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#2844 - Friday, June 15, 2007 - Editor: Jerry Katz
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Pleased to announce a new free online book and a new non-commercial website. This book is only 30 pages long and includes photos, tables, and several color figures depicting the teaching in graphic form.
Self Enquiry: Postulate and Practice Taught by Bhagvan
Shri Ramana Maharshi And As
Understood by Me: Biraj Singh Thapa
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Excerpt from the Preface:
The
Author happened to encounter the electromagnetic radiation of
Maharshi’s grace through his teachings in the books by Mr.
Brunton and then by Mr. Godman, some three years ago. He was not
even a beginner of the “beyond rational thinking”. As
he went deeper exploring into the subject matter, he realized
that Maharshi was putting into words his own experiences and was
just removing the obstacles to point the right direction where
others were entangled. Nothing new was Maharshi saying to accept,
nothing insecure to the rational mind was he urging to
contemplate upon. Only a message he added to the normal living
is, to be aware of Eternal, Self evident and Changeless being,
which is ever at the background of every conscious act and
remains shining alone even in the absence of ordinary
consciousness. As this awareness gets self focused all the
old rationalization gets uprooted and a new viewpoint of life
with entirely new destination shines forth, without any conscious
effort.
A
mature rational mind with all the mental tendencies directed
outwards in the materialistic pursuit resists resolutely for
turning inwards. But lucid are his words and inescapable are his
arguments for any degree of resistive mind. More is the logical
mind, harder would be his hit to the conscience, and deeper would
be the effect.
Typing
these letters as they are surging up to consciousness from
unknown zone, the author is being filled with joy to reflect the
understanding and experience, by arranging the seemingly
equivalent words. As approaching to end, he feels it still is not
what he intended to share. And now he understands how limited the
words are, and certainly he needs to have a direct experience of
what he is talking about, before sitting down to share with
others…
Having
already written the following pages he takes it as an opportunity
to expose his ignorance and get it scrutinize under the direct
light of knowledge from the illumined ones. Ignorant can never
identify the ignorance, so does he need the guidance of the wise
one to point out the ignorance and bless with opportunity to
rectify the miss understandings and undergo the first hand
experience of Reality. Let us hope this article could, at least,
serve as the bridge for that.
It
may be possible that these pages could transmit some of the
teachings of Maharshi to the beginners and grow interest in a
rational mind to have further readings, understandings and the
direct experience of the ultimate Reality by the personal effort.
It may require few revisions to the first time readers of
Maharshi’s teachings, to grasp the point being elucidated.
Biraj Singh
Thapa
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book at http://nonduality.be