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    Soran tae eet Peer en eee! eee) ‘-p John Wheeler perceiving occurs, Always present and Senne eres ieee eerie aca Pee ne ens i Corrie neon | ee Cee a ne oe see | i Ure eet Teen eer ee . 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How This Understanding Unfolded for Me All Problems are forthe Understanding, Awareness and Thought ItCan't Be That Easy, Can 10° Dealing withthe Mind What About Reincarnation? When Beliefs Drop Away ‘The Bottom Line From Theory to Experience ‘The Spiritual Search ‘Thinking versus Knowing Who We Are When Thoughts Rush fa Feeling Clear, Feeling Dull Being Wholehearted and Fully Involved ‘Awareness ~ Not an Experience or Practice Limitations of Spiritual Books Who identifies with Thought? Questions, Questions, Questions Got The Punch Line A View from the Satsang Trenches Nisargadatta Maharaj~ In His Own Words Going Deeper with the Inquiry Really Question the Sense of'T What ate You Looking For? [Nothing Needs to Change BUBDRENERSESRRE SRE SS RNA wee NE SRRSBBSER BRESHEESB 530 58 SBRASSRA ERE Faith, Trust and Confidence Nothing To Do Is This for Real? ‘That’ Being Like A Camera Just Seeing (Question the Person and Is Stores This Freakin’ Awareness, Only This! “More Cleat, But More Frustrating Saying There is No’, What Good Does itAchieve? IStill Don’t Get 1 Any Suggestions? ‘Unfolding, While Solidly Present and Aware Just Tell Me What Am! ‘There is Nothing More to Know Beyond This There is No Need to “Wait for the Bus! Always Bright and Clear Freedom Dancing with Itself A Poem Is Awareness a Thing? Is Presence-Awareness Ever Obscured? ‘Waiting fr the Final Recognition’ ‘The Energy of Mental Grasping, Enough Said. Am Done Time is Not Factor, Just Clear Seeing Basking in the Message of Simplicity Clear Secing Has Not Yet Occurred for Me ‘Why is Awareness Only Linked to Sensations in This Body? Interpreting the Meaning of Experiences ‘Whats the Value ofa Teacher? Sette in with This and Everything Becomes Clear (Questions and Doubts Drop Off of Themselves ‘What About Bliss? Spaceslike Emptiness, Brightly Aware ‘Awareness is Immediate and Clear Alig Well Here Feel Your Way into the Actual Awareness Itself You Are Actually in That State Right Now Don't Look for Experiences or States a 5. Direct and Imediate Knowing TDon't See the Benefit of This Always Now “The Key Lies in What is Simple and Certain ‘Awareness Does Not Rise and Set Fear Only Comes in withthe Concept of Back into the Advaita Trenches ‘Words Only Point We Are Never Apart from That Life, Death Ethics and Morality Ideas Never really Touch You at All Try To Find the Separate T We Already Know This Justa Clarity about Who T Am Have You Ever Left Presence-Awareness? ‘You Don't Need to See it, Because You are It ‘What Prevents This ftom Being Lived Now? ‘Knowing Your Real Being is Simple See Passing Moods for What They Are Allof the Mind’ Ideas about You are False 85. Smiling Inside 85 You Cannot Go Back o the Old View 87 The Mind Cannot Know Out Real Being 83 What Keeps Us Focused on Thoughts 89. Attachments are Symptoms Only 90 Who Watches the Coming and Going of Thoughts? 31 Loveis the Non-conceptual Recognition of Oneness 92 Don't answer Questions, Uproot Them 98. Not Finding the 94. My Dog Cannot Comprehend Caleulus 95 Just Rest inthe Natural State 96. What Happens to Awareness When the Body Dies? 97 Is There any Reason to Take Moral Action 98 My Problems Have Not Evaporated 99 ‘Thoughts ofthe Past Appear Presently 100 Don't Create Unnecessary Problems 101 Ina Nutshell SARSSYRVTARANIISSIS 173 175 7 180 we 184 188, 190 193 7 200 201 204 206 208 210 an 24 216 218 219 2a 23 25 27 2 24 26 29 23 245 27 248 250 253, Preface ‘The following artcies and correspondence cover some of my experiences with meeting ‘Sailor’ Bob Adamson and vari- fous aspects of the understanding that unfolded for me afte ‘meeting him in Melbourne, Australi, in 2003, The material is primarily drawn from e-mail correspondence. In some cases, Additional comments have been added or editorial changes ‘made inorder to clarify the topic being discussed. Its important to note that there really is no teaching, a8 such. Words and concepts can only point tothe ever-present fact of your own being. Your own being isthe teaching, So in regards to the material that follows, take what works and discard the rest. Most importantly, know the true nature of the one reading these