New Posting: Who am I? with comments and practice notes

[Guest guest]

Dear Group,

 

I have posted "Who am I with comments and practice notes."

 

This is a more refined version of what I had earlier posted on the

newsgroup on paragraph at a time.

 

I see this as a 'living document,' since I am but a seeker, still

growing in my own experience and knowledge of the Self.

 

I offer this with the hope that it encourages others to read "Who am

I?" and to practice and experience what they read.

 

AS always, your comments are invited.

 

We are Not two,

Richard

[Guest guest]

RamanaMaharshi, "richard_clarke95125" <r_clarke@i...>

wrote:

 

.....I am but a seeker, still growing in my own experience and

knowledge of the Self.

 

 

)))) as you think of yourself, so shall you be.

 

here's a question:

 

is the Self an object which a dream character called Richard can

experience, and possess knowledge of?

 

 

LoveAlways,

 

b

[Guest guest]

Dear b,

 

When I talk about how I see myself as a seeker, I am really talking

about the extent of my Self-knowledge.

 

Certainly the Self is not something that is to be known by the

mind/ego/body.

 

However there is a deeper Knowledge than that of the mind. My

teacher talks about this Knowledge as on the same level as you know

that you exist. When you know that you are the Self at this same

level, this Knowledge alone is what constitues Self-realization.

 

And where I am in my practice is that my intellect is more and more

certain that the Truth is true. With that greater certainly, the

self-inquiry continues to deepen. I look at my stand and I see that

I still stand as "Richard" as this mind/body/ego, and know that I

need to keep practicing.

 

Thanks for your comments.

 

We are Not two,

Richard

 

RamanaMaharshi, "hrtbeat7" <hrtbeat7> wrote:

> RamanaMaharshi, "richard_clarke95125" <r_clarke@i...>

> wrote:

>

> ....I am but a seeker, still growing in my own experience and

> knowledge of the Self.

>

>

> )))) as you think of yourself, so shall you be.

>

> here's a question:

>

> is the Self an object which a dream character called Richard can

> experience, and possess knowledge of?

>

>

> LoveAlways,

>

> b

[Guest guest]

om namo bhagavate sri ramanaya

 

Dear Richard,

 

Thank you.

 

Ever Yours in Sri Bhagavan,

Miles

[Guest guest]

RamanaMaharshi, "richard_clarke95125" <r_clarke@i...>

wrote:

 

 

>And where I am in my practice is that my intellect is more and more

certain that the Truth is true. With that greater certainly, the

self-inquiry continues to deepen. I look at my stand and I see that

I still stand as "Richard" as this mind/body/ego, and know that I

need to keep practicing.

 

 

 

)))The human being as an entity is only the result of thought, of the

accumulated and constantly repeating conditioning that there is

something in us which survives through time. Thus our private

identity has been established in each of us as our own personal

tradition.

 

~ Ramesh Balsekar

 

 

 

LoveAlways,

 

b