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- Harsha (Dr. Harsh K. Luthar)

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Thursday, September 09, 1999 11:19 AM

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"Harsha (Dr. Harsh K. Luthar)" <hluthar (AT) bryant (DOT) edu>I wonder, if

ultimately, what we are attracted to or repulsed by (evenideas or

spiritual teachings, or our interpretation of those teachings,etc.),

might be reminding us indirectly that we need to in some way

becomemore accessible to the pull of the Absolute, that magnetic

attraction to ourown Center. Only that reminder, that nudge, that

thought is enough. Even ata feeling level, not always amenable to

clear expression, it is enough.Perhaps that is a preface for allowing

that powerful force of surrender tothe Divine to come into play.All

attempts at understanding are after all with the mind. How far can

onego with that? Far enough, I suppose. But if you go far enough, you

will cometo an edge and if by Grace you are pulled into the Heart,

that is alwayscalling, you (along with your attempts to understand)

will surely disappear.The terror of total and complete loss of

identity ends in the Knowing that,Self It Self is the Totality and

the Identity, and That is the Clarity andthe Bliss without any

support what so ever, and utterly, eternally complete.That, the

ancient sages and scriptures tell us is the Heart, which requiresno

support, which has no cause, but which supports all the play

ofconsciousness as the background. Indeed, all consciousness arises

from it,as the Heart It Self is That.Here Reality is Known and

Recognized (through It Self and by It Self) asalways shining in Its

Natural Form by Its own Light. This is the Silencewhich is immovable,

and in perpetual communion with It Self. It is theCenter and the

Circumference. Call it God, call it Self, call it No Self,call it

Emptiness, or call it the Void, call it Beyond God and Self and

NoSelf, or call it something else, or even coin a new term perhaps to

suit thetimes. What difference can it make at that point? To Know It,

is to Be It.The mind cannot contain it or completely obscure it, as

the mind sprouts upfrom only That. The essential and diffused "I"

nature of the mind, whenlooked for, disappears and the Heart as

Awareness become apparent. Sageslike Ramana say that, That Is the

Truth, that You are the Truth. Know itwith the finality of your

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