Richard Rose’s Psychology of the Observer The Path to Reality Through the Self

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Revelation 301 also experienced that final Awakening. I knew his having any form of pride in his spiritual status would be not so much foolish, as utterly meaningless. At that point, I asked him—what I later realized to be—yet another naive, though honest question. It was a question asked from a strictly human perspective: “Do you ever get lonely, considering how few people have ever had the same experience you did; that so few people can ever really know ‘where’ you are and what you’re talking about?” He replied to this instantly, without thinking about it first or trying to deliberately come up with some impressive sounding, “cosmic” remark, as guru’s are supposed to do. This lack of a gap between question and answer indicated to me that he was responding genuinely from his essential condition, and not processing some strategic angle through his “Zen teacher” mind. Rose said: “Lonely? I can’t be lonely. There’s nobody here but me.” He looked around at the group of us on the lawn, as he sat on a large, flat rock, reminiscent of the scene of the Sermon on the Mount. We stared at him in awkward silence as he added: “I’ve been sitting here all these years just talking to myself!” At that moment, seeing the twinkle in his eyes as he looked at me, and then his bursting into laughter—the great Buddha’s laugh—I knew who he was. His final revelation: “There’s nobody here but me,” has echoed through my mind like a haunting mantra ever since. This has been a long journey; this discourse on the Albigen System. The full significance of Jacob’s Ladder as a living experience is difficult to grasp at once, yet it must be maturely appreciated. In line with Rose’s doctrine of backing away from untruth rather than attempting to define Reality directly, he has generally avoided making flat statements about the nature of the Realization he experienced at the end of his philosophical search. This is for fear that immature seekers would only turn any such definition-in-advance into just one more idol to passively worship, and hence an obstacle to discovery. Following, however, is the most direct admission he has ever uttered on the subject; one that sums up his entire teaching: The tiny man and the observer are one, and the final observer is the Absolute. There is nothing but me—this is the final answer (lecture, 1979). This, finally, is the explanation, in 25 words or less, of the essence of Rose’s Psychology of the Observer. Tying this in with Jacob’s Ladder, the tiny man is the bottom triangle, the observer oversees the middle triangle, and the Absolute is at the top of the uppermost triangle. “There is nothing but me”: the meaning of the words, when fully confronted, is like one’s being crucified with a stake right between the eyes. All is contained in that declaration. The challenge it commands, for the rest of one’s days, is to search for the exact definition of that “me.” This teaching has been Richard Rose’s gift to us; his legacy. He has never claimed to be a savior for anyone, or an Avatar for the human race. His function has been to serve as a guide pointing the way back to our Source. In doing so, he has fulfilled his commitment to make available what he has found. It is up to each individual to make that same commitment to Truth, and follow it out to the end. To the age-old question: “Does God exist?”, Rose’s testimony firmly replies: “Yes. You don’t.” He once playfully chided us by saying: “After I die, I’m leaving this place permanently. You guys aren’t going to get any more help from me! Don’t pray to me for any advice, like I’ll still be floating around, watching you.” Rose was not trying to be cruel. What he was getting at is that he is not the one who is watching us and drawing us home, always. He is urging us to find out for ourselves, Who is.
302 Richard Rose’s Psychology of the Observer: The Path to Reality Through the Self He bids us farewell with these words: I will take leave of you Not by distinct farewell But vaguely As one entering vagueness For words, symbols of confusion Would only increase confusion But silence, seeming to be vagueness, Shall be my cadence, Which someday You will understand (Rose, 1982, p. 71).
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