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(You can support keeping this and other works of Robert Wolfe available by contributing: livingnonduality.org/donate) Living Nonduality Enlightenment Teachings of Self-Realization by Robert Wolfe Karina Library, 2009 Ojai, California Karina Library PO Box 35 Ojai, California 93024 805.500.4535 www.karinalibrary.com [email protected] Living Nonduality: Enlightenment Teachings of Self-Realization Free Ebook Edition: ISBN-13: 978-1-937902-20-9 Original print publication: ISBN-13: 978-0-9824491-0-3 www.livingnonduality.org Also by Robert Wolfe Print and ebook Elementary Cloudwatching: 31 Meditations on Living without Time Always!Only!One: A Dialogue with the Essence of Nondual India The Gospel of Thomas: The Enlightenment Teachings of Jesus One Essence: The Nondual Clarity of an Ancient Zen Poem Science of the Sages: Scientists Encountering Nonduality from Quantum Physics to Cosmology to Consciousness Small ebooks Enduring Enrichment The Absolute Enigma www.livingnonduality.org A list of current books by Robert Wolfe on Amazon.com Publisher’s Note for Free eBook Edition The page numbers of this free ebook edition vary from the original print edition. Table of Contents Acknowledgements (“to admit, confess”) ......................................................i Preface ......................................................................................................................................iii Self-Realization is not Religion ...........................................................................iv The Absolute Enigma .......................................................................................1 Know Thy Self: an owner’s manual .....................................................10 Framing the Question ....................................................................................11 Plain Talk .................................................................................................................14 The Subject/Object Illusion .....................................................................17 Where I am Not ...................................................................................................19 Realization, Plain and Simple ...................................................................20 Message from Galilee ......................................................................................23 The Silencing Question ................................................................................25 The Bottom Line ................................................................................................27 Fabled Enlightenment ...................................................................................29 Neti, Neti ..................................................................................................................30 Mind (from the Greek “menos”; spirit, force) ............................34 Your Departure Time .....................................................................................36 Substantive Enlightenment ........................................................................38 Starting a Revolution ......................................................................................42 Who Is God? ..........................................................................................................44 Science as Spirituality .....................................................................................45 The Beat Goes On .............................................................................................49 Who Says ‘That Thou Art’? .......................................................................50 Tiger By The Tail ...............................................................................................52 You’re Not Responsible ................................................................................55 The Needle’s Eye ................................................................................................59 The Truth Shall Set You Free ...................................................................61 Keeping It Simple ..............................................................................................62 Five-Word Key .....................................................................................................63 The Neutrino Parable .....................................................................................66 In a Rut .......................................................................................................................68 Mother Teresa’s Devil ...................................................................................69 Three-Word Solution .....................................................................................72 False Leads ..............................................................................................................74 Doing Our Homework ..................................................................................76 Within Oneness as Oneness Within ...................................................80 I.D.ea ............................................................................................................................83 Unquestionable Purpose ..............................................................................84 Who Is the Dier? ................................................................................................85 The Black Period ................................................................................................87 Walking Through It .........................................................................................88 “No Thing from the Start” – Hui Neng ............................................90 Who Has Ears to Hear ...................................................................................92 What’s Happening? ..........................................................................................93 Nine Contemplative Stanzas ....................................................................94 The Soul of Humanity ...................................................................................95 In a Word ..................................................................................................................98 Erasing the Lines ................................................................................................98 Most Vital Principle ........................................................................................103 Awareness: No Real Difference .............................................................105 Hear Now ...............................................................................................................108 Suffering: A Practical Response .............................................................110 Have Love, Will Travel .................................................................................111 No Thought for the … .................................................................................113 Relative Beads, Absolute Thread ..........................................................115 Manifestation Is “Appearance” ..............................................................118 Freedom Now .....................................................................................................119 No Creation, No Destruction .................................................................120 Feeling the Way ..................................................................................................124 Square One ............................................................................................................126 Thy Will or Mine? ............................................................................................128 Eightfold Checklist ..........................................................................................129 Mandate ...................................................................................................................131 All One Can Hope For ..................................................................................131 Suchness ..................................................................................................................132 Meditative Mind ................................................................................................135 Sexuality ...................................................................................................................137 Describing the Indescribable ...................................................................139 Vedanta in a Nutshell .....................................................................................140 Real Romance ......................................................................................................143 No Choice ..............................................................................................................146
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