Guest guest Posted March 31, 2001 Report Share Posted March 31, 2001 A little about Mr. Hate. Mr. Hate (pronounced Hotay) was Maharaj's son- in-law. I don't remember what Maharaj's daughter died of but I do remember that Mr. Hate said when she lay dying, that her father visited her and she burst into laughter. Something like that. They had a daughter who was about 7 when I visited. Maharaj decided that Mr. Hate needed to remarry and so told one of his devotees that she would be a good match for Mr. Hate and that they should marry. When I visited they had been married one to two years and had a newish baby. They seemed perfectly suited to one another and were completely devoted to Maharaj. They lived in a suburb of Bombay called Vile Parle (pronounced Veal Parlay). Mr. Hate invited us to come to dinner, which we did. I was very impressed with how copacetic their relationship was, that they seemed deeply inlove and it was a beautiful family. And it was an arranged marriage by Maharaj. Maharaj was very wise in this because within a year or so of my visit Mr. Hate died of some instestinal or somekind of sudden illness. I always thought of how brilliant Maharaj was in finding a stepmother for his grand daughter and how perfectly they Hates were together. When we went for dinner at Mr. Hate's house we discussed plans for a new spiritual center for Maharaj, a new Adhtatma Kendra. It had been designed but of course never came to be. I never felt that Maharaj desired another place and his loft had a rich patina of Bombay smog on the green walls. However they did get to paint his room before Maharaj dropped the body. Anyway, at dinner was the son of the enlightened guru brother. This guy was pretty westernized and worked for the huge advertising company J. Walter Thompson. He said that if we wanted we could come over and visit his father. We accepted the offer. That night when I went home I agonized over " roaming about " as I had take Maharaj's question very literally. I wasn't going to visit any other spiritual teachers and here I was off going to see Bhai Nath Maharaj. So the very next morning we sped of to Bhai Nath's house to leave a message that we would not be visiting at noon as planned. But immmediatly we were shown in and Bhai Nath said, " The truth is very simple: You are not the body and the ego is unreal, that is the whole of it. " Then we left! We went right to satsang with Maharaj and I relayed the whole thing about not roaming about and seeing Bhai Nath. He laughed and laughed and said " Oh no, you are free to see anybody! " He thought it was hilarious. I made plans to see J. Krishamurti that very evening, with my translator friend, Mr. Mullarpattan. To be continued. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2001 Report Share Posted March 31, 2001 Cathy had mentioned to me once that she has several tapes of Nisargadatta talks as well. Hur In a message dated 3/31/01 9:00:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, coresite writes: > > Hi Cathy, List... > > Just a thought that arose... what if someone wanted to take these > posts and make a book out of them... It wouldn't be me, but the > thought came up, as the list is open... > > Cathy, would you want to? Make a short book out of these, eventually? > > Love, > > Omkara > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2001 Report Share Posted March 31, 2001 Hi Cathy, List... Just a thought that arose... what if someone wanted to take these posts and make a book out of them... It wouldn't be me, but the thought came up, as the list is open... Cathy, would you want to? Make a short book out of these, eventually? Love, Omkara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2001 Report Share Posted March 31, 2001 If Cathy ever wanted a free editor for spelling, grammar, and all that, I would be happy to volunteer. I don't know if she would need one (especially if this would be a commercial venture), but if one is ever wanted... please Email me. I'm pretty good at that kind of thing <toot toot> ;-). Tim Nisargadatta, Hur1@a... wrote: > Cathy had mentioned to me once that she has several tapes of > Nisargadatta talks as well. > > Hur > > In a message dated 3/31/01 9:00:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, > coresite@h... writes: > > > > > Hi Cathy, List... > > > > Just a thought that arose... what if someone wanted to take these > > posts and make a book out of them... It wouldn't be me, but the > > thought came up, as the list is open... > > > > Cathy, would you want to? Make a short book out of these, eventually? > > > > Love, > > > > Omkara > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2001 Report Share Posted March 31, 2001 I think that's a great idea. I'm really enjoying reading Cathy's posts. -mort Nisargadatta, " Omkara " <coresite@h...> wrote: > > If Cathy ever wanted a free editor for spelling, grammar, and all > that, I would be happy to volunteer. I don't know if she would need > one (especially if this would be a commercial venture), but if one is > ever wanted... please Email me. I'm pretty good at that kind of > thing <toot toot> ;-). > > Tim > > Nisargadatta, Hur1@a... wrote: > > > Cathy had mentioned to me once that she has several tapes of > > Nisargadatta talks as well. > > > > Hur > > > > In a message dated 3/31/01 9:00:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, > > coresite@h... writes: > > > > > > > > Hi Cathy, List... > > > > > > Just a thought that arose... what if someone wanted to take > these > > > posts and make a book out of them... It wouldn't be me, but the > > > thought came up, as the list is open... > > > > > > Cathy, would you want to? Make a short book out of these, > eventually? > > > > > > Love, > > > > > > Omkara > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2001 Report Share Posted March 31, 2001 Nisargadatta, " Omkara " <coresite@h...> wrote: > > Hi Cathy, List... > > Just a thought that arose... what if someone wanted to take these > posts and make a book out of them... It wouldn't be me, but the > thought came up, as the list is open... > > Cathy, would you want to? Make a short book out of these, eventually? > > Love, > > Omkara Dar Omkara, I had thought a little about making a book out of it. I guess posting stuff here is a little exposed and unprotected. I just felt that besides all the quoting and debation of and about Maharaj, that it would be good to share a little of the atmosphere around actually physically sitting with him. I might like to make a short book about my visit. I certainly have related these annectdotes to people in person and this would be a way to share them with many! Thank you for the idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2001 Report Share Posted March 31, 2001 Nisargadatta, " Omkara " <coresite@h...> wrote: > > If Cathy ever wanted a free editor for spelling, grammar, and all > that, I would be happy to volunteer. I don't know if she would need > one (especially if this would be a commercial venture), but if one is > ever wanted... please Email me. I'm pretty good at that kind of > thing <toot toot> ;-). > > Tim > > Nisargadatta, Hur1@a... wrote: > > > Cathy had mentioned to me once that she has several tapes of > > Nisargadatta talks as well. > > > > Hur > > > > In a message dated 3/31/01 9:00:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, > > coresite@h... writes: > > > > > > > > Hi Cathy, List... > > > > > > Just a thought that arose... what if someone wanted to take > these > > > posts and make a book out of them... It wouldn't be me, but the > > > thought came up, as the list is open... > > > > > > Cathy, would you want to? Make a short book out of these, > eventually? > > > > > > Love, > > > > > > Omkara > > > Omkara, I would be honored to have you help me, if and when we get to that point. As for the talks, I did not record them, they are by my friend John Wilson. I need to digitize them and then perhaps people could listen online. They are very noisy, you can really hear the banging of the bodyshop below Maharaj's room. I have not transcribed them but who knows??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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