Sailor Bob Adamson, born in Melbourne in 1928, came to Nisargadatta Maharaj in Bombay in 1976 after years of seeking through other Indian teachers. He was with Nisargadatta for several months across two visits and left with the instruction to go home and share what had been understood. He has done that, in a quiet way, ever since. His Melbourne living room has been a destination for an international circle of seekers for over forty years.
His teaching is the Nisargadatta teaching pared back further. The pointing is to what is, before the thought. Awareness is not a thing one possesses, it is what one is, and the apparent person is a movement of conditioned thought arising in awareness like clouds in a clear sky. The notion I am the body is a mistake of identification, not a fact. He returns again and again to the same plain question: what’s wrong with right now, unless you think about it?
Where to start
- What’s Wrong with Right Now Unless You Think About It? — the book that made his pointing widely known. Short, direct, transcribed mostly from his Melbourne meetings.
- Only That — the next sustained collection of his teaching.
- The official site — books, audio, and details for visiting Melbourne.
