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Questioner: How are we to do this [i.e. stop identifying with the body]?

Maharaj: You can watch the body, so you are not the body. You can watch the

breath, so you are not the vital breath. In the same way, you are not the

consciousness; but you have to become one with the consciousness. As you

stabilize in the consciousness, dispassion for the body and for the expressions

through the body occurs spontaneously. It is a natural renunciation, not a

deliberate one.

It does not mean that you should neglect your worldly duties; carry these out with full zest.

(from Consciousness and the Absolute; The Final Talks of Sri Nisargadatta

Maharaj © 1994, The Acorn Press)

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Hello Miles,

 

I AM also the body. The I AM is in a way very "intimate" with the body. To dive

into the I AM is also to discover the body and brain by allowing it to be, to

feel it, to accept them just the way they are.

Is it not so that you have to face the body and the brain with all their

activities in order to go beyond them? Is that the natural renunciation Sri

Nisargadatta was pointing at?

 

 

Love,

 

Ben.

 

 

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Thursday, July 24, 2003 1:24 PM

[RamanaMaharshi] A snippet from Nisargadatta...

Questioner: How are we to do this [i.e. stop identifying with the body]?Maharaj:

You can watch the body, so you are not the body. You can watch the breath, so

you are not the vital breath. In the same way, you are not the consciousness;

but you have to become one with the consciousness. As you stabilize in the

consciousness, dispassion for the body and for the expressions through the body

occurs spontaneously. It is a natural renunciation, not a deliberate one.It does

not mean that you should neglect your worldly duties; carry these out with full

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Dear Miles, Ben and ALL,

 

Yes, the SELF is ALL including the body. While the

body and the worlds and the universe exist, they are

part and parcel of the SELF. The root of the problem

is that persons think that they are the body and only

the body. And in so thinking they limit themselves to

that alone.

 

regards

 

michael

 

 

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> A snippet from Nisargadatta...Hello Miles,

>

> I AM also the body. The I AM is in a way very

> "intimate" with the body. To dive into the I AM is

> also to discover the body and brain by allowing it

> to be, to feel it, to accept them just the way they

> are.

> Is it not so that you have to face the body and the

> brain with all their activities in order to go

> beyond them? Is that the natural renunciation Sri

> Nisargadatta was pointing at?

>

>

> Love,

>

> Ben.

>

>

> -

> Miles Wright

> Ramana Maharshi

> Thursday, July 24, 2003 1:24 PM

> [RamanaMaharshi] A snippet from

> Nisargadatta...

>

>

>

>

> Questioner: How are we to do this [i.e. stop

> identifying with the body]?

>

> Maharaj: You can watch the body, so you are not

> the body. You can watch the breath, so you are not

> the vital breath. In the same way, you are not the

> consciousness; but you have to become one with the

> consciousness. As you stabilize in the

> consciousness, dispassion for the body and for the

> expressions through the body occurs spontaneously.

> It is a natural renunciation, not a deliberate one.

>

> It does not mean that you should neglect your

> worldly duties; carry these out with full zest.

>

> (from Consciousness and the Absolute; The Final

> Talks of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj © 1994, The Acorn

> Press)

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om namo bhagavate sri ramanaya

Hello Ben,

> I AM also the body. The I AM is in a way very "intimate" with the body. To

> dive into the I AM is also to discover the body and brain by allowing it to

> be, to feel it, to accept them just the way they are.

> Is it not so that you have to face the body and the brain with all their

> activities in order to go beyond them? Is that the natural renunciation Sri

> Nisargadatta was pointing at?

In 'I am that', Nisargadatta Maharaj says : 'No need of any acts of

renunciation. Just turn your mind away, that is all. Desire is merely the

fixation of the mind on an idea. Get it out of its grove by denying it

attention. Whatever may be the desire or fear, don't dwell upon it. Here and

there you may forget, it does not matter. Go back to your attempts till the

brushing away of every desire and fear, of every reaction, becomes automatic.'

(Chetana Publishers, India)

 

This is vicara on autopilot. The mind's natural predeliction is to remain at its

source. Hence when the thought process is arrested by faint, sleep, or extreme

joy, or fear etc. it immediately goes back to its source, the Heart, like the

river rushing to the ocean. One who constantly practices vicara is caught by

the sphurana at such times and knows that thought has entered the Heart,

however one who is still enamoured with the 'without', perpetuating the subject

and object, forgets and does not know. (cf. Ramana Gita, Chapter; 5). In both

cases thought has spontaneously entered the Heart. The sphurana, arising from

the Heart is eternal, constantly declaring itself as the root of the

'I'-thought. This perpetual flow of the light of awareness, 'I am That'.

