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#4219 - Tuesday, April 12, 2011 - Editor: Jerry Katz The Nonduality Highlights - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NDhighlights
Dr. Robert Saltzman has been a nonduality teacher for twenty years. He gave his first interview ever as a spiritual teacher to Nonduality Street a couple days ago. The two part interview is here:
http://nonduality.org/2011/04/12/nonduality-street-interview-dr-robert-saltzman/
Writings by Dr. Robert Saltzman:
"I" am not my ego, not my past, not my
experiences, not my name, not my profession, not my sexuality,
not my desires, and not my fears—none of that stuff. All of
that stuff exists in a certain sense, as impressions in my mind,
but what "I" am is that which is aware of all of that
and aware of everything else: the sky, the earth, sounds,
flavors, textures, other people, etc. In other words, the next
step is to begin moving the identification of "myself"
away from autobiography and into bare awareness. This cannot be
done instantly, but has to be a practice which one pursues until
it becomes natural. With practice, it can and will become
natural. It will because it is factual—far more
factual than the common standard version of "reality"
in which many, if not most, people seem to believe, but which I
say, and confess, is a delusion.
In order to pursue this practice—if it interests you—I
suggest two procedures:
1. As often as you can remember to do it, say silently to
yourself, "I Am." (which means I exist as awareness prior
to whatever energy, thoughts, or imagery happen to be
occupying that awareness in this moment. In other words,
"I" am the movie screen which never changes,
not the movie which is always changing)
2. Begin to move awareness away from thought, away from
descriptions, that is, and into sensing and feeling the world
without naming anything or trying to explain anything. For
example, if I now move attention to the area in the center of my
chest, I will sense something which cannot be put into words
because there are no words for it, any more than there are words
to describe the flavor of a peach. This is called "bare
awareness," "choiceness awareness," or
"awareness prior to words."
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Read the entire article: http://robert.ismouton.org/topic/577
Visit Dr. Saltzman's main website: http://dr-robert.com