About me:

"Within an hour of his face-to-face meeting with Sri Bhagavan, his mental barriers were reduced to nothingness.

"This young boy, without any formal religious background or training, according to Ramana himself and the scribes recording it, was Enlightened to the same degree as found in the spiritual Awakenings attributed to the ancient classical masters and is now fully grown and living in the United States today."

The above quote is from SRI RAMANA MAHARSHI: The Last American Darshan recounting the Wanderling's nearly instant transformation into
the Absolute during his only darshan with the Maharshi

THE BOTTOM OF THE PAIL BROKE THROUGH,

NO WATER, NO MOON

One moonlit night the female Zen adept Chiyono (1223-1298) was carrying an old bucket filled with water from the well that eventually came to bear her name. As she walked she noticed the full moon reflected in the pail of water. As she continued along the path the bamboo strip that held the pail staves broke and the pail began to come apart. The bottom broke through, and the water disappeared into the soil beneath her feet, the moon's reflection disappearing along with it. In that instant she realized that the moon she had been looking at was just a reflection of the real thing...just as her whole life had been. She turned to look at the moon in all it's silent glory, her mind was ripe, and that was it...Enlightenment.

HER MIND WAS RIPE!

Over and over, for centuries and in one form or the other, the question has been asked, "How does one go about triggering the the fruitations of the Enlightenment-experience as suggested by the ancients in the Sutras and so forth, so that the resultant outcome of that fruitation IS that which IS Enlightenment?" How does the "mind get ripe," "how does the bottom of the pail break through?" In other words:

"HOW DO I GET ENLIGHTENED?"

Positive outcomes usually emerge from small seeds, often planted inadvertently initially. Without trying, no expectations of merit, putting your mind and thoughts into the right frame of reference, familiarizing youself with terminology, and study-practice coupled with thoughts and deeds that carry the right escort.

"Those who have not attained Awakening should penetrate into the meaning of Reality, while those who have already Attained should practice giving verbal expression to that Reality."

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..SRI RAMANA MAHARSHI: The Last American Darshan..

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..THE RAZOR'S EDGE..

.. CARLOS CASTANEDA..

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