Christmas Comes Early This Year

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Linda Callanan [shastra]

Monday, December 06, 1999 12:25 PM

RE: Christmas Comes Early This Year

 

"Linda Callanan" <shastra

 

 

Dear Harsha:

 

As I read the words of Sri Ramana posted by you.....I think so my Christmas

gift comes a bit early this year.....did you ever think that you would play

the role of Cyber-space Santa? . Also greatly appreciated the words of

Dilip Kumar Roy as his experience seems so close to my own. Thanks.

 

Namaste,

Linda

 

 

Thanks for your kind note as always Linda. Your experiences are a tribute to

your practice and your sharing is a gift of the Heart.

 

The words of Ramana Maharshi and stories about the Sage are imbued with

Divine Magic, at least for me. His words are Pure Grace. It is the dance of

simple clarity that leads to the Heart. I am reminded of the words of

Jnaneshwar that I posted a while back from Jerry's website.

 

 

(please note that I have rearranged the verses to suit my taste - my

apologies to the purists). --The book from which these excerpts are taken,

is entitled "Jnaneshvar:

The Life and Works of the Celebrated Thirteenth Century Indian

Mystic-Poet," by S. Abhyayananda.

Harsha

 

I offer obeisance to the God and Goddess,

The limitless primal parents of the universe.

He becomes as vast as the sky,

Including the entire universe within himself.

Within him

Even darkness and non-existence dwell.

 

The moon spreads her soft light,

Pervading the entire sky.

It is She Herself

Who enhances Her own form.

If night and day were to approach the Sun,

Both would disappear.

In the same way, their duality would vanish

If their essential Unity were seen.

It can be seen, therefore,

That he who perceives that there is nothing

Does not himself become nothing.

The Self has this same unique kind of existence,

Beyond both existence and non-existence.

 

The ultimate Reality

Is neither an object to Itself

Nor is It an object to anyone else.

Should it then be regarded as non-existent?

 

In a tank the water may be so clear

That it appears non-existent;

Though one who looks into the tank may not see it,

Still it is there.

 

Similarly,

The ultimate Reality exists in Itself,

And is beyond the conceptions

Of existence or non-existence.

--The book from which these excerpts are taken, is entitled "Jnaneshvar:

The Life and Works of the Celebrated Thirteenth Century Indian

Mystic-Poet," by S. Abhyayananda.