your mind-adams

Anything that you respond to is a product of your mind.

It is your mind that becomes angry.
It is your mind that becomes stubborn.
It is your mind that wants to get even. 
It is your mind that is hurt.

But if you subdue your mind, tell me, where is the anger?
Where is the depression?
Where is the response to conditions? There isn't any.

When the mind is subdued there is only eternal peace and that peace is the self, consciousness.
Consciousness is always peaceful, always happy. It has nothing to do with conditions. All conditioning comes from the mind.

Therefore I say to you,
do not try to change conditions.
Do not try to change situations.
Simply learn how to control the mind by
making it passive and quiet, and then you will find that things turn out better for you than you can possibly ever hope for.

There are no problems.
There is nothing wrong.
Everything is unfolding as it should. Everything happens in its own time.
Space and time are illusions.
They really do not exist. They're stationary. Causation doesn't exist either.
No thing has a cause, therefore no thing has an effect. Cause and effects are again products of your own mind.

When the mind is quiet, karma ceases. Samsaras are non-existent.
There never was a cause for anything. But if you feel that in a previous life you did something wrong and now you are paying the price, or if you think that you did something wrong in this life and you’re paying the price, then you'll pay the price, because that's what you think.

There is virtually no price to pay, because nothing ever happened. If it appears to have happened to you then you
have to go through the consequences of having the effect return, or karma will come back to you, because that's what you feel, that's what you believe. It's all in your feelings and your belief system.

But if you feel as if you're born at every moment, every moment becomes brand new.
Where is the effect?
There is no time for any effect.
There is no space in which to have the effect. Space and time and causation become one, the present moment. And if
you feel like that then you can look into the future, which doesn't exist, and see what's happening. It all has to do with your mind. As long as you feel situations you know it's your mind that's doing it.

prayer-adams

"Never pray to God for release of your problems.

Never pray to God to change your life,
and to give you something better.

This is wrong prayer.

If you have to pray to God,
pray to God to give you the strength and the wisdom and the courage that you need to be able to handle the situation that you're in.

This is correct prayer."

~ Robert Adams

believe what you want

Every human being on this earth is in a different grade in school. The universe is like a school room. We're all in different grades. Some people have to believe this and some people have to believe that. That is what makes maya so interesting. There are multiplicity of thoughts, of forms, of things, of everything. And everybody wants to stick up for their rights and for their point of view. So let them, they're all right. The reason it's all right is because it is all coming from their mind. They are creating God in their image.

Think of the God you believe in, Jehovah, Christ, Allah these are all names given to the one God by man. And people worship these Gods in different ways. It's all good. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this. But when you begin to practice Advaita Vedanta, non-duality, you transcend all the belief systems, you transcend the whole world, the whole universe, you get rid of everything so there is nothing left for you to hold on to. And when there is nothing left for you to hold onto you then become the Self. Until then believe all the things you want to believe.

Robert Adams

how can praise or blame disturb him?

Pure of heart, He watches his own actions As if they were another's. How can praise or blame disturb him?

mind: adams

Anything that you respond to is a product of your mind.

It is your mind that becomes angry. 
It is your mind that becomes stubborn. 
It is your mind that wants to get even. 
It is your mind that is hurt.

But if you subdue your mind, tell me, where is the anger? 
Where is the depression? 
Where is the response to conditions? There isn't any.

When the mind is subdued there is only eternal peace and that peace is the self, consciousness. 
Consciousness is always peaceful, always happy. It has nothing to do with conditions. All conditioning comes from the mind.

Therefore I say to you, 
do not try to change conditions. 
Do not try to change situations. 
Simply learn how to control the mind by 
making it passive and quiet, and then you will find that things turn out better for you than you can possibly ever hope for.

There are no problems. 
There is nothing wrong. 
Everything is unfolding as it should. Everything happens in its own time. 
Space and time are illusions. 
They really do not exist. They're stationary. Causation doesn't exist either. 
No thing has a cause, therefore no thing has an effect. Cause and effects are again products of your own mind.

When the mind is quiet, karma ceases. Samsaras are non-existent. 
There never was a cause for anything. But if you feel that in a previous life you did something wrong and now you are paying the price, or if you think that you did something wrong in this life and you’re paying the price, then you'll pay the price, because that's what you think.

There is virtually no price to pay, because nothing ever happened. If it appears to have happened to you then you 
have to go through the consequences of having the effect return, or karma will come back to you, because that's what you feel, that's what you believe. It's all in your feelings and your belief system.

But if you feel as if you're born at every moment, every moment becomes brand new. 
Where is the effect? 
There is no time for any effect. 
There is no space in which to have the effect. Space and time and causation become one, the present moment. And if 
you feel like that then you can look into the future, which doesn't exist, and see what's happening. It all has to do with your mind. As long as you feel situations you know it's your mind that's doing it.

~ The Collected Works of Robert Adams.

silence-adams

quiet

You must always remember that silence is the greatest teacher. Quietness, silence, total stillness, it is the greatest teacher. Reality shines through where there is silence. If you want to experience reality just keep quiet. That is all you have to do.

Shut up.
Stop talking.
Stop thinking.
Stop imagining.
Leave it all alone