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#3461 -
Thursday, March 5, 2009 - Editor: Jerry Katz
The Nonduality Highlights - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NDhighlights
In this issue I am
featuring a letter written to me along with my response. I have
kept the sender and the sender's website anonymous.
I have also expanded the purpose of the YahooGroups list on Nonduality
Gatherings.
Dear Jerry,
I have 2 questions for you:
Q: 1) What do you consider the very best three books on
nonduality you have ever read?
A:
I Am That, by Nisargadatta Maharaj
Several titles by Osho (Rajneesh)
The Avadhuta Gita
I consider those the best books for me because I read them at
times when I needed what they said. Others may be better served
by other books.
Q: 2) Do you find any particular authentic teachers
worthy of highlighting at [my website]? The reason for my
question is simple. You have reviewed advaita for a very longtime
and I would appreciate your view when planning for new material
to highlight.
A:
Lots of teachers on the sites listed here:
http://nonduality.com/gurus.htm
On that list you'll find Sarlo's Ratings, which is kept up to
date and is a good place to keep an eye on.
Watch who I feature in the Nonduality Highlights.
I've looked for the authentic in "everyone." In that
sense, almost everyone is worth highlighting.
Ask yourself, What would your website look like if you couldn't
mention the well-known nondual teachers? What would you write
about? What would you invite from your readers? Where and how
would you look for stuff to write about?
When I started in nonduality, I regarded the utterances of
everyday people as highly or more highly than the famous gurus.
That, it turns out, was my "thing," which I had
stumbled upon.
Although I'm still involved on the Internet, my attention more
recently is moving toward the streets. I'm working on developing,
facilitating, and encouraging in-person, face to face gatherings,
which is the topic of the next article...
Join the
Nonduality Gatherings list:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nondualitygatherings
Talk about meetings, gatherings, workshops, retreats, and
conferences on nonduality. Are you looking for a gathering to
attend? Do you meet with one or more people on a fairly regular
basis? Want to tell others about it? Want more people to join
you? Want to expand your meeting in different ways? Want to
connect with others holding meetings of different kinds? Want to
publicize your meeting? Want to learn how to improve your
meeting? Want to learn how to start and how to run a nonduality
gathering?
Nonduality gatherings aren't necessarily formal Western satsangs,
although they could be, or they could include them. A nonduality
gathering could consist of two people meeting with some
regularity at a coffee shop, or it could be an annual conference
with a thousand people.
Here are links to sites with news about nonduality meetings:
http://nondualism.meetup.com/
http://www.tatfoundation.org/spiritual_gatherings.htm
http://members3.boardhost.com/spiritualsearch/
http://www.gurusfeet.com/spiritual-networking-not-logged?destination=spiritual_networking (you need to sign up and log in. I'm not
signed up, so I don't know what's going on there.)