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   #3658 - Thursday, September 17, 2009 - Editor: Jerry Katz

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   Two blog entries pertaining to seeking, in case there is such a thing.

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   This is a video poem I made.
   Beautiful title track from the album, "Ice Castle,"
   by KIRSTY HAWKSHAW
   Enjoy.

  
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   In Sight

   I sit as Ive been taught
   By the enlightened ones
   Searching for the naked truth
   Its been a long road
   With many miles already traveled
   And many more to come
   Will I ever see beyond the veil
   Not just a glimpse precious peace

   My minds always a-chatter
   Mired in hopes and fears
   Fixed on dreams and desires
   Grasping the past
   As much as the future

   And then theres that grind
   The dissolution
   Of my body and brain
   The grey hair turning greyer
   The need for more and more sleep
   Sickness and death
   Just around the corner

   Yet they teach of a freedom
   How do I get it

   The answers in my mind somewhere
   Beyond what I normally see
   I am told I just have to look
   Observe the myriad displays
   All fresh and new
   As if I were a newborn baby
   Or my Calico kitty

   The calm does come
   Like from walking in the deep forest
   Or viewing a meandering stream
   And when I feel it
   Its like coming home to eat a warm dinner
   And rest with my loved one

   Any yet it all comes back
   Like a Caribbean storm
   The need to be permeated
   By beauty and fortune
   Praise and recognition
   The need to be jealous
   And angry

   I dont want any of that
   Not really

   But surely I cannot live without my mind
   The only way to get rid of the pain
   Is to get rid of my mind

   I return to the forest
   And stand beneath a lone Pine
   Its magnificence so apparent
   Gentle strength cradles me
   Standing below soft green needles
   Shimmering in the breeze
   I dont think it worries about fulfilling
   Its destiny.
   It already IS

   And then as if by magic
   Theres no separation
   Between me and the tree
   I become this tree
   Yes
   The tree is me
   Im clear

   Wow

   Words can't describe this.

   And the very next moment I think of sushi and beer

   I have a place where I was born
   I'm from Kitimat, British Columbia
   My last name is Hungarian
   My mother is a Schubert from Austria
   Im married to someone so near and dear to me
   I have places to see and things to do
   I want to be an artist
   Better yet
   A craftsman
   No matter how long it takes

   I'm all of this too
   Of this I have no doubt

   And so it is a delicate balancing act
   A melding of thinking mind and awareness
   Like the ever transmuting clouds above
   Dancing with the infinite sky beyond
   As lovers feasting on each other
   They are one

   The trick is and it's a big trick
   I must always concentrate
   Not so much on the clouds
   So as Not to miss out on all that heavenly glory

   So they tell me.

   Copyright © shoutingbluetiger 2009

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   Poke the Guru in the Eye
   Well, I guess you can tell I'm having fun with this seeking thing now. And I
am. Seriously. My brevity has knocked the edge off of the intensity that had
become overwhelming at times. I'm having a good time poking fun at things I'd
held in some form of disregard or another. But the more I think about it all,
the more I'm convinced that everything is suspect now. I'm basing all my
looking, questioning, searching, hiding, on a simple question: Is that true?

   Jesus was part of the trinity of God, and was sent down to Earth to be
bludgeoned and murdered so that all of us unworthy humans could make it into
Heaven. Is that true? Really?

   Nothing is exempt from the truth knife! Ockham's razor! We learned a
troubleshooting technique in the Navy called half-splitting. To find the problem
quickly, take a measurement about halfway in the circuit. If it's bad, go back
halfway from there, and keep going until you find the answer. Had some Shainin
training a few years ago that used a similar approach. They called it splitting
the dictionary. Same principle, but they actually used a dictionary to
demonstrate it. You can try it, too. They claimed that if you picked a word at
random, they could find it in 18, or less, steps by asking you yes or no
questions. For instance, "Does the first word start with a letter that comes
before the letter 'M' (halfway down the alphabet)?" If so, you've just
eliminated HALF of the dictionary in one step. Brilliant! It works, try it. So,
yeah, now I'm wielding the truth knife, albeit in a haphazardly way that
grotesquely mimics laziness. The tough questions are not easily asked, though.

