Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: From a realized devotee of Ramana Maharishi

2007-09-16 Thread Peter
Speaking "from" being or more accurately, Being is speaking. --- Ron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I ask the same question- are the ones commenting > here speaking from Being or about it. > Not that your answer is proof positive of anything, > I have been with Ones claiming > enlightenment and i

[FairfieldLife] Re: From a realized devotee of Ramana Maharishi

2007-09-15 Thread Ron
I ask the same question- are the ones commenting here speaking from Being or about it. Not that your answer is proof positive of anything, I have been with Ones claiming enlightenment and it wasn't so, yet no way anyone can convince them otherwise It was explained to me that when one has a gli

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: From a realized devotee of Ramana Maharishi

2007-09-13 Thread Peter
Two different definitions of mind is what is causing this confusion. When Ramana refers to mind I think he means the "I" thought, the source of the delusion of individuality. I agree with hyperbolic here. In Realization the death is of the "I" and "me". There is just consciousness without any space

[FairfieldLife] Re: From a realized devotee of Ramana Maharishi

2007-09-13 Thread hyperbolicgeometry
--thanks, I have that book; but he's incorrect: the mind doesn't die. An "I" associated with mind-identification dies. Mind was a medium by which the message of Sri Lakshmana was conveyed to David Godman. Therefore, it's very much alive. Also, shortly after Lakshmana realized the Self, he wen