Who is "Authentic?" Robert never appointed a successor. Ramana did not choose any successors and neither did Robert. I do not claim to be his successor. If we were to judge attainment based on an analogy, if there were a hundred story building, his attainment would be the hundredth. What I would say in 50 words he'd summarize in five. Unlike Nisargadatta whose every phrase was like a hammer, every sentence Robert spoke was like a cold glass of water on a hot day: soothing and refreshing. What I offer on this site is my own understanding of Robert’s teachings, as well as some stories about my eight year relationship with him. Also, there are over 100 transcripts of Robert's talks. These are authentic. I was there. No other site has so many. Robert changed me and brought me to an awakening from the sickness that is this world. This is what this site is about. I failed to find it with a dozen other teachers and paths, including Zen; but through him, I went home. No claim that it takes ten or thirty years to be around someone like Robert to get free, is credible. If one were spiritually mature, only ten minutes in his presence would be enough to awaken. No claim that someone who met him thirty years ago and thus is a thirty year student is credible. If there are former Robert students out there who see this site, please email me your experiences and photos, and I will be happy to share them with others on this site.

Darshan We would have Satsang twice a week. At the end of Satsang, deserts would be served as Prasad, and people would line up for one-on-one personal meetings with Robert in a Darshan line. Satsangees might ask a personal question or tell Robert how they have been. Some might ask a question about their "spiritual" practices. As you can see, Robert was sometimes very intense during Satsang, sometimes very light and joking. Satsang was held at many places in Los Angeles, but mainly in the Valley. At one home, the host owed a huge Great Dane. About half way through Darshan, the Great Dane would get into line just like any other person, and slowly move forward as each person completed their turn with Robert. We were all stunned. Just stunned. Finally, the dog reached Robert and sat down in front of him. We were more stunned. Robert would reach out, with a big smile, and gently caress the Dane's muzzle for a minute or so before the dog got up and wandered away. This happened at every Satsang for months. After a while, we were no longer stunned, but we were perplexed. No one from the Infinity Institute came to any of these Satsangs.

The book, Silence of the Heart Robert's only book so far grew out of transcripts from many of the 400 satsangs between 1990 and 1994. The early talks, which are the bulk of the book, were recorded and transcribed by Mary Skene, Fred Beck, Emilio Valdez and I. A few of the 1991 talks were privately published for devotees in the original 1992 version of Silence of the Heart. The acknowledgement in the original bound book lists eleven people involved in preparing transcripts and putting the book together. I wrote the introduction. There is no one from Infinity Institute to be found. Therefore, the statement that Blake Warner or others have a 30 year "teaching" relationship with Robert, is just not true. They were nowhere around There have been successive editions since the 1992 version. Silence of the Heart

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