Guest guest Posted November 2, 2002 Report Share Posted November 2, 2002 Although much is written about Enlightenment and mystical experiences and so forth, Self-Realization is actually a simple thing. As T.S. Eliot has said, and I paraphrase, we come back to where we started and see it as if for the first time. It is actually even more basic....It is a place, when we recognize it, we see that we never even left it, nor can we leave it to go elsewhere. Such is the beauty of Sat-Chit-Ananda. It Knows It Self By It Self and Through It Self. Almost a quarter of a century ago, through the grace of Bhagavan Ramana, I realized the nature of the Self. I remember some of the thoughts which flashed in me intuitively after the great recognition.... " Of course, of course, it is only me, what else, what else, what else did I expect, what else could it have possibly been! " Paradoxically, the obvious had become obvious. On that day, I truly realized how ordinary I was in every way and it filled my heart with gladness and joy. And knowing my own Heart, and realizing that it was the One Heart, all the scriptures made sense, and all the teachings lost their hold. Over time, it seemed like my heart was some leaky faucet that could no longer be contained with love seeping out in drips.... little drops, little drops, big drops...... If we see clearly with the mind, the nature of the mind, we see that the ordinary mind is the Buddha Mind. So there is not much to do but to breathe in and breathe out in gratitude, love, and awareness and go about your daily life. Love to all Harsha ===== /join Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2002 Report Share Posted November 3, 2002 Lest' see. What are you saying here? Nisargadatta, Harsha <harshaimtm> wrote: > Although much is written about Enlightenment and > mystical experiences and so forth, Self-Realization is > actually a simple thing. Promising start, maybe you are going to say something useful. > > As T.S. Eliot has said, and I paraphrase, we come back > to where we started and see it as if for the first > time. It is actually even more basic....It is a place, > when we recognize it, we see that we never even left > it, nor can we leave it to go elsewhere. Such is the > beauty of Sat-Chit-Ananda. It Knows It Self By It Self > and Through It Self. Oh well, maybe not. You only told us that you have read T.S. Eliot. You tell us, as hundreds other had said before, that we where born enlightened and had just forgotten, so this vision of enlightenment is not constant, right? > > Almost a quarter of a century ago, through the grace > of Bhagavan Ramana, I realized the nature of the Self. > I remember some of the thoughts which flashed in me > intuitively after the great recognition.... " Of course, > of course, it is only me, what else, what else, what > else did I expect, what else could it have possibly > been! " Paradoxically, the obvious had become obvious. Here you tell us you are realized and that it happened twenty-five years ago. So you have a lot of seniority in this enlightement business. Good self- promotion. Those thoughts: " it's only me " came to you because you were a disciple of Ramana, if you had been a Christian those thoughts would have never occurred to you. Thoughts, even after so call enlightement, are only thoughts and come from your conditioning. All I have read from you seem to come from your conditioning. Can you say anything you have not read somewhere? > > On that day, I truly realized how ordinary I was in > every way and it filled my heart with gladness and > joy. And knowing my own Heart, and realizing that it > was the One Heart, all the scriptures made sense, and > all the teachings lost their hold. Over time, it > seemed like my heart was some leaky faucet that could > no longer be contained with love seeping out in > drips.... little drops, little drops, big drops...... > > If we see clearly with the mind, the nature of the > mind, we see that the ordinary mind is the Buddha > Mind. > > So there is not much to do but to breathe in and > breathe out in gratitude, love, and awareness and go > about your daily life. What? Is this the sum of 25 years of wisdom? Breathe in gratitude to whom? Nothing personal, you underestand. I'm trying to help you. Pete > > Love to all > Harsha > > > > ===== > /join > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2002 Report Share Posted November 5, 2002 Why do you have to bring someone else's name to say something? and who is I and Me?????big ego and nothing else. --- Harsha <harshaimtm wrote: > Although much is written about Enlightenment and > mystical experiences and so forth, Self-Realization > is > actually a simple thing. > > As T.S. Eliot has said, and I paraphrase, we come > back > to where we started and see it as if for the first > time. It is actually even more basic....It is a > place, > when we recognize it, we see that we never even left > it, nor can we leave it to go elsewhere. Such is the > beauty of Sat-Chit-Ananda. It Knows It Self By It > Self > and Through It Self. > > Almost a quarter of a century ago, through the grace > of Bhagavan Ramana, I realized the nature of the > Self. > I remember some of the thoughts which flashed in me > intuitively after the great recognition.... " Of > course, > of course, it is only me, what else, what else, what > else did I expect, what else could it have possibly > been! " Paradoxically, the obvious had become > obvious. > > On that day, I truly realized how ordinary I was in > every way and it filled my heart with gladness and > joy. And knowing my own Heart, and realizing that it > was the One Heart, all the scriptures made sense, > and > all the teachings lost their hold. Over time, it > seemed like my heart was some leaky faucet that > could > no longer be contained with love seeping out in > drips.... little drops, little drops, big > drops...... > > If we see clearly with the mind, the nature of the > mind, we see that the ordinary mind is the Buddha > Mind. > > So there is not much to do but to breathe in and > breathe out in gratitude, love, and awareness and go > about your daily life. > > Love to all > Harsha > > > > ===== > /join > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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