Guest guest Posted April 28, 2001 Report Share Posted April 28, 2001 The simple and obvious truth: This-Here-Now, all manifestation sensorially perceived, is not different from what I am in my unicity. And, of course, every sentient object can say this. Once this simple position is clearly understood, you may do what you like while going through the span of life that has been allotted to you. Indulge yourself, if you like, in devotion and reverence, sing Bhajans, but understand the false as false. Understand that there is nothing religious or reverential about the process of manifestation, which occurs spontaneously, in which you as individual entity are in no way concerned. Pg148 From Pointers to Maharaj Ramesh Balsekar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2001 Report Share Posted April 28, 2001 Nisargadatta, ameyhng@a... wrote: > The simple and obvious truth: This-Here-Now, all manifestation > sensorially perceived, is not different from what I am in my unicity. > And, of course, every sentient object can say this. > > Once this simple position is clearly understood, you may do what you > like while going through the span of life that has been allotted to > you. Indulge yourself, if you like, in devotion and reverence, sing > Bhajans, but understand the false as false. Understand that there is > nothing religious or reverential about the process of manifestation, > which occurs spontaneously, in which you as individual entity are in > no way concerned. Pg148 > > From Pointers to Maharaj > Ramesh Balsekar I would like to mention a couple of points here. 1) Maharaj lived a completely devotional life. He sang Bhajans and performed aartis and put kum-kum and vibhuti on the pictures of his Guru and lineage. He was not cavalier about it. Maybe it was a cultural preference, maybe it was his particular manifestation. I am sure he understood the unreality of all manifestation. 2) This quote is from Pointers which Ramesh Balsekar borrowed the words from another author Wei Wu Wei. I am not sure which book this passage comes from as I do not have all of Wei Wu Wei's writing at hand just now, but I recognize it. In the past I have confronted Balsekar about putting Wei Wu Wei's words (which I revere) in Maharaj's mouth. He did not deny this. Be very aware that Maharaj may not have said these things at all!!! If you have questions about what I am saying here feel free to e-mail me. Cathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2001 Report Share Posted April 29, 2001 I have read Remesh's " Pointers " and also noticed a large Wei Wu Wei influence. Not so much direct quotes, but much of Maharaj's words are restated with terminology from Wei Wu Wei's writings, i.e. unicity, noumenon/phenomena, etc. I read somewhere that Ramesh had read " Open Secret " over 100 times. An excellent book by the way. Ted Nisargadatta, cathywb@p... wrote: > Nisargadatta, ameyhng@a... wrote: > > The simple and obvious truth: This-Here-Now, all manifestation > > sensorially perceived, is not different from what I am in my unicity. > > And, of course, every sentient object can say this. > > > > Once this simple position is clearly understood, you may do what you > > like while going through the span of life that has been allotted to > > you. Indulge yourself, if you like, in devotion and reverence, sing a > > Bhajans, but understand the false as false. Understand that there is > > nothing religious or reverential about the process of manifestation, > > which occurs spontaneously, in which you as individual entity are in > > no way concerned. Pg148 > > > > From Pointers to Maharaj > > Ramesh Balsekar > I would like to mention a couple of points here. > 1) Maharaj lived a completely devotional life. He sang Bhajans and > performed aartis and put kum-kum and vibhuti on the pictures of his > Guru and lineage. He was not cavalier about it. Maybe it was a cultural > preference, maybe it was his particular manifestation. I am sure he > understood the unreality of all manifestation. > 2) This quote is from Pointers which Ramesh Balsekar borrowed the words > from another author Wei Wu Wei. I am not sure which book this passage > comes from as I do not have all of Wei Wu Wei's writing at hand just > now, but I recognize it. In the past I have confronted Balsekar about > putting Wei Wu Wei's words (which I revere) in Maharaj's mouth. He did > not deny this. Be very aware that Maharaj may not have said these > things at all!!! > If you have questions about what I am saying here feel free to e- mail > me. > Cathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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