satori versus Sri Ramana's Realizing the Self

[Guest guest]

this is from Alton's and Bil's correspondence edited from God realizationSa=

tsang club..

 

I hope that Alton doesn't mind me bringing

it here..I found it inspiring..

 

"My experience: satori is nothing. Don't measure by

it. I tasted much such "fruit". It was

only when I committed to "abiding in my heart" each moment of the day, retu=

rning

again and again to abiding in my heart,

that my life really changed.

 

I experienced a merging in my heart as

of two oceans coming together. As two hearts, ever-merging as one in fluid =

 

dance, were I and the Dearly Beloved.

And for me it is She, it is Grace, it

is Her Grace. Ramana speaks of His

Grace, for me it is Her Grace. It is

said that the Divine appears for each

one in a way that is perfect for that

one. For me this is *My* Beloved. She is

here in my heart for *me*, in a most personal and intimate way.

 

At that moment of merging in my heart

my life was changed. I knew I had no

choice. My path of jnana became Bhakti;

devotion not to something abstract,

but to what is Here in my Heart.

 

I believe now that it was my practice

of abiding in my heart that put me at Mercy's Door.

 

I believe it is, number one, being open

to one's vulnerability. I believe that

is absolutely the hardest for any of

us to do. When we are vulnerable we

are in our heart. It is also about

being open to feeling, feeling within

and feeling in others. It is learning

to notice when I speak to someone

whether I am speaking from my head --

my thoughts and ideas

-- or speaking from my heart. This is a

most vulnerable way to speak because

one can't "plan it all out". One must

be in the moment to speak from one's

heart.  

 

And it is also simply "being". To just

be, to be here in the now, is to be

in the heart.

 

It was there, at Mercy's Door, that

Grace found me, Her name is:

 

Essence of Love.

meditation helped that tremendously:

 > Also, having patience can be thought

of as progress and the  

And, having more and more love for all beings, yes then I made some progres=

s.

 

Plus I don't react like I used to do,

so yes that is progress I think.  

Seems to me that they are all heart

things.  

So many say it is about quieting the

mind. I beg to disagree.

I believe it is about opening the heart.

 

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