Guest guest Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 hello, I'm lookig for pages, or online version of David Godman's book. Sri Ramana is all things to all people. There is no standard Ramana Maharshi who is the same for all people. People who approached him brought their minds with them, and Bhagavan, being a non-person with no mind of his own, magnified and reflected back all this incoming mental energy. So, different people saw him and experienced him in many different ways. If I wanted to write about Sri Ramana myself, I would have to put my own editorial overlay on top of all these differing experiences and impressions. So, I thought, " Let people speak for themselves. Let people explain who their particular Ramana is. " ....... thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Realization , " ERa " <mi_nok wrote: > > hello, I'm lookig for pages, or online version of David Godman's book. > > > Sri Ramana is all things to all people. > > There is no standard Ramana Maharshi who is the same for all people. People who approached him brought their minds with them, and Bhagavan, being a non-person with no mind of his own, magnified and reflected back all this incoming mental energy. So, different people saw him and experienced him in many different ways. > > If I wanted to write about Sri Ramana myself, I would have to put my own editorial overlay on top of all these differing experiences and impressions. So, I thought, " Let people speak for themselves. Let people explain who their particular Ramana is. " > > ...... > thank you > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Realization , " ERa " <mi_nok wrote: >I was not fortunate enough to have a darshan of Bhagavan in person. However, I was drawn to Him on reading Paul Bronton's book " A search in secret India " . I follwed it up reading " Talks with Ramana Mahrshi' in which He says - " If a man thinks that his happiness is due to external causes and his possessions, it is reasonable to conclude that his happiness must increase with the increase of possessions and diminish in proportion to their diminution. Therefore if he is devoid of possessions, his happiness should be nil. What is the real experience of man? Does it conform to this? In deep sleep the man is devoid of possessions, including his own body. Instead of being unhappy he is quite happy. Every one desires to sleep soundly. The conclusion is that happiness is inherent in man and is not due to external causes. One must realise his Self in order to open the store of unalloyed happiness. " I am not competent to add any thing on my own. Yours in Bhagavan, V.Ramani > hello, I'm lookig for pages, or online version of David Godman's book. > > > Sri Ramana is all things to all people. > > There is no standard Ramana Maharshi who is the same for all people. People who approached him brought their minds with them, and Bhagavan, being a non-person with no mind of his own, magnified and reflected back all this incoming mental energy. So, different people saw him and experienced him in many different ways. > > If I wanted to write about Sri Ramana myself, I would have to put my own editorial overlay on top of all these differing experiences and impressions. So, I thought, " Let people speak for themselves. Let people explain who their particular Ramana is. " > > ...... > thank you > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 You can find excerpts from some of David's books on his website: http://www.davidgodman.org/ > > Realization > [Realization ] On Behalf Of ERa > Sunday, July 09, 2006 2:39 PM > Realization > " Be as you are " > > hello, I'm lookig for pages, or online version of David Godman's book. > -- Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.10/384 - Release 7/10/2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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