Sailor Bob Adamson's search came to an end in the mid 1970s with an encounter with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, the revered jnani of Bombay. Since that time he has shared his understanding with those who look for answers to the essential questions of life. This book is a compilation of dialogues with seekers who attend the weekly meetings with Bob at his home in Melbourne, Australia. Bob's words, delivered with a rare immediacy and authority, cut through the self-imposed barriers of the mind to reveal the freedom that is our original nature.

What's Wrong with Right Now?

Religion & Spirituality

Sailor Bob Adamson

New Age & Spirituality

Non-Duality Books

John Wheeler met Bob Adamson (a student of Nisargadatta Maharaj) on a trip to Australia in 2003. In short order, Bob cleared up John's doubts and questions and pointed out to him the fact of our real nature: self-shining, ever-present awareness. Bob Adamson has encouraged John to share this understanding of 'who we really are.' The articles contained in this book (extended by another 30 articles in this edition) cover some of John's experiences with meeting 'Sailor' Bob Adamson and various aspects of the understanding which subsequently unfolded. Interspersed with these are chapters of email correspondence with enquirers who have been drawn to this radical and direct approach to self-realisation.

Awakening to the Natural State

Wheeler, John

A respected figure in the field of non-duality, 'Sailor' Bob shares his understanding of our real nature, presence-awareness, with seekers who attend the weekly meetings at his home in Melbourne, Australia. Presence-Awareness consists of 44 short dialogues on this direct approach to spiritual understanding transcribed and edited by John Wheeler.

Presence-Awareness: Just This and Nothing else

John., Wheeler

This is Unimaginable and Unavoidable (subtitle) Irresponsible Writings on Non-Duality By Guy Smith Foreword by Tony Parsons This first book by Guy Smith addresses the appearance of separation from first-hand experience in an original series of prose, verse and 'notices'. Challenging and original, it constitutes a blast of freedom written in the period six months after awakening. Guy Smith is 24 years old and lives in Bristol. "I love this book! It is passionate, uncompromising, irreverent, intimately openhanded and wonderfully without any sense of order or progression. Throughout the whole work there is very little that the cunning guru mind can get hold of and turn into a belief system. There is a powerful invitation within these outpourings which seems to harbour and generate a feeling of the sensuous, the impersonal, the unbounded mystery that lies beyond the words. This is not a book to wade through steadily, but rather a deep pool in which to dip one's foot . . . and maybe fall in. There is a proliferation of so-called Advaita/Non-dual literature available today, and virtually all of it is borne out of a fundamental misconception about the nature of being. However, during the last decade some rare, clear voices have emerged out of the mist, and Guy's work is surely an inspiring and unique confirmation of this wonderful message." From the Foreword by Tony Parsons

This Is Unimaginable And Unavoidable

Literature & Fiction

Smith, Guy

World Literature

John Wheeler attracts a growing audience of seekers who are moving beyond traditional spiritual disciplines towards direct understanding. This book contains further dialogues and correspondence in the style of John's first book 'Awakening to the Natural State' (also published by Non-Duality Press). The emphasis is on pure non-duality (or Advaita), which points directly to the true nature of the one who is seeking. This approach reveals what is real and true about who we are and clearly exposes the false ideas and beliefs that generate doubts, problems and suffering. The result, as shown in the dialogues in this book, is that those who are willing to explore these pointers come to a direct experience of freedom and the end of seeking and suffering.

Shining in Plain View

It is rare to find a young woman writing in this field; it is rarer still to find such a fresh yet authoritative expression of that which always and already is, from which there is no escape and yet which is so often overlooked, even (or especially) in the seeking of it. This book is a pleasure to read. It avoids the well-worn Advaita quotes and clichés and with great sweetness and clarity points directly to What I am. "Unmani writes clearly, fluently and comprehensively about the different aspects and perceptions that arise. There is a continuous and unrelenting theme running through the whole work which can bring the reader to the simple aliveness of timeless being." Tony Parsons author of The Open Secret, As It IS and All There is.

I Am Life Itself

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Hyde, Unmani Liza

Alternative Medicine

Since its inception in 2004, Non-Duality Press has set out to make available the clearest contemporary writing on non-duality. Each author, in his or her unique way, attempts to express the inexpressible. They point to 'our original face', the ground of being, using everyday language without abstruse jargon, but informed by a depth and width of experience of western and eastern paths. Beyond new age fads and therapies, these are contemporary expressions of the perennial philosophy. A Non-Duality Press Sampler, Issue No. 2, contains short biographical introductions to the authors and extracts from each of their books. Wherever possible, references are given to further reading and interviews with the authors. The first chapter includes a preview of forthcoming titles for 2007. If you are new to these writings, we hope you feel inspired to explore the radical perspectives contained in these books.

A Non-Duality Press Sampler 2

Politics & Social Sciences

Noyce, Julian

Philosophy

"Probably you believe you are a person reading these very words right now. Maybe you also see yourself as a spiritual seeker. You've been to sacred places, followed yoga or meditation, maybe you've been involved in a group of seekers with similar interests. Probably you've invested a lot in this search for the ultimate truth. Maybe you feel you have been close to finding your true nature, and still ... something is lacking. What if this search leads you nowhere because the seeker who wants to achieve "it" is itself a concept? Have you ever investigated the existence of the investigator you believe you are? The seeker you believe yourself to be will not like this book. Seekers do not want to learn that that their search for enlightenment is just a game of their ego. They don't like to see that their spiritual enquiry is endless and that their goal of finding their "true nature" is a myth." Jan Kersschot graduated in medicine from Antwerp University, Belgium. His lifelong quest for the ultimate truth was characterised by his interest in a wisdom which does not exclude anything or anyone. Blending the core of Eastern wisdom with a contemporary Western lifestyle, Jan shows in this collection of extraordinary dialogues how the popular myths about self inquiry and enlightenment can be unmasked. He is the author of the books, Coming Home, Nobody Home and This Is It.

The Myth of Self-Enquiry: Questions and Answers About the Philosophy of Oneness

Kersschot, Jan

The Mirage of Separation is a collection of poetry and verse reflecting different facets of the non-dual perspective. Billy Doyle lives in London and teaches yoga in the Kashmir Tradition, an approach brought to the West by Jean Klein.

The Mirage of Separation

Doyle, Billy

Poetry

The purpose of Rupert's book is to look clearly and simply at the nature of experience, without any attempt to change it. A series of contemplations lead us gently but directly to see that our essential nature is neither a body nor a mind. It is the conscious Presence that is aware of this current experience. As such it is nothing that can be experienced as an object and yet it is undeniably present. However, these contemplations go much further than this. As we take our stand knowingly as this conscious Presence that we always already are, and reconsider the objects of the body, mind and world, we find that they do not simply appear to this Presence, they appear within it. And further exploration reveals that they do not simply appear within this Presence but as this Presence. Finally we are led to see that it is in fact this very Presence itself that takes the shape of our experience from moment to moment whilst always remaining only itself. We see that our experience is and has only ever been one seamless totality with no separate entities or objects anywhere to be found.

The Transparency of Things: Contemplating the Nature of Experience

SPIRA, RUPERT

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