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“When the sensation that I am in control of my life and must make it happen ends, then life is simply lived and relaxation takes place. There is a sense of ease with whatever is the case and an end to grasping for what might be.”
― Richard Sylvester, I Hope You Die Soon: Words on Non-Duality

“We really are like fish discussing how to get more in touch with the sea.”
― Richard Sylvester, Non-Duality Questions, Non-Duality Answers: Exploring Spirituality and Existence in the Modern World

“There is experience but there is no one who experiences. The apparent experiencer is simply experience itself.”
― Richard Sylvester, Non-Duality Questions, Non-Duality Answers: Exploring Spirituality and Existence in the Modern World

“At death there is only liberation. It is just more chic to see liberation when you are alive.” Max Furlaud in a private conversation”
― Richard Sylvester, I Hope You Die Soon: Words on Non-Duality

“I do not act, but actions happen through me, the divine puppet.”
― Richard Sylvester, I Hope You Die Soon: Words on Non-Duality

“Are there any poets that write directly about this? Oneness is typing this, Oneness is reading this. People mention Hafiz and Rumi. Non-Duality Press publishes books of poems by Nicholas Czernin, ‘Wasteland Words’, and by John Astin, ‘This Is Always Enough’.”
― Richard Sylvester, Non-Duality Questions, Non-Duality Answers: Exploring Spirituality and Existence in the Modern World

“Liberation is not a state, you cannot achieve it and there is no future.”
― Richard Sylvester, Non-Duality Questions, Non-Duality Answers: Exploring Spirituality and Existence in the Modern World

“When I worked as a lecturer, I had a colleague who said “The trouble with students is that they are always at your feet or at your throat.” The same could be said of devotees. My colleague’s words are a wonderfully concise summary of the problem of projection.”
― Richard Sylvester, Non-Duality Questions, Non-Duality Answers: Exploring Spirituality and Existence in the Modern World

“We feel dissatisfaction because we have a nagging sense that somehow, somewhere, we’ve lost something. This is because we really have lost something.”
― Richard Sylvester, The Book of No One: Talks and Dialogues on Non-Duality and Liberation

“A day will dawn when you will laugh at all your past efforts.” Ramana Maharshi”
― Richard Sylvester, Non-Duality Questions, Non-Duality Answers: Exploring Spirituality and Existence in the Modern World

“Events happen. Or they don’t.”
― Richard Sylvester, Non-Duality Questions, Non-Duality Answers: Exploring Spirituality and Existence in the Modern World

“The bad news is that you’re in free fall and there’s nothing to hold on to. The good news is that there’s no ground to hit.”
― Richard Sylvester, Non-Duality Questions, Non-Duality Answers: Exploring Spirituality and Existence in the Modern World