Fwd: Awareness watching awareness (AWA) as taught by Sri Ramana Maharshi

[Guest guest]

The following was posted at the atma vichara group:

 

atma_vichara, "uarelove" <uarelove> wrote:

 

The link posted by Ravi has the Awareness watching awareness (AWA)

instructions in my words.

 

However, many devotees of Sri Ramana Maharshi may prefer to have

the instructions in Sri Ramana's and Sri Muruganar's words.

Below are two links where the AWA instructions can be read

from Sri Ramana Maharshi's sayings, collected by Sri Muruganar.

 

There are two aspects to the Awareness watching awareness practice.

 

#1. Turning the attention away from the world, body and thought

(and towards awareness watching awareness).

 

#2. Awareness watching awareness (which can also be called awareness

of awarenesss. That is not two.

That is only one awareness being aware of itself.

 

108 of Ramana Maharshi's sayings which are instructions in the first

part of AWA, turning the attention away from the world can be read

by clicking this link:

 

http://uarelove1.tripod.com/world.htm

 

Sri Ramana Maharshi's instructions in the other aspects of AWA

Turning the attention away from the body and thought and towards

awareness watching awareness can be found in this collection

of more than 100 of Sri Ramana Maharshi's sayings:

 

http://uarelove1.tripod.com/TURNING_INWARD.htm

 

The above two collections of quotes come from the book

"The Garland of Guru's (Sri Ramana Maharshi's Sayings)

collected by Sri Muruganar.

 

Sri Muruganar was liberated shortly after meeting Sri Ramana.

You can read Sri Muruganar's description of his liberation

by clicking this link:

 

http://uarelove1.tripod.com/REALIZATION.htm

 

Sri Muruganar spent decades with Sri Ramana Maharshi and Sri

Muruganar collected Sri Ramana's Sayings. Sri Muruganar was a highly

skilled, trained, educated poet, and Sri Muruganar's ability to use

words to clearly communicate is extraordinary. Add to that the fact

that Sri Muruganar was a liberated sage for all those years he was

collecting Sri Ramana Maharhshi's sayings, and one finds the greatest

opportunity for the clear communication of Sri Ramana Maharshi's

teachings in the book "The Garland of Guru's Sayings".

 

Those two links at the top of this page have 153 sayings where

Sri Ramana Maharshi teaches the Awareness watching awareness method

specifically and directly.

 

The Awareness watching Awareness method (AWA) can be called:

Awareness of Awareness, Meditation on consciousness, Direct Abidance,

Immediate Abidance, Instant Abidance, Self-Abidance, Self-Awareness.

 

AWA was taught as the most direct means to end the ego illusion

by Sri Ramana Maharshi, Sri Muruganar, Sri Sadhu Om,

Sri Annamalai Swami, Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj and yours truly.

 

The purpose of "Self-inquiry" is Self-Abidance.

One can take a detour through thought

or one can go directly to Self-Abidance.

 

The discovery of the direct means to Self-abidance

taught by Sri Ramana Maharshi

in the quotes in the links at the top of this page,

is a reason for joy and celebration

among those very few humans

who are intent upon ending the ego illusion in this lifetime

(who are almost as rare as dogs with wings).

 

The means to direct Self-abidance has been almost completely

overlooked in the Ramana Maharshi tradition.

Michael James points out in his article (linked below)

that maybe only future generations will be able to fully appreciate

the role that Sri Ramana assigned to Sri Sadhu Om and Sri Muruganar

in reveling his teachings.

 

An article by Michael James about Sri Muruganar and Sri Sadhu Om:

 

http://uarelove1.tripod.com/wings.htm

 

I tend to think that time will not be enough.

Only the extremely intense desire for liberation makes one insist on

getting Sri Ramana's teachings from sources that are liberated,

and makes one insist on

discovering the most direct means to Self-abidance,

and makes one stick with the practice

until the ego illusion has ended.

 

Even those two collections of Sri Ramana Maharshi's sayings

linked at the top of this page may be too many words for many people.

Therefore, I will post some of Sri Ramana Maharshi's Sayings from the

Garland of Guru's Sayings in my next post here to summarize.

