cont'd--One more time

[Guest guest]

Hur,

 

If you ever stood eyeball to eyball

for just one moment,

with an American guru,

the caliber of Maharaj,

whatever the " dog and pony show " ,

or absence of " dog and pony show " ,

you wouldn't even notice it.

 

For that moment,

there is no " you " aka " mind-sense "

to notice anything.

 

Time stands still.

 

" G " uru prevails.

 

 

El

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Nisargadatta, " hurg " <hurg> wrote:

> Thanks El for the pointer. What i really liked about Swami

> Paramatmananda's devotional account is that how Maharaj

gives him a

> fruit and takes a huge pair of cymbals and starts to sing a

> devotional song to his Guru. This is called tradition, not

something

> that we see very often in American satsangs. If it was an

American

> guru, how would he make up for the lack of tradition? He'd

probably

> give the Swami a fruit bar, listen to a meditation CD by the

musician

> Ananda Dass (referred to as Shirley by her old friends) and

meditate

> for 15 minutes (timed by a beeping stopwatch) and leave the

satsang

> just in time to watch his favorite tv show, the Osbournes on

MTV (not

> to be taken seriously, just humor.)

>

> Hur

>

> Nisargadatta, " elizabeth_wells2001 "

> <elizabeth_wells2001> wrote:

> > " He then got up and taking a

> > > huge pair of cymbals,

> > started to sing devotional songs in

> > praise of his Guru. " (SNM from below)

> >

> > Yes. Guru with a Capital G.

> > El

> >

> > --------------------

> >

> >

> >

> > Nisargadatta, " elizabeth_wells2001 "

> > <elizabeth_wells2001> wrote:

> > > Yes, Hur, Øne More Time!

> > >

> > > " Until you leave your body, may you have full

> > > > devotion and surrender to your Guru. " (SNM

> > > from below.)

> > >

> > > Guru with a capital G,

> > > is not a person, not a personality,

> > > not even a Teaching. El

> > >

> > > " I doubt any of you see me how I REALLY am! "

> > > (SNM from Consciousness and the Absolute.)

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > Nisargadatta, " hurg " <hurg> wrote:

> > > > " I felt fully satisfied and peaceful and thought that I could

> not

> > > > possibly receive anything more than Maharaj had told

me. I

> > > thought

> > > > of going back to Arunachala the next day. I mentioned it

and

> > > asked

> > > > him for his blessing.

> > > > 'If you feel like that, then you may go. Do you know what

my

> > > > blessing is for you? Until you leave your body, may you

have

> > > full

> > > > devotion and surrender to your Guru.' Maharaj looked at

me

> > > > compassionately. Moved at his kindness, I started to cry

but

> > > > controlled myself. Even then a few tears trickled down my

> > > cheeks.

> > > > He smiled and gave me a piece of fruit. He then got up

and

> > > taking a

> > > > huge pair of cymbals, started to sing devotional songs in

> > > praise of

> > > > his Guru. I bowed down to him and went to rest in my

room. "

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > " On the Road to Freedom:

> > > > A Pilgrimage in India, Volume 1 "

> > > > by Swami Paramatmananda Puri

> > > > Published by,

> > > > Mata Amritanandamayi Center

> > > > San Ramon, California

> > > >

> > > > http://nisargadatta.net/SwamiParamatmananda.html

> > > >

> > > > Note: Swami Paramatmananda met Ammachi a few

months

> > > after his

> > > > encounter with Maharaj.