Exploring the spiritual teachings of Robert Adams & Quran

[Someone here]

This is a journal for quoting passages from Robert Adams (an American spiritual teacher who died in the 90s) and from the Quran (Islam's holy book ).

I will post a quote here daily (hopefully) and analyze it and try to apply the wisdom in my life .

[Someone here]

So ironically these are two different versions of spirituality or spiritual understanding of existence. 

Robert Adams on one hand teaches things as :

• No self .
• No inherent meaning or purpose to life .
• Nothing actually exist .
• Life is a dream.
• There is no such thing as God unless you believe you are the human. But in absolute consciousness you are God.

Islam teaches that:

• There is a self or more accurately a soul . The soul is said to be eternal because it is extracted from the eternal soul of Allah. 
• Life has a purpose which is worshipping God until you reach the state of heaven-consciousness which is a metaphorical way of saying merging with God. 
• There is an objective world but only because God is holding it together.

So I'm actually resonating with both of these conflicting views on spirituality. I'm trying to make a bridge between the two .

[Someone here]

So is there a self or not?  The answer imo is paradoxical . There is no "separate " self . Meaning there is not an entity into itself which exists independently from "everything else " or " all that there is ".

However the "soul " which is said to be birthless and deathless is deriving its eternal nature from Allah /God.  Which is said to be eternal himself/itself .

So it depends on the definition of self and what do we mean by the word "self " or "soul ".

No self vs The Self .