Regarding sphurana note: ŒWhen the mind, having pure sattva as its

characteristic remains attending to the aham-sphurana, which is the sign of the

forthcoming direct experience of the Self, the downward facing heart becomes

upward facing, blossoms and remains in the form of that (the Self); (because of

this) the aforesaid attention to the source of the aham-spurana alone is the

path. When thus attended to, Self, the reality, alone will remain shining in

the centre of the Heart as ŒI am I¹. (Sri Bhagavan¹s letter to Ganapati Muni,

The Mountain Path, April 1982)

Kind Regards,

Miles

> Questioner: How are we to do this [i.e. stop identifying with the body]?

> Maharaj: You can watch the body, so you are not the body. You can watch the

> breath, so you are not the vital breath. In the same way, you are not the

> consciousness; but you have to become one with the consciousness. As you

> stabilize in the consciousness, dispassion for the body and for the

> expressions through the body occurs spontaneously. It is a natural

> renunciation, not a deliberate one.

>

> It does not mean that you should neglect your worldly duties; carry these out

> with full zest.

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Hello Miles,

 

Yes what I called pure I AM is also called (aham)-sphuruna. Even sphurana has to

go/transform. In a way I was trying to point out that the sphurana or I AM lives

in the body, it seems to be the body. It can be understood by feeling the body

as a whole, as part of the whole of manifest existence.

My point is, if I may point out, that by merely saying "I am not the body" one

creates a false sense of dispassion or liberation. You have to fully experience

and accept the body a living thing, an organic entity, to come to the pure I AM,

or aham sphuruna and stay there. Would you agree?

 

Regards,

 

Ben.

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Miles Wright

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Friday, July 25, 2003 12:04 PM

Re: [RamanaMaharshi] A snippet from Nisargadatta...

om namo bhagavate sri ramanayaHello Ben,

> I AM also the body. The I AM is in a way very "intimate" with the body. To >

dive into the I AM is also to discover the body and brain by allowing it to >

be, to feel it, to accept them just the way they are. > Is it not so that you

have to face the body and the brain with all their > activities in order to go

beyond them? Is that the natural renunciation Sri > Nisargadatta was pointing

at? In 'I am that', Nisargadatta Maharaj says : 'No need of any acts of

renunciation. Just turn your mind away, that is all. Desire is merely the

fixation of the mind on an idea. Get it out of its grove by denying it

attention. Whatever may be the desire or fear, don't dwell upon it. Here and

there you may forget, it does not matter. Go back to your attempts till the

brushing away of every desire and fear, of every reaction, becomes automatic.'

(Chetana Publishers, India)This is vicara on autopilot. The mind's natural

predeliction is to remain at its source. Hence when the thought process is

arrested by faint, sleep, or extreme joy, or fear etc. it immediately goes back

to its source, the Heart, like the river rushing to the ocean. One who

constantly practices vicara is caught by the sphurana at such times and knows

that thought has entered the Heart, however one who is still enamoured with the

'without', perpetuating the subject and object, forgets and does not know. (cf.

Ramana Gita, Chapter; 5). In both cases thought has spontaneously entered the

Heart. The sphurana, arising from the Heart is eternal, constantly declaring

itself as the root of the 'I'-thought. This perpetual flow of the light of

awareness, 'I am That'.Regarding sphurana note: ŒWhen the mind, having pure

sattva as its characteristic remains attending to the aham-sphurana, which is

the sign of the forthcoming direct experience of the Self, the downward facing

heart becomes upward facing, blossoms and remains in the form of that (the

Self); (because of this) the aforesaid attention to the source of the

aham-spurana alone is the path. When thus attended to, Self, the reality, alone

will remain shining in the centre of the Heart as ŒI am I¹. (Sri Bhagavan¹s

letter to Ganapati Muni, The Mountain Path, April 1982)Kind Regards,Miles

> Questioner: How are we to do this [i.e. stop identifying with the body]?>

Maharaj: You can watch the body, so you are not the body. You can watch the >

breath, so you are not the vital breath. In the same way, you are not the >

consciousness; but you have to become one with the consciousness. As you >

stabilize in the consciousness, dispassion for the body and for the >

expressions through the body occurs spontaneously. It is a natural >

renunciation, not a deliberate one.> > It does not mean that you should neglect

your worldly duties; carry these out > with full zest.

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Hello Ben,

> Yes what I called pure I AM is also called (aham)-sphuruna. Even sphurana has

> to go/transform. In a way I was trying to point out that the sphurana or I AM

> lives in the body, it seems to be the body. It can be understood by feeling

> the body as a whole, as part of the whole of manifest existence.

