Dave--Forwarded....story about Ramana...

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Hy Dave,

 

 

Someone asked me the other day,

what is " the peace that passeth understanding " like?

 

 

I said, how the hell would " I " know,

there is no " I " in " the peace that passeth understanding " .

 

 

 

So too with the ---Y O U--,

the ~~~~~~~UNKNOWABLE~~~~~~.

 

 

 

El

 

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Nisargadatta, " Dave Sirjue " <davesirjue@h...> wrote:

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> > " el_wells_2002 " <elizabethwells@m...>

> >Nisargadatta

> >Nisargadatta

> > Forwarded....story about Ramana...

> >Tue, 30 Jul 2002 22:14:59 -0000

>

> Hy El et al,

>

> Just barged into the forum..and my few cents.

>

> >...story about Ramana...

> >

> >apparently this man sought all his life for reality/truth,

> >all that, and took great pains to find Ramana.

> >

> >when he finally reached Arunachala after great effort

> >and was allowed to see the Bhagwan,

> >

> >all Ramana said to him was " go back from where you came " .

>

> Sounds abusive enough, but was he rather pointing this guy to

investigate

> the source of the " you " (or me-entity) ?

>

> From one standpoint the " me " never came into existence,

> it simply doesn't exist; yet from another perspective it appears

to have a

> relative existence and an origin. Confusing, contradictory.. well

ask the

> dude called Nagarjuna he was master in switching

standpoints at lightning

> speed, yet he was clear as daylight - free from all standpoints

while

> accepting all viewpoints.

>

> The return trip of the " you " and the origin of " me "

> are they the same or different ?

> In What does the " me " arise and cease ?

>

> some thoughts to ponder..and while we're on it - is there

> re-incarnation or not ? if so what reincarnates ?

>

> A guy who goes by the name 'Easy' on the advaita forum

> mentioned that Ramesh B. once told him that he must have

> been into this sort of thing in the past, why else would

> he have been to India at such an early age ?

> Was Ramesh joking ?

>

>

> ~dave

>

>

 

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