   "Who am I?", is not a question you can ask with the blade of truth. What kind
of yes or no answer do you expect from that? I suppose you could give whatever
answer that comes up, then ask, "Is that true?". As itchy as I am to launch into
that question right now, I know where it leads, and it's raining here, and I
don't want to work myself up into a manic frenzy, going nutso over this crap,
then have to drive home. Oh hell. too late!
Dagnabfrigginfarglesnottlebibbtickernuffinspluck! Whew, that was a suppressed
cursing episode right there. It worked. I'm OK now.

   So anyway, I'm really diggin' on ol' UG still. He cuts through the crap with
total disregard to common decency or Congressional decorum. Matter of fact, that
man has crap-cutting blades on both edges of his truth knives, which are
attached to all digits of all appendages, and are flailed about at hurricane
force. Dig? That's the kind of confidence and intolerance for whiney little
seeker pansies like me I like to see in somebody who's "got it". That's right
muthatrucka, give it to me straight! That's the way I want it! I ain't skeert!
Ewww wee, and boy does he curse. Makes your eyebrows go all Spock-like, then you
look around to see if anyone else heard. I mean, sometimes he seems royally
pissed off!

   Well, now you probably think that UG is my guru. Nope! I don't have any gurus.
I don't want any gurus. I just want to learn until the slow, dopey guy in the
back of the class sneaks up on me with that football bat I've been talking
about, and WHACK! Ahhhhhh! There it is. Until then. UG is not-so-serious and
completely disregards all the other crap I've learned. That's what I'm talking
about. Like the old Zen thing with the tea cup. How's that go again. (hold while
I let Google do it's thing). OK, here it is (the internet is GREAT!):

   Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a
university professor who came to inquire about Zen.

   Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor's cup full, and then kept on pouring.

   The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could restrain himself.
"It is overfull. No more will go in!"

   "Like this cup," Nan-in said, "you are full of your own opinions and
speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?"

   Damn! That's a great story. I'm that professor, and I've been spending waaaay
too much time "learning" about this stuff. I've said it before, and it's so
true, that I wish I'd never heard of nonduality, Advaita, oneness, and all that.
So this is me. slowing down. having fun with all this useless crap I've taught
myself. I'm really happy about what I've realized.

   Now, if I could only pull the plug out, and PPPPPPPPSSSSSSSSHHHHHHAAAAA
(that's for you, blissbait), all the junk could flow out, empty the mind to
accept. reality.

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   #3659 - Friday, September 18, 2009 - Editor: Jerry Katz

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   Becoming Our Own Wise One

   By Dr. Stewart Bitkoff

   * * *

   There are as many ways to God as there are created souls.

   Muhammad

   * * *

   In our culture, who assumes the role of holy or wise one? In more traditional
cultures the holy, wise one is a central figure. Often, they advise the
king/queen, sit at the right hand of the chief, understand human behavior and
prescribe medicine, help pass along the oral history of the tribe, and have an
inner connection with universal wisdom and Truth. When a difficult societal
issue arises, this individual is central in helping decide direction or outcome.
Daily, they are consulted on a variety of issues.

   Today, this diverse role and function has been spread across a team of
specialists. For guidance, we go to a priest, counselor, doctor, psychologist,
historian, politician or lawyer. Because of the complexity of some issues, this
specialist may not even live in our own community, and to consult them we make
an appointment, months in advance, travel to get the advice/treatment and pay a
fee.

   This specialist model has plus and minuses. Specialists because of training
have information and expertise not available to others. In some endeavors, these
people are essential and our culture cannot be without them. However, by
separating out problems and going to others for solutions, we loose sight for
the most part it is possible to manage our own concerns. Within the wise one
model, a majority of issues can be solved by one person, who is readily
accessible, knows us and is part of our tribe/family.

