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There will be a week long retreat with Wayne in Maui, Hawaii beginning April 9, 2005.(Details below).
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MESSAGE FROM WAYNE
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Hello my loves,
My Dad died last week. It was an extraordinary experience. On Wednesday, March 9 he received the diagnosis of advanced incurable cancer and he made the decision to stop his dialysis treatments and thus spare his family and himself the agony of a painful and prolonged death. I visited him in his home several hours after he had made that decision and what I saw in him was the blessing of total acceptance. He was at peace, without fear or regret. In all my years with him I had never seen him this way before. He had always been in a competition with life, trying to master it and keep it well arranged. As with all of us, sometimes things went his way, sometimes they didn't.
The hospice people came and made all the practical arrangements for things like drugs and a hospital bed. Friends and family members came to say good-bye. Many congratulated my Dad on his courage and fortitude. He smiled back at them benignly, saying softly it was simply a blessing. Many were the protestations that he was being too modest, that he had earned this reward just as he had earned and thus deserved the love of his family. He never argued (totally uncharacteristic of him!) but he never wavered. He knew at the root of his being that it was all Grace...every bit of it.
He lived for four more days and in those four days we shared the most wonderful of unspoken understandings. Unspoken because there was no need to speak it, just as there were no words adequate to convey it. I looked into my Father's eyes and rejoiced in the profound Absence I found there. I could not wish for any better end to the life of this man I loved. I was glad for him and glad for me.
Life can be so incredibly sweet...........and so can death.
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
Maui, Hawaii Residential Retreat....April 9 - 16, 2005
Contact Donna fellowship@advaita.org
Phone: 310-376-9636
See: http://advaita.org/aftalks.html
Paris Talks.......May .....13-15, 2005
Toulouse, France....... May 18th
Dijon, France........ May 20th-22nd Contact Philippe de Henning Email: phdeh@tele2.fr
Moscow Talks...May 27-29 Contact Konstantin & Natalia Email: ganga@df.ru Phone: 7-095-422-8901
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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
FROM THE ARCHIVES - Disc 7
Ramesh in Hollywood, CA -- Fall 1988
The SEVENTH in a series of never before released Audio discs capture Ramesh's early Teachings at Henry Dennison's home in Hollywood, California. The Talks included in this disc are presented here for the first time and provide a fascinating look at the seeds of many of Ramesh's later Teachings. The Talks are particularly interesting because most of the participants are completely new to Ramesh's Teaching.
Sound quality is excellent.
CD, Running time: 80 min. $15
To order click here http://advaita.org/store/index.htm and then Latest Releases
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NEW ON DVD
TOUCHING THE MYSTERY - DVD
Wayne Liquorman
A DVD that truly captures the power and joy of Wayne's Teaching. Recorded at a particularly fine Talk in Wayne's home October 28, 2004.
Running time 60 minutes
Specify NTSC (North American) or PAL (European) format $24
To order click here http://advaita.org/store/index.htm and then Latest Releases
NEW BOOK FROM RAMESH ------------
THE ONE IN THE MIRROR
By Ramesh S. Balsekar
In this book Ramesh gives the essence of his Teaching in short, simple, readily understandable passages. Subjects covered range from "Free Will" to "Meditation" to "Human Relationships." The book is a collection of quotes, writings and aphorisms, some just a single sentence and others several paragraphs long, all written by Ramesh himself during the 2003 Kovalam Seminar. Each piece is a sparkling jewel through which the Teaching shines forth and is complete in itself. Thus the book can be opened randomly and enjoyed in small delicious bites.
Wayne Liquorman calls it, "The best book from Ramesh since Peace and Harmony in Daily Living."
Softcover 98 pages $13
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NEW BOOK FROM WAYNE ------------
NEVER MIND: A Journey Into Non-Duality
by Wayne Liquorman (edited by Christa French)
Written with Wayne's characteristic humor, irreverence and profound insight, this book provides a bold, new look at the nature of existence.
Wayne's teaching points to the divine nature of everything that exists, no
matter how hurtful or painful it might appear. According to Wayne, everything
is the perfect manifestation of the Source and it is in the acceptance of everything
that peace is revealed
An indispensible addition to the spiritual library.
Softcover, 174pages - ISBN#0929448219 - $17.00
To order click here http://advaita.org/store/index.htm and then Latest
Releases
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NEW ON DVD
POINTING BEYOND THE RELATIVE - DVD
Wayne Liquorman
A DVD that truly captures the power and joy of Wayne's Teaching.
Recorded at a particularly fine Talk in Wayne's home October 28, 2004.
Running time 60 minutes
Specify NTSC (North American) or PAL (European) format $24
To order click here http://advaita.org/store/index.htm and then Latest Releases
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Click here http://advaita.org/store/index.htm or go to the http://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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The only truth is that "Truth" is beyond all forms of mental activity. The Truth is the absolute absence of any kind of relative knowledge.
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POEM
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Empty handed I entered the world.
Barefoot I leave it.
My coming, my going-
Two simple happenings
That got entangled.
Kozan Ichikyo - Death Poem