Pointers

Truly, there is nothing to be done—only to see.

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You think you are the shape of the pot. But actually, you are the spaciousness within it and beyond it.

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The awareness in me is absolutely the same as it is in you. But I am aware that that awareness is there. Or even better phrased: There is the awareness that awareness is present.

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I wish you could see the simplicity of all of this. That's all that is being pointed to here.

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Knowing that you are nothing, and yet everything, is beyond any words that you could say about it. I mean, why even try to describe the feeling. It is nothing that you can adequately capture.

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Who is looking for what? There is no "who"; awareness is all there is, and you are that!

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Have a cup of tea or coffee. Feel the quiet and spaciousness around that ordinary and everyday occurrence. It just may lead you to something deeper.

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Nisargadatta said, "A quiet mind is all you need." And that's true. But he is not saying to try to keep the mind quiet or attempt to sustain a period of quietness for some sort of attainment. For you can't get there from there!

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Spiritual journeys are activities that more and more people think that have to take. But you are already what you are before you purchase the bus or plane ticket! So what is it that is being pointed to here? Can you find that for yourself, right here and now. Something is present, and you are it...Again, something is present, and you are it. Feel the presence to what that is pointing to.

News & Info

State of Wonder: Awakening to Presence can be purchased from Amazon by clicking on the above link.

And for the Amazon Kindle version, click HERE!

To buy the book directly from the publisher, go to Lulu Press

"I just can't get enough of your books and pointers. Keep up the amazing work!"

 — Leif Watson

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Feel free to check out Jimmy Dabrowski's beautiful and downloadable MixTape. Jimmy's a great guy, and I am honored to be one of the nondual authors in his collection.

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Click HERE to buy Rodney's Fully Present: Daily Reflections on Nonduality from Amazon.

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And go HERE for the press release for Fully Present.

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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 America Veda: From Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and Meditation—How Indian Spirituality Changed the West. Philip's Web site can be found at www.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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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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Check out Rodney on YouTube talking about "The Fundamental Thing."

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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.

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