January 2006
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Reservations are now being taken for the May 2006 Maui Residential Retreat with Wayne. Space is limited. Advance reservations are essential.
(Details below)
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MESSAGE FROM WAYNE
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Hello my loves,
The process that's happening in this Advaita is one of inquiry and examination; whereby you gain insight by looking at your own experiences. In the course of life, experiences happen. The question is, what was your part in bringing those experiences into being?
If you look back over your life you will see that people you never knew existed suddenly entered your life and brought with them enormous life changes. They might have been lovers, teachers, enemies or gurus. How could you have brought them into your life, if you didn't even know that they were alive?
Perhaps by looking at your history you will see that events happened in your life that were part of a much larger happening than what you could possibly create with your own physical being. If you can look at your own experience and your own background, you may begin to see that your present state is a product of huge forces outside of your egoic control. This teaching simply directs your attention to look. Insight follows or it does not.
Clearly, if you were in charge - if any of us were in charge and capable of creating our own realities - we'd all be saints! We'd be loving and kind and generous all the time, because when we're loving and kind and generous, we feel better, everybody around us feels better, and this translates into a better life. The fact that despite our best intentions, and our most earnest observations and efforts, we're still filled with positive and negative qualities, seems to suggest a certain lack of control on the part of the organism.
If you look, and you are blessed to be able see the vast universal forces that were operative in creating who you are today, then guilt eases naturally, on its own. You don't have to make any efforts to reduce it; it simply dissipates in the seeing, as you understand that who you are and what you are is a function of the Universe. Both your finer qualities and those qualities that you and others might not like are part of this mixed bag that constitutes every human being.
May this vision grow within you in the coming year.
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
Paris Talks......January 13 & 14, 2006 Contact Philippe de Henning Email: phde_h@yahoo.fr
Colombo, Sri Lanka Talk....February 1, 2006 Contact Rory Email: bodge@sltnet.lk
Madrid Talks....February 3-5 Contact Conchita ccuriel@curiel-lifecoaching.com
Sedona Talks....... February 17-19, 2006 Contact: Karen Phone: 928-284-0777 Email: angelgirl@sedona.net
Toronto Talks...April 7-9 Contact: Paul Phone: (416) 587-5812 Email: panewton@sympatico.ca
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 Contact Donna fellowship@advaita.org Phone: 310-376-9636
See: http://advaita.org/aftalks.html
Russia Talks...June 9-19, 2006 Talks in Moscow and St. Petersburg
Contact: Konstantin & Natalia Email: ganga@df.ru Phone: 7-095-422-8901
Further details are available on the advaita.org website,
http://advaita.org/aftalks.html
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Talks in Wayne's Home
927B Sixth St., Hermosa Beach, CA (check 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.
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THE ADVAITA PRESS STORE
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NEW ON CD
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Two New CD's from Ramesh's Talks in Mumbai
Ramesh S. Balsekar in Mumbai / October 2005 Audio CD $15.00
Ramesh S. Balsekar in Mumbai / November 2005 Audio CD $15.00
These CD's are part of the ongoing series of recordings made from Ramesh's daily morning Talks in his flat in Mumbai. (Approx. running time: 1:00)
To order click here http://advaita.org/store/index.htm and then Latest Releases
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NEW BOOKS 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.
"It is only when the mind is still, tranquil, not seeking any solution, any answer, neither resisting nor avoiding, that it is capable of receiving what is true, that which is eternal, timeless, immeasurable. You cannot go to it, it comes to you; what liberates is the truth, not your effort to be free. Be still. Let life flow."
- Ramesh S. Balsekar
Softcover, 100 pages $12.00
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Seeking Enlightenment - WHY? by Ramesh S. Balsekar
This elegant little book examines a fundamental spiritual question. What do you expect to get out of Enlightenment? To address the many misconceptions seekers have about this matter, Ramesh draws from his own Teaching, as well as the works of Mark Twain, Buddha, Andrew Newberg and several others.
The book concludes with a very interesting interview Ramesh conducted of a long-time seeker after Enlightenment.
Softcover, 131 pages $10
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Nuggets of Wisdom by Ramesh S. Balsekar
This coat-pocket size volume picks up where Ramesh's previous book, The One In The Mirror, leaves off. It contains close to 200 brief "nuggets" written by Ramesh on a wide variety of topics: ego, enlightenment, seeking, mind, concepts, virtue, the nature of the sage, to name but a few.
Softcover, 186 pages $11
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 item as well as videos about Ramana Maharshi, books and a video about Nisargadatta 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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Daily Living Made Simple
1. In any given situation, do whatever you feel you should do. Whatever you actually do would be based entirely on two factors which God made - your genes and your conditioning. Therefore, whatever you do would be precisely what God expected you to do. There cannot be any sin for which you need to fear God.
2. Whatever happens after you have done what you felt like doing, would be according to God's Will/ Cosmic Law. Whatever happens and the consequences - for better or worse - will have to be accepted by you; you have no choices.
3. At any time, do not judge anyone as good or bad - neither yourself nor the other - because no one - neither the sage nor the psychopath, does anything; everything happens according to Gods Will/ Cosmic Law.
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POEM
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I see you everywhere I go
and I don't know what I'm looking at
sometimes I long for you
and don't know what that means
I have no answer
I have no question
thoughts and feelings arise
Once again
there is nothing to do
nothing to know
nothing left to say
Juanita