March 2003
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MESSAGE FROM WAYNE
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Everyone is talking about THE WAR because the news is talking about THE WAR. The Teaching of Advaita has no position on such matters other than to point to the fact that war exists. Acceptance of this fact leads to a peace that exists at the center of the storm. This peace may exist along with actions that represent opposition to whatever is going on. So it is quite possible to Accept and at the same time march in a peace demonstration or commit a violent act. The Acceptance this Teaching points to underlies action and non-action but advocates neither.
I really enjoyed our trip to Sedona last week. The group there was particularly sweet...interested, loving and alive. And we even got a bit of snow to dust the magnificent red rocks. Some photos from the trip can be found under EVENT PHOTOS on the advaita.org website. ENJOY!!
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. Details can be found under EVENTS CALENDAR on the advaita.org website.
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WITH WAYNE LIQUORMAN
Boulder, Colorado.....................April 4 - 6 Contact: Upasatti (303) 494-2881 Email: upasatti@earthlink.net
Ross, California (SF Bay Area/Marin) ....April 11-13 Contact: Joanne Phone: 415-457-6686 Email: jfm1@comcast.net
New York City.......................May 2 - 4 Contact: Donna 310-376-9636
Boston Area.........................May 8 - 11 Contact: Francois- 781-925-3893 email: sayjess@earthlink
Rome....................................May 30 - June 1 Contact: Kali 0039/349-323-79-14 Email: :kaliluca@hotmail.com
London.................................June 6 - 8 Contact: Jane or Alan 44-(0)207-328-6610 Email: alanadamsjacobs@yahoo.co.uk
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 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
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.
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THE ADVAITA FELLOWSHIP WISH LIST
As you may know, the Advaita Fellowship operates on a shoestring budget. Every month it is a challenge to meet the rent, pay the utilities and other bills. There is NOTHING left over. Below is a list of items that the Fellowship either needs or could very much use:
Primera Bravo DVD/CD recorder/printer for use in making Ramesh's and Wayne's Talks available on CD and DVD......$1900
8mm Digital Video Recorder -- Actually if we could just borrow one of these for a couple of weeks we could use it to convert some tapes for the website. To buy: $700- $1500 depending on quality.
Funds to publish Ramesh's next book in the US: Approx. $6,000
Funds to reprint Net of Jewels (currently out of print) $3,000
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THE ADVAITA PRESS STORE
NEW BOOK--------------
Advaita at Kovalam - 2002
This presentation volume was privately published in India by Heiner Siegelmann, (a long time devotee of Ramesh's and the organizer of the Kovalam, India Seminars) and a copy was given to each of the participants at the 2002 Seminar. The book contains previously unpublished extracts from various letters Ramesh wrote to disciples as well as extracts from notes Ramesh made preparatory to the 1989 and 1990 Kovalam Seminars.
Hardbound, 83 pages, 71/2 x 10 1/2 w/ photographs $16
Click here http://www.advaita.org/apstoreforwarding.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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CHECK OUT THIS WONDERFUL SHORT ANIMATION
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Fellowship Member Louis Lefebvre in Montreal crafted this wonderful short animation based on Wayne's "kleenex" example that describes the nature of the apparent separation within Consciousness.
Click http://216.86.195.102/consciousness56k.asx
or visit the advaita.org , then Sage Pointers, then Wayne Liquorman, then Seekers Corner to view the animation and read several new poems sent in recently.
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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
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2003 MAUI RETREAT DEPOSITS ARE NOW BEING TAKEN
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The 7TH annual October retreat with Wayne in Maui, Hawaii will take place from October 11-18, 2003.
This year's retreat was again extrordinary. So much laughter and tears and deep deep connection.
There are only 25 places and the retreat this year was fully booked so if you are hoping to attend next year, now is the time to confirm your spot for 2003.
Pictures can be viewed at: http://www.advaita.org/graphics/maui2002/page.htm
Contact Donna in the Fellowship Office to make your reservation. 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)
There is nothing more surprising and mysterious than perfectly ordinary objects and ordinary happenings. Can there truly be anything more wonderful than the astonishing fact that we exist, we breathe, eat, sleep, walk, laugh and cry? The danger of scientific investigation is that in attempting to explain these mysteries it may imagine that they have been explained away. But it has been the actual experience of many true scientists that the more you know, the more mysterious everything becomes until you are forced to roar with laughter at your efforts to make yourself the equal of God.
Does Consciousness exist in matter or is it the other way around?!