Self-Realization and Other Awakenings

we could remember. It was more or less about the
Infinite, going altogether beyond knowing and
unknowing, going beyond Brahman even. We were
transfixed. There was a transmission of some sort; an
energy, a grace descended. These were Robert’s true
teachings, golden words about that which is beyond
concepts, the world, and ANY experience, no matter
how transformative or transcendental.
Then he would return to earth and be Robert
again. But we were changed.
The concepts Robert taught about karma, God,
oneness or consciousness itself, would be untaught
during a Satsang a week or two later. He knew all
concepts, especially spiritual concepts, were illusory,
empty. Once in a while he would give an entire
Satsang talking about the Four Principals, Three
understandings, or something like that, and at the end
of Satsang he would become silent for a moment, and
then announce that all he had just said, all the
knowledge and concepts were rubbish. He would say,
“I gave you a story and concepts because that is what
you like to hear.” Robert considered Satsangs,
especially Sundays, to be pure crowd entertainment.
In addition to some of those hot Thursday night
Satsangs, a few of us met with him weekly or even
more frequently on a personal basis, for lunch or a
movie. Here quietly, Robert would work on us to help