New Member Introduction: Welcome to Sri Janak

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Namaste,

 

Let us welcome Sri Janak, a new member to the list. We

can look forward to his active participation in the

list discussions with his thoughtful insights.

 

warmest regards,

 

Advaitin List Moderators

 

--- "Janak G. Neill" <janakji wrote:

>

> Greetings all; I bow to the inexpressible.

>

> It has been requested that I say a little about

> myself. A story: Born in New Zealand into a

> fundamentalist sectarian christian environment, I

> intuited in it "something lacking," though I little

> knew what that was, and about 20 years ago went

> through the painful "heartectomy" of purposely

> departing, though it was the only "truth" I had been

> assured of and knew. Following a couple of decades

> of half-heartedly scratching at the veneer of the

> obvious, about 5 years ago I found myself, suddenly

> and in desperation, at the feet of my guru,

> Shantimayi, about whom I knew nothing - a meeting of

> both destiny and grace. I encountered words and

> concepts never before imagined in this life the

> purity of advaita which destroyed me, turned me into

> both an illusion and a jnani almost overnight. I had

> no intention of remaining. The mind quickly learned

> of its limitations! There in India, through a sudden

> agony of cathartic turmoil and despair, I quickly

> threw myself into Consciousness and dissolved into

> the Totality.

>

> It has been said that when one is ready, the guru is

> there. This is true. And I find myself now a teacher

> to those whose heart is opening.

>

> I know only a few of the actual sanskrit words that

> are commonly used, but their meanings are there

> before the words. I find in myself a growing and

> unique expression that is not dependent upon

> historical and scriptural concepts, but is in

> harmony with them.

>

> I look forward to following many of the discussions

> in this group. For those interested in more about

> me, my website is http://www.geocities.com/janakmhrj

>

> Om Shanti,

> Janak.

 

 

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