Provovative comment

[Guest guest]

Dear Harsha,

 

I think you are being extremely harsh(a) when you say "Such statements have

no inherent meaning at all". On the contrary, I remember clearly when, at

the advaita classes I used to attend, it was noted that it would be nice if

the school itself had an enlightened member to act as leader. This was after

the death of Sri Santanand Saraswati, when the school was in some doubt as

to its successor. The senior classes were asked (provocatively) the

following question: - "If enlightenment were offered to you this very

instant, would you take it?" The general concensus from most people might be

summed up as something along the lines of "Well yes, but there a few things

I would like to do first." It certainly made me think and I would have

expected that Tony Parson's statement might have had the same effect on some

of the list.

 

Incidentally, have you met Tony Parsons? What knowledge/experience enables

you make the judgement that he is a 'parrot of nonduality'?

 

Dennis

 

P.S. I'm not entirely sure whether these notes address your comments,

Sunder - I don't profess altogether to understand Burns. (How comes you do,

incidentally?)

 

 

 

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*** "We all have a deep longing and a deep fear of the discovery of what we

are, and the mind devises any way it can to avoid this discovery. The most

effective way it avoids awakening is to seek it." ***

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Hi Dennis. You may know that sentiments described above have become very

common among the "modern" teachers of nonduality. They are supposed to

reflect ultimate wisdom and understanding. Such statements have no inherent

meaning at all and perhaps they are most useful only for the one making

them. Give the parrots of nonduality their due, because there is a place for

them also in the scheme of things. People truly learn by teaching.

 

Harsha

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Namaste Dennis,

 

I don't pretend to know Burns! It is just that the poem

strikes a chord, but I can't identify the note! And it is an oft-

quoted stanza. Just thought you may have been exposed to its

explanation. Coincidentally, yesterday I was skimming through an old

issue of some magazine a friend had dropped off, and there was one on

Wordsworth and Vedanta! Prof. Hastie [circa 1880] was explaining a

poem and compared the sentiments to those one got in the presence of

Sri Ramakrishna. And guess who was a student in that class? Narendra

Datta [later Vivekananda]. It was this comment that sent Narendra to

seek out Ramakrishna!!

 

 

Regards,

 

s.

 

 

 

advaitin , "Dennis Waite" <dwaite@d...> wrote:

>

> P.S. I'm not entirely sure whether these notes address your

comments,

> Sunder - I don't profess altogether to understand Burns. (How comes

you do,

> incidentally?)

>

>

>

> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

> *** "We all have a deep longing and a deep fear of the discovery of

what we

> are, and the mind devises any way it can to avoid this discovery.

The most

> effective way it avoids awakening is to seek it." ***