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Nondual Highlights Issue #2801, Saturday, April 28, 2007, Editor: Mark
People are so absorbed in chasing what they consider to be
happiness that they do not have either the time or the
inclination to stop and wonder if the kind of happiness they
imagine is even worth having.
- Ramesh S. Balsekar, from A Net of Jewels, posted to
AlongTheWay
Deepen and broaden your awareness of yourself and all the
blessings will flow. You need not seek anything, all will come to
you most naturally and effortlessly.
- Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, posted to Adyashantigroup
A gentleman from Bombay said: "I asked Mother in Sri
Aurobindo Ashram the following question: 'I keep my mind blank
without thoughts arising so that God might show Himself in His
true Being. But I do not perceive anything. "The reply was
to this effect: 'The attitude is right. The Power will come down
from above. It is a direct experience'." So he asked what
further he should do.
Maharshi: Be what you are. There is nothing to come down or
become manifest. All that is needful is to lose the ego, That
which is, is always there. Even now you are That. You are not
apart from it. The blank is seen by you. You are there to see the
blank. What do you wait for? The thought "I have not
seen," the expectation to see and the desire of getting
something, are all the working of the ego. You have fallen into
the snares of the ego. The ego says all these and not you. Be
yourself and nothing more!
- Ramana Maharshi, from Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi,
posted to Nisargadatta
Running...
Most of us
are,
either running
from our past
or,
are chasing
our future...
And:
if we would
simply,
stand still,
we would find
that
the present moment
provides
the perpetual perfection
that
we were
striving to embrace...
- Arial, posted to Mystic_spirit
Your duty is to be and not to be this or that. 'I am that I am'
sums up the whole truth. The method is summed up in the words 'Be
still'. What does stillness mean? It means destroy yourself.
Because any form or shape is the cause for trouble. Give up the
notion that 'I am so and so'. All that is required to realize the
Self is to be still. What can be easier than that?
- Ramana Maharshi, from Be As You Are: The Teachings of Sri
Ramana Maharshi, edited by David Godman, posted to
AlongTheWay
The whole world
is word bound -
nobody gets past words;
but resist words,
and you'll get
past words.
Sahara, from Tantric Treasures, posted to DailyDharma
Sometimes You Walk Through Me
Sometimes
You
walk through me
with Your Silence,
I am
breathless
with Ecstasy.
- Anna, posted to NondualitySalon
And finally, Puppetji's take on enlighenment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlbDJCqPH2U