November 2007
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Wayne will be talking about The Living Teaching in New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area in the coming weeks. See details below.
MESSAGE FROM WAYNE
Hello my loves,
The only requirement for participation in the Living Teaching is that you be Living. If you are convinced you don't exist and therefore are not alive, please feel free to come back later when that wears off. For all the rest of you, welcome!
This aliveness we are talking about is worth investigating. It is here, in this moment. It is as close to you as your breath. In fact, your breath IS this Livingness. You do not have to remember to breathe; your breath is literally breathing you. Stop reading the words on this page for a moment and investigate this phenomenon of breathing....
(If you did not stop, but simply read on to this sentence, I fully understand - you are a lot like me - however, there REALLY is something to be seen in the stopping for a moment, even if you are an "advanced" student and have examined your breath many times previously)
Perhaps you were able to see the way in which your breath "just happens." You breathe even when you forget to breathe. There is a force here that operates independently of your decisions and intentions. It is this force that the Living Teaching is concerned with. It is this Life that is living you - even to the extent that you falsely believe yourself to be living IT.
I am continuously amazed and delighted at the way in which this livingness happens. It is the fuel of miracles, not the least of which is our sharing this thought together! I write: you read. Through an infinitely complex net of relationships there is a kind of recognition, a touching, in which time dissolves and the Unity is revealed.
With much love,
Wayne
UPCOMING EVENTS
With Ramesh Balsekar
Daily Talks in His Home: 9AM Sindhula, N. Gamadia Rd. #10, Mumbai, India (Helpful info for people planning to visit Ramesh can be found in the Ramesh Balsekar section of the advaita.org website)
With Wayne Liquorman
New York City, New York November 9 - 11, 2007
Contact: Daniel
Email: djhnd@nyc.rr.com or Jim (718) 543-4189
Ross, CA (San Francisco Bay Area) December 7 - 9, 2007
Contact Joanne 415-987-6400 jfm1@comcast.net or Ellen 415 902 1713
Paris, France January 18 & 19, 2008
Contact: Philippe
Email: phde_h@yahoo.fr
Pune, India January 29, 2008
Contact: Nitin rnithin0@yahoo.com
(+91)- 94225-26959
London, England February 1,2 & 3, 2008 Contact:
Ryan Spielman
Email: trueryan@aol.com Phone: (0) 7951 515 667
Madrid, Spain February 8, 9, & 10
Contact Conchita
Email: ccuriel@curiel-lifecoaching.com
Further details are available on the advaita.org website:
http://advaita.org/aftalks.html
Talks in Wayne's Home
927B Sixth St., Hermosa Beach, CA (Check advaita.org 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. To become a member go to: http://71.254.156.46/members/register.asp
FLORIDA ORGANIZER LOOKING FOR HELP
If you are interested in participating or helping to organize a weekend of Talks with Wayne in Florida next year, please contact Jade Bos: bosjade@gmail.com
THE ADVAITA PRESS STORE
New books from Ramesh
Enlightened Living
Ramesh Balsekar
It stands to reason that if you want something desperately you would take great pains to find out what it did for those who have 'got' it. So if you desire Enlightenment, it would make abundant sense to at least check out what the 'Enlightened' ones have to say about the state of self-realization. That is what "Enlightened Living" does for you.
In this book, Ramesh Balsekar, arguably the most renowned exponent of the ancient philosophy of Advaita today and the author of 30 well-known books, presents you a clear perspective on the self-realized state, in his hallmark lucid style.
If you have believed the sage to be a glorified vegetable, passionless and neutered to all pleasure and all pain, if you have believed that he is in a never-ending state of cocooned bliss or if you have believed that there is some-'one' out there to enjoy that 'blissful' state, this book shows you just how mistaken you are.
