Pointers

See what it is that is not moving.

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The body, mind, emotions, personality, and consciousness--none of these things is you. So what is that remains? What is it that is in full view?

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Presence is not a void. Indeed, it is the only real thing that there is.

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You have to see yourself by yourself. No teacher can give it to you or structure some method or process with which this understanding will occur. Your immediate and unending spaciousness is the answer.

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There is nothing to be done and no one to do it. You can't GI-Joe your way to this so-called enlightenment.

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Stop trying to be free, and simply see that you are Freedom itself. How can awareness, which you already are, be in any way acquired or contained? More foolish still is to think that presence can somehow be "entered" or "maintained"!

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Who is dissolving what? There are too many characters in this play. The stage is all there is. See the beauty, silence, and unchanging vastness of it. Nothing has to be rehearsed, fine-tuned, or performed. You are what you are at this very moment. You always have been and you always will be awareness itself.

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See or feel what the pointer is pointing to. The words are nudging you (directionally, not sequentially) towards a peace and silence that has been glaringly overlooked. You are that silence! You are that peace! And even those descriptions are concepts on top of the indescribable This-ness of presence.

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The "ego" can't be dissolved. So forget about that approach all together. For you are attempting to stop something that naturally occurs and then disappears. It's a practicality that helps you to function in life. Simply bring your attention to the spaciousness in which the "I-sense" comes and goes, and you will be on the right track.

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News & Info

Rodney's new book, Fully Present: Daily Reflections on Nonduality, is now out. It is $18.95 for the paperback (excluding postage). You can order it directly from the publisher right HERE.

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NEW: The paperback version of Fully Present is now on AMAZON!

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For the Kindle edition of Fully Present, go here: AMAZON.

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And go HERE for the press release for Fully Present.

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More praise for the new book:

Tami Brady of TCM Reviews has reviewed Fully Present. Go HERE.

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"Fully Present is an elegant addition to the growing literature on nonduality as it is being uncovered, lived and understood in the modern West."

--Philip Goldberg, author of the best-selling American Veda: From Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and Meditation--How Indian Spirituality Changed the West. Philip's Web site can be found atwww.philipgoldberg.com.

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"Rodney Stevens opens his daily life and thoughts to us in these immensely natural and pleasant ramblings of one who is fully engaged in life, love, nonduality, and cinnamon muffins."

--Catherine Ann Jones, award-winning screenwriter, spiritual workshop leader, and author of The Way of the Story: The Craft and Soul of Writing. Her Web site is www.wayofstory.com

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EVENTS: I will be giving a weekend talk on nonduality at OneCircle in Silver Spring, Maryland on February 10-12, 2012. For the flyer, go HERE. I will also be signing books, as well as answering questions. Feel free to contact OneCircle for more information.

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

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For the book's Press Release, click Here.

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Check out Rodney on YouTube talking about "The Fundamental Thing."

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Feel free to read 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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"I like your approach in A Vastness All Around. The stories, thoughts and vignettes of your life seem wonderful ways to make people stop and pay attention to where they actually are right now, rather than in some imagined past or future. They show that you don't have to be some specially qualified person, preferably with a title and a name in Sanskrit, to pursue the spiritual quest. Your message comes across particularly well in such pieces as 'Sheerness of Being.'"

--Valerie J. Roebuck, Ph.D., Honorary Research Fellow, University of Manchester (England)

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I am now doing phone consultations via Skype! Each conversation will take about an hour, and a $25 donation will be greatly appreciated.

I am also scheduling teaching events at this time. If you would like to arrange something in your area, you may email me at: writerguy (at) fastmail (dot) fm

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