March 2004

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MESSAGE FROM WAYNE

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Hello my loves,

What interests me most is what are often referred to as The Simple Pleasures of Life. It is funny how the word "mundane" which means "of this world" has come to suggest something that is boring or trivial when to my mind the everyday is truly miraculous.

Our culture has speeded up to the point where there is a sense of urgency about everything. There is so much to see and know and do... jets, cell phones, computers, TV's all shrink and speed. But the more we know, the more there is to know. The more we do, the more there is to do. The images flash by so fast that they have to be assaultive to be noticed. What happens is that the senses become overloaded and numb.

Please know that I am not decrying the current state of affairs or calling for a return to pastoral living... rather I am pointing to what is happening. Sometimes, when there is grace, the seeing of what is happening is the conduit for change.

Stop for a moment. Look around. Take a deep breath. Here IT is. God in movement is right in front of your eyes. What a great laugh. The miraculous just sitting there, waiting to be known.

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)

Seminar in Kovalam, South India Dec. 5 - 16, 2004 See: http://advaita.org/aftalks.html#Kovalam

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EVENTS WITH WAYNE LIQUORMAN

Maui, Hawaii Retreat.........March 28-Apr. 4 Contact Donna Phone 310-376-9636 Email: fellowship@advaita.org

New York City Talks......April 23 - 25 Contact: Daniel djhnd@earthlink.net or Jim 718-543-4189

Sedona, AZ Talks.....May 7-9 Contact: Karen Phone: 928-284-0777 angelgirl@sedona.net

Paris Talks......May 27 -30 Contact: Philippe de Henning Email: phdeh@tele2.fr

Moscow Talks.... June 4- 6 Contact: Konstantin Tel:+7 095 422-89-01 email: ganga2004@yandex.ru

Talks in Wayne's Home

927B Sixth St., Hermosa Beach, CA (check website for times or call 310-376-9636)

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 DVD...

ACCEPTANCE IS PEACE- A Talk with Wayne Liquorman

The most recent video of Wayne's Advaita teaching. Recorded at the Friday night talk on Feb. 27, 2004 in Ross, CA. It is at once, humorous, joyful, serious and powerful.

It is available in both NTSC and PAL video standards.

Running time: 94 minutes $24.00

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NEW ON CD

Ramesh S. Balsekar in Mumbai / February 2004

This CD is the second of what will be an ongoing series of recordings made from Ramesh's daily morning Talks in his flat in Mumbai. Each month the best Talk will be made available on CD via this website. This months Talk is wide ranging as always but with a special emphasis on the topic of BLAME.

(Running time: 1:00) $15.00

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NEW BOOKS------------

The Happening of a Guru....A biography of Ramesh S. Balsekar

If you love Ramesh, this book will be one of your most cherished volumes.

It is a magnificently produced hardbound presentation of Ramesh's life in photos (many of them color) and text. In addition to the fascinating historical look at the man and his family, the reader is treated to a recent piece by Ramesh entitled How Do I Live My Life? in which he describes in simple yet exquisite detail the daily experience of the Sage.

This is truly a book not to be missed.

Hardbound, 98 pages, numerous color and b/w photos $25

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Click here http://advaita.org/store/index.htm and you will find this item as well as a new video about Ramana Maharshi, another video about Nisargadatta Maharaj as well as a new Maharaj pictorial book and DVD's of both Wayne and Ramesh.

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A LIVING GEM FROM RAMESH (previously unpublished)

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What is the one final 'thing' we would refuse to be deprived of? We would give up anything at all, but not this one final thing?

It is the moment of falling asleep, when the very 'me' disappears. Why then should we be afraid of death?! The physical pain of dying? That pain belongs to 'living', not to 'dying'.

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POEM

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My Potluck Funeral

When you plan my funeral
make it a potluck
bring any kind of celebration you want
and let's talk only of the exquisite wonder
and amazingly seamless magic
of this constructed wonder of the Beloved
No sorrow will be on the guest list
all wounded history left at the door
only playfulness and merriment will be allowed in
Hold the chisel
to my headstone
and everyone take a whack!
who cares what it spells
A grave marker can't describe
what never died
or was ever born
I am, You are
the melody of Nothing
so maddeningly beautiful
the world arose to hear it
Dearly Beloveds,
we have gathered here
wild and barefoot
to dance our way home

Gary