   In both models, the holy/wise one and specialist model, there is reliance upon
others. While, it is important in today's technological world to have the option
to work/consult with a specialist, generally, we have forgotten our own
individual potential and multi-level capacities. With training, we can become
our own source of wisdom and through inner perception manage a wide range of
daily issues, consulting with specialists as indicated.

   Gradually, we are returning to a model of self-reliance and individual
responsibility. We are shifting away from dependence upon others and searching
for our own inner wisdom to manage our life. Tomorrow each person will be their
own wise one, consulting with specialists far less frequently and only when
required. This is the next stage in the evolutionary process.

   Building Self-Reliance

   How will this shift in personal awareness occur? We are in the beginning
stages of it. Look around and notice the increasing interest in different
religious philosophies that maximize individual human potential and how so many
are returning to spiritual based living. See the general discontent in the way
government is being run and the growing awareness republicans or democrats
cannot save us. From the outside, our way of life is being attacked by
terrorists who want to return to a more traditional and religious based social
system (as defined by them). It is generally recognized, greed in the market
place is destroying our middle class. The family fabric is being strained with
couples having to work three jobs. Soon we will be a society of rich and poor.

   Many are beginning to wonder, what went wrong? Also, many are searching for
real, lasting answers.

   We are living in an age when people are turning away from authority based to
individual based action. Over time, many realized we have given up too much
responsibility to authority, government and institutions; gradually people are
taking back control of their lives and working locally to solve their own
problems.

   The shift has occurred and will continue. Remember- a better world is created
one person at a time.

   Missing Ingredient

   In order to create better, more complete people, we have to add the missing
spiritual ingredient. This enriching element balances individual greed and helps
the individual realize- because of our complex world; often our best interest is
served helping our neighbor. For example, we may have to spend money to upgrade
the air filtering capacity of our car engine; so, we have clean air to breathe.
This may cost personally, but in the long run our air quality is healthier.

   According to the mystic, the missing ingredient and balancing factor, is
higher consciousness. This consciousness, because of its alignment with Truth,
enables the individual to work toward collective interest. This potential is
latent in everyone, and its individual development and operation will help save
us; and we can continue with our own evolution.

   Personal spiritual development is a new frontier and area of inquiry. How can
each traveler develop inner wisdom and reach higher consciousness? How can each
become a wise man/woman and achieve excellence in their daily life?

   There is a way to do this, but we have forgotten where and how to look. The
next phase will see its full reemergence.

   How do I go about finding the missing ingredient? Turn back to the religion of
your birth; become a better Christian, Jew or Moslem. Seek the inner core of
religious experience; do not be satisfied with the outer shell of religious
teaching and fossilized rules created by others. Find your own, inner, vibrant
Truth, and become a spiritual traveler. Each of the great religions provides a
structure or framework from which to begin the inner journey of exploration of
self and higher consciousness.

   And if for some reason, your journey is restricted by the religion of your
birth, seek Truth and higher consciousness in another spiritual path. Pray and
ask for a different way to open to you. Pray for a guide and teacher who will
show you your own inner potential and teach awareness of your own growing
spirituality. Find a teacher that is aligned with Truth and will give you tools
to uncover your own strength, and teach you how to proceed on your own.

   In this endeavor, three factors must be aligned: the student, the teacher and
the grace (Baraka) of the path.

   It is tradition that the teacher calls to the student's sincerity or purity of
heart; this is the factor that enables the student to be successful.

   How do you grow sincere in your efforts? Seek Truth or wisdom for its own sake
not for what it will give you. Seek Truth because you love and must know it.
Then, as The Light or God Wills, the golden or inner path will open to you.

   This is the balancing factor, the missing ingredient. One day this awareness
will be as common as the growing realization that there is an underlying or
connecting energy in the universe.