words right now. Many thanks to all the spiritual friends who contributed to the ongoing discussion of this that we are. My deepest ap- preciation goes to ‘Sailor’ Bob Adamson. Without his living ‘example and clear expression of non-duality in no uncertain terms; this book would have never been writen, Jolin Wheeler Santa Cruz, Calfornia July at, 2008 Foreword John Wheeler has written these articles, which are a clear, simple and direct expression of his own innate understand ing of knowing. He continually points to the obvious and evident fact of being just ast is - unaltered, unmodified, un corrected. If there ita resonance with these pointers but still some doubts then contact him to have these doubts resolved either by email, phone or a visi. John will certainly give you fa direct and immediate insight to your natural state prior to all concepts, images and erroncous belies “Sailor’ Bob Adarnson n Meeting ‘Sailor’ Bob Adamson had been on the spiritual path from my teenage years. For about thirty years Thad been involved in various paths and practices, including Christianity, Theosophy, the teachings Of J Krishnamurti (I went to his talks in Ojal in the 1980s), Buddhism, Hinduism, and yoga. There were other paths and teachers, too numerous to! mention here. In my’ mid-twen ties, I was introduced to Ramana Maharshi and Nisargadatta Maharaj (through books on theit lives and teachings) Something. about those great Indian teachers of non-dual spirituality seemed solid and unshakable. I found myself returning to their teachings over the years, even though I can‘ say I fully (or even partially) understood or experienced what they were talking about. Along the way, I did the circuit of many of the conten porary teachers involved in non-dual spirituality. There eas undoubtedly a benefit, but 1 was not fully satisfied for some reason, Bither it was my confusion or something was not fully clear in the teachings being presented. Most likely the former! For some reason my destiay was to meet ‘Sailor’ Bob Adamson, one of Nisargadatta Maharajs Western students ‘What I found was that there was only so much could get from books and meditating on my ovin, The growth was there, but it was often slow, and T was not getting much direct expe- rence. 1 vaguely felt that I was progressing but if I honestly looked at my experience, {did not fully understand what the teachers wore pointing to. Mostimportanty, my day-to-day life was not free of suffering. Tknew the secking was not over some thing was missing, Had I not met Bob Adamson, the seeking might have gone on for decades, or atleast until I met someone With a real understanding. Who knows who that might have been or when, but, barring that, am prety sure the seeking ~ and suffering - would have continued for 3 long time. ‘At one point, I met some Ramana Maharshi followers who had been on the path of selfinqulry fr twenty or thirty years (Gnd till working ait, might add). was nowhere near their level of devotion, so it was prety much out the picture that that approach would work for me. As I look at this now itis not so much Ramanals teaching that sa fault, but the minds inevitable tendency to turn any teaching, Into a practice Practices, a¢ [eventually learned, usually are interminable Thisis because they ar often based on false premises. Intuitively, I felt that it was important for me to meet someone whe had realized ther true nature, someone whom could trust someone whom I could talk with inorder to share sy doubts and concerns, However, was unsure which tech: fers were authentic; none seemed to cesonate fully. Tused to read Nisargadatta Maharaj dialogues frequently. I could not understand his teaching fully. given all the Hindu verbiage land translation issues (he orginally spoke in Marathi), but I felt intuitively that he was a fre being, Many spiritual seek ers, through reading his words, can sense the genuineness of his realization, even if they do not always experience every- thing he talks about. I used to wonder if there was anyone still living who had met Nisargadata Maharaj and had really gotten the experience of self-knowledge. Afterall those years ff searching, 1 eventually stumbled across Bob Adamson. Something resonated strongly. Even when I read the pages on| his website, there was a strong feeling of ‘maybe this ist. Just prior to discovering Bob Adamson, 1 had a vivid

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