> My point is, if I may point out, that by merely saying "I am not the body" one

> creates a false sense of dispassion or liberation. You have to fully

> experience and accept the body a living thing, an organic entity, to come to

> the pure I AM, or aham sphuruna and stay there. Would you agree?

That which exists is 'aham'. When ahamkara (ego-sense; lit. 'I' maker) dies,

That-which-is, 'aham' (I am), exists as it has always existed. The body is

entirely dependent on the Self, the Self is never dependent on the body.

Sphurana is, indeed, the manifestation of this Self in the body. It is

identified with the Heart. From the Heart, Consciousness arises, and spreads

throughout the body. Then there is consciousness of the objective universe. All

this manifests from the Heart initially. If this process is reversed, as one

returns to the source, sphurana is felt. This is the beginning of the

revelation of Pure Consciousness. The Self, awareness absolute, underpins even

this. Indeed, an intellectual statement such as 'I am not the body', while

useful, operates at the same level as 'I am not a teapot'. Surely, the 'I' who

makes such declarations must be enquired into. To merely say 'I am not this' is

not enough...one must mean it ...but then there is no 'I am not this', there is

only 'aham', 'I am'.

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Miles

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Hello Miles,

 

Yes. I understand and agree. I think what I like to call I AM is this pulsating

"I-I" feeling. This is called sphurana, am I right? There is a lot of tension,

pulsation and even "primal sound" in that state. Beyond that is the Silence of

"I" or Self.

My point was and is -I hope I am not annoying you with all this- that the body

is the gateway to this sphurana. In a way the body is the temple where the

Heart is the inner sanctum. I have the strong intuition it is wrong to say "the

body and the world are mere illusions". You see, you would neglect all the

beauty and significance of "I" in it's manifest aspect. Why not embrace the

body? In fact I AM embraces and pervades "all that is". I AM is Love. And Love

does not exclude. The screen (I AM) would never neglect the pictures

(body/mind/world) projected on it by the light of "I".

I find it very hard to express this. My intention is to share and communicate

understanding, insight and to learn. Not to operate on an egoic/intellectual

level. Sri Ramana asked us to find out for ourselves. He didn't ask us to

parrot his words, recite them and blindly accept them as "Truth".

 

om namo bhagavate sri ramanaya,

 

Ben.

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RamanaMaharshi

Friday, July 25, 2003 3:15 PM

Re: [RamanaMaharshi] A snippet from Nisargadatta...

om namo bhagavate sri ramanayaHello Ben,

> Yes what I called pure I AM is also called (aham)-sphuruna. Even sphurana has

> to go/transform. In a way I was trying to point out that the sphurana or I AM

> lives in the body, it seems to be the body. It can be understood by feeling >

the body as a whole, as part of the whole of manifest existence.> My point is,

if I may point out, that by merely saying "I am not the body" one > creates a

false sense of dispassion or liberation. You have to fully > experience and

accept the body a living thing, an organic entity, to come to > the pure I AM,

or aham sphuruna and stay there. Would you agree?That which exists is 'aham'.

When ahamkara (ego-sense; lit. 'I' maker) dies, That-which-is, 'aham' (I am),

exists as it has always existed. The body is entirely dependent on the Self,

the Self is never dependent on the body. Sphurana is, indeed, the manifestation

of this Self in the body. It is identified with the Heart. From the Heart,

Consciousness arises, and spreads throughout the body. Then there is

consciousness of the objective universe. All this manifests from the Heart

initially. If this process is reversed, as one returns to the source, sphurana

is felt. This is the beginning of the revelation of Pure Consciousness. The

Self, awareness absolute, underpins even this. Indeed, an intellectual

statement such as 'I am not the body', while useful, operates at the same level

as 'I am not a teapot'. Surely, the 'I' who makes such declarations must be

enquired into. To merely say 'I am not this' is! not enough...one must mean it

....but then there is no 'I am not this', there is only 'aham', 'I

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om namo bhagavate sri ramanaya

Hello Ben,

> Yes. I understand and agree. I think what I like to call I AM is this

> pulsating "I-I" feeling. This is called sphurana, am I right?

Indeed. That seems to be the case. It is the palpable manifestation (sphurana).

> There is a lot of tension, pulsation and even "primal sound" in that state.

Beyond that is

> the Silence of "I" or Self.

Like the eternal sruti note, underlying all manifestation.

