RE: [NondualitySalon] Harsha/Brain and Consciousness

[Guest guest]

At 10:20 AM 4/26/00 -0400, Harsha (Dr. Harsh K. Luthar) wrote:

 

>So it would appear that the ultimate sacrifice is that of our perceptions

>and interpretation and our suffering and whatever else that constitutes our

>identity. This sacrifice of one's identity is not something external but is

>the attitude of surrender to the Lord who sits in one's own Heart. If

>spiritual practices have a purpose then it must be to allow the mind to

>mature and finally surrender to the Source of its own Reality. Ramana

>Maharshi has pointed out that God, Guru, Grace, Self all mean the same

>thing.

>

>I would recommend "Talks with Ramana Maharshi" for everyone. Also "Be As You

>Are" by David Godman is an important compilation of conversations with the

>Sage of Arunachala.

 

Love you, Harsha-ji! Let me chime in to say that other than the TALKS

book, David Godman's "Be As You Are" is the best-organized, most

informative and most interesting book on Ramana.

 

Love,

 

--Greg