the religion of Awareness

Every now and then a person comes along (eg, clarityBrown) and reads a book by someone like Sailor Bob Adamson or John Wheeler, and then they realize themselves as "Awareness" and they go around repeating the author's words verbatim and arguing with other people on discussion boards who don't express this in the same way that they do.

There is no "right" way to talk about this, because this has nothing to do with words. So what's the point in picking apart words and correcting other people's expressions, when this has nothing to do with any particular expression? Indeed, what is the point? Obviously, if it's clear that the words have nothing to do with it, then you're not going to waste your time picking apart words, clinging to particular words and phrases like "Awareness" or "no me," and rejecting other expressions. If on the other hand you're still clinging to a particular teaching then you're going to be on the lookout for others who aren't saying it right--in other words, the mind has taken the shape of nonduality pointers and is using the "teaching" to perpetuate itself.

Noticing the "awareness that everything appears in" is a great pointer...but it's just a pointer! It's a provisional way of looking at this. To fixate on one set of pointers and then go around pointing out the conceptual errors in other people's words is to COMPLETELY MISS THE POINT.

The one thing you're going to find out, if you haven't already, is that trying to turn nonduality into a religion and make an identity out of is incredibly frustrating.
It's like trying to nail jello to a wall. It just doesn't work. Eventually you're going to get fed up with it...."am I Awareness? WHO CARES!? Is there no one here!? I don't give a shit!" Then you'll tear up all of your John Wheeler books and curse the day you ever heard of the guy. Or maybe you'll just go the rest of your life repeating the same lines about Awareness and being nobody, and arguing with others who aren't saying it right.

I don't know. It's whatever.

Love & Hate,
Chuckles