tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11379073.post113215912882336118..comments2024-02-21T07:12:46.869-07:00Comments on Guruphiliac: Bobby Visits Adyashanti's SatsangUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11379073.post-11727468716917211132015-07-23T12:14:53.583-06:002015-07-23T12:14:53.583-06:00This seeing of everything separate as an illusion ...This seeing of everything separate as an illusion can indeed help people let go of all kinds of attachments, attitudes, beliefs, expectations, hurts, etc. That's a good thing. Of course, strictly speaking it's nonsense because the only reality a temporal entity can grasp is exactly all the stuff which gets labelled illusion, while what is labelled real is entirely incomprehensible to a being in time.<br /><br />this made me get deeper into figuring out the illusion aspect of the outside/inner world that is so poorly explained by those who teach it. so i came up with this:<br />The [outside] world is not an illusion; the illusion is of being separate from what I am.<br />The inside world is an illusion only if I think I am my thoughts and my body, which I am not because I can observe them; however, my ability to think and to move and through them, experience life are essential accessory of the I- the infinite and eternal Consciousness/Self that enables the awareness of existing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11379073.post-29452305796045027562009-01-03T00:20:00.000-07:002009-01-03T00:20:00.000-07:00Adyashanti does leave me with a good vibe. I liste...Adyashanti does leave me with a good vibe. I listen to Charlie Hayes, Burt Hardering, and Sailor Bob's Stuff even more. <BR/>The so called western non duality or adviata what ever we call it has been a blessing for me. Peace of mind comes to many folks through several applications,for me this softening, unwinding, or erasing of self sense is what feels right . I have no interest in doing other than listening to these guys and their way of pointing<BR/>the direction away from cognitive loops and their destructive emotional baggage. Seems at 57 the foundation is built , Hard-drive is close to full time to allow the old boy to stop smell the roses and move along without the compulsive, pushing,yearning, needy, passions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11379073.post-90270957929333994762008-07-18T10:53:00.000-06:002008-07-18T10:53:00.000-06:00...Adyashanti is f.cking AWESOME!Like Mizz Katie a......<BR/><BR/><B>Adyashanti is f.cking AWESOME!</B><BR/><BR/>Like Mizz Katie and Gangaji… he’s not like a teacher… he’s like the big brother you always look up to because you know he’s been there. Ya know? <BR/><BR/>Also,… he’s not a dork. He’s a culturally-literate, cool-ass, laid-back American, even though he’s clearly ‘beyond all that’ – I relate to him and of course that helps! I’ve never once felt like the time spent listening to him has been a waste. Heh, yeah… the ‘not a dork’ thing… Very important in my own particular veil of maya...<BR/><BR/>That's one thing I'll potentially miss about living in the Bay Area -- going to Adya's Wednesday satsangs in Palo Alto every once in a while. :-( <BR/><BR/>I took my mom when it was just Mukti, his wife, at satsang... I had been really wanting to have her check out Adya himself, so at first I was way disappointed... [ but then I started questioning myself, my own motivations... <I>am I here just for someone's charisma? am I just out to be 'spiritually entertained'? am I just a dressed-up version of a celebrity-follower? ...or am I in it for what I'm really in it for?</I> ]<BR/><BR/>and so we stayed and by the end of the night I was impressed. Mom was too -- we got present to something -- she was talking about Mukti alot the rest of the week -- she called her 'the spiritual psychologist' -- and consider, this is a high-society lady from South America with a Catholic background -- she's never even had an inkling or concept of this whole satsang-nonduality-whatever it is we're doing realm. So, it was important and appreciated that there was a merciful lack of pretense in the whole enterprise.<BR/><BR/>cool stuff. <BR/><BR/>his newsletters are great, aesthetically almost pitch-perfect and useful too.<BR/><BR/>keep up the good work!<BR/><BR/>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11379073.post-66258526461987039002007-11-17T09:24:00.000-07:002007-11-17T09:24:00.000-07:00I was sitting here, and I asked myself who I was. ...I was sitting here, and I asked myself who I was. I heard the words, "I am you". I asked, “ who said that?” and realized my voice saying, “I did”. Once I realized it was me, I realized it has always been me. Always, and had never been anything other than me....Wow...I started laughing out loud...Im still giggling.<BR/><BR/>Where do I go from here?..I guess wherever I take me....<BR/><BR/><BR/>~It is that simple. It does not require anyone's ability to transmit or a proper attitude...It just "is". Adyashanti gives a great example in one of his talks. He poses the question,"If a shoe wanted to know what it was, and it asked you where it needed to go to learn the answer, in what direction would you tell that shoe to walk in order for it to learn what itself is?"<BR/><BR/>This isn't some great mystical secret. It's not found by leaving the body through meditation...."It Just Is".<BR/><BR/>It's allowing all the layers of reality, you ever bought or sold yourself, to simply fall away. <BR/><BR/>What we are stares us in the face everyday. Think about those 3-D pictures that were popular in the 90's. At first glimpse, there are just a ton of squiggly lines..However, after gazing at it for a few moments, as we start to un-focus or strain to see something, the true nature of the picture becomes visible, if not blatant. You begin to see the true and intended image that emerges. Realizing “The One”, is a like process.<BR/><BR/>Namaste,<BR/>Amanda<BR/><BR/>"......And here I stand, at the intersection of Infinite and Possibiities:.....-Where I've always been."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11379073.post-1132280885656162642005-11-17T19:28:00.000-07:002005-11-17T19:28:00.000-07:00Thanks for reading, but this post was all Bobby. ...Thanks for reading, but this post was all Bobby. I'm grateful for the opportunity to share his wisdom on the blog.guruphiliachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07196278871433195577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11379073.post-1132260347388266152005-11-17T13:45:00.000-07:002005-11-17T13:45:00.000-07:00I very much enjoyed this post. I have only follow...I very much enjoyed this post. I have only followed your site for about 6 months. I enjoy reading the ridiculous, and enjoyed this even more. Please continue!not not fathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15150390100900270029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11379073.post-1132167259909739442005-11-16T11:54:00.000-07:002005-11-16T11:54:00.000-07:00Ah, Sri Nit, the world's first pin-up swami since ...Ah, <A HREF="http://guruphiliac.blogspot.com/2005/04/swami-touts-his-lack-of-brain-waves.html" REL="nofollow">Sri Nit</A>, the world's first pin-up swami since Vivekananda left us.<BR/><BR/>It sounds like your friend has gone from bad to a little less bad. Not much of an improvement, we're afraid.guruphiliachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07196278871433195577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11379073.post-1132163368117046672005-11-16T10:49:00.000-07:002005-11-16T10:49:00.000-07:00Guru,Since you are talking about satsangs, Sai Kal...Guru,<BR/>Since you are talking about satsangs, Sai Kaleshwar, whom you so kindly brought to our scattered attention, is giving a shaktipat on Dec 3 in LA. A friend of mine who heard of him here, has decided to attend and check out. Just in case you might like to do so too. (I know what you think of shaktipats!)<BR/><BR/>This friend also left Kracki and is having a great experience with <A HREF="http://dhyanapeetam.org/" REL="nofollow">Swami Nithyananda</A> in LA. So much that i have finally decided to go down to Bangalore and attend their program in December.<BR/><BR/>Lets see how things go. I am in such a dump nowadays :-( your pieces do lift me out for a moment - thanks.<BR/><BR/>About the apsaras - i will tell you lots more tomorrow!anandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070080721099811920noreply@blogger.com