Guest guest Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 Era [mi_nok] Tuesday, October 19, 2004 11:06 PM Re:Eyes of the Maharshi/shakti experience > Nothing Existed Except the Eyes of the Maharshi | 1, 2, 3 > <http://www.realization.org/page/doc1/doc109a.htm> metta, Era ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ when i saw for the first time photo of beloved ramana, not knowing who/what it is, i was instantly captivated by his humor sparkling, wise and compassionate eyes.. only much later i enquired as to the sage's identity etc. but even now those wonderful eyes are present there, somewhere in the back of my mind - always... jai ramana! yosy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2004 Report Share Posted October 22, 2004 Wim Borsboom [wim_borsboom] Thursday, October 21, 2004 9:44 PM Re:Eyes of the Maharshi/shakti experience , "Era" <mi_nok> wrote: > ... I wonder; is there shaktipath > possible looking at a photo of a saint? Dear Era, when you look at a saint's eyes, a photograph's or real, it is you that is seeing yourself... I also mean: it is YOU yourself that is seeing... Let us not forget the deeper meaning of "It takes one to see one." The guru/saint is only there to remind you not to extrapolate your love and divinity outside of yourself and see it as separated from you. He or she is only there to help you to stop believing that you are short of it or falling short in it. Looking at a saint's picture helps you to erase the mentally engraved pictures of those at the moment they attempted to make you feel inadequate. The silence in a saint's eyes helps you also to silence your mind from the mentally engraved language of those who attempted to separate you so unfairly from your innate love and joyful contentment. Luckily the crime of disenfranchisement is never perfect. So indeed, the disenfranchisement of one's innate Shakti gets reversed... that IS shaktipat. Love, Wim ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ oh yes... the guru's name and form is but a thorn to remove a thorn of mistaken identifying of self with name and form - and then both are discarded... and the true guru's essence, being eternal and omnipresent, may use any vehicle to connect directly to the 'heart', beyond limits of time and space thank you, wim, for your wise words. yosy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2004 Report Share Posted October 22, 2004 Era [mi_nok] Friday, October 22, 2004 2:09 AM Re:Eyes of the Maharshi/shakti experience Borsboom" <wim_borsboom> wrote: Dear Wim, > > ... I wonder; is there shaktipath > > possible looking at a photo of a saint? > > Dear Era, when you look at a saint's eyes, a photograph's or real, it > is you that is seeing yourself... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ or ANY eyes for that matter... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ this is new for me; I am studying advaita... so it makes sense > I also mean: it is YOU yourself that is seeing... > Let us not forget the deeper meaning of "It takes one to see one." > The guru/saint is only there to remind you not to extrapolate your > love and divinity outside of yourself and see it as separated from > you. it was explained to me in a bhakti sense, but I like your meaning more ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ lol in truth there IS only one without a second (all including; not one as opposed to many...) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > He or she is only there to help you to stop believing that you > are short of it or falling short in it. > Looking at a saint's picture helps you to erase the mentally engraved > pictures of those at the moment they attempted to make you feel > inadequate. yes: the darshans had a 'cleaning' effect on me > The silence in a saint's eyes helps you also to silence your mind from > the mentally engraved language of those who attempted to separate you > so unfairly from your innate love and joyful contentment. > > Luckily the crime of disenfranchisement is never perfect. > I get hurt very easy ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ may you heal as easy too ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > So indeed, the disenfranchisement of one's innate Shakti gets > reversed... do you mean going downward? interestingly, my master always told me when I complained about the pressure of the force surging upward; that "it all has to down dear" > that IS shaktipat. > > Love, Wim thank you Wim, I visited your page and spent wonderful time there love, Era Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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