February 2008

Wayne will be Talking about the Living Teaching in Sedona, Arizona March 14-16. Details can be found below and on the advaita.org website.

Three places remain for the 2008 Hawaii Residential Retreat with Wayne which will be held April 5-12, 2008 on the Big Island of Hawaii, just steps from a beautiful, serene, white sand beach with superb snorkeling and sunshine 350 days a year. If you are interested in attending, please contact Rebecca in the Advaita Fellowship office. More details are viewable at: http://advaita.org/AFretreat.htm

MESSAGE FROM WAYNE

Hello my loves,

You have probably spent your whole life trying to control and modify the events you see are connected to your guilt and suffering. You try to be more patient, more honest, more loving, more chaste, more generous, more open, more tolerant, more productive or more effective. Despite your efforts it is likely that some, perhaps many of the events connected to your suffering and guilt continue to occur.

Now may be the moment for you to take a radically different approach. Rather than trying even harder to control your behavior, perhaps it is time to turn your attention to this OTHER aspect of your sense of guilt and suffering.

The Living Teaching invites you to stop here and take a fresh look at something. Look deeply into the assumption that you COULD have acted/reacted differently in the moment that you did what you did. Examine the claim by the ego that you were the author, the independent source of that event for which there is now a feeling of guilt.

Is it true?
Is it really true?
Could it have been different?
Were you the independent source of it?
Look deeply.
If you don't see, look again.

With much love,
Wayne

UPCOMING EVENTS WITH RAMESH BALSEKAR

Daily Talks in His Home: 9AM Sindhula, N. Gamadia Rd. #10, Mumbai, India (Helpful info for people planning to visit Ramesh can be found in the Ramesh Balsekar section of the advaita.org website)

EVENTS WITH WAYNE LIQUORMAN

Sedona, Arizona March 14, 15, & 16, 2008
Friday contact: Mark Pope Email: markpope@npgcable.com
Sat/Sun Contact: Karen Goldman (928) 300-2593

Hawaii Residential Retreat, April 5-12, 2008
Contact Rebecca Email: fellowship@advaita.org Phone 310-376-9636 More details can also be seen at http://advaita.org/AFretreat.htm

New York City, May 9-11,2008 This event has been cancelled because the organizer is moving. If you are interested in organizing the Talks with Wayne in NYC in the future, please contact Rebecca in the Fellowship Office fellowship@advaita.org

Toronto, Canada May 9-11, 2008 Contact: Paul Newton
Email: panewton@gmail.com Phone: (416) 587-5812

Montreal, Canada May 16-18, 2008 Contact: Louis Email: louislefebvre@bellnet.ca

Moscow, Russia June 13, 14 & 15, 2008 Contact: Elena Bokhorova
Phone: +7 905 768 5755 Email: alayia@yandex.ru

Kiev, Ukraine June 17 & 18, 2008 Contact: Natalie
Phone: 8-050-331-13-68 8-044-285-08-17
Email: cm@atlas-center.org zakaz@atlas-center.org

Moscow, Russia June 20, 21 & 22, 2008 Contact: Elena Bokhorova Phone: +7 905 768 5755 Email: alayia@yandex.ru

Barcelona, Spain June 27, 28 & 29, 2008 Contact: Carlos
Email: rojcar@yahoo.es

Marseilles, France July 4, 5 & 6, 2008 Contact: Phillipe
Email: phde_h@yahoo.fr

Further details are available on the advaita.org website, http://advaita.org/aftalks.html

Talks in Wayne's Home

927B Sixth St., Hermosa Beach, CA (Check advaita.org website for times or call 310-376-9636 for a recorded announcement.)

These talks are broadcast LIVE over the Internet. Live broadcasts can be accessed free from the advaita.org website thanks to the continuing support of the members. To become a member go to: http://71.254.156.46/members/register.asp

AUDIO/VIDEO EDITOR NEEDED

We are looking for a volunteer with computer skills in editing audio and video material. The Fellowship has a backlog of audio and video files of Ramesh and Wayne's Talks that require clean-up and formating. If you have the skills and interest, please contact Rebecca in the Fellowship office fellowship@advaita.org

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NEW BOOKS from RAMESH

Enlightened Living---Ramesh Balsekar

It stands to reason that if you want something desperately you would take great pains to find out what it did for those who have 'got' it. So if you desire Enlightenment, it would make abundant sense to at least check out what the 'Enlightened' ones have to say about the state of self-realization. That is what "Enlightened Living" does for you.