To make its point, Enlightened Living presents an impressive array of Masters---from Adi Shankara to Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, from Ashtavakra to Ramana Maharshi, from Jnaneshwara to Nisargadatta Maharaj and Sengtsan---to share with you, in the simplest terms possible, the reality of the state of self-realization. Pointers are used, insights are bestowed and cobwebs vigorously dusted away till what you are left with is a deeply satisfying clarity---which may or may not be intellectual.
Paperback / Pages: 183 $15
https://advaita.3dcartstores.com/ENLIGHTENED-LIVING---by-Ramesh-S-Balsekar_p_11-240.html
A Buddha's Babble
Ramesh S. Balsekar
To remain continuously connected to the Source in one's daily living means
doing whatever is necessary to be done in any situation as if one is the doer---and,
therefore, to witness whatever is happening as something that is precisely supposed
to happen according to the Cosmic Law, without regrets about the past, without
any complaints in the present,
without any expectation in the future, and, importantly, without condemning
anyone for anything---neither himself nor the other.
Paperback / Pages: 197 $16
https://advaita.3dcartstores.com/A-BUDDHAS-BABBLE--by--Ramesh-S-Balsekar-_p_11-235.html
TWO NEW DVD's OF RAMESH
Daily Talks with Ramesh Balsekar - DVD - September 2, 2007
Daily Talks with Ramesh Balsekar - DVD - September 19, 2007
These are well produced video records of the daily Satsangs in Ramesh's Mumbai home. All of Ramesh's satsangs are wonderful in their own way but we have selected and are offering some that we believe to be the best.
Running time approx. 2 hours
To order click: https://advaita.3dcartstores.com/Ramesh-Balsekar_c_18-1.html
What I Teach, The Way I Live -- DVD **NEW**
This is a new video interview of Ramesh produced in India by Zen Publications. In this conversation Ramesh dispels the most common misconceptions about a Sage and reveals his path to finding Peace of Mind.
Running time: Approximately 2 hours
To order click: https://advaita.3dcartstores.com/WHAT-I-TEACH-THE-WAY-I-LIVE-INTERVIEW-WITH-RAMESH--DVD_p_0-251.html
NEW DOWNLOADABLE MP3's ADDED
Several new MP3's of Wayne's Talks have been added to the DOWNLOAD section of the Advaita Press Store. The newest is from Wayne's recent Talks in Chicago and is titled, Being Alive.
Also, nearly all the currently available CD's of Ramesh and Wayne's Talks have been converted to downloadable MP3's. These can be purchased in the Store and then immediately downloaded for use in your iPod or other mp3 player. MP3 downloads are less expensive than the CD versions and there are no shipping charges.
These can be found at the advaita.org website's Advaita Online Store under DOWNLOAD MEDIA
https://advaita.3dcartstores.com/DOWNLOAD-MEDIA_c_32.html
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A LIVING GEM FROM RAMESH (never before published)
Perhaps the most impressive and instructive example of the humble Guru is to
be found in the parable of the venerable Dattatreya, who impressed all with
his most unusual equanimity and self-possession, declared that he had as many
as twenty-four gurus, from whom he learnt some aspect of Truth. They included
the elements of nature, the river, certain
animals, even an insect. His last Guru he said was a prostitute named Pingola.
The parable ends with the exclamation: Learn above all from the the rhythms
of your own body. Indeed be your own Guru.
December 1990
WORDS FROM THE HEART
I was sitting here thinking of you...deeply...and it seemed to me how
you have been like a boat....
and then, I opened a Ramesh book...directly to a page where my eyes
fell on these words: "You are the fullness of potential and yet light
enough (like a boat) to carry your disciple to liberation (in this sea of
phenomenal suffering). It is only one who has totally surrendered to
you who can understand this curious fact.
This is from something called "Tribute to the Guru"...
This has made me cry. and feel open ..and something else, too...OH,
WONDER..
I have felt so closed...and I wondered if I would ever breakthrough (I
was sure I wouldn't) and now it seems there is a crack in the wall...
Thank you (how small that seems). Thank you, Wayne.
All my love,
L.