Depending on No-thing

By: Robert Saltzman

Narrated by: C David Matt

Depending on No-Thing is a clear and unsentimental look at what remains when the imagined center of “me” falls away. Robert Saltzman writes from lived experience, not doctrine. He dismantles the spiritual promises of final answers and special states, turning attention instead to the simplicity of experience as it actually shows up—without metaphysical storylines, without self-improvement agendas, without a someone behind the curtain.

This audiobook is not a guide to bliss or transcendence. It is a companion for those who have seen through the usual reassurances and are ready to explore life with nothing to stand on: no hidden witness, no enlightened identity, no ultimate ground. What appears in that openness is not despair, but intimacy with the moment as it unfolds—unfiltered, unowned.

Psychological clarity replaces metaphysical fantasy. Direct seeing replaces belief. The search for escape gives way to a straightforward honesty about being alive.

For listeners exhausted by teachings that promise liberation somewhere else, Depending on No-Thing offers something rarer: the end of seeking, and the beginning of unguarded presence with what is.

©2019 Robert Saltzman (P)2025 C David Matt

Incredible book on simply being

This book is written from a perspective in direct contact with life. I loved (almost) every chapter. Will revisit again and again.