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R: Good afternoon. It is wonderful being with you once again. Good to see you all, love you, all is well.
How many of us are really happy today? (Show of hands). Really really happy?
(Another show of hands). Really really really happy?
S: When? (laughter) (R: Now.) Now, oh yes.
R: Not because things are going your way. Not because you like what you see. You’re just happy because you are. There is no reason for it. Just to serve consciousness, happiness. That’s our real state of consciousness, who we really are.
Were really happy people. We don’t know it. We think that things have to go a certain way for us to be happy. This is not true. Not true at all. You can be happy when you have good things, and be very depressed -when you don’t have them any more. Happiness has nothing to do with person, place or thing. Real happiness has absolutely nothing to do with person, place or thing. Real happiness comes from realization.
Realization that you are not the body, you’re not the mind, you’re not your affairs, you’re not the world. When you can drop all these things, you’ll be very happy. It’ll come by itself. Otherwise you’ll have a false sense of happiness.
Most of us walk around with a false sense of happiness. If you’re happy because it is a beautiful day, the sun is shining, the flowers are blooming, you go to the beach, the movie. We think were happy. But if you search deep within yourself, you’ll realize there’s a big sadness at large of unhappiness inside. This is true of all human beings. As long as you believe that you are a human being, it is virtually impossible for you to be happy, real happy. That’s what Fm referring to. The happiness Fm referring to is beyond humanity, beyond good and bad, beyond experiences. It is your real state. It’s what you are. But again to experience it, you have to let go of everything else. You cannot be attached to anything.
Happiness and Bliss is synonymous. It has absolutely nothing to do with this world in which we live. In this world all kinds of things happen. And we believe we have to live a certain kind of life to be happy. We believe we have to have certain kinds of possessions to be happy. It’s all false. It is the happiness that will bring the good to you. It’s opposite. It is the reverse. In other words if you want to be happy, happiness is the same as abundance, health, joy, peace, harmony. These things come to you as a result of your happiness. It’s the other way around. Most of us believe that if we have certain things we’ll be happy. But I’m saying to you be happy first, and the other things will come to you, on its own volition. Ponder this.
Consequently we all want to be happy. How to become happy, what do we have to do? Sit by yourself, go deep within yourself, and realize the truth about yourself. Which is: You are not the subject or the object. You are not the seer or the thing seen. You are the witness to all these things. The witness, everything you see. The witness is the witness.
You watch, you look, you observe. And yet, you’re not the observer, you’re not the watcher, you’re not the looker.
You’re like a clay pot. A clay pot has space inside of it and outside of it. The space inside is not any different than the space outside. When the clay pot breaks, the space merges with inside and the outside. It’s only one space. So it is with us. Your body is like a clay pot, and it appears you have to go within to find the truth. The outward appears to be within you. The outward is also without you. There’s boundless space.
When the body is transcended, it’s like a broken clay pot. The Self within you becomes the self outside of you. Always emerges with the Self. As it’s always been. The self merges with the Self. Some people call the inner Self the atman. And yet it is called Brahman. When there is no body in the way, the atman and the Brahman become one.
They become Brahman, oneness, absolute reality, pure awareness. They become free and liberated. We don’t have to wait until the body dies for this to happen, it can happen to us now. You can become totally free and liberated now, if you will. All you have to do is let go. You let go of everything that’s been keeping you in bondage, mentally. Listen to your heart. Observe yourself. Become cognizant of your feelings, your emotions. Is this really you? Are you really your emotions? Are you really your feelings that you ‘observe? Where do these feelings come from? Ask yourself: “Who am I? Where do my feelings come from?
Where do my thoughts come from? Where does my life come from? Who is playing the game? Who is being alive? Who is growing up, becoming old and dying? Who is playing this game? Who is the I that is playing this game? Who is the I that is playing this game?
Who am I?’
You must want to be free. It must become first with you before anything else. Everything that you’ve done all your life, is only a game, a game you’re playing with your self. Only it seems to be real. The only reality is the Self and you are That. Why look for anything else? Everything else will take care of itself. You’ve got to abide in the Self, just in the Self Everything else will take care of itself in a beautiful way. Know this, you are boundless, space, like the ocean, like the sky, all-pervasive. This is your real nature. But for some reason you believe you are a body, confined to a small space. This is not you. It’s illusion. You are all pervading absolute reality. This is your true nature. This is who you really are.
Just by thinking about these things all the time, something begins to happen to you, something wonderful. Do not think about the weather, or about the days work, or your problems. For all the thinkers, who thinks?
Find out who has the problems? Who has problems? Find out who you really are, who am I? It’s up to you to awaken from this mortal dream. You can keep on going like you are right now, with the good things and the bad things. Yet you live in a Universe of dualities. Which means for every good there is a bad. For every bad there is a good. It’s a false world in which you live. You need to awaken to this truth Always realize that you’re like the ocean. Any thoughts, ideas, body beliefs, bubbles the same are simply ripples on the ocean; Bubbles come and go. They appear, stay for a time and disappear. The Ocean always remains. This is like us. Our true Reality never changes, but the body appears and the body disappears. New bodies come, they appear, and disappear. Things come, things go. The Ocean will remain the same. Know the truth about yourself. Never forget it. Understand who you really are.
