1993-0331-Augies-Apartment-Raleigh

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Title	1993-0331-Augies-Apartment-Raleigh
Recorded date	March 31, 1993
Location	Raleigh, NC - Augie's apartment
Number of tapes	2 cassettes Tape 1 (side 1 = 46 minutes; side 2 = 48 minutes) Tape 2 (side 3 = 32 minutes; side 4 = 24 minutes)
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No. of MP3 files	4
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Link to distribution copy	http://distribution.direct-mind.org/ (need password)
Link to PDF	http://distribution.direct-mind.org/ Or try http://selfdefinition.org/rose/
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Audio quality	Muddy. Sides 3 & 4 have a high whine, like sound of machinery, possibly result of copying the tape (i.e., clean version may exist).
Identifiable voices	A. Turak, B, Cergol, B Marshall, M. Casari
URL at direct-mind.org	https://www.direct-mind.org/index.php/1993-0331-Augies-Apartment-Raleigh
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Revision timestamp	20260111163147

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RR sheds light on aspects of his experience.

File 1

46 minutes. Anecdotes regarding experience in Seattle. A few ribald stories. Jokes. Periods of silence. The machinery of the mind acts to close off the search. I feel a sense of unreality regarding this dimension. People quiz RR about how he was affected by his experience. Ramana Maharshi “bucket in well“ analogy. More anecdotes about experience.

File 2

48 minutes. Responds to more questions about experience and aftermath. “Engineered for my benefit” and “No welcoming committee” and “Somehow I created images [in the experience]”.Writing Three Books of the Absolute. Never went back to Seattle. Unusual psychic cloud around Seattle – insanity and alcoholism. Poem about apple tree in Carillon. Spirituality is individual. All people are animals. Nuns in the convent in RR’s youth. Concepts about God. Operating on hunches. Love. If you want to understand psychology, live on a farm..You can’t properly explain an illusion because an illusion is false, but you can get a feel for it. We don’t know where we came from. Before birth a baby is asleep; suddenly wakes up to this lifestyle. You can’t prove nothingness. If you become more real, it’s hard to explain it to someone living with preconceptions.

File 3

32 minutes. Belief: Say you want to defend yourself so you learn judo. You use it, you don’t “believe in” it. Zen should be the same way. Look under every rock. When you reach a dead end look for something else. If you don’t seek you don’t move. “I have never claimed to be a Zen master.” Wisdom sciences from the East are converted to money rackets in the West. My objective is to get a person through this mental quandary. But I did have a Zen teacher. How the Albigen system can be described as: “Seek and you shall find” plus other elements he enumerates. I don’t believe in selling intangibles. People don’t want the truth, they want fairy tales. Don Juan. Channeling. Lack of intuition. His is sad, humanity stumbling around looking for someone to trust. You can’t reach spiritual truth by accepting social systems designed to enforce conformity.

File 4

24 minutes. Perseverance is necessary and you discover ways and means. Prayer. Education system louses people up. They’re trying to create manageable people. Social trends. Anecdote about a doctor’s appointment, medical practices, extra tests, bureaucrats, driving costs up.

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