> My point was and is -I hope I am not annoying you with all this- that the body

> is the gateway to this sphurana. In a way the body is the temple where the

> Heart is the inner sanctum. I have the strong intuition it is wrong to say

> "the body and the world are mere illusions". You see, you would neglect all

> the beauty and significance of "I" in it's manifest aspect. Why not embrace

> the body? In fact I AM embraces and pervades "all that is". I AM is Love. And

> Love does not exclude. The screen (I AM) would never neglect the pictures

> (body/mind/world) projected on it by the light of "I".

Indeed. Illusion is nothing but limited perspective. The non-self is nothing other than the Self.

> I find it very hard to express this. My intention is to share and communicate

> understanding, insight and to learn. Not to operate on an egoic/intellectual

> level.

Thank you.

> Sri Ramana asked us to find out for ourselves. He didn't ask us to

> parrot his words, recite them and blindly accept them as "Truth".

Of course. Sri Ramana's words are the most valuable pointers... but merely

repeating them, without following them, is like attempting to travel from

Edinburgh to London by merely reading the map, over and over again. Although,

surely, such rehearsal is excellent preparation for the perfect journey, when,

at last, it is undertaken.

om namo bhagavate sri ramanaya,

Regards,

Miles

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Dear Miles,

 

Thank you for your reply. It is hard these days to discus these subjects in a

gentle, intelligent and friendly manner. I sense true loving kindness and a

sincere effort to understand and find out together. I am very happy and

thankful for that. I wish all spiritual aspirants could come together and share

understanding in such affectionate manner. Thank you.

 

om namo bhagavate sri ramanaya

 

Warmest regards,

 

Ben.

 

 

 

 

 

-

surya narayan

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ThankyMiles Wright <ramana.bhakta (AT) virgin (DOT) net> wrote: om namo bhagavate sri ramanayaHello Ben,

> Yes. I understand and agree. I think what I like to call I AM is this >

pulsating "I-I" feeling. This is called sphurana, am I right? Indeed. That

seems to be the case. It is the palpable manifestation (sphurana).

> There is a lot of tension, pulsation and even "primal sound" in that state.

Beyond that is > the Silence of "I" or Self.Like the eternal sruti note,

underlying all manifestation.

> My point was and is -I hope I am not annoying you with all this- that the body

> is the gateway to this sphurana. In a way the body is the temple where the >

Heart is the inner sanctum. I have the strong intuition it is wrong to say >

"the body and the world are mere illusions". You see, you would neglect all >

the beauty and significance of "I" in it's manifest aspect. Why not embrace >

the body? In fact I AM embraces and pervades "all that is". I AM is Love. And >

Love does not exclude. The screen (I AM) would never neglect the pictures >

(body/mind/world) projected on it by the light of "I".Indeed. Illusion is

nothing but limited perspective. The non-self is nothing other than the Self.

> I find it very hard to express this. My intention is to share and communicate

> understanding, insight and to learn. Not to operate on an egoic/intellectual

> level. Thank you.

> Sri Ramana asked us to find out for ourselves. He didn't ask us to > parrot

his words, recite them and blindly accept them as "Truth".Of course. Sri

Ramana's words are the most valuable pointers... but merely repeating them,

without following them, is like attempting to travel from Edinburgh to London

by merely reading the map, over and over again. Although, surely, such

rehearsal is excellent preparation for the perfect journey, when, at last, it

is undertaken.om namo bhagavate sri ramanaya,Regards,Miles Community email

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a truncated mail (Thanky) on my name got posted and I did not even know about

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Thank you dear Sri Ben for the dialogue on A snippet from Nisargadatta Maharaj.

 

Thank you dear Sri Miles for the elucidation.

 

Thank you dear Sri Ben and Sri Alan for the poems on atma vichara.

 

I enjoyed the dialogue and the poems thoroughly.

 

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Hi Ben,

 

This reminds me of J. Krishnamurti when he got his realization (what

he called "the process") one of the first remarks was "Oh this

wonderful body, oh this wonderful body").

 

The denial and neglectance of the body is a misunderstanding. Where

else could rise, when realized the Self, all that feelings of bliss

and love than from the body ? I can't imagine that consciousness

alone will be able to produce bliss - it is the body.

 

But when the burden of the ego is gone, the body is freed from all

those neurotic restrictions and will live in it's full capacity and

greatness and that is the bliss we experience.

 

Werner

 

 

RamanaMaharshi, "Ben Hassine" <ben.hassine@x>

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> Re: [RamanaMaharshi] A snippet from Nisargadatta...Hello Miles,

>

> Yes. I understand and agree. I think what I like to call I AM is

this pulsating "I-I" feeling. This is called sphurana, am I right?

There is a lot of tension, pulsation and even "primal sound" in that

state. Beyond that is the Silence of "I" or Self.