   Balanced Living

   Until I achieve this inner understanding, what am I to do? Try to live a good,
balanced life. Achieve excellence in something. Seek to help others and develop
the many aspects of yourself. Make time to listen to your inner song. Stay away
from that which is destructive. Do things in moderation and try not to hurt
someone. Be kind to yourself and others. Be a good loving person that is an
asset to their family, community, and world.

   If you do these things, in time, the inner missing ingredient will develop. As
it develops, it will help you fully utilize all of your skills and abilities.
Added spiritual capacity is a balancing and enabling element; helping travelers
reach human excellence and completion.

   And when this occurs, you will be a king/queen in this world and the next;
having your own inner wise one to consult.

   (Originally posted at www.llewellynjournal.com, copyright 2009, all rights
reserved.)

   Listen to Dr. Bitkoff's weekly show on internet radio: Practical Wisdom,
Tuesday

   1-2 pm, go to www.pibco1.com.

   Also by Dr. Bitkoff, A Commuter's Guide to Enlightenment, Llewellyn, 2008 and
Journey of Light: Trilogy, Authorhouse, 2004.

   To contact author go to: www.stewartbitkoff.com.

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Chapter One.

22. When pots are broken the space within them
becomes unlimited. So also when bodies cease to
exist the Self remains eternal and unattached.

23. Nothing whatever is born or dies at any time.
It is Brahman alone appearing illusorily in the form
of the world.

24. The Self is more extensive than space; it is pure,
subtle, un-decaying and auspicious. As such how can
it be born and how can it die?

25. All this is the tranquil, One without beginning,
middle or end, which cannot be said to be existent
or non-existent. Know this and be happy.
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[personal note] And now its time for this old pilgrim to
abandon the keyboard for some unknown while as I go
in search of a missing ox.
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Orva


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Chapter One

16. That perverted man who, even after knowing
that worldly objects are deceptive, still thinks of
them, is an ass not a man.

17. Even the slightest thought immerses a man in
sorrow; when devoid of all thoughts he enjoys
imperishable bliss.

18. Just as we experience the delusion of hundreds
of years in a dream lasting an hour, so also we
experience the sport of maya in our waking state.

19. He is a happy man whose mind is inwardly cool
and free from attachment and hatred and who looks
upon this world like a mere spectator.

20. He who has understood well how to abandon all
ideas of acceptance and rejection and has realized the
consciousness which is within the innermost heart---
his life is illustrous.

21. On the dissolution of the body, the consciousness
limited by the heart alone ceases to exist. People lament
needlessly that the Self is extinct.

[to be continued]

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Chapter One

6. Not a day should be spent in a place which does not
possess the tree of a wise knower of Truth with its good
fruit and cool shade.

7. The sages are to be approached even if they do not
teach. Even their talks in a light vein contain wisdom.

8. The company of sages converts emptiness into fullness,
death into immortality and adversity into prosperity.

9. If sages were concerned solely with their own happiness
with whom could those tormented by the sorrows of samsara
seek refuge?

10. That which is imparted, O good soul, to a worthy disciple
who has become dispassionate, is the real wisdom; it is the
real purport of the sacred texts and is also the comprehensive
wisdom.

[to be continued]

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[a favorite reference text of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi]

Chapter One:

1. Salutations to that calm effulgence which is endless and
unlimited by space, time, etc., the pure consciousness which
can be known by experience only.

2. Neither one who is totally ignorant nor one who knows IT
[Truth] is eligible to study this book. Only he who thinks, 'I
am bound; I must become free' is entitled to study this book.

3. Until one is definitely blessed by the Supreme Lord, he will
not find a proper Guru or the right scripture.

4. Just as a steady boat, O Rama, is obtained from a boatman,
so also the method of crossing the ocean of samsara [daily life]
is learnt by associating with great souls.

5. The remedy for the long-lasting disease of samsara is the
enquery, 'Who am I?', to whom does this samsara belong?,
which entirely cures it.

