Guest guest Posted November 29, 2008 Report Share Posted November 29, 2008 Nisargadatta , " cerosoul " <pedsie6 wrote: > > - In GuruRatings , " Eric Paroissien " > <ericparoissien@> wrote: > > > > > > GuruRatings , " hans " <hans_vandergugten@> > > wrote: > > > > ... > > > > > <http://images.google.com/images? & hl=en & safe=off & q=ramana+maharshi+sourc\ > > e:life & & sa=N & start=0 & ndsp=18> > > > > > " In 1949 a Life photographer and a journalist came to Ramanasramam > > > from the US to write an illustrated magazine story about Ramana > > > Maharshi. A few of the photos were published that year, along with the > > > article, but most were not. The organisation that owns the photos has > > > now posted all of them online.. " > > > > > > > > > hans > > > > Thank you Hans, theses are great photos, the composition in this black > > and white: > > P: Yes, great photo! The moment I saw it, > the phrase " ecce homo, " 'here is the man' > flashed in my mind. Generally, that phrase > is used to designate Christ undergoing the > pain of his demise. > > Here is the man, Ramana, stripped of hype. > The swollen knee sticking out like a bony > cross. No bliss, no power, just and old > man, his pain, and his mind. We hope, > the mind dwells in that total indifference > to consciousness and it's contents that > is liberation. Within that mind pain floats > softly away without stirring the dust > of rejection and suffering. The indifferent > mind is like a sky to which the unconscious night > and the conscious day are the same. Ecce homo. > No glory, no hype, just dust returning to dust. > Even that is just cause....as if a blossom, we open, bloom, fade, turn to rust, and then dust... Turn! Turn! Turn! To Everything There is a Season http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkcK3HUuXbw & feature=related Ecce homo... Quo vadis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 30, 2008 Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 Nisargadatta , " cerosoul " <pedsie6 wrote: > > - In GuruRatings , " Eric Paroissien " > <ericparoissien@> wrote: > > > > > > GuruRatings , " hans " <hans_vandergugten@> > > wrote: > > > > ... > > > > > <http://images.google.com/images? & hl=en & safe=off & q=ramana+maharshi+sourc\ > > e:life & & sa=N & start=0 & ndsp=18> > > > > > " In 1949 a Life photographer and a journalist came to Ramanasramam > > > from the US to write an illustrated magazine story about Ramana > > > Maharshi. A few of the photos were published that year, along with the > > > article, but most were not. The organisation that owns the photos has > > > now posted all of them online.. " > > > > > > > > > hans > > > > Thank you Hans, theses are great photos, the composition in this black > > and white: > > P: Yes, great photo! The moment I saw it, > the phrase " ecce homo, " 'here is the man' > flashed in my mind. Generally, that phrase > is used to designate Christ undergoing the > pain of his demise. > > Here is the man, Ramana, stripped of hype. > The swollen knee sticking out like a bony > cross. No bliss, no power, just and old > man, his pain, and his mind. We hope, > the mind dwells in that total indifference > to consciousness and it's contents that > is liberation. Within that mind pain floats > softly away without stirring the dust > of rejection and suffering. The indifferent > mind is like a sky to which the unconscious night > and the conscious day are the same. Ecce homo. > No glory, no hype, just dust returning to dust. > .................... There's a story about J. Krishnamurti that speaks reams about what it means to be free of this limiting, fear-based pattern of thinking. Every spring he used to give talks in a beautiful oak grove in Ojai, in southern California. He had been speaking there for over sixty years. On this particular occasion when I went to hear him, in the late nineteen-seventies, there must have been close to two thousand people in attendance, sitting on the grass, or in their folding chairs. It was always an extraordinary experience, hearing Krishnamurti in person. Aldous Huxley, who was a friend of Krishnamurti's, described it as: " Like listening to a discourse of the Buddha—such authority, such intrinsic power. " Part way through this particular talk, Krishnamurti suddenly paused, leaned forward, and said, almost conspiratorially, " Do you want to know what my secret is? " Almost as though we were one body we sat up, even more alert than we had been, if that was possible. I could see people all around me lean forward, their ears straining and their mouths slowly opening in hushed anticipation. Krishnamurti rarely ever talked about himself or his own process, and now he was about to give us his secret! He was in many ways a mountaintop teacher—somewhat distant, aloof, seemingly unapproachable, unless you were part of his inner circle. Yet that's why we came to Ojai every spring, to see if we could find out just what his secret was. We wanted to know how he managed to be so aware and enlightened, while we struggled with conflict and our numerous problems. There was a silence. Then he said in a soft, almost shy voice, " You see, I don't mind what happens. " ........................ Article found here: http://scottfree2b.wordpress.com/category/j-krishnamurti/ Werner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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