Be aware of yourself, always. The world has its own karma. The world goes through its own karma. It has absolutely nothing to do with you. You belong to God. Everything you see is God. This is why you should be non-judgmental. Leave everything alone. By practicing these things, you become radiantly happy.
Everyone wants something. If your mind stops thinking, what happens? Some of you believe you will not have anything, that you will have more problems. But it’s in reverse. You solve problems, you want something and you can’t get it. But when you do not need anything or want anything, true bliss comes into the picture. You experience bliss, joy and happiness when you don’t want anything. From what we know people want something and when they get it, they become more miserable than ever before. Leave the world alone. Leave people alone. Leave everything alone.
There never was a time when you were not the Self, pure awareness, consciousness. This is your destiny, to awaken into consciousness. Yet you can do it now, or, you can do it in a thousand lives from now. It all depends on you. It’s the way you are reacting as yourself to the world which determines the directions you are going in. There are no mistakes. Nothing is wrong. Everything is right just the way it is. Do not try to understand this or figure it out. Leave it alone. It will happen by itself, by keeping yourself quiet and still. You quiet the mind because of realization. Let it be calm. In all situations be calm. Let it be still and quiet.
The world doesn’t need any help from you. Aren’t you the world, aren’t you the Creator? You created the world the way it is. It came out of you, of your mind. Or else where does it come from? The world that you are in, is a creation of your own mind. The mind becomes still, the world begins to disappear. And you’re in divine harmony and joy.
Therefore happiness comes to you when you stop thinking, when you stop judging, when you stop being afraid. When you begin to contemplate what is happiness.
All the answers are within you. Everything you’re looking for is within you, everything. Nobody can help but your Self. Know who you are. You are the Power. All the power of the Universe is within you. You have all the Power you need. Allis well, exceedingly well. It has always been well, it will always be well. When you leave here today act like a God or a Goddess.
Do not act like a human being any longer. Stop feeling sorry for yourself, saying you’re unhappy. Stand up tall. Know the truth about yourself. Become the witness of all phenomena that you see, and be free. Peace.
Any questions you’d like to ask?
S: You said that if you’re healthy and an abundance comes and health comes. Many Masters were not very healthy They had many physical problems.
R: Who sees those problems? They don’t see it. You do. They see Happiness and Joy. But you see the body wasting away. Find out who they really are. Find out who you really are. You’ll see a completely different picture. It’s when you see problems ask who sees all the dastardly things in this Universe. We see them. They don’t really exist but we see them. So we have to lift ourselves up to the place where they don’t exist. Where Harmony exists. Bliss, Joy exists. So we have to lift ourselves up. (S: But they still feel the discomfort.) Who says so? (S: I don’t know.) It’s all your pictures. It’s all your world. They way you see it. All is well.
S: Robert, I don’t know if other people have felt this or feel this. But for myself I feel a lot of times I feel trapped between two worlds so-to-speak. And I know that’s all in my mind thinking.
But it feels like I am completely caught between the spiritual part of me of life and a more materialistic or a physical sort of existence. And I am caught up in my thoughts and my feelings and I feel really trapped. And I feel both of them sort of warring two parts of me.
R: Yes, you have to resolve this when you get up in the morning, when you wake up in the morning, first thing. Look around you. Look at your environment. Look at yourself, and ask the question, ‘Who am IT Keep asking yourself, “Who am I?’ and everything else will fade away. You will grow Spiritually. There will be One, not two. But you’ll have to take the bull by the horns, so-to-speak. (S: I really understand what you are saying intellectually but I guess I don’t experience it.) When you first get up in the morning, deny the whole world. (S: That’s very difficult to do when I’m going out into that world. I’m really in that world a lot.) The world keeps changing. It’s never the same. (S: That’s true.) It’s not real. Anything that changes can’t be real. (S: Why?) How can it be real if it disappears? Reality is permanent. (S: Reality means non-changing?) Yes, that’s Reality. Since everything else changes, it can’t be Reality. So when you get up in the morning understand this. First thing when you open your eyes, ask yourself. “Who am I?’ Just put this question and see what will happen to you. You’ll feel something different. But you’ll have to do it every morning. Just try it and see what happens. You’ll see Oneness. Keep asking yourself, “Who am I? Who am I?’ when you first get up. After that you’ll see One Power, One Presence. You are one.
Everything will work out for you… Practice.
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Absätze ohne Sprecherpräfix gehören dem zuletzt genannten Sprecher — so steht es im Buch, wo der Präfix nur den Anfang einer Rede markiert. Die Zuordnung ist eine Folgerung dieser Ausgabe. Namen in Klammern sind aus dem Text erschlossen: sicher belegt sind SM = Mary, SF = Fred, SJ = Jay, SC = Nate, wahrscheinlich SG = Glen, SR = Jorge. Alle anderen Kürzel bleiben stehen, weil der Beleg nicht trägt.