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Guest guest Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 Dear Ashish, Thank you for your wonderful message. michael --- Ashish Mahajan <ash.mahajan wrote: > I have really enjoyed and appreciated the last 23 > messages on this list. > I get a digested version in my email so it looks > like one long list of > messages. > > I have really appreciated the clarifications > regarding Michael L.'s > "awareness watching awareness" and in particular > David McEwen's post on > the words of a 14th century Christian mystic. The > words from that > mystic have such a bare-bones Zen-like quality to > them. Anytime I come > across something that strips away all the > non-essentials, I am fully and > truly in love with that. > > Somehow for me the question of "Who Am I" has been > kind of a mental > exercise that does not engage my core, my full > being. Some years ago I > came across a chapter in a book on Sri H.W.L Poonja > (aka "Papaji") who > is a disciple of Ramana. This chapter was titled > "Summa Iru" which in > Tamil apparently means "Be Still or Keep Quiet". I > have visited Papaji > in Lucknow once and many Ramana devotees have spent > much time with him > though now Papaji is no longer in his human form. > The gist that I am > trying to share here is that through Papaji I got > the message: be as you > are. Don't move your mind. Everything is passing > into the past. Don't > chase after it. Simply keep quiet. > > This is the core of my practice. I read the threads > on this list out of > curiosity because I am deeply devoted to Ramana > though I cannot claim to > understand much of the Who Am I-type publications. > > This message has saved my life. While I still get > mildly anxious from > time to time, I now know clearly that an unchecked > mind is to blame for > much if not all of my suffering. Being in > stillness, in quietness, is > my elixir and I will keep drinking it until all > suffering is gone. > > Like Robert Adams, Papaji was a very colorful > character. The one time I > visited him, and introduced myself in the assembly, > I recall that every > word and gesture of his was a cue for the audience > to laugh. Even my > introduction was a matter of great laughter and fun. > I could not > believe that this man could point others to > self-realization. But over > time his message has been seeping in deeper and > deeper. > > I would also like to remind all of us on this list > that we are all > seekers and until we have reached the final > destination, let us not > judge the path of others. Let us be open to all > possibilities even as > we pursue that which appeals to us. Somehow God > reaches all of us, and > each of us have our own religion. I know not > Father, you please guide > me. > > To all the ones who show us the way out of > suffering, > To all of the ones who dedicate themselves to be out > of suffering, > I bow to All of you, to All of Us > > Thank you, Thank You! > > Ashish > > > Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes./signingbonus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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