Pointers

You are looking away from your Self.

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Awakening is the sudden seeing and understanding of what has always been present.

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Stay with what you are at this very moment. What is it that is currently being overlooked? It is a felt-clarity that is without beginning or end.

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When you recognize your true self, you recognize the fundamental nature of the universe. Your apprehension is never less than that. So you can now see what this is sometimes called this final understanding. It is not that you stop learning. It's just the essence of life is now known.

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You cannot help but "be in the moment." The moment is all there is!

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There is nothing to be healed, awakened, or merged with. You ARE what you are at this very moment. The felt-presence of your ordinary, everyday awareness is the answer.

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There is absolutely no need for you to create some kind of "psychological ground" (compassion, forgiveness, confession, poverty, celibacy, spiritual names, etc) for self-knowledge to occur. That's just a ploy that teachers and organizations use to get you to utilize their practices.

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Self-realization is, quite literally, nonduality.

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You can't "cultivate" what you already are. And just "who" would be trying to do this anyway? It has to be some thought or notion telling you that you aren't awareness itself, that you have to attain it. Can that temporary and woefully incorrect idea possibly be your fundamental identity?

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Something is already present. What is that something?

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These pointers are directing you to your existing nature and not to some mystical or faraway state. You are awareness right now! At various times during the day, you may have a strong sense or inkling of this fact. Remain with that inkling and let it direct you to your own immeasurableness.

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Truth is not at the end of a road or journey. It's right here and now, as you read these words. The beginning is the end. Awareness recognized is all it is. You don't have to take a single step to anywhere discover that. And the notion that you have to employ techniques or go on some sort of spiritual excursion is simply the mind holding sway. See your own immediate truth, and have a good laugh--or cry.

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News & Info

Tami Brady reviewed A Vastness All Around on her TCM Reviews page.

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"A Vastness All Around is, hands down, one of the best books out there on nonduality. Thank you for all of your writing." --Alex Taylor

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Here's a review of the Kindle Edition of Vastness on Amazon.

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Nonduality Magazine has published a discussion with Rodney about his work and book. The extensive and wide-ranging interview was done by John LeKay, the magazine's editor.

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"Loved the book, Rodney. Enjoyed it as much as John Wheeler's first book, Awakening to the Natural State. My favourite quote of yours was "you are no more your personal history than you are your toothbrush." I like the fact that you included little tidbits of your life and surrounds. It felt more like reading a book on travel or history than some of the other textbook style books on nonduality. I think for anyone serious about a direct approach, your book and John Wheeler's are the two to have." -- Ian

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A Vastness All Around: Awakening to Your Natural State is Rodney's first collection of essays, discussions, interviews, and powerful pointers. It can be ordered directly from the publisher at Lulu Press.

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Vastness is now available for the Amazon Kindle! Order Here.

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And for the book's Press Release, click Here.

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If you would like to meet Rodney, have him to discuss nonduality, sign books, or read, you can email him at: writerguy@fastmail.fm Such events are self-organized, so funding is key, with groups and universities that can cover travel expenses getting priority. And much appreciation!

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John Wheeler's site is no longer up. But earnest and serious seekers can reach him at: johnwheeler111@yahoo.com

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