my ideal ashram...

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madhya nandi wrote:

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> madhya nandi <madhya

 

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I would be interested in your article for those who come to me for

information. Can you e-mail it?

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> Satsanghers:

>

> Let me say that my idea of the ideal Ashram is one that is situated

> in the heart of the city--or, thereabouts, anyway.

>

> For me, the most important aspects to the whole Ashram deal are, 1) A

> guide or Teacher who knows the terrain and possesses the talent,

> training and right motivation for the job of assisting seekers; 2)

> The challenge of working with and within a community that both

> provides support and, oftentimes, unique challenges for the overall

> development of the seeker; 3) A place where seekers meet and energy

> accrues, intensifies and participates in the activity of cleansing

> seekers of tensions at physical, emotional and energetic levels; 4)

> The opportunity for persons who seek a full-time spiritual vocation

> to be fulfilled; 5) A visible presence in the Community, of Spiritual

> activity centered around the Nondual Idea, or, the cultivation of an

> active consciousness that recognizes and behaves in accordance with

> the recognition that only One I Am exists. Here, I am suggesting

> that the most effective foundation for moral and ethical behavior is

> a consciousness freed of the false identification of the I Am with

> the local, alienated ego. My personal take on moksha or

> enlightenment, is that it is 'freedom to... rather than freedom from.'

>

> I have written an essay titled, The Liberated Actor: A Transpersonal

> Approach to the Art of Acting. If anyone is interested in reading

> it, I would be more than happy to provide you with a copy. Briefly,

> it outlines how one might integrate spiritual sadhana into the

> training, rehearsal and performance process to serve as a means for

> the spiritual development of both artists and audience. The essay is

> a bit philosophical in places, but readers have offered positive

> comments thus far. I should be glad of any assistance Satsanghers

> might be willing to offer. My basic premise is that the glue that

> binds together human community--and, indeed, consciousness Herself,

> is Choice. We shall never ever escape the fact that we are all

> choosers, actors, decision-makers, and that this de-cision making is

> just that, the binding together of cision, the unification of

> consciousness by virtue of its dynamic, essentially interactive

> nature.

>

> Anyway, its late and past my bedtime. Thanks for being there, All.

>

> Love and devotion,

>

> Madhya

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