Living Reality: My Extraordinary Summer With "Sailor" Bob Adamson [Paperback]

James Braha (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 2005

After thirty years of seeking liberation, James Braha had nearly given up on finding fulfilment. His mind began to change, however, when he encountered the Hindu/Vedic philosophy of non-duality. Upon reading "Sailor" Bob Adamson's book, "What's Wrong with Right Now Unless You Think About It?", James immediately invited Bob to come from Australia to share his knowledge with Americans. For five glorious weeks in the summer of 2004, Bob and his wife stayed with the Braha family at their home in Florida. Spiritual talk with arguably the greatest non-duality teacher alive continued from morning till night, as James' dearest friends and spiritualists from around the country joined the investigations into the truth of reality versus the illusion of appearance. This is a story of liberation, friendship, humour, and love, as Sailor Bob takes spiritual aspirants beyond the need for help, just as Nisargadatta Maharaj did for him thirty years ago. It is one of the warmest, most heartfelt treatises on non-duality ever written.

Product Details

• Paperback: 322 pages
• Publisher: Hermetician Pr (December 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0935895108
• ISBN-13: 978-0935895100
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #533,700 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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33 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Can't Believe It!, February 6, 2006

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Cory L. Rothschild (Baltimore, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This book is unique. Bob, after coming to the USA on James' and Kerry's nickel, wasn't about to return to Australia without these guys knowing their pure non-dual nature. James, in turn, in writing this book, wasn't about to allow the reader to remain in duality. I can't believe it, but after twenty years of reading books on this subject, I have grasped the knowing. There is no individual. All there is is the play of consciousness in and as the appearance. I'm free! Thanks, Bob and James for your persistence and clarity.

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't Miss This Book!, July 15, 2006

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One of the best books on Advaita (non-duality) and one of the better spiritual books written in the past decade. Too often Advaita books are without heart. They are written on the ultimate level of reality - the level where there is one integrated whole and we as individuals don't really exist. Within the illusion of appearances, such books have little practical advice as they are reduced to saying over and over - "you don't really exist." In doing so they miss the opportunity for learning that our belief in our separated self provides.

In this book James Braha provides transcripts of his solo talks with Advaita teacher "Sailor Bob" Adamson as well as transcripts of talks with Bob, James and other spiritual friends. The talks are honest and humane. They address "real" world questions and leave room at the same time for us to investigate and find our own answers. The talks are held together nicely with James's well-written, insightful and warm commentaries. Highly recommended!

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Answers all those questions I always wanted to ask!, February 6, 2006

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Charles Ainsworth (Savannah, Ga.) - See all my reviews
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What an insightful book that James Braha has written on Advaita and his six week visit with Sailor Bob Adamson.In his introduction he writes"...there is actually proof that within our experience of life....there is an integrating element that is almost always ignored." I am grateful for the repetative pointing out of what that integrating element is and alway has been.