Awareness watching awareness
Watching awareness watching awareness
Awareness watching awareness watching awareness
Blind alleys and
Conceptual cul de sacs
Machinations of foolish minds
Linguistic regression of the dumbest kind.
Beware the fool
In expert's clothing.
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Wow! I take it you don't agree that the AWA method, which is propagated by Michael Langford (uarelove), is representative of Ramana Maharshi's teaching?
Whoever thinks that they know what is or is not representative of Maharshi's teaching, that is the one who needs watching.
That's it...
Beware the expert in fool's clothing.
Vinny,
Thanks for stopping by the Acalayoga blog the other day.
Still dwelling with the idiots!
You've not been around for a while.
It matters little what I say about these things. I wouldn't worry about it.
Next time you're nearby pop in! ;)
Ramana for some reason was never able to clearly articulate his exact method of inquiry. One of the reasons for this was because nearly all the Hindoos who interviewed him wanted his teachings to agree with the Vedas or the Gita or some other old book. So the words were often Hindu words which were loaded and unclear in meaning. If one studied the teachings of Ramana with an open mind in books such as "The Talks" and other casual conversations he had with people it is clear that Langford was right. Humphreys an old disciple of Ramana being an European managed to draw out from Ramana the exact method taught by him and Ramana told him that all he needed to do was fix his attention on that which sees. The following are his exact words," Do not fix your attention on all these changing things of life, death, and phenomena. Do not think of even the actual act of seeing them or perceiving them but only of that which sees all these things. That which is responsible for it all. This will seem nearly impossible at first, but by degrees the result will be felt. It takes years of steady, daily practice, but that is how a Master is made. Give yourself a quarter of an hour a day. Keep your eyes open, and try to keep the mind unshakenly fixed on That Which Sees. It is inside yourself. Do not expect to find that "That'' is something definite on which the mind can be fixed easily; it will not be so. Though it takes years to find that "That'', the results of this concentration will soon show themselves in four or five month's time-in all sorts of unconscious clairvoyance, in peace of mind, in power to deal with troubles, in power all round-always unconscious power. I have given you this teaching in the same words as the Masters give it to their intimate chelas. From now onwards let your whole thought in meditation be not on the act of seeing nor on what you see, but immovably on That Which Sees". Humphreys said we need to keep our eyes open but I think this can be done much more effectively with one's eyes closed because there would be less distractions.
Most of the Hindoos who visited the maharshi were interested in the maharshi's views on the traditiional teachings and that is why there is so much confusion. A hindoo has a muddled mind always rooted in tradition. They are more interested in observing caste rules and breaking coconuts and drawing up horoscopes and such other spiritually unfruitful activities.
A Hindoo
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