[to be continued...]

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"I had been reading the works
of Sri Ramana and was struck
with wonder at the style.....

But my immediate quest at the
time was for peace and solace.
I came into the presence of Sri
Bhagavan in the hall.
As our eyes met, there was a
miraculous effect on my mind.
I felt as if I had plunged into
a pool of peace, and with eyes
shut, sat in a state of ecstasy
for nearly an hour.

--Prof. G. V. Subbaramayya--

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"You are already the Self. No elaborate science
is necessary to establish it. The cessation of
such thoughts is the realization of the Self.
One does not see the world, or one's own body,
being away from the Self.
Always being the Self, one sees everything else.
God and the world are all in the Heart. [Self].
See the Seer and everything will be found to be
the Self.
Change your outlook. Look within. Find the Self.
Find it and all problems will be solved."

[from] Talks with Ramana Maharshi

-recorded, Jan 18, 1937-

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"Heart of my being, seen outwardly as one
in human form, to draw my human love,
Lord Ramana, Guru, the risen Sun.
Self Manifest, the guide of all who rove
lost and alone
In tangled thoughts and vain misgivings.

Such have I known,
Him of lustrous eyes, Him whose sole look
pierced to the heart, wherein the seed was sown
of wisdom deeper than in holy books
Of truth alone
Not to be learned but lived.

Thou art the Sun of suns,
Dispel my darkness,
Grant me wisdom, I beseech Thee
shake me out of this torpor
I beseech Thee, Bhagavan."

--Arthur Osborne--



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"The world is only spiritual. Since you are
identifying yourself with the physical body,
you speak of this world as being physical
and the other world as spiritual.
Whereas, that which is, is only spiritual.

What I meant by Spirit and Spiritual world
is the Absolute Spirit and not relative. If
you realize yourself as Spirit, you will see
this world is only spiritual and not physical."

[from] Talks with Ramana Maharshi

-recorded, Jan 17th, 1937-

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Yes i think we need a living master. Visit www.yogeeshashram.org for
consideration, maybe it is useful for our growth.Thanks...

"The graciousness of Bhagavan's
reception melted the heart and
awakened a feeling of guilt as to
how great was the reward for so
little effort made.
I was there on the fateful April night
of the body's death. Since that day
his presence in the heart has been
more vital, the outpouring of the grace
more abundant, his support more
powerful."

--Arthur Osborne--

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"Think of Bhagavan.
How would the affairs of the world distract Him?
You and they are in Him."

           *************
"If one wants to abide in the thought-free state,
a struggle is inevitable. One must fight one's way
through before regaining one's original state. If
one succeeds in the fight and reaches the goal,
the enemy, namely the thoughts, will all subside
in the Self and disappear entirely. The thoughts
are the enemy. They amount to the creation of
the Universe. In their absence, there is neither
world nor God the Creator.
The Bliss of the Self is the single Being only."

[from] Talks with Ramana Maharshi

-recorded, Jan 12, 1937 & Jan 13th, 1937-

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"I saw him in a humorous mood; I have
seen him play the host with delicate grace.
I have seen him quickly, motionlessly,
challenging and defeating injustice or
unkindness. I have seen him cutting
vegetables for the Ashramites long before
the dawn.
I have seen again and again how he has
solved the doubts, the agonies, the loss
of faith, of people of many types,--often
with a word.......
I have watched his reactions to the noisy
devotee, the lazy worker, the mischievous
monkey, the crazed adorer, the over-bold
flatterer.......
I have seen how totally impervious he is
to all considerations of power, place, prestige,
and how his grace shines equally on prince
and peasant."

--Duncan Greenlees, M. A.--


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"Again, consider it from another point of view:
You create a dream-body for yourself in your
dream and act with that dream-body. That
body is falsified in the waking state. At present,
you think you are this body and not the dream
body. In your dream, this body is falsified by
the dream-body. So that, you see, neither of
these bodies is real since each of them is true
for a time only and false at other times.
That which is real, must be real forever.
But you say, "I."
This "I" consciousness is present throughout
all the states. There is no change to it.
That alone is Real."

