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Thankyou for the welcome!

 

A very dear Yogi friend of mine has introduced me to some of the sayings of

Ramana Maharshi. Very powerful, very potent. I am happy to be here!

 

Namaste

 

 

Larry

 

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Richard,

 

Thanks for sharing your insight.

 

Miles

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RamanaMaharshi , Miles Wright <nanyar@z...> wrote:

> Richard,

>

> Thanks for sharing your insight.

>

> Miles

 

I have been learning about Ramana Maharshi for the last tem years.

During the last year I have started an active practice. (Using

self-effort as the basis of the practice, rather than listening and

reading and feeling good)

 

The practice includes about one hour a day (20 minutes 3 times per

day) in seated meditation focused on self-inquiry. As this

meditation deepened, the inquiry extends to the rest of my

activities.

 

Here is another poem, describing a medditation experience while I was

driving back to my office from a meeting with a consuting client,

>From about a year ago.

 

Not two.

 

Not Buddha,

Not three pounds of flax.

 

Not this or that,

Not this and that!

 

No me, no you.

No seeker, no sage.

 

But one!

 

Just . . . one.

 

Not two.

 

Are the enlightened subject to cause and effect?

 

Mu . . .

Not two.

 

 

Richard Clarke

May 18, 1999

4:12 PM

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Hi Richard,

 

Yes!! Acquaintance with the Self is certainly gained through conscious

self-effort in Self-Enquiry. Once acquainted with the Self, Self fascination

spontaneously arises. Then Atma Vichara is constant. The default situation.

 

Miles

 

on 18/3/00 4:11 pm, Richard Clarke at r_clarke wrote:

> I have been learning about Ramana Maharshi for the last tem years.

> During the last year I have started an active practice. (Using

> self-effort as the basis of the practice, rather than listening and

> reading and feeling good)

>

> The practice includes about one hour a day (20 minutes 3 times per

> day) in seated meditation focused on self-inquiry. As this

> meditation deepened, the inquiry extends to the rest of my

> activities.

>

> Here is another poem, describing a medditation experience while I was

> driving back to my office from a meeting with a consuting client,

> From about a year ago.

>

> Not two.

>

> Not Buddha,

> Not three pounds of flax.

>

> Not this or that,

> Not this and that!

>

> No me, no you.

> No seeker, no sage.

>

> But one!

>

> Just . . . one.

>

> Not two.

>

> Are the enlightened subject to cause and effect?

>

> Mu . . .

> Not two.

 

> Richard Clarke

> May 18, 1999

> 4:12 PM

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Om Namo Bhagavate Sri Arunachalaramanaya

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Ardrew,

 

All that I can do is echo Sri Ramana.

 

You said you feel anger.

 

Who feels this anger?

 

To whom does this anger come?

 

You said that your hope was that you someday

find bliss. "I might eventually find bliss."

 

When sages and greats like Sri Ramana use words

like bliss it's not what you as a human might think

off as bliss.

 

This thing that Sri Ramana points to can not be

thought of or explained it is ineffable.

 

The words that are used are just pointers and

not the truth.

 

Thats why Sri Ramana tought so much with

silence. As an example.

 

You said: I might eventually find Bliss.

 

In The Eight Stanzas on Sri Arunachala by Sri

Ramana verse 3, the final line reads:"To dwell without

thought upon Thy (boundless) nature is to lose one's

(seperate) identity like a doll of sugar when it comes

in contact with the ocean; (of nectar) and when I come

to realize who I am, what else is this identity of

mine (but Thee), O Thou Who standest as the towering

Aruna Hill."

 

There is a story of the sugar doll who dived

into the ocean to see how deep it was but desolved and

became one with the ocean, there was no one left to

speak of the depth of the water.

 

This "I" that wants to find bliss must merge

with the sourse of the "I" and will not be there to

say I feel bliss.

 

It is not blissful or non-blissful.

 

More simpley

 

Who is angry?

 

To whom does this anger come?

 

Who wants to experience bliss?

 

 

Ever yours in Arunachalaramana,

Adam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

--- "Andrew R. Hoople" <hoopleandrew wrote:

> Hello there, My name is Andrew R. Hoople and I live

> in Centennial,

> Colorado (USA). I just joined your group a few days

> ago and I have

> been enjoying reading your posts. I have been

> practicing atma-

> vichara for many years now in the hopes that I might

> eventually find

> bliss. I have read that Ramana has said that

> atma-vichara should be

> practiced until the feeling of `I', `me', and `mine'

> disappears. It

> seems to me that I have succeeded at this; I no

> longer have any

> awareness of an `I' within me. And I recall

> distinctly having

> experienced this `I' in the past. The `I' is no

> longer there, but I

> do not experience bliss. Instead of bliss, I feel a

> persistent and

> intense anger which prevents me from experiencing

> any sustained

> happiness. Does anyone out there have any

> suggestions or similar

> experiences to relate?

>

> Yours Truly,

>

> Andrew R. Hoople

>

>

>

>

 

 

 

 

 

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Hallo, Vicki,

that I do not think. It is all right as it is, really.

In HIM

Gabriele

 

RamanaMaharshi, "Viorica Weissman" <viorica@z...> wrote:

>

> hello Gabriele ,

>

> welcome !

>

> do you really think that there is enough action

> in this group ?

> i don't ,

>

> vicki.

>

>

> > Dear devotees,

> > I want to say hello to everybody. I am new here and I enjoy your

> vivid group very much! But I think, I will play here a more passive

> role, because there is already enough action in this group.

> > I am also a member of Sri Arunachala Group, which is a more

silent

> group, and having started there to contribute stories on Bhagavan

> and His devotees, because I want to share this beautiful Ramana-

> stories with others. I have a large collection of them, because I

am

> working on a Ramana-biography in German language. So if you are

> interested in Ramana-stories, want to know more about His life and

> perhaps learn to see your own life in the light of His life, you

may

> join there as well.

> > In Sri Ramana

> > Gabriele

> >

[Guest guest]

Welcome Sphurna,

 

Yes, does that from time to time. I have noticed the same with mail from

other lists recently.

 

Thanks for your nice intro. I enjoyed learning all the meanings of sphurna.

 

Please don't worry about your quotes, if you read the group home page, it states

very clearly

that these are appropriate here. Sri Ramana welcomed all people, from a

diversity of

backgrounds. You have nice vibes too.

 

Love,

Gloria

 

-

sphurna

RamanaMaharshi

Sunday, June 09, 2002 2:00 PM

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dear group,

i posted mssg 3432 a while ago (28-5).. and it did not show up..

untill now.. excuses for this lapsus..

just wanted to say that i joined the group recently and i like the

vibes..

love,

sphurna

 

 

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Hello everyone,

 

I am responding to Harsha's email about posting my new website on

this .

 

Please check the following website for ramana satsangs held in North

Vancouver, B.C. Canada.

 

Also how different is this from Ramana Maharshi and Atma

Vichara group?

 

In Bhagavan,

Zoya.