You are the Truth It Self...

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I was looking for for stories from Sadhu Arunachanla and came upon this,

which had been posted in the NDHighlights...

 

 

HARSHA'S LETTER TO UARLOVE

 

'...you will see that You are the Truth It Self.

Then you will love and support "others" and

allow them to follow their truth in their way.'

 

 

You are love indeed. I admire your sincerity and passion

and the fact that you are a devotee of the great Sage of

Arunachala, Bhagwan Ramana Maharshi. Your emphasis that the

pure teachings come from the Original Source is very

beautiful. The Original Source is always the Self, the

Heart. The Guru Is the Self. Appearing as a body, S/He,

through Look, Thought Force, Touch, and Teachings

transforms so that You Realize that You are the Self and

that your consciousness is identical to that of the Guru.

To Realize Directly and without hindrance One's Own Nature

is the way.

 

Uarelove, you clearly have read a lot, met many teachers,

and have much spiritual experience and a well formed

outlook on Self-Realization. That is wonderful. I want to

tell you that Bhagwan Ramana was one of the most

compassionate sages who embodied non-violence. He was

humorous but rarely condescending. He was relaxed and easy

and natural and love shone through his eyes. He did not

impose any teaching on anyone. He gave different answers to

different people to suit their tastes and outlooks and

background, although his essential teaching of Self-Inquiry

is well known. The Highest Teaching, the Great Sage always

said, was in Silence. Ramana shines like the sun for me and

his light has such beauty and radiance and warmth that I am

never away from it as it is only my Own Self-Radiance.

 

I understand the desperation for Realization from personal

experience. I have known such times of weeping and sobbing

and asking for Self-Realization (or Knowledge or

God-Realization or call it you want) and questioning, Why

not me? Why not me? When others have done it, why not me?

Of course this feeling would pass. You have to come out of

your room at some point and face the world :-).

 

Then I gave up reading this and that teacher. What was the

point, I thought? Lost interest. One book, "Talks with

Ramana Maharshi" became my sole companion. Intuitively, I

knew the Truth of Ramana's words. I used to sleep with that

book next to my head. "You are already That - Give up the

notion that you are not!" Such words of Ramana Maharshi

were my constant companions. It is about giving up

everything uarelove. Giving up all the notions no matter

how sublime. No need to make a game of it and analyze ego

preservation strategies, etc. Just giving up everything

completely and totally in one stroke is the way. Whether it

is ego preservation or destruction or this and that, all

these are concepts hindering Clear Self-Knowledge. However,

the "Giving Up" can't be done. One can try to create a

climate for it, but it must happen spontaneously in order

for the Truth to become Self-Evident.

 

One day, almost 21 years ago, as was my habit, I had been

meditating for some hours and my back was very stiff and

tired and aching. And I was tired. I thought, let me just

lie down and rest a little. I lay down on my back and got

some relief from the pain and then just gave up everything.

Grace allowed for that. Just before it happened, Sri

Ramana's guidance flashed in my mind and through His Grace,

I allowed myself to be swallowed up by the Heart. As Rumi

would say, the hunter finally became the prey.

 

I Realized the Truth of the Self as an Immediate Truth and

Directly Understood the nature of Sat-Chit-Ananda. The

utter emptiness of awareness has such total beauty and yet

it cannot be fully described. When I came out of this and

opened my eyes, I thought, "Of course! It is Only Me! It Is

Me! It Is Me even Now! What else did I expect? I Realized

that the highest state and the most ordinary states are

permeated by the same Reality of Consciousness. The Same

sameness, the same taste of Silence is present everywhere

in all states. Where the Seer and the Seen Merge, That I

AM! I AM the Seer and the Seen. Where Perceiver and

Perceptions Merge, That I AM. I am the Perceiver and the

Perception as One Whole. I AM the Utter Simplicity,

Self-Evident to It Self.

 

So follow your truth uarelove, and you will see that You

are the Truth It Self. Then you will love and support

"others" and allow them to follow their truth in their way.

 

http://www.nonduality.com/hl406.htm

 

Love,

 

Joyce

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Dearest Lady Joyce:

 

Gratitude to you for posting this here

and gratitude to Harsha for writing

this originally.

 

Words so alive with Heart.

Unspeakably touched.

Utterly radiant.

True.