[from] Talks with Ramana Maharshi

-recorded, Jan, 17th, 1937-

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"Everything is new for me now.
My mind is new,
the moon,
the sun,
The whole world
looks washed with water,
washed in the rain of I AM THAT.
Lalla leaps and dances inside the energy
that creates and sustains the universe."

--Lalla, 14th Century Indian mystic--

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"Where on earth would we find a boundary between us?
would it be the air between us that we both breathe?
.....the idea of separateness is something
we have to make up.....

Look and see how you make up separateness
within yourself.
Look for your sense of
"self" and "other."
Notice how within yourself,
there are many selves.
Inside or outside yourself,
see if you can find a boundary."

--Cheri Huber--




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"He was Divine Grace in human form.
While fully human, he was fully in Samadhi,
fully divine, alike when talking and when
sitting silent. He merely responded according
to the needs of those who approached him.
He was all love; Bhagavan was a Jivanmukta,
emancipated while yet in the human body.
He was indeed the universal Divine Guru.
One who has achieved the supreme state
is above all forms of religion.
He came to answer the need of our age;
proclaiming a path that can be followed
by anyone whether they observe formal
religion or not."

--Arthur Osborne--

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"One may seem to go out of the body,
but the body itself is not more than our
thought. There can be no body in the
absence of thought; no outgoing or in-
coming in the absence of body. However,
owing to habit, the feeling of going out
arises.
A particle of hail falling on the sea melts
away and becomes water, wave, froth,
etc, in the sea.
Similarly, the subtle intellect, rising up
as the tiny dot [ego] from the heart and
bulging out, finally enters into and becomes
one with the Heart-Self.

Or if you surrender yourself to God, you have
made yourself over to Him and you are His
and no longer yours."

[from] Talks with Ramana Maharshi
-recorded, Jan 13th, 1937-


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"We are indeed lucky to have the Maharshi in our midst.
It will be a thousand pities if a spiritual dynamo like that
of Sri Ramana is not utilized to its fullest extent.
He requires no permission, he charges no fee; he knows
not the least of caste, creed, color, race, class, gender,
or country. He does not require conformity to any dogma.
He is like the rivers and the mountains; the common property
of mankind.
He is a sublime example of what a Sage ought to be."

--A. S. Panchapagesa Ayyer--

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"A quiet mind is all you need.

All else will happen rightly,
once your mind is quiet.

As the sun on rising makes the world active,
so does self-awareness affect changes in the mind;
In the light of calm and steady self-awareness,
inner energies wake up and work miracles
without any effort on your part."

            ******************

"The greatest guru is your inner self.
Truly he is the supreme teacher.
He alone can take you to your goal
and he alone meets you
at the end of the road."

--Nisargadatta Maharaj--

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"You say you concentrate but do not succeed.
'You' means the 'Self.' On what do you concentrate?
Where do you fail?
Are there two selves, for the one to concentrate
on the other? Which is the self now complaining
of failure? There cannot be two selves. There is
only one Self, and That need not concentrate.

Find out the mind. If its "wandering" stops, it will
be found to be the Self -- your "I" consciousness
which is Spirit eternal. It is beyond knowledge and
ignorance.

The Self remains as the undisturbed substratum."

[from] Talks with Ramana Maharshi

-recorded, Jan 17, 1937-

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"This is what the Maharshi says,
'There is no alternative for you
but to accept the world as unreal,
if you are seeking the Truth and
the Truth alone.'
Why should it be so?
The simple reason is that you will
never get at Reality if you take
the appearances to be real. The
stock argument of the worldly-
minded, that it is not possible
to deny the reality of the world
which all of us so vividly experience,
does not baffle the Vedantin. The
dream world appears all too real to
us, so long as we are in it; but as soon
as we wake from it, we realize its un-
substantiality.....Our ultimate freedom
lies in shaking off this dream and in our
becoming aware of our Self-hood and
non-duality."