> My point was and is -I hope I am not annoying you with all this-

that the body is the gateway to this sphurana. In a way the body is

the temple where the Heart is the inner sanctum. I have the strong

intuition it is wrong to say "the body and the world are mere

illusions". You see, you would neglect all the beauty and

significance of "I" in it's manifest aspect. Why not embrace the

body? In fact I AM embraces and pervades "all that is". I AM is Love.

And Love does not exclude. The screen (I AM) would never neglect the

pictures (body/mind/world) projected on it by the light of "I".

> I find it very hard to express this. My intention is to share and

communicate understanding, insight and to learn. Not to operate on an

egoic/intellectual level. Sri Ramana asked us to find out for

ourselves. He didn't ask us to parrot his words, recite them and

blindly accept them as "Truth".

>

> om namo bhagavate sri ramanaya,

>

> Ben.

> -

> Miles Wright

> RamanaMaharshi

> Friday, July 25, 2003 3:15 PM

> Re: [RamanaMaharshi] A snippet from Nisargadatta...

>

>

> om namo bhagavate sri ramanaya

>

> Hello Ben,

>

>

> > Yes what I called pure I AM is also called (aham)-sphuruna.

Even sphurana has

> > to go/transform. In a way I was trying to point out that the

sphurana or I AM

> > lives in the body, it seems to be the body. It can be

understood by feeling

> > the body as a whole, as part of the whole of manifest

existence.

> > My point is, if I may point out, that by merely saying "I am

not the body" one

> > creates a false sense of dispassion or liberation. You have

to fully

> > experience and accept the body a living thing, an organic

entity, to come to

> > the pure I AM, or aham sphuruna and stay there. Would you

agree?

>

>

> That which exists is 'aham'. When ahamkara (ego-sense; lit. 'I'

maker) dies, That-which-is, 'aham' (I am), exists as it has always

existed. The body is entirely dependent on the Self, the Self is

never dependent on the body. Sphurana is, indeed, the manifestation

of this Self in the body. It is identified with the Heart. From the

Heart, Consciousness arises, and spreads throughout the body. Then

there is consciousness of the objective universe. All this manifests

from the Heart initially. If this process is reversed, as one returns

to the source, sphurana is felt. This is the beginning of the

revelation of Pure Consciousness. The Self, awareness absolute,

underpins even this. Indeed, an intellectual statement such as 'I am

not the body', while useful, operates at the same level as 'I am not

a teapot'. Surely, the 'I' who makes such declarations must be

enquired into. To merely say 'I am not this' is! not enough...one

must mean it ...but then there is no 'I am not this', there is

only 'aham', 'I am'.

>

> Regards,

> Miles

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> The denial and neglectance of the body is a

> misunderstanding. Where

> else could rise, when realized the Self, all that

> feelings of bliss

> and love than from the body ? I can't imagine that

> consciousness

> alone will be able to produce bliss - it is the

> body.

>

 

Dear Werner and ALL,

 

Well said Werner. The Bliss of Satchidananda is the

most amazing experience of life. This bliss is the

true realization. It is experienced within the body.

Sat is all that exists whether seen or unseen. Chit

is consciousness which cognizes all; but Ananda is

another thing altogether. Ananda/Bliss is cognized by

consciousness; but it is altogether a different aspect

of Satchidananda.

 

When you have experienced IT then you know who you are

for REAL. There is no doubt. All doubts and

misgivings and wonderings are erased forever. After

that experience no matter what happens, pleasure or

pain, loss or gain, etc., etc. you know your eternal

and undying nature that cannot be known in any other

way.

 

This bliss is experienced through the body. It

manifests in an organic way. It is a transcendental

experience that involves what we might loosely refer

to as the "sexual energy". But it is this energy

which is experienced in another way. In other

centers, i.e. the heart.

 

Dear friends, how do you suppose that Sri Ramana was

able to be immersed in this bliss for weeks while

staying in the "...lingam" cellar at the

Arunachaleshwar Temple". The bugs were eating him.

He was not eating or drinking except for what little

was being forced into him. And I tell you that he was

lost in the transcendental bliss of the divine that is

so powerful that upon experiencing it nothing is left

to be desired. But it wasn't any accident that our

dear Ramana was immeresed in this samadhi in the

"...lingam cellar". (Was it called the "phtala

lingam"?)

 

Why do you think that all over India the lingam/yoni

is used as the symbol of the divine? Because under

certain circumstances when the jiva is ripe s/he

experiences the unmanifest power that is the origin

and support of the manifest universe within their very

own body. This is the heart. This is the realization

of the SELF. This is the source of the "I" thought.

 

regards,

 

michael

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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