Guest guest Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 RamanaMaharshi [RamanaMaharshi] Friday, May 23, 2003 8:20 PM RamanaMaharshi [RamanaMaharshi] Digest Number 955 Post message: RamanaMaharshi Subscribe: RamanaMaharshi- Un: RamanaMaharshi List owner: RamanaMaharshi-owner Shortcut URL to this page: http://www./community/RamanaMaharshi ------ There are 7 messages in this issue. Topics in this digest: 1. GRACE "Alan Adams-Jacobs" <alanadamsjacobs 2. Forty Verses, V. 29 "Gabriele Ebert" <g.ebert 3. when the mind turns inward Forty Verses, V. 30 Alan Jacobs <alanadamsjacobs 4. When the mind turns inwards Forty Verses, V. 30 Alan Jacobs <alanadamsjacobs 5. Forty Verses, V. 30 Alan Jacobs <alanadamsjacobs 6. Re: Forty Verses, V. 28 Ram Sambamurthy <acsoft 7. acting in the world Alan Jacobs <alanadamsjacobs ______________________ ______________________ Message: 1 Thu, 22 May 2003 15:32:53 -0000 "Alan Adams-Jacobs" <alanadamsjacobs GRACE >From a book DIVINE GRACE THROUGH TOTAL SELF-SURRENDER btyD.C.Desai,Bhagavan read out for our benefit the following quotations for Paul Brunton : "DIVINE GRACE IS A MANIFESTATION OF THE COSMIC FREE WILL IN OPERATION. IT CAN ALTER THE COURSE OF EVENTS IN A MYSTERIOUS MANNER THROUGH ITS OWN UNKNOWN LAWS,WHICH ARE SUPERIOR TO ALL NATURAL LAWS,AND CAN MODIFY THE LATTER BY INTERACTION. IT IS THE MOST POWERFUL FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE. IT DESCENDS AND ACTS ONLY WHEN IT IS INVOKED BY TOTAL SELF-SURRENDER.IT ACTS FROM WITHIN,BECAUSE GOD RESIDES IN THE HEART OF ALL BEINGS.ITS WHISPER CAN BE HEARD ONLY IN A MIND PURIFIED BY SELF- SURRENDER AND PRAYER. ......IT IS A DESCENT OF GOD INTO THE SOUL' S ZONE OF AWARENESS . IT IS A VISITATION OF FORCE UNEXPECTED AND UNPREDICTABLE IT IS A VOICE SPOKEN OUT OF COSMIC SILENCE . IT IS 'COSMIC WILL WHICH CAN PERFORM AUTHENTIC MIRACLES UNDER ITS OWN LAWS '. [Gems from Bhagavan by A Devaraja Mudaliar Pages 28 & 29 ]. ______________________ ______________________ Message: 2 Thu, 22 May 2003 21:47:15 +0200 "Gabriele Ebert" <g.ebert Forty Verses, V. 29 To enquire, silently and deeply, as to the source of the mind, the 'I', alone is self-enquiry. Ideas like 'I am that' or 'I am not this' are but aids. ~~~~~~~~~~~ A.R. Natarajan ~~~~~~~~~~~ Seeking the source of the 'I' with a mind turned inwards and no uttering of the word 'I' is indeed the path of knowledge. Meditation on 'I am not this, I am that' is an aid to the enquiry, but not the enquiry itself. ~~~~~~~~~ S. S. Cohen ~~~~~~~~~ [This message contained attachments] ______________________ ______________________ Message: 3 Fri, 23 May 2003 04:56:43 +0100 (BST) Alan Jacobs <alanadamsjacobs when the mind turns inward Forty Verses, V. 30 It's Samaritans' Week. Help Samaritans help others. Call 08709 000032 to give or donate online now at http://www.samaritans.org/support/donations.shtm ______________________ ______________________ Message: 4 Fri, 23 May 2003 04:57:55 +0100 (BST) Alan Jacobs <alanadamsjacobs When the mind turns inwards Forty Verses, V. 30 It's Samaritans' Week. Help Samaritans help others. Call 08709 000032 to give or donate online now at http://www.samaritans.org/support/donations.shtm ______________________ ______________________ Message: 5 Fri, 23 May 2003 05:02:41 +0100 (BST) Alan Jacobs <alanadamsjacobs Forty Verses, V. 30 When the mind turns inwards seeking "who am I?" and merges in the Heart, then the "I" hangs down his head in shame and the "ONE I" appears as itself. though it appears as "I-I", it is not the ego . It is Reality, perfection, the substance of the Self . Swaminathan It's Samaritans' Week. Help Samaritans help others. Call 08709 000032 to give or donate online now at http://www.samaritans.org/support/donations.shtm ______________________ ______________________ Message: 6 Fri, 23 May 2003 18:58:38 +0800 Ram Sambamurthy <acsoft Re: Forty Verses, V. 28 Greetings to all: I just joined the group. We live in a hectic world which sucks up our attention. We lose composure and abidance in the Self. Moreover, the ego battles and fools us into diversions. Has anyone used any kind of personal method to keep oneself on track while engaging the world? Any tactics? Any mechanisms? Do you put anything in place that steers you correctly? I know that the answer would to ask oneself who is it that undergoes this problem and jump back on track into atma vichar. I've done that. I found myself