April 2006
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MESSAGE FROM WAYNE
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Hello my loves,
Jnana (the path of knowledge) and Bhakti (the path of love and gratitude) and Karma (the path of action) are not separate. They never have been. The distinctions are purely notional, not actual. The mind, the heart and the body are bound together as a seamless whole.
I can't tell you how many times I have heard the so-called Knowledge people
put down the Heart People for their "slavish devotion to the guru"
while the Heart People complain that the Knowledge people are "cold and
in their heads." Meanwhile the Action people (when they take a break
from being busy) look at the others, shake their heads and wonder why "those
people don't get off their butts and DO something!"
It is all just too ridiculous and all too human. People are born with different
natures and one of the qualities of having a nature is to feel that it is natural,
normal and right. Unfortunately, that often makes people with different natures,
unnatural, abnormal and wrong.
The way out of this critical quagmire is through first understanding one's own
relative nature, and ultimately Understanding one's True nature. As you begin
to see the genetic and environmental forces that continue to combine to shape
this body/mind organism that bears your name, you may glimpse the Essence which
is the source and the substance of everything.
This Advaita teaching insistently points to that Essence and is available to
everyone regardless of who they think they are.
With much love,
Wayne
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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WITH RAMESH BALSEKAR
Daily Talks in His Home: 9AM Sindhula, N. Gamadia Rd. #10, Bombay, India
(Helpful info for people planning to visit Ramesh can be found in the Ramesh
Balsekar section of the advaita.org website)
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EVENTS WITH WAYNE LIQUORMAN
New York City Talks..... April 21-23 Contact: Daniel djhnd@nyc.rr.com or Jim # 718-543-4189
Maui, Hawaii Residential Retreat....May 6-13, 2006 Waiting list only. Contact
Donna fellowship@advaita.org Phone: 310-376-9636
Russia Talks...June 9-19, 2006 Talks in Moscow and St. Petersburg Contact:
Konstantin & Natalia Email: ganga@df.ru Phone: 7-095-422-8901
Amsterdam Talks...June 23-25, 2006 Contact: Ronald ronald.valk@wanadoo.nl Tel:
31 (0) 20 646 2160
Boulder, Colorado Talks... August 11-13
Salt Spring Island, Canada....September 1-3
London....September 22-24
Southern France Residential Retreat... Sept. 29 - Oct. 1
Baltimore, Maryland.....October 27-29
Further details are available on the advaita.org website, http://advaita.org/aftalks.html
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927B Sixth St., Hermosa Beach, CA (Check website for times or call 310-376-9636
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Conceptualization / Realization - DVD
by Ramesh S. Balsekar
This is a new DVD of a Talk Ramesh made at the 1994 Kovalam India Retreat.
It was formerly available only on VHS tape. We feel it is one of the best sessions
from the retreat.
A sample piece of video from the retreat can be viewed at:
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Running time: 1 hour 10 minutes $24
To order click here http://advaita.org/store/index.htm and then Latest Releases
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NEW BOOK BY RAMESH!
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Let Life Flow by Ramesh S. Balsekar
It seems Ramesh just keeps getting better and better. This latest offering is clear and to the point. It is truly a wonderful little book, filled with concise insight and inspiration.
Softcover, 100 pages $12.00
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Maharaj as well as DVD's of both Wayne and Ramesh.
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A LIVING GEM FROM RAMESH (previously unpublished)
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Ramana Maharshi generally advocated the practice of self-attention or awareness
of the I-thought, which begins as a mental activity, but as it progresses naturally,
the thought "I" gives way to "subjectively experienced"
feeling of "I". And when this feeling ceases to identify with thoughts
and objects, there comes about an effortless awareness of being in which no
personal effort is concerned. The final effect happens - the transformation
is complete - when the "me" thought never arises again.
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POEM
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What It All Boils Down To
I knew, somehow,
someday,
it would all boil down to this:
unclothed, falling apart, waiting...
As if anyone is ever ready for
this chopping block in or
out of time
What made me think I could
bathe frequently in self control,
dress in fashionable lies
and walk around in polished shoes of involvement
when what I seek is so raw and stripped,
naked and nameless
That is the God I sense now –
A death that reveals why
tears rain in the echo of a laugh
Gary
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More poems and letters can be found by visiting SEEKERS CORNER on the advaita.org website
http://advaita.org/afseekerupdate.htm