 

Sri Ramana gave many warnings against reading, discussing, thinking

about spiritual teachings at this link:

 

http://uarelove1.tripod.com/READING_AND_DISCUSSING.htm

 

He even gave warnings about the size of the book one reads,

siting as an example that pure minds are attracted to small works

like Reality in Forty verses and that impure minds like to go on and

on reading when that time could be far better spent in practice.

 

However, for those prone to much reading,

other helpful quotes on the practice of AWA

and how to stop the ego's lies can be read at this link:

 

http://uarelove1.tripod.com/FIVE_SAGES.htm

 

Take care,

 

with Love,

 

Michael L.

 

--- End forwarded message ---

[Guest guest]

Michael,

I am amazed at the level of repetition of the single message in all

the URL's you have given.

Ego may be a myth. Will reading this message in thousand different

ways make any dent? Looks like the ego's suicide will only happen

when it is destined to.

sundar

 

RamanaMaharshi, "uarelove" <uarelove>

wrote:

> The following was posted at the atma vichara group:

>

> atma_vichara, "uarelove" <uarelove>

wrote:

>

> The link posted by Ravi has the Awareness watching awareness (AWA)

> instructions in my words.

>

> However, many devotees of Sri Ramana Maharshi may prefer to have

> the instructions in Sri Ramana's and Sri Muruganar's words.

> Below are two links where the AWA instructions can be read

> from Sri Ramana Maharshi's sayings, collected by Sri Muruganar.

>

> There are two aspects to the Awareness watching awareness practice.

>

> #1. Turning the attention away from the world, body and thought

> (and towards awareness watching awareness).

>

> #2. Awareness watching awareness (which can also be called

awareness

> of awarenesss. That is not two.

> That is only one awareness being aware of itself.

>

> 108 of Ramana Maharshi's sayings which are instructions in the

first

> part of AWA, turning the attention away from the world can be read

> by clicking this link:

>

> http://uarelove1.tripod.com/world.htm

>

> Sri Ramana Maharshi's instructions in the other aspects of AWA

> Turning the attention away from the body and thought and towards

> awareness watching awareness can be found in this collection

> of more than 100 of Sri Ramana Maharshi's sayings:

>

> http://uarelove1.tripod.com/TURNING_INWARD.htm

>

> The above two collections of quotes come from the book

> "The Garland of Guru's (Sri Ramana Maharshi's Sayings)

> collected by Sri Muruganar.

>

> Sri Muruganar was liberated shortly after meeting Sri Ramana.

> You can read Sri Muruganar's description of his liberation

> by clicking this link:

>

> http://uarelove1.tripod.com/REALIZATION.htm

>

> Sri Muruganar spent decades with Sri Ramana Maharshi and Sri

> Muruganar collected Sri Ramana's Sayings. Sri Muruganar was a

highly

> skilled, trained, educated poet, and Sri Muruganar's ability to

use

> words to clearly communicate is extraordinary. Add to that the

fact

> that Sri Muruganar was a liberated sage for all those years he was

> collecting Sri Ramana Maharhshi's sayings, and one finds the

greatest

> opportunity for the clear communication of Sri Ramana Maharshi's

> teachings in the book "The Garland of Guru's Sayings".

>

> Those two links at the top of this page have 153 sayings where

> Sri Ramana Maharshi teaches the Awareness watching awareness

method

> specifically and directly.

>

> The Awareness watching Awareness method (AWA) can be called:

> Awareness of Awareness, Meditation on consciousness, Direct

Abidance,

> Immediate Abidance, Instant Abidance, Self-Abidance, Self-

Awareness.

>

> AWA was taught as the most direct means to end the ego illusion

> by Sri Ramana Maharshi, Sri Muruganar, Sri Sadhu Om,

> Sri Annamalai Swami, Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj and yours truly.

>

> The purpose of "Self-inquiry" is Self-Abidance.

> One can take a detour through thought

> or one can go directly to Self-Abidance.