--Dr. T. M. P. Mahadevan, Ph.D.


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"What you [we] are looking for is what's looking."

--Author unknown to me--


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"Surrender should not be verbal nor
conditional. Prayer is not verbal; it
is from the Heart. To merge into the
Heart is prayer. That is also Grace."
Grace is both the beginning and the
end. Introversion is due to Grace;
and Realization is Grace.....If one
has entirely surrendered oneself,
is there any part left to ask for
Grace? He is then swallowed up
by Grace.....
If a Higher Power is recognized
and surrendered to, how can any
obstacle obstruct you?"

[from]  Talks with Ramana Maharshi

-recorded, Jan 7th, 1937-


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"But there are some, the really lucky ones,
.....it gnaws away at them and gives them
no rest day or night.....
The dogmas of the creeds, the empty conceit
of priest and pundit, the insolent ignorance of
the pseudo scientist, alike fail to pacify their
need. It grows into an unsleeping restlessness,
and drives them till they make a personal enquiry
into the Truth......
I saw the Maharshi. It did not take long for me
to be sure that I was in front of one who had
in that very body.....solved life's problem for
himself. The radiant peace around him proved it
beyond any doubt. The calm, like that of the
midnight sky, was something too real to question
for a moment. That part of my search, then, was
over, even at the first glimpse. In the flesh I had
seen a "Master." "

--Duncan Greenlees, M. A.--

--

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"A phenomenon cannot be a reality simply because
it serves a purposes or purposes. Take a dream,
for example. The dream creations are purposeful;
they serve the dream purpose. The dream-water
quenches dream-thirst. The dream-creation is,
however, contradicted in the waking state. The
waking creation is contradicted in the dream state.
What is not continuous cannot be real. If real, the
thing must ever be real, not real for a short time
and unreal at other times.....
the universe cannot be real of itself--that is to
say, apart from the underlying Reality."

[from]  Talks with Ramana Maharshi

-recorded, Jan 3rd, 1937-

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"The universe is beginning to look more like a great thought than a great
machine."

--Sir James Johns, 20th century British astrophysicist--

"The treasure I have found cannot be described in words; I am one with Brahman."

--Shankara, 8th century Indian Sage--

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"Then, for the first time in my life, I began
to understand what the grace and blessings
of a guru could mean. My love and devotion
to Bhagavan deepened. I went about with a
lilt of happiness in my heart, feeling the blessing
and the mystery of the guru, repeating, like a
love song, that he was the Guru, the link between
heaven and earth, between God and me, between
the Formless Being and my heart. I became aware
of the enormous grace of his presence. Even out-
wardly he was gracious to me, smiling when I
entered the hall, signalling me to sit where he
could watch me in meditation.
And then one day a vivid reminder awoke in me:
"The link with the Formless Being? But he is the
Formless Being."

--Arthur Osborne--

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"Bhagavan Ramana was the most simple, natural,
unassuming of men; he was what a man should be,
quite without affectation, like a child; and at the
same time with an indescribable beauty and wisdom
and with such power that many trembled in his
presence and feared to speak to him......
unfortunately, few in the West understood the
possibility of this supreme state.
The mere sight of him walking across the
Ashram ground was enough to grip the heart.
The love that shone in his eyes, the luminous
understanding, cannot be described."

--Arthur Osborne--


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"A Higher Power is leading you.
the Higher Power knows
what to do and
how to do it.
Trust It."

--Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi--

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"On several occasions I used to pray mentally
to him that on opening his eyes, he would look
at me and I must say I was never disappointed.
So, it was crystal clear to me that prayers to
Bhagavan need not be vocal, and he felt, knew
and answered the inner prayer of all his devotees.

Bhagavan's physical absence has been no handicap,
for he continues to guide me in so many ways.

--K. K. Nambiar--

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