October 2004

Wayne will be giving Talks in New York City --- November 12 - 14.

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MESSAGE FROM WAYNE
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Hello my loves,

Many people who come to my Talks say they are there because of an interest in enlightenment. But when we get down to what this thing called enlightenment actually IS, there is enormous confusion.

When I talk about enlightenment, I talk about it very, very specifically, and it's very simple. In humans, at around the age of two-and-a-half, a shift occurs whereby they change from free-flowing, uninvolved beings to experiencing everything in terms of "Me!" and "Mine!" It is that moment in which what I call the "false sense of personal authorship" kicks in. It happens to virtually every human being. It is the false sense that "I" as this body/mind am the source; that "I" as this body/mind am responsible for making it all happen.

It is this false sense of personal authorship that creates suffering, because the sense is that "I" am in control of things, and, yet, there is continuous evidence to the contrary - that I'm not in control. So a powerful tension is established. In some body/minds, for whatever reason, that sense of personal authorship permanently dissolves - dies. That event, for lack of a better name, is called enlightenment. Over the millennia, generations of seekers have mystified the hell out of it. Basically, it's an event that happens in the history of some human organisms.

Now, the reason this event is so interesting to people is that the organism through which it happens is no longer suffering. There is total acceptance within the organism. There is total acceptance because it is "understood" that what is, is. There is no longer a separate sense of "me" to become involved with what is and claim it as "mine" - egoically mine. When that process is no longer occuring, that permanent lack of occurence may be called peace or bliss or enlightenment. What is crucial to realize is that it is a happening. It happens as part of the functioning of the universe. The pointer of this teaching is that everything happens that way; everything happens as part of the functioning of Totality.

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

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

Ross, CA (Marin) Talks.......Dec. 3-5 Contact Joanne jfm1@comcast.net Phone: 415-457-6686

Paris Talks.......February .....4-6, 2005 Details to be announced

Maui, Hawaii Residential Retreat....April 9 - 16, 2005 Contact Donna fellowship@advaita.org Phone: 310-376-9636 See: http://advaita.org/aftalks.html

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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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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.

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NEW BOOK OF RAMESH'S TEACHINGS ------------

THE WISDOM OF BALSEKAR
Edited by Alan Jacobs
Foreward by Wayne Liquorman

This is an indispensible compilation of extracts from Ramesh's various books organized by topics such as Free Will, Faith, Self-Enquiry, Death, Acceptance etc. The incredible depth and scope of Ramesh's Teaching is presented here in a concise and readily accessible format.

Softcover 210 pages $15

To order click here http://advaita.org/store/index.htm and then Latest Releases

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NEW ON DVD 

ONE NIGHT IN GOLDEN SQUARE - DVD

Wayne Liquorman

A DVD of Wayne's first Talk in the U.K. Recorded November 20, 1998 at London's famed Golden Square Bookstore.
Over 100 people gathered to hear the Teaching and the room was crammed and crackling with energy. A wonderful evening of Advaita beautifully captured.

Available in both NTSC and PAL video standards.
Running time: 84 min $24.00

To order click here http://advaita.org/store/index.htm and then Latest Releases

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A LIVING GEM FROM RAMESH (previously unpublished)
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Why is there so much mystery about 'enlightenment' and so much misery in the seeking of it? The answer is: because what is being sought is being sought as an object. It is not an object.

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POEM
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Touching....

God/Goddess lovemaking....
Pure lovemaking in the Present
Carried throughout the Universe,
Carressing, savoring, sparkling All
As it touches the Beloved...

love, carolyn