>

> The discovery of the direct means to Self-abidance

> taught by Sri Ramana Maharshi

> in the quotes in the links at the top of this page,

> is a reason for joy and celebration

> among those very few humans

> who are intent upon ending the ego illusion in this lifetime

> (who are almost as rare as dogs with wings).

>

> The means to direct Self-abidance has been almost completely

> overlooked in the Ramana Maharshi tradition.

> Michael James points out in his article (linked below)

> that maybe only future generations will be able to fully

appreciate

> the role that Sri Ramana assigned to Sri Sadhu Om and Sri

Muruganar

> in reveling his teachings.

>

> An article by Michael James about Sri Muruganar and Sri Sadhu Om:

>

> http://uarelove1.tripod.com/wings.htm

>

> I tend to think that time will not be enough.

> Only the extremely intense desire for liberation makes one insist

on

> getting Sri Ramana's teachings from sources that are liberated,

> and makes one insist on

> discovering the most direct means to Self-abidance,

> and makes one stick with the practice

> until the ego illusion has ended.

>

> Even those two collections of Sri Ramana Maharshi's sayings

> linked at the top of this page may be too many words for many

people.

> Therefore, I will post some of Sri Ramana Maharshi's Sayings from

the

> Garland of Guru's Sayings in my next post here to summarize.

>

> Sri Ramana gave many warnings against reading, discussing,

thinking

> about spiritual teachings at this link:

>

> http://uarelove1.tripod.com/READING_AND_DISCUSSING.htm

>

> He even gave warnings about the size of the book one reads,

> siting as an example that pure minds are attracted to small works

> like Reality in Forty verses and that impure minds like to go on

and

> on reading when that time could be far better spent in practice.

>

> However, for those prone to much reading,

> other helpful quotes on the practice of AWA

> and how to stop the ego's lies can be read at this link:

>

> http://uarelove1.tripod.com/FIVE_SAGES.htm

>

> Take care,

>

> with Love,

>

> Michael L.

>

> --- End forwarded message ---

[Guest guest]

RamanaMaharshi, "sundar22ca" <sundar22ca>

wrote:

> Michael,

> I am amazed at the level of repetition of the single message in all

> the URL's you have given.

 

> Ego may be a myth.

 

Will reading this message in thousand different

> ways make any dent? Looks like the ego's suicide will only happen

> when it is destined to.

 

> sundar

 

Dear Sundar:

 

A couple of days ago I started writing a new page

and one of the themes is why almost nothing ever makes a dent

for most spiritual aspirants.

I don't know how long it will take to finish it,

or if I will ever finish it.

 

Almost nothing makes a dent because the ego does not let it in.

The ego does not let it in because of the ego's fear.

All "destiny" is created by the ego also.

 

The ego is a myth, but there is the ending of the delusion

and the ending of the delusion has certain symptoms.

The continuing of the delusion also has certain symptoms.

The intellectual conclusion that the ego is a myth does not end the

delusion. AWA ends the delusion, forever.

 

I wrote some on these subjects on the links in the Sixth Ring

on this page:

 

http://uarelove1.tripod.com/FIVE_SAGES.htm

 

All of these articles are on the subject of why nothing makes a dent

and how to put an end to the ego defenses that are preventing

anything from making a dent. The first five links are the most

directly relevant. The next four are about a symptom of the ego's

fear of ending, and the symptom could be called selecting an indirect

path or a path that is a distraction and a detour, nothing more.

 

http://uarelove1.tripod.com/FOUNDATION.htm

 

http://uarelove1.tripod.com/FOUNDATION_PAGE_TWO.htm

 

http://uarelove1.tripod.com/FOUNDATION_3.htm

 

http://uarelove1.tripod.com/CEASING.htm

 

http://uarelove1.tripod.com/SAHAJA.htm

 

http://uarelove1.tripod.com/DISCERNMENT.htm

 

http://uarelove1.tripod.com/DIRECT_AND_INDIRECT_PATHS.htm

 

http://uarelove1.tripod.com/SPIRITUAL_BUSINESS.htm

 

http://uarelove1.tripod.com/Woman_in_Buddhism.htm

 

Take care,

 

with Love,

 

Michael L.