August 2003
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MESSAGE FROM WAYNE
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Hello my loves..
I have been at home without travelling for 7 weeks now. This is by far the longest at home period of the year and it has been a pleasure to not have had to fold this big body into a tiny airplane seat. But now it is time to venture forth again and visit some of you in Northern California and Arizona. That is the sweet side to this teaching business....the wonderful people who have appeared in my life. I consider myself infinitely blessed to encounter so much Love...it seems to appear wherever I travel and when I am at home it just walks in through the front door and sits down. Amazing!
When Jaki and I were in Bombay visiting Ramesh in January we had a chance to preview the work of a very talented film maker named Mutribo, who was working on a series of films about Ramesh. These are now finished and are absolutely magnificent!
One is a set of seven DVD's, each containing an interview with Ramesh. Taken together they are the most comprehensive overview of Ramesh's Teaching currently available. The other is a two DVD set from Ramesh's 2002 Kovalam, India retreat/seminar. The editing and cinematography are superb on all the disks. More information about them can be found below. I can recommend them without reservation. Enjoy!
To those of you who joined us both live and via the web on Guru Purnima and to those who remembered us with gifts and good wishes..... Thank You.
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)
KOVALAM, INDIA SEMINAR 2003 W/ RAMESH
There will be another seminar with Ramesh in Kovalam this December. Bookings are now being taken. To download a booking form go to: http://ramesh-balsekar.com
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EVENTS WITH WAYNE LIQUORMAN
Ross, California.............August 8 -10 Contact Joanne Phone: 415-457-6686 Email: jfm1@comcast.net
Sedona, Arizona.................August 22 - 24 Contact: Karen Phone: 928-284-0777 Email: angelgirl@sedona.net
Amsterdam.................................Sept. 19 - 21 Contact: Ronald Valk Tel 020 646 2160 Email: ronald.valk@wanadoo.nl
Munich, Germany ...............Sept. 25
Open Talk at Psychologische Fachbuchhandlung
Haimhauserstr. 5 - 80802 Munchen Tel. 089/39 51 11
Fax 089/340 14 55
Dingolfing, Germany (Munich) Residential Retreat.........September 26 - 29 Contact: Parvaneh 49-08731-2739 email:seminare@gut-schermau.de
MAUI, HAWAII Retreat w/ Wayne...... Oct 11-Oct 18 Contact: Donna 310-376-9636
Bend, Oregon......................Oct. 31 - Nov. 2 Contact: Barbara Phone: 541-382-6244 Email: barbaloha@webtv.net
Talks in Wayne's Home
927B Sixth St., Hermosa Beach, CA (check website for times or call 310-376-9636) Note that these talks will be broadcast LIVE over the Internet. Live broadcasts can be accessed free from the advaita.org website.
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THE ADVAITA PRESS STORE
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NEW VIDEOS-------------
Kovalam Happening
Brilliantly produced and professionally crafted, this two DVD set captures the mood and substance of Ramesh's 2002 Kovalam, India Seminar. It features excerpts from Ramesh's Talks, interviews with participants and beautiful shots of the surrounding area. The content is at once thorough and engaging. Ramesh's Teaching is lovingly presented. There is much laughter and many tears. This is a film that must be seen whether you already love Ramesh or are just curious about the Teaching
Two DVD set (Select NTSC or PAL) $68.00
http://advaita.org/store/index.htm
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Let Life Flow
A series of unique interviews with Ramesh Balsekar in Bombay. These 7 interviews take the viewer on a journey through Ramesh's Teaching from the Big Bang, through all the stages of a human being's life to the final Understanding and its effects in daily living. A complete and concise overview of Ramesh's Teaching.
Seven DVD set (Select NTSC or PAL) $220.00
http://advaita.org/store/index.htm
NEW BOOKS--------------
Guru Pournima by Ramesh Balsekar
This contemporary Guru Pournima tribute is a collection of commentaries on the Guru-disciple relationship by Ramesh, along with numerous conversations, letters and poems, each a profound expression of gratitude shared between Guru and disciple in this most divine and mysterious of all relationships. Also included is a beautiful and loving forward by Wayne Liquorman.
Printed and bound in India.
Softcover, 167 pgs w/ photos $13
http://advaita.org/store/index.htm
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PEACE and HARMONY in DAILY LIVING by Ramesh S. Balsekar (edited by Susan Waterman)
This book is about facing life moment to moment while being anchored in tranquility. Ramesh points out that each one of us, at some time or the other, has a taste of the experience of peace and harmony. Here he shows how this state of constant repose can occur in the midst of our ordinary, hectic, daily living.
Nicely bound and printed in India.
Softcover, 290 pages $16
Click here http://advaita.org/store/index.htm or go to the www.advaita.org website, click on Advaita Press Store and then Latest Releases and you will find this book as well as a new video about Ramana Maharshi, another video about Nisargadatta Maharaj as well as a new Ramana pictorial book and a book of wonderful poems inspired by Hafiz (it is the book Wayne has been reading from in recent Talks)
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ADVAITA FELLOWSHIP MEMBERS
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Recently added to the Fellowship Video Archives are two new videos from Ramesh's Kovalam Retreat in 2002. New videos from the Retreat will be added in each of the upcoming months. These may be viewed for free by members.
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BECOME A MEMBER
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If you have not yet joined the Advaita Fellowship but would like to become a member... click on the link
http://216.86.195.102/members/register.asp
or visit the advaita.org website and click on BECOME A MEMBER
Members, via their TAX DEDUCTIBLE monthly donations, help to make the Fellowship financially viable and ensure the continued free presentations of the Teaching via the web site, webcasts, newsletters and free Talks in Wayne's home.
In thanks to the members for their support they receive unlimited access to the Fellowships online video archives. These archives contain hundreds of streaming videos of Ramesh and Wayne. New ones are being added constantly.
This month new videos have been added of Wayne's Talks from his home as well as videos by Ramesh in Kovalam.
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2003 MAUI RETREAT WITH WAYNE
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The retreat is filling up fast.
If you are hoping to attend this year, now is the time to confirm your spot.
The 7TH annual October retreat with Wayne in Maui, Hawaii will take place from October 11-18, 2003.
Last year's retreat was again extrordinary. So much joy and tears and deep deep connection.
Pictures can be viewed at: http://www.advaita.org/graphics/maui2002/page.html
Contact Donna in the Fellowship Office to make your reservation or get more information.
Call 310-376-9636 or email: fellowship@advaita.org .
Pictures from previous years retreats can be viewed at:
http://www.advaita.org/graphics/maui2000/maui2000.htm and
http://www.advaita.org/graphics/maui2001/maui2001.htm
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A LIVING GEM FROM RAMESH (previously unpublished)
The really important thing to realize - there is no need to try to remember it - is that the fact that there is no individual doer does not mean that there is no doing, that there is inaction, but that the operation of doing happens in the form not of inaction but non-action. The ego - as identification with a name and form - will remain as long as the body remains, but after Self-realization, continues to function merely as a witness of the non-doing instead of as a doer.
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POEM
I Need Some Answers
Anyone who has had a lot of practice with this place,
please come forward.....I have some questions:
How do you tell of your glorious secret without a slight
shiver in your smile?
What isn't sacred anymore?
Why do you write when ink and paper resemble God
Himself?
How do you get enough sleep, when the holy guests won't
leave your room?
Where do you go outside to keep strays and strangers from
chining your shoulder and leaping onto your ever-widening
lap?
What do you do if your mother wants to read your stuff?
Where do you turn when you want to whisper to the
Beloved?
How awful will it feel when all this radiant company dulls?
I need some answers......
or
more blessed time to figure this one out
Gary