Robert Adams. "Why Do Anything At All?"

A recreation of Robert Adams introductory talk from the Satsang on 5th November, 1992. The original full audio recording from this satsang can be found here    • Robert Adams "Why Do Anything?" (Original ...   --- *If the world is unreal, why do anything?* 0:00 Do Jnanis vote? 0:44 "If it's all a dream, why do anything?" 1:06 You're in the dream, so karma applies 2:38 The world is a dream you're caught in 4:03 One day you will awaken 5:42 To the Jnani, nothing is happening 6:20 Not a license: karma is still real 7:01 The ultimate truth vs. where we actually live 9:45 Bubbles and waves on the ocean 11:58 The hypnosis of separation 13:24 Immersed in consciousness, like space 13:49 Nothing to do but recognize it 14:52 The paradox of the sage's suffering 16:38 Who sees the suffering? The senses 17:38 Waking from the mortal dream 18:38 Do you really want to be free? 19:12 What you think about, you become 20:09 Letting go through self-inquiry 21:20 The "I" is not you 23:17 "I is not me": trace it to its source 24:53 Become still, let the Self work 26:24 A benevolent power brings you home The satsang opens with a question a caller put to him after the US election: if everything is a dream, why vote, why act, why bother at all? His answer is unsparing. As long as you believe you are the body and the mind, you are inside the dream, and the dream has its laws. Cause and effect still hold. As you sow, so shall you reap. "It is all a dream" is not a licence to do as you please, because the one who would misuse it is still dreaming. From there he opens the wider view. The world is a dream you are caught in, no different from the one you wake from each morning. Bodies come and go like bubbles and waves on the ocean, while consciousness, the ocean itself, remains. You are not the bubble. You are the ocean. The sage sees the world but is no longer bound by it, untouched even where he appears to suffer. The way through asks nothing of you but recognition. Neither effort, nor ritual, just the background of self-inquiry - the "I" you take yourself to be is not you. Find its source. Ask who you are, and awaken. --- The words used here are taken from Robert's Satsangs which have been kindly preserved and shared by his former students. 🙇🏻‍♂️ The voice is not Robert's in this video - it is a recreation using elevenlabs software to create a voice that keeps a little of his style and delivery while making the audio clearer for those who struggle to follow the live audio. Robert's real audio recordings are available in the Live Satsangs Recordings playlist. Lots of love. ❤️ ---