http://www.geocities.com/cliff_shack/osho.html 'Osho' is derived from William James' expression 'oceanic experience' which means dissolving into the ocean....
"The Self is self-effulgent. One need give it no mental picture, anyway. The thought that imagines is itself bondage. Because the Self is the Effulgence ...
orva schrock
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Jan 1, 2008 3:15 pm
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Dear all, I am new to this scene, although I have interacted with Rob in Gururatings, and I have to say that this is a very, very nice group. I like your...
Welcome aboard, bro, Ramon...... ... From: Ramon Leonato<mailto:raman@...> To: Realization@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Realization@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
orva schrock
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Jan 1, 2008 11:02 pm
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Welcome, and we're sailing back home...our home of light&silence. Happy new year everyone, Happy Now Here !! Ramon Leonato <raman@...> wrote:...
rhyndrati oentara
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Jan 2, 2008 12:29 am
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"The beginning of the answer is the awakening of a current of awareness, a sense of being, in the heart. This awareness, is neither physical or mental, though...
orva schrock
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Jan 2, 2008 12:49 am
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All that is required to realize the Self is to Be Still. What can be easier than that? - Ramana Maharshi From The Essential Teachings of Ramana Maharshi:A...
Very complicated for those who have compicated and sophisticated head.Man has gone too far in the head. But for the heart, what can be easier than that?For...
rhyndrati oentara
oentaraningsih@...
Jan 2, 2008 6:57 am
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... It is in the Bible{ Be still and know that I am Raman [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Because the experience of non duality is the same, words maybe different.Christ is a state of conciousness..There were Jesus Christ, Raman Maharshi in the...
rhyndrati oentara
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Jan 2, 2008 7:42 am
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Thanks, Rhyndrati for your various recent comments, including this one. Please know the following is in no way a criticism of you [I really like you] or anyone...
orva schrock
otsclu@...
Jan 2, 2008 2:10 pm
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You are there Orva, Your sincerity and honesty is driving you One of these days, all of a sudden you will discover the only One Living Guru Thyself, and all...
I came across that a few weeks ago on the "Christ in the Desert" monastery website while I was exploring Georgia O'Keefe and her New Mexico... so I looked into...
Orva, Let me ask you a question. When you ask yourself, "Who Am I?", what do you notice remaining? Can you describe it in one word? If so, what is the word?...
Orva, You and I cannot know or see It. Because we ARE It. Without the help of reflection, can your eyes see themselves? Of course not. In your case, what is...
consciousness ... From: Cliff Shack<mailto:cliff_shack@...> To: Realization@yahoogroups.com<mailto:Realization@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, January...
orva schrock
otsclu@...
Jan 2, 2008 6:39 pm
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Very nicely put. It seems true. So what's the response to that? Do "I" contemplate what you just said? Then I'm back to identifying with the I...
orva schrock
otsclu@...
Jan 2, 2008 6:45 pm
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congratulations. that's it.call off the search bud. were you expecting something more? Do you think that when I am aware of consciousness...I am experiencing...
You're almost home. You have achieved single-pointedness! You have reduced yourself to the thought "I". Ready for the next step. It's really very very...
Contemplation is happened against the backdrop of Universal Conciousness. That is what has happened. But in reality nothing happened. Happen is past tense. So...
"Past" is a thought."Present" is a thought. "Future" is a thought. Thoughts arise from the thinker. The thinker is the ego. The ego is the thought "I" which,...