponder this.”
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“Everything that you behold with your senses is an optical illusion. . . . Ponder this.”
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“There is only one intelligence, one consciousness, one awareness, one ultimate reality, one life, and you are that . . . Ponder this.”
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“To free yourself from this optical illusion, this maya, the mind has to be controlled, by finding its source . . . Ponder this.”
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“You find the source of the mind by following it to its original place of origin. From where did it arise? Who gave it birth? How did you come by a mind? By inquiring into the ultimate nature of the Self, you attain unconditional freedom . . . Ponder this.”
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“When one intelligently investigates the source of ‘I’, one then ultimately becomes free from the bondage of ‘I’, and becomes all pervading, omnipresent Consciousness . . . Ponder this.”
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“Your past only exists because you think about it. Your fears, your frustrations, only exist because you think about them. Where would they come from if you didn’t think about them? If you didn’t bring them into play in the present? Where would they come from? And how would they be there? You are the cause of your problems . . . Ponder this.”
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“The so-called good things of your life are equal to the bad things of your life. They are both karmic, and you have created these things at one time or another. You are now experiencing them. The only way to remove them from your life is through inquiry: To whom do they come? What is their source? . . . Ponder this.”
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“Who is the one that is pondering all these things? That one must go ! . . . Ponder this.”
Robert Adams , 1928-1997: Peace
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To be Continued
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