Guest guest Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 Namaste, May the moderators please forgive this brief 'advertisement'. I have just started a new nonduality list called Pure Consciousness at PureConsciousness/ This is a spinoff of the Clear Void list that I started over the summer. That list was for discussing 'nondual' traditions in general, such as Advaita, Mahayana Buddhism, Taoism, etc. Originally, that list was moderated, but then I let it 'go wild'. This makes for a spontaneous and lively conversation on a day to day basis, but little remains of permanent value. And what does remain is drowned out in the flood of messages when one revisits the archives. So I have started a new read-only list, where only I can publish articles of a longer and more substantial nature. Therefore, it is more like a journal, with less quantity and more quality (hopefully). There are only 6 messages so far, but one of them is by a surprise guest (for those Chinmayans living in Washington D.C.)! That is why I am telling you about this now. Please do take a look at a very good article, perhaps the only good one so far. The rest of the articles so far are by me, not so much out of egoism but because of copyrights and so forth. I may publish some other material by the likes of Sadanandaji and Anandajji, but only with their permission. (I know that I already have blanket permission to publish their Advaitin messages, but still I will check.) This may entail collecting a thread of messages into a longer document and editing out the rough edges. This means work, so it may proceed slowly. Anyhow, nothing will be published by others unless I get your specific permission via private email. I'll contact you first if I am interested in publishing something. Hopefully, this will be a place some of you return to every few months or so for some serious reading. It will be slanted towards my view of things, namely that the various nondual paths are aiming for the same illuminated consciousness. But any good material is appreciated. Contributions are most welcome at orion777ben. Of course, they will have to pass my editorial scrutiny, just like a journal, so please bear this in mind. I would perhaps correct some of the English, but I would also want it to fit in with the spirit (if not the actual philosophy) of my list. You can get the flavor of this spirit by reading the first few articles. Since the archives are public, you can read the articles without joining. But joining allows privileges, such as having new articles sent to you by email. Enough said. Thank you for this digression. Hari Om! Benjamin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 --- Benjamin Root <orion777ben wrote: > > I have just started a new nonduality list called Pure Consciousness at > > PureConsciousness/ Congratulations Benjamin, you are jumping from clear void to pureConsciousness and avoiding in the process all impure consciousness! Just kidding. Keep up the good work. You have my banket permission to publish anything I write on advaita, since it is not my knowledge anyway. Hari OM! Sadananda ===== What you have is His gift to you and what you do with what you have is your gift to Him - Swami Chinmayananda. New Photos - easier uploading and sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 Benjamin, What happened to www.bemjaminroot.com? --Greg At 11:58 AM 12/16/2003 -0800, kuntimaddi sadananda wrote: >--- Benjamin Root <orion777ben wrote: > >> >> I have just started a new nonduality list called Pure Consciousness at >> >> PureConsciousness/ > > >Congratulations Benjamin, you are jumping from clear void to >pureConsciousness and avoiding in the process all impure consciousness! >Just kidding. Keep up the good work. You have my banket permission to >publish anything I write on advaita, since it is not my knowledge >anyway. > >Hari OM! >Sadananda > > > >===== >What you have is His gift to you and what you do with what you have is your gift to Him - Swami Chinmayananda. > > > >New Photos - easier uploading and sharing. > > >Discussion of Shankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy of nonseparablity of Atman and Brahman. >Advaitin List Archives available at: http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ >To Post a message send an email to : advaitin >Messages Archived at: advaitin/messages > > > > > Links > > > advaitin/ > > > advaitin > >Your > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 At 03:46 PM 12/16/2003 -0500, Gregory Goode wrote: >Benjamin, > >What happened to www.bemjaminroot.com? > >--Greg Oops, pardon the spelling, I meant www.benjaminroot.com. I have seen references to it, but there seems to be no DNS listing. It seems that a website would be a good place for your articles. More accessible than an email list. Pranams, --Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 Namaste Sadanandaji & Gregji Sadaji said: >Congratulations Benjamin, you are jumping from >clear void to pureConsciousness and avoiding in >the process all impure consciousness! >Just kidding. Keep up the good work. You have my >banket permission to publish anything I write on advaita, >since it is not my knowledge anyway. Thank you for these kind words, Sadaji. And for my part, I pledge to present some detailed questions/criticisms of your new series, Advaita Manjari. The care with which you have written it deserves that. (Of course, you response is purely voluntary.) This could be the beginning of a new textbook on Advaita. I don't think there are too many of them! Gregji said: >Oops, pardon the spelling, I meant www.benjaminroot.com. >I have seen references to it, but there seems to be no DNS >listing. It seems that a website would be a good place >for your articles. More accessible than an email list. Ah yes! Well, webmasters may want to know about this story, so they can be forewarned. (Sorry for the length of this answer!) I had my webpage on a GeocitiesPro account, where they gave me a 'free' domain name with the $8.95 monthly subscription. Then VeriSign (or was it Network Solutions?) 