In this book, Ramesh Balsekar, arguably the most renowned exponent of the ancient philosophy of Advaita today and the author of 30 well-known books, presents you a clear perspective on the self-realized state, in his hallmark lucid style.

If you have believed the sage to be a glorified vegetable, passionless and neutered to all pleasure and all pain, if you have believed that he is in a never-ending state of cocooned bliss or if you have believed that there is some-'one' out there to enjoy that 'blissful' state, this book shows you just how mistaken you are.

To make its point, "Enlightened Living" presents an impressive array of Masters---from Adi Shankara to Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, from Ashtavakra to Ramana Maharshi, from Jnaneshwara to Nisargadatta Maharaj and Sengtsan---to share with you, in the simplest terms possible, the reality of the state of self-realization. Pointers are used, insights are bestowed and cobwebs vigorously dusted away till what you are left with is a deeply satisfying clarity---which may or may not be intellectual.

Paperback / Pages: 183 $15
https://advaita.3dcartstores.com/ENLIGHTENED-LIVING---by-Ramesh-S-Balsekar_p_11-240.html

A Buddha's Babble - Ramesh S. Balsekar

To remain continuously connected to the Source in one's daily living means doing whatever is necessary to be done in any situation as if one is the doer---and, therefore, to witness whatever is happening as something that is precisely supposed to happen according to the Cosmic Law, without regrets about the past, without any complaints in the present, without any expectation in the future, and, importantly, without condemning anyone for anything---neither himself nor the other.

Paperback / Pages: 197 $16
https://advaita.3dcartstores.com/A-BUDDHAS-BABBLE--by--Ramesh-S-Balsekar-_p_11-235.html

NEW DVD OF WAYNE

Living Acceptance - DVD **NEW**

This DVD is a very good example of the new approach in Wayne's Teaching that he calls the Living Teaching. It was recorded in Toronto, Canada in May of 2007 and is alternately intense, lively and insightful.

Running time approx. 90 minutes

To order click: https://advaita.3dcartstores.com/Wayne-Liquorman_c_19-1.html

NEW DVD OF RAMESH

What I Teach, The Way I Live -- DVD **NEW**

This is a new video interview of Ramesh produced in India by Zen Publications. In this conversation Ramesh dispels the most common misconceptions about a Sage and reveals his path to finding Peace of Mind.

Running time: Approximately 2 hours

To order click: https://advaita.3dcartstores.com/WHAT-I-TEACH-THE-WAY-I-LIVE-INTERVIEW-WITH-RAMESH--DVD_p_0-251.html

NEW DOWNLOADABLE MP3's ADDED!

Several new MP3's of Wayne's Talks have been added to the DOWNLOAD section of the Advaita Press Store. The newest is from Wayne's recent Talks in Chicago and is entitled, Being Alive.

Also, nearly all the currently available CD's of Ramesh and Wayne's Talks have been converted to downloadable MP3's. These can be purchased in the Store and then immediately downloaded for use in your iPod or other mp3 player. MP3 downloads are less expensive than the CD versions and there are no shipping charges.

These can be found at the advaita.org website's Advaita Online Store under DOWNLOAD MEDIA

https://advaita.3dcartstores.com/DOWNLOAD-MEDIA_c_32.html

YOUR TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION HELPS SUPPORT THE TEACHING

The Advaita Fellowship is an IRS recognized 501 c3 non-profit organization. Your contributions help to make these beautiful Teachings available to everyone --- plus they are tax deductible in many countries.

Donations can be made via the website https://advaita.3dcartstores.com/DONATIONS_c_24.html , by sending a check or contacting the Fellowship Office for bank transfer details Tel: 310-376-9636 or fellowship@advaita.org .

In the USA, one of the best ways to donate is by donating stock. You get the full appreciated value of the stock as a tax deduction without paying the capital gains on the increased value.

You may also support the Fellowship by becoming a Member of The Advaita Fellowship. For more information on becoming a member go to: http://obiwayne.hostcentric.com/amember/signup.php

We are most grateful for all who remember The Fellowship as part of their estate planning. Such bequests have helped us through some difficult financial times.

WORDS FROM THE HEART

"Let's keep our love
a secret." God whispered.

"How can I
when I wear the Truth
in my eyes?

Who could look at me
and not see You?

Who could look at You
and not see me?"

written by Hayra Prull