tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post5334039910815313638..comments2023-10-16T13:06:42.360+01:00Comments on Happiness of Being: The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi: Which sat-sanga will free us from our ego?Michael Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03460943269122289281noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post-8073162648523159632009-09-23T11:04:29.806+01:002009-09-23T11:04:29.806+01:00Dear Sri Michael
Thanks for your very helpful expl...Dear Sri Michael<br />Thanks for your very helpful explinations.I deeply accept Bhagavan Sri Ramana as my Sad Guru.<br />But I've got also a long lasting connection to a Muslim Sufi Master.I've read that Sri Bhagavan said that all Gurus are one.<br />I like to ask you what you're thinking about this?Deep from my heart I know that the clearest and deepest explinations and guidance are from Bhagavan Sri Ramana.Do you know about some Muslim devotees of Bhagavan?<br />I'm sure that your answer will real help me.<br />Thanks...<br />MarkusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post-81661699343668945932008-06-15T10:18:00.000+01:002008-06-15T10:18:00.000+01:00In reply to the above comment by Anonymous, I have...In reply to the above <A HREF="http://happinessofbeing.blogspot.com/2008/06/which-sat-sanga-will-free-us-from-our.html?showComment=1213162020000#c442537726628164186" REL="nofollow">comment</A> by Anonymous, I have today written a separate article, <A HREF="http://happinessofbeing.blogspot.com/2008/06/where-to-find-and-how-to-reach-real.html" REL="nofollow">Where to find and how to reach the real presence of our <I>guru</I>?</A>.Michael Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03460943269122289281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post-57272886501216609602008-06-14T01:44:00.000+01:002008-06-14T01:44:00.000+01:00Dear MichaelThanks for your detailed and clear exp...Dear Michael<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your detailed and clear explanations .Krishnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11897276223601330565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7345918888953765241.post-4425377266281641862008-06-11T06:27:00.000+01:002008-06-11T06:27:00.000+01:00Michael,Thanks for your reply to my(anonymous) con...Michael,<BR/>Thanks for your reply to my(anonymous) concerns. "Merely being in the physical presence of a true guru is not the most efficacious form of sat-sanga" yes i accept that, but I've heard so many stories of people experiencing the Self effortlessly in the presence of a true guru after many years of failure through their own attempts to experience the Self and that's why I was tempted to ask that question. "If one clings fast to uninterrupted svarupa-smarana [self-remembrance]" the word 'uninterrupted' seems to suggest that even a tenuous current is not enough..I do have svatma-bhakti but the fact that 'I am the doer' idea is still strong prevents svarupa-smarana especially when work involves deep mental activity..I suppose the only solution is to persist and get to the point where svatma-bhakti is strong enough to help self-remembrance in the midst of all activities..I wonder when that'll happen. "In other words, self-knowledge is not something that our mind can add to itself, thereby enhancing itself and helping it to satisfy its desire for self-preservation, which is its most basic desire. On the contrary, self-knowledge is the state in which our mind will lose itself entirely." That's important to understand..thanks..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com