'tricked' me into paying them for it. (I wasn't thinking at the time.) This caused my domain name (www.benjaminroot.com) to be transferred to them, at which point I had to pay the yearly fee. The fee wasn't much, but I really don't like being tricked. was no help getting the domain name back. Finally, I figured out that the thing to do was to simply cancel my Geocities account and start a new one. That is what I have recently done. In the process, I had to lose my old domain name. Network Solutions keeps a hold on it, even after it expires, in order to try to force you to buy it back. (Businesses and well-known sites will often feel obliged to do this, since that is how customers and visitors remember them.) I really don't like these dirty tricks! Anyhow, I was beginning to feel that www.benjaminroot.com was kind of egoistic. So my new domain name is a Sanskrit word, but I won't give it out yet, since I am still building the site. Eventually, you will be able to get there from a link on the front page of Pure Consciousness at PureConsciousness/ The link is not there yet, but when it appears the site is ready (more or less). I intend to aim for a new online style. I will try to mention my name less, since it is the ideas and not the person that count. Also, some of the 'ecstatic' language I used on my first website may be changed. I was new at it and felt enthusiastic. That was OK. But upon reflection, I have decided that only the likes of Ramakrishna should be allowed to use ecstatic language. The rest of us should sound professional, even when discussing spiritual matters. Am I getting more mature, or am I getting old? :-) Hari Om! Benjamin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 Namaste Sri Benjamin: Thanks for sharing the information about the new list with articles of "pure consciousness". By naming the lists as 'clear void' and 'pure consciousness' you have explained why we like the adjectives 'saguna' and 'nirguna' even though 'Brahman' includes both! I do like the suggestion of Gregji that a website will certainly bring more visibility and utility for the articles. Sri Dennis has similar plan like you to compile important topics from the advaitin list archives and post them at his WEBSITE. This list and most importantly all seekers can greatly benefit if we make coordinated effort to develop websites with relevent materials and articles. It is quite possible that several others may like to join this noble cause. This is only a suggestion and what you are planning is quite a welcome addition. Warmest regards, Ram Chandran advaitin, Gregory Goode <goode@D...> wrote: > At 03:46 PM 12/16/2003 -0500, Gregory Goode wrote: > >Benjamin, > > > Oops, pardon the spelling, I meant www.benjaminroot.com. I have seen references to it, but there seems to be no DNS listing. It seems that a website would be a good place for your articles. More accessible than an email list. > > Pranams, > > --Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 Namaste Ramji, >I do like the suggestion of Gregji that a website >will certainly bring more visibility and utility >for the articles. Sri Dennis has similar plan like >you to compile important topics from the advaitin >list archives and post them at his WEBSITE. This list >and most importantly all seekers can greatly benefit >if we make coordinated effort to develop websites >with relevent materials and articles. It is quite >possible that several others may like to join this >noble cause. This is only a suggestion and what you >are planning is quite a welcome addition. I quite agree with your attitude that this Advaitic wisdom should be spread as far and wide as possible. That is why I am quite happy to post anything from the Advaitin List that has a general and permanent value. We should not even mention the word 'copyright'. After all, we are not trying to make money, are we? :-) Yes, Gregji's comment about the website is correct, now that I think about it. So I will start posting articles to my new website when it is ready. The idea behind the Pure Consciousness read-only mailing list is that it is very easy to post a message there, by simply emailing it. But it is not so difficult to upload an article to a website. Though please remember, I write all my own HTML! For some reason, I am reluctant to buy any webpage software, perhaps because I feel that it will reduce my flexibility. So it does take some time for me to prepare an article. (MS Word's ability to save as a webpage should help considerably.) More to the point, I want to be sure that any article I post has been well edited, with spelling mistakes corrected and grammar polished. Now that DOES take a lot of time. So I will be selecting the articles carefully, and nothing will happen quickly. A good example of something well worth posting would be Sadanandaji's new series on Advaita Manajari. But even that would have to pass my editorial scrutiny. Since this is a hobby, I would proceed in a relaxed manner ... perhaps very relaxed. But you and Greg are right. We should 'broadcast' our wisdom as far and wide as possible. And we should SHARE our articles. Any good and polished article should be posted on the website of anybody on the Advaitin List who is willing. That would presumably include Dennis, me, and perhaps the Nonduality Salon and Harsha's website, to the extent that they are willing... And I will still keep the Pure Consciousness reading list for a number of reasons. For one, it is in the directory, so people may bump into it that way. Also, I can put the latest URL for my website on the front page of the Pure Consciousness list, in case I have more trouble with web hosters and have to switch. The Pure Consciousness list will be there as long as are. Hari Om! Benjamin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 17, 2003 Report Share Posted December 17, 2003 At 07:31 PM 12/16/2003 -0500, Benjamin Root wrote: >Though please remember, I write all my own HTML! For some reason, I >am reluctant to buy any webpage software, perhaps because I feel that >it will reduce my flexibility. So it does take some time for me to >prepare an article. (MS Word's ability to save as a webpage should >help considerably.) Hello Benji, Saving from Word to HTML is one of the worst ways of creating web pages, as it makes the articles extremely difficult to edit later. One way you can create pages more easily is to create a template, with placeholders for the title, author, paragraph and section headings, etc. Then, after you have done the text-editing, you can copy/paste the corrected text into the placeholders in the template. If you wish, I can help you with that offline. I have done it countless times, and created my own (OT) website by writing HTML from scratch. --Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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