I remember being brought to momentary silence many years ago when thinking that if matter is all there really is then thought is an empty derivative; that thought is always on the edge of collapsing back into its source, like satellites circling earth whose resistance to gravity is doomed by their lack of sufficient force. In marxism there’s also a lot of talk about the group being prior to the individual, about “organic unity” and about the lack of a “subject” independent from social conditioning.

I sometimes wonder if communism has been powered by a perverse understanding of non-duality and that this is a source of it’s near religious appeal.

Anyway, every podcast I hear unearths something valuable. Thanks!

Frequently Bob loses me, for example when he talks about breaking down the body into subatomic particles. When I stop and think about it, I think he’s saying that, well, no, he’s probably not saying that the sum of the parts is not equal to a whole. The fact that a whole supposedly has parts in our dual-type thinking, what does that have to do with Non-duality? Or the price of the war in Iraq on a daily basis ($200 million, did you say?)

I digress. Some of Bob’s hints may have become compressed over the years, as he loses patience with slow learners. Perhaps you could stretch them out so they fit like an old, comfy girdle with latex that no longer slims but accommodates our curves and at the same time holds our stockings up. Dating myself.

It’s late, or rather early. Wish I didn’t think of myself as a self. Maybe I’ll drive myself crazy as you did wondering what or who I am, but I don’t think I will. I have enough aches and pains without that one. I prefer to just “take a look” at how I feel when I put to myself that question, or the question “how does being feel right now, minus the bodily feelings?” Etcetera etcetera etcetera.

regards, Carol Long

Thanks for the show,Now i can able to here bobs voice clearly compare to last shows
you are very lucky to be in the company of Bob, as some one rightly said Bob is the INTERNATIONAL TREASURE
keep it up

love
Basavaraj

I have a question. I’ve been to a few talks on this Advaita and have accepted and live this fact that there is no such thing as choice or an individual doer. I do have a desire to teach this to others and feel quite sorry for all these people that are just searching, searching, searching. What do you think about this? Do you have any advice/things I need to be careful about when I try to teach this to others. There is sometimes the feeling that Bob or Tony Parsons have a deeper realisation of ‘not being an individual’ then I seem to have - should we leave this teaching up to these guys, or shall I join the bandwagon!

Take care, and keep up the good work - I really love the show!

Sham