uarelove

[Guest guest]

Dearest friend uarelove,

 

You are love indeed. I admire your sincerity and passion and the fact that

you are a devotee of the great Sage of Arunachala, Bhagwan Ramana Maharshi.

Your emphasis that the pure teachings come from the Original Source is very

beautiful. The Original Source is always the Self, the Heart. The Guru Is

the Self. Appearing as a body, S/He, through Look, Thought Force, Touch, and

Teachings transforms so that You Realize that You are the Self and that your

consciousness is identical to that of the Guru. To Realize Directly and

without hindrance One's Own Nature is the way.

 

Uarelove, you clearly have read a lot, met many teachers, and have much

spiritual experience and a well formed outlook on Self-Realization. That is

wonderful. I want to tell you that Bhagwan Ramana was one of the most

compassionate sages who embodied non-violence. He was humorous but rarely

condescending. He was relaxed and easy and natural and love shone through

his eyes. He did not impose any teaching on anyone. He gave different

answers to different people to suit their tastes and outlooks and

background, although his essential teaching of Self-Inquiry is well known.

The Highest Teaching, the Great Sage always said, was in Silence. Ramana

shines like the sun for me and his light has such beauty and radiance and

warmth that I am never away from it as it is only my Own Self-Radiance.

 

I understand the desperation for Realization from personal experience. I

have known such times of weeping and sobbing and asking for Self-Realization

(or Knowledge or God-Realization or call it you want) and questioning, Why

not me? Why not me? When others have done it, why not me? Of course this

feeling would pass. You have to come out of your room at some point and face

the world :-).

 

Then I gave up reading this and that teacher. What was the point, I

thought? Lost interest. One book, "Talks with Ramana Maharshi" became my

sole companion. Intuitively, I knew the Truth of Ramana's words. I used to

sleep with that book next to my head. "You are already That - Give up the

notion that you are not!" Such words of Ramana Maharshi were my constant

companions. It is about giving up everything uarelove. Giving up all the

notions no matter how sublime. No need to make a game of it and analyze ego

preservation strategies, etc. Just giving up everything completely and

totally in one stroke is the way. Whether it is ego preservation or

destruction or this and that, all these are concepts hindering Clear

Self-Knowledge. However, the "Giving Up" can't be done. One can try to

create a climate for it, but it must happen spontaneously in order for the

Truth to become Self-Evident.

 

One day, almost 21 years ago, as was my habit, I had been meditating for

some hours and my back was very stiff and tired and aching. And I was tired.

I thought, let me just lie down and rest a little. I lay down on my back and

got some relief from the pain and then just gave up everything. Grace

allowed for that. Just before it happened, Sri Ramana's guidance flashed in

my mind and through His Grace, I allowed myself to be swallowed up by the

Heart. As Rumi would say, the hunter finally became the prey.

 

I Realized the Truth of the Self as an Immediate Truth and Directly

Understood the nature of Sat-Chit-Ananda. The utter emptiness of awareness

has such total beauty and yet it cannot be fully described. When I came out

of this and opened my eyes, I thought, "Of course! It is Only Me! It Is Me!

It Is Me even Now! What else did I expect? I Realized that the highest state

and the most ordinary states are permeated by the same Reality of

Consciousness. The Same sameness, the same taste of Silence is present

everywhere in all states. Where the Seer and the Seen Merge, That I AM! I AM

the Seer and the Seen. Where Perceiver and Perceptions Merge, That I AM. I

am the Perceiver and the Perception as One Whole. I AM the Utter Simplicity,

Self-Evident to It Self.

 

So follow your truth uarelove, and you will see that You are the Truth It

Self. Then you will love and support "others" and allow them to follow their

truth in their way.

 

Lots of love uarelove

Harsha

[Guest guest]

Dear Harsha,

lt seems l've been quite distracted by some pressing matters in

recent weeks --- which is why it's taken me so long to get around to thanking

you for this most beautiful post in which you commented on your own

realization and the influence of Ramana on your path. This is one l'll

continue to read for awhile.

 

love,

jerry

 

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You are love indeed. I admire your sincerity and passion and the fact that

you are a devotee of the great Sage of Arunachala, Bhagwan Ramana Maharshi.

Your emphasis that the pure teachings come from the Original Source is very

beautiful. The Original Source is always the Self, the Heart. The Guru Is

the Self. Appearing as a body, S/He, through Look, Thought Force, Touch, and

Teachings transforms so that You Realize that You are the Self and that your

consciousness is identical to that of the Guru. To Realize Directly and

without hindrance One's Own Nature is the way.

 

Uarelove, you clearly have read a lot, met many teachers, and have much

spiritual experience and a well formed outlook on Self-Realization. That is

wonderful. I want to tell you that Bhagwan Ramana was one of the most

compassionate sages who embodied non-violence. He was humorous but rarely

condescending. He was relaxed and easy and natural and love shone through

his eyes. He did not impose any teaching on anyone. He gave different

answers to different people to suit their tastes and outlooks and

background, although his essential teaching of Self-Inquiry is well known.

The Highest Teaching, the Great Sage always said, was in Silence. Ramana

shines like the sun for me and his light has such beauty and radiance and

warmth that I am never away from it as it is only my Own Self-Radiance.

 

I understand the desperation for Realization from personal experience. I

have known such times of weeping and sobbing and asking for Self-Realization

(or Knowledge or God-Realization or call it you want) and questioning, Why

not me? Why not me? When others have done it, why not me? Of course this

feeling would pass. You have to come out of your room at some point and face

the world :-).

 

Then I gave up reading this and that teacher. What was the point, I

thought? Lost interest. One book, "Talks with Ramana Maharshi" became my

sole companion. Intuitively, I knew the Truth of Ramana's words. I used to

sleep with that book next to my head. "You are already That - Give up the

notion that you are not!" Such words of Ramana Maharshi were my constant

companions. It is about giving up everything uarelove. Giving up all the

notions no matter how sublime. No need to make a game of it and analyze ego

preservation strategies, etc. Just giving up everything completely and

totally in one stroke is the way. Whether it is ego preservation or

destruction or this and that, all these are concepts hindering Clear

Self-Knowledge. However, the "Giving Up" can't be done. One can try to

create a climate for it, but it must happen spontaneously in order for the

Truth to become Self-Evident.

 

One day, almost 21 years ago, as was my habit, I had been meditating for

some hours and my back was very stiff and tired and aching. And I was tired.

I thought, let me just lie down and rest a little. I lay down on my back and

got some relief from the pain and then just gave up everything. Grace

allowed for that. Just before it happened, Sri Ramana's guidance flashed in

my mind and through His Grace, I allowed myself to be swallowed up by the

Heart. As Rumi would say, the hunter finally became the prey.

 

I Realized the Truth of the Self as an Immediate Truth and Directly

Understood the nature of Sat-Chit-Ananda. The utter emptiness of awareness

has such total beauty and yet it cannot be fully described. When I came out

of this and opened my eyes, I thought, "Of course! It is Only Me! It Is Me!

It Is Me even Now! What else did I expect? I Realized that the highest state

and the most ordinary states are permeated by the same Reality of

Consciousness. The Same sameness, the same taste of Silence is present

everywhere in all states. Where the Seer and the Seen Merge, That I AM! I AM

the Seer and the Seen. Where Perceiver and Perceptions Merge, That I AM. I

am the Perceiver and the Perception as One Whole. I AM the Utter Simplicity,

Self-Evident to It Self.

 

So follow your truth uarelove, and you will see that You are the Truth It

Self. Then you will love and support "others" and allow them to follow their

truth in their way.

 

Lots of love uarelove

Harsha

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