May 2003

 

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MESSAGE FROM WAYNE

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Yesterday I received a copy of Ramesh's new book, Peace and Harmony in Daily Living and I was very impressed with both the content and the layout and design. It is a book that will particularly appeal to someone new to Advaita in that, as the title suggests, it approaches the Teaching from the standpoint of daily living. For the reader more familiar with Ramesh and his Teaching...it is simply a joy, vintage Ramesh presented with the deft touch of his latest editor, Susan Waterman.

It was a pleasure to spend some time with the folks in Boulder last weekend and this weekend I will venture up to Ross in the San Francisco Bay Area where the Talks are always lively and the company eclectic to say the least.

Some photos from the Boulder Talks 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. Bookings are scheduled to begin the second half of April. Details can be found under EVENTS CALENDAR on the advaita.org website.

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WITH WAYNE LIQUORMAN

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 PRESS STORE

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NEW BOOK--------------

PEACE and HARMONY in DAILY LIVING by Ramesh S. Balsekar (edited by Susan Waterman)

This book is about facing life moment to moment while being anchored in tranquility. Ramesh points out that each one of us, at some time or the other, has a taste of the experience of peace and harmony. Here he shows how this state of constant repose can occur in the midst of our ordinary, hectic, daily living.

Ramesh points out that what usually disrupts the peace and harmony in life is a thought about something we think we - or someone else - should or shouldn't have done. Hence, a massive load of guilt and shame for oneself, or hatred and malice for the other, is perpetuated. Without a lot of arduous effort - work, discipline, sacrifice, sadhana - without outside assistance, but simply by investigating one's own experience, it is possible to get relief from this bondage. What mystics have said for ages, is here viewed from the perspective of modern living: that actions are 'happenings' and not something done by someone. This understanding is what actually contributes to discovering the state of equanimity and peace which we most ardently seek.

Nicely bound and printed in India. A beautifully presented volume.

Softcover, 290 pages $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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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

Members, via their TAX DEDUCTIBLE monthly donations, help to make the Fellowship financially viable and ensure the continued free presentations of the Teaching via the web site, webcasts, newsletters and free Talks in Wayne's home.

In thanks to the members for their support they receive unlimited access to the Fellowships online video archives. These archives contain hundreds of streaming videos of Ramesh and Wayne. New ones are being added constantly.

This month two new Ramesh in Bombay videos have been added along with the most recent of Wayne's Talks from his home.

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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)


It really seems such a pity that the spiritual seeking and ordinary daily living are generally seen as contradictory to each other. Either one is not interested in anything spiritual because one considers oneself to be too young to waste time on such matters, or one shuns the beauties of this world in order to inherit the glories of the next. It seems such a shame that people do not realize that this world can itself be a heaven, a haven of peace and tranquility, if only it is seen with opened eyes and alert senses. Indeed, one does not have to leave this world to find divinity, either in thought or through bodily death.