losing interest in everything to the extent that one cannot engage effectively in this world. I found myself avoiding and rejecting things. Nevertheless, with worldly responsibilities one cannot afford that. I'm just curious to know how my fellow seekers approach this? Ram ========================================================= On Wed, 21 May 2003 23:23:58 +0200, Gabriele Ebert <g.ebert wrote: > Like the diver who dives to recover what has fallen into deep water, > controlling speach and breath and with a keen mind, one must dive into > himself and find whence the 'I' emerges. > > ~~~~~~~~~ > S.S. Cohen > ~~~~~~~~~ > > Discover the real source of the ego, by exploring within, with keen > intellect, by regulating breath, speech and mind As one would do to > recover a thing which has fallen into a deep well. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~ > A.R. Natarajan > ~~~~~~~~~~~ > ______________________ ______________________ Message: 7 Fri, 23 May 2003 14:00:41 +0100 (BST) Alan Jacobs <alanadamsjacobs acting in the world Dear Ram , my approach is to follow the path of Karma Yoga and let Alan act appropriately in each situation without identifying with his body -mind as much as possible. If one stays in awareness and watches the mind- body acting you will find it behaves appropriately without hindrance from mental considerations .If one gets lost then just return to the "I amness' the sensastion of'I am Being-Here-Now- awareness ', 'I am Consciousness ', 'being here now -witnessing '.If one identifies -return again to the Self of Consciousness being awareness ..Each time it will become easier to watch Consciousness playing at being Ram as an actor on the stage of life , without separation , and not being dragged by his thoughts and feelings ..Sometimes identification can be lessened by keeping your attention on the right side of the chest ,or some part of the body-this brings onecloser to the Self.The Enquiry track may become easier as time goes on .It is not necessary to lose interest if one remembers you are a Karma Yogi playing your predestined role as it was meant to be performed .Practice makes perfect.Anyway others may have better recipes and I hope you get plenty of feed back -it will help us all .Welcome to the Group , In His Grace , Alan > I just joined the group. > > We live in a hectic world which sucks up our attention. We lose composure > and abidance in the Self. Moreover, the ego battles and fools us into > diversions. > > Has anyone used any kind of personal method to keep oneself on track while > engaging the world? Any tactics? Any mechanisms? Do you put anything in > place that steers you correctly? > > I know that the answer would to ask oneself who is it that undergoes this > problem and jump back on track into atma vichar. I've done that. I found > myself losing interest in everything to the extent that one cannot engage > effectively in this world. I found myself avoiding and rejecting things. > Nevertheless, with worldly responsibilities one cannot afford that. > > I'm just curious to know how my fellow seekers approach this? > > Ram > > ========================================================= > > > On Wed, 21 May 2003 23:23:58 +0200, Gabriele Ebert <g.ebert wrote: > > > Like the diver who dives to recover what has fallen into deep water, > > controlling speach and breath and with a keen mind, one must dive into > > himself and find whence the 'I' emerges. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~ > > S.S. Cohen > > ~~~~~~~~~ > > > > Discover the real source of the ego, by exploring within, with keen > > intellect, by regulating breath, speech and mind As one would do to > > recover a thing which has fallen into a deep well. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~ > > A.R. Natarajan > > ~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > > > Post message: RamanaMaharshi > Subscribe: RamanaMaharshi- > Un: RamanaMaharshi > List owner: RamanaMaharshi-owner > > Shortcut URL to this page: > http://www./community/RamanaMaharshi > > Your use of is subject to > > It's Samaritans' Week. Help Samaritans help others. Call 08709 000032 to give or donate online now at http://www.samaritans.org/support/donations.shtm ______________________ ______________________ Your use of is subject to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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