/ Papaji, Papaji's ambassadors, J. Krishnamurti, Ramesh, Wayne

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Uareloveji recently posted something about ego preservation strategies etc.

to several lists. Sadaji on the Advaitin list replies and his response is

worth pondering. Thanks Sadaji.

 

Love

Harsha

 

 

K. Sadananda [sada]

Thursday, January 25, 2001 6:59 AM

advaitin

RE: Papaji, Papaji's ambassadors, J. Krishnamurti,

Ramesh, Wayne

 

Uareloveji: I spent 25 years reading spiritual books

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>and thinking about them. I would guess an average

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>of two hours per day reading and an average of

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>six hours per day thinking about "spiritual concepts".

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>This endless reading and thinking

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>was an ego notion preservation strategy.

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Sadaji: Blessed self - the fact of the matter is - posting, studying, etc is

as much of ego notion as not posting, not thinking, or not studying

etc. Ego comes into play in peculiar ways - karthum shakhyam,

akarthum shakhyam, anyathaa kartum shakhyam, do it, not do it or do

it another way - are all plays of ego too. It manifests in very

subtle forms. Hence Dattatreya says in avadhuuta giita,

aham dhyaata param dhyeyam akhanDam khanDate katham?

how can you divide that I am inquirer, I am a meditator, I post, I

donot post, I stopped studying scriptures, I spent many years

studying scriptures etc, that which is indivisible. All notions are

play of the ego.

 

My best wishes for you in whatever path you chose - since all paths

ultimately reach that which is pathless, when ego falls down.

Remember Ramana's teaching (upadesha saara)

 

maanasantukim maargane kR^ite

naiva maanasam maarga aarjavaat||

 

Inquire into what is this mind with all these notions of doer

and non-doer etc. When one inquires in that path, that very notional

mind disappears, and that is the straight path.

 

But also remember in order to do that inquiry, one should be able to

look at the mind as on object or observe the mind - and that requires

a degree of detachment to separate oneself from ones own mind. And

that is where the yoga helps. Hence Ramana's declaration

puujanam japaa chintanam kramaat

The mind has to slowly develop the sense of detachment and in

that there is krama or slow process involving karma, Bhakti and

j~naan yoga's.

 

Hari Om!

Sadananda

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