ROBERT ADAMS - USA

Dear Friends,
I’ve been writing Mystical Reflections for two years. I just realized that I have not spent much time on Mysticism and Mystics. Since my Thesis was titled “MYSTICISM: Awakening the Inner Mystic.” I thought I would share some of my work. I will start with one of the Enlightened Mystics. Robert Adams (USA) 1928-1997

Compassion is a very powerful tool for Awakening.
Everyone is born with it. It is the natural way.
If you do not have compassion, it only means you have covered it up.
Robert Adams

Robert Adams is not a well-known mystic. His story begins when he was a child who, while in his crib, saw a white bearded man who spoke “gibberish” to him. At age seven the man disappeared and Robert developed a spiritual power. Whenever he wanted something he would repeat God’s name three times and what he wanted would come to him. At 14 he repeated God’s name three times and instead of getting the answers to a math test he had requested, he had a complete enlightenment experience. It transformed him and he lost all desire for worldly life. At 16 he left home and became a disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda, who sent him to India to find his Guru Ramana Maharshi. It was here his eyes were opened to the meaning of his experience. Robert described his transformation in the introduction of his book Silence of the Heart.

“This body was sitting in a classroom taking a math test. And all of a sudden I felt myself expanding. I never left my body, which proves that the body never existed to begin with. I felt the body expanding, and a brilliant light came out of my heart. I happened to see this light in all directions. I had peripheral vision and this light was really my Self. It was not my body or the light. There were not two. There was this light that became brighter and brighter and brighter, the light of a thousand suns. I thought I would be burnt to a crisp, but alas, I wasn’t…

“After awhile, the light began to fade away, and there was no darkness. There was just a place between light and darkness, the place beyond the light. You can call it a void, but it wasn’t just a void. It was this pure awareness I always talk about. I was aware that I AM THAT I AM. I was aware of the whole universe at the same time. There was no time, there was no space, there was just the I AM.”

Robert goes on to describe everything returning to normal “so to speak.” He was able to feel and understand that that there is no separation.

Following his Guru’s death he openly shared his truth to seekers, but did not want to be a Guru. He developed a following however and spent his last years in Sedona Arizona. His philosophy was “You are neither the body nor the doer. All is consciousness. All is well.”

The wisdom below is from Robert Adam’s discourses in The Silence of the Heart.

“Happiness is your True Nature. It is the substratum of your existence. But it is up to you to become aware of this. The Universe lies waiting in sweet repose for you to awaken to who you really are. Within you are Unimaginable Beauty, Compassion, and Bliss. As your life becomes a reflection of these qualities, the Happiness that is your True Nature will bubble up.

“You will live in Brotherhood with all of life, as you awaken to who you really are. In the meantime, as you are unfolding, spread happiness to all you meet. Ask how you can be of service to others. This is the meaning of joy. Ponder deeply the Truth. Look deeply within yourself. Become an embodiment of The Three Virtues Love, Compassion, and Humility. This will accelerate your progress. In this way, your life will be guided by The Current That Knows the Way. And something magnificent will begin to awaken within you.”

His teachings live on at the Infinity Institute in Sedona, Arizona.


Sent to you with Love,
Rev. Dr. Barbara Rasp