"THE PLACE OF PRACTICE IN ADVAITA-VEDANTA"-to Greg-ji !

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Greg-ji comments

 

(Finding no person (past or present), and no divine

figure that I resonated with, I noticed I was

related most closely with the Mandukya Upanishad.

So I purchased an extra copy, and put the one I

had been studying on my altar. For several years

it occupied the same place on my altar (and in my

heart) that photographs or drawings of human and

divine ones occupy on other people's altars.

It didn't feel strange to me, though it was a bit

strange to talk about if I had visitors who were

devotees of Ramana Maharshi or Jesus! )

 

Do not worry! All through my teen years and uptil until marriage

(when i was 23) Elvis presley occupied a pride of place on my dresser

mirror .... This was replaced by a picture of my handsome husband in

army uniform - in fact, everywhere i turned there he was on the walls

of my bedroom, my dresser mirror and in the locket of the chain i

wore around my neck... as he was always away on military duty away

from the family, this is the way i kept him close to my heart.. then

a miracle happened !!! one by one the kids started arriving- first a

girl baby, then my only son followed by another daughter! husband's

pics were soon replaced by kids pics .... and now by grandkids

pics... but in the ALTAR OF MY GOPI HEART - it is lord Krishna who

ALWAYS REIGNED SUPREME! AADI PURUSHAM GOVINDAM AHAM BHAJAMI! ( I BOW

TO THE SUPREME PERSON , LORD KRISHNA)

 

and any day Bhagwan Ramana Maharishi would rather have you

worshipping Mandukya upanishads than a picture of him. Bhagwan never

believed in that sort of 'hero' worship ... in fact, he never even

liked being called a GU-RU - A TOTALLY EGO-LESS PERSON.

 

wHat 'upanishads' a person reads tells us a lot about that person!!!

so, greg-ji, i already can kind of figure out what floats your

boat!!! smiles.... why " mandukya" among THE TEN UPANISHADS?

 

MANDUKYA means 'FROG' ...

 

This means our Greg-ji DOES NOT LIKE GOING 'STEP BY STEP'

 

 

rather, he likes to 'leap' like a frog headlong into the path of

Jnana !

 

Greg-ji writes...

 

" This is where a wise human teacher perhaps could have served the

purpose. That person can possibly serve as the preceptor from whom

the teachings flow, as well as the focal point for the opening of

one's heart. But after looking for over a year, I had found

no such person. "

 

Greg-ji, do not give up hope! When the sisya is ready, the Guru

APPEARS!

 

"The truth of the Self cannot come through one who has not realized

that he is the Self. The intellect cannot reveal the Self, beyond its

duality of subject and object. They who see themselves in all and all

in them help others through spiritual osmosis to realize the Self

themselves. This awakening you have known comes not through logic and

scholarship, but from close association with a realized teacher.

(Katha Up. Part 1, 2:9, p. 85)

 

and believe me, one of these days .... You will meet him/her !

 

and then We will all be your 'sisyas' ! Smiles !

 

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