 

namaste all,

 

--josie--

 

 

, "Lady Joyce" <shaantih@c...>

wrote:

>

> I was looking for for stories from Sadhu Arunachanla and came upon

this,

> which had been posted in the NDHighlights...

>

>

> HARSHA'S LETTER TO UARLOVE

>

> '...you will see that You are the Truth It Self.

> Then you will love and support "others" and

> allow them to follow their truth in their way.'

>

>

> You are love indeed. I admire your sincerity and passion

> and the fact that you are a devotee of the great Sage of

> Arunachala, Bhagwan Ramana Maharshi. Your emphasis that the

> pure teachings come from the Original Source is very

> beautiful. The Original Source is always the Self, the

> Heart. The Guru Is the Self. Appearing as a body, S/He,

> through Look, Thought Force, Touch, and Teachings

> transforms so that You Realize that You are the Self and

> that your consciousness is identical to that of the Guru.

> To Realize Directly and without hindrance One's Own Nature

> is the way.

>

> Uarelove, you clearly have read a lot, met many teachers,

> and have much spiritual experience and a well formed

> outlook on Self-Realization. That is wonderful. I want to

> tell you that Bhagwan Ramana was one of the most

> compassionate sages who embodied non-violence. He was

> humorous but rarely condescending. He was relaxed and easy

> and natural and love shone through his eyes. He did not

> impose any teaching on anyone. He gave different answers to

> different people to suit their tastes and outlooks and

> background, although his essential teaching of Self-Inquiry

> is well known. The Highest Teaching, the Great Sage always

> said, was in Silence. Ramana shines like the sun for me and

> his light has such beauty and radiance and warmth that I am

> never away from it as it is only my Own Self-Radiance.

>

> I understand the desperation for Realization from personal

> experience. I have known such times of weeping and sobbing

> and asking for Self-Realization (or Knowledge or

> God-Realization or call it you want) and questioning, Why

> not me? Why not me? When others have done it, why not me?

> Of course this feeling would pass. You have to come out of

> your room at some point and face the world :-).

>

> Then I gave up reading this and that teacher. What was the

> point, I thought? Lost interest. One book, "Talks with

> Ramana Maharshi" became my sole companion. Intuitively, I

> knew the Truth of Ramana's words. I used to sleep with that

> book next to my head. "You are already That - Give up the

> notion that you are not!" Such words of Ramana Maharshi

> were my constant companions. It is about giving up

> everything uarelove. Giving up all the notions no matter

> how sublime. No need to make a game of it and analyze ego

> preservation strategies, etc. Just giving up everything

> completely and totally in one stroke is the way. Whether it

> is ego preservation or destruction or this and that, all

> these are concepts hindering Clear Self-Knowledge. However,

> the "Giving Up" can't be done. One can try to create a

> climate for it, but it must happen spontaneously in order

> for the Truth to become Self-Evident.

>

> One day, almost 21 years ago, as was my habit, I had been

> meditating for some hours and my back was very stiff and

> tired and aching. And I was tired. I thought, let me just

> lie down and rest a little. I lay down on my back and got

> some relief from the pain and then just gave up everything.

> Grace allowed for that. Just before it happened, Sri

> Ramana's guidance flashed in my mind and through His Grace,

> I allowed myself to be swallowed up by the Heart. As Rumi

> would say, the hunter finally became the prey.

>

> I Realized the Truth of the Self as an Immediate Truth and

> Directly Understood the nature of Sat-Chit-Ananda. The

> utter emptiness of awareness has such total beauty and yet

> it cannot be fully described. When I came out of this and

> opened my eyes, I thought, "Of course! It is Only Me! It Is

> Me! It Is Me even Now! What else did I expect? I Realized

> that the highest state and the most ordinary states are

> permeated by the same Reality of Consciousness. The Same

> sameness, the same taste of Silence is present everywhere

> in all states. Where the Seer and the Seen Merge, That I

> AM! I AM the Seer and the Seen. Where Perceiver and

> Perceptions Merge, That I AM. I am the Perceiver and the

> Perception as One Whole. I AM the Utter Simplicity,

> Self-Evident to It Self.

>

> So follow your truth uarelove, and you will see that You

> are the Truth It Self. Then you will love and support

> "others" and allow them to follow their truth in their way.

>

> http://www.nonduality.com/hl406.htm

>

> Love,

>

> Joyce

>

>

>