April 2013

I was at some event in what seemed like a gymnasium with lots of bleachers. I was sitting near the left end on the second row and there were  lots of people in front of me but few near me. It was some kind of seminar and someone was speaking. Adyashanti came in and sat to my left but on the floor instead of the seat next to me. I lean over and say to him “you know, I can talk about this stuff (non-duality, consciousness, and truth) all day long but I still don’t see it (no realization). He leans over and says “but you must have some awareness of it or you wouldn’t be able to talk about it in that way.” I sat up and thought about that.

Then this other guy comes over and sits down between Adya and me. He was wearing a reddish sweatshirt similar to one I have. He began heckling the speaker in a very loud, noisy, and disruptive way, like he was at a baseball game.  He paid no attention to anyone else and just kept commenting.  I turned to him and said “You need to be quiet” as I put my right hand on his chest. It felt like I was putting calming energy into him. I could feel a strong warm calming vibration, like a smooth hum, in my hand but I don’t know if it was from me or him.  He turns to me and says “I don’t have to be quiet!  I can talk as much as I want! Who are you to tell me to be quiet? It’s a free country and I can do whatever I want!” in the same loud and noisy manner. Then he turned back and continued being noisy.

I like this dream. On reflection it became clear that what sits between me and the Truth, represented by Adya, is a noisy mind, which I need to quiet, so I can see what I must already know.