Methods

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I to the methods given by Ramana and

Nisargadatta. However, because they discovered them and had

bestowed upon them the Grace which would allow them to

teach the methods to the world, and to teach them simply by

their presence, doesn't mean they hold an exclusive primary

knowledge of those methods, leaving others to hold a

secondary knowledge.

 

Very many can go back to childhood and recall a time when

they asked a question similar to 'Who am I?'. That too is a

Grace bestowed upon an individual. It may not lead to a

flowering on the order of Ramana, or a facility with words

on the order of Nisargadatta, but it can be valued,

contemplated, meditated upon, and one can in time determine

that it is a teaching or method on the order of what Sages

teach.

 

It doesn't automatically mean that a person who discovers

the inquiry independently is as spiritually developed, as

smart, wise, charismatic, intelligent, insightful, useful,

powerful, beautiful, graceful, impactful as a Sage.

 

It only means they independently discovered the key to the

Self. That independent discovery is going to be as powerful

than anything a Sage says or is, because it is a direct

teaching. It's direct knowledge. It is the Sage.

 

I have experienced that is was Rajneesh (Osho) and Adi Da

(Da Free John) who cleared the garbage away so that I could

seriously re-visit my childhood experiences in which

inquiry was discovered and mantras were given. Those men

were the garbage men. Ramana and Nisargadatta were already

at my heart. They were what I already was. Rajneesh and Adi

Da showed me that. In current days, as a more refined

'garbage' constantly imposes itself, I have found that the

people on the lists have replaced Rajneesh and Adi Da. Gene

Poole has made a great effort, publicly and privately, in

that regard.

 

grateful to everyone and everything,

 

Jerry

 

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