May 2004

Wayne will be in Paris, Moscow and London giving a series of Talks. For more details, see below.

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MESSAGE FROM WAYNE
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Hello my loves,

Since I often start my Talks with the admonition that what I am about to say is not the Truth, people frequently follow that up with the question: So why do you teach?

In short "I" do not teach. The teaching is expressed without any personal agenda. The expression may come forth as a result of a question from someone, or it may come forth as a burst of creative energy, as in the case of spontaneous poetry or these lines you are reading now. What is absent is the slightest shred of belief that what is being said or being written or being thought is the Truth. Any expression is understood at the most fundamental level to be a pointer, a relative teaching tool.
That's why the sage is said to have a natural humility, because there is the total absence of the conviction that what is being expressed is the Truth. The humility comes from the deepest possible conviction that what is being expressed is relative.

So, I personally have no trouble with anyone else's teaching. If one teacher says that you exist and another one says you don't exist, and this one says that you're God incarnate and this other one says that you're nothing, I don't care. They are all understood to be relative teaching tools. There is never a question of the hammer being Truer than the screwdriver. What I find objectionable (in an aesthetic sense) is when someone says, "What I am saying is the truth and what the other teaching is saying is bullshit." Such an assertion lacks the essential clarity of understanding that it's ALL bullshit, and that a given teacher's teaching is simply a matter of enculturation and personal programing that determine how their teaching is expressed.

As you navigate the shifting reefs and shoals of the spiritual sea it may be useful to remember that that which is the most solid is also the most likely to sink you.

With 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

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

London Talks......June 11-13 Contact Alan Tel:020 7328 6610
alanadamsjacobs@yahoo.co.uk

Boston Talks.....July 23-25 Contact Francois tel.781-925-3893 Cell 781-405-6167
email: fm@space.mit.edu

Ross, CA (San Francisco Area) Talks... Aug. 20-22 Contact: Joanne Phone: 415-457-6686 Email: jfm1@comcast.net

Sedona Residential Retreat ....Sept. 10-15 Contact Kate: kfree77@peoplepc.com

Northern England (Sedbergh, Cumbria) Residential Retreat... Oct. 1-6 Contact June (44) 15396 20972 jmp55@tutor.open.ac.uk

Amsterdam Talks.....October 15-17 Contact Ronald 31-020-646-2160 Email: ronald.valk@wanadoo.nl

NYC Talks..... Nov. 12-14 Contact: Daniel djhnd@earthlink.net or Jim# 718-543-4189

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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A LIVING GEM FROM RAMESH (previously unpublished)
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If you are not content with one, you try for two; if you are not content with two, you try for three, if you are content with three, you have peace and harmony. If you are not content with three, it is likely that you will be discontent even with ten. Without peace and harmony you will want to 'do' more and more.

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POEM
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The Last House On The Block

Welcome to the last house on the block.
Here, let me take your burden
And lay it against the wall.
No sir,
Please let go of the handle.
It'll be quite safe
I assure you,
No one here is lacking luggage of their own.

This is the very last house.
Commiserations on making it this far.
All your childhood friends are staying
At the Palace of Riches
In the last town.
Yes sir,
I agree that they are fools,
But then,
I am here too.

Tess