"God is only an idea in your mind. The fact is you. The only thing you know for sure is: 'here and now I am'. Remove, the 'here and now' the 'I am' remains, unassailable. The world exists in memory, memory comes into consciousness; consciousness exists in awareness and awareness is the reflection of the light on the waters of existence."

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

https://sriramana.org/saranagati/November_2023/

"It is not that the internet is a bad guy or that we should not use it—it offers great opportunities for the spiritual search. But our imperfect nature is having an adjustment problem in the face of machine intelligence that is powerful beyond our capacity to responsibly manage it in the short-run. We should therefore be aware how we use the internet—and how it uses us—for example, as a wilful veiling and distraction in the manner of the first alternative. The second alternative is the one Sri Ramana recommends, where we do not deny the reality of the human condition but look to its roots. By such inquiry, Bhagavan tells us, we come to see that while the personality and all we cling to as ‘ourselves’ does in fact die along with the body, we are not that."

http://jazsemto.net/sites/default/files/ostalo/saranagathi_enewsletter_november_2022.pdf

"You and I are the same. What I have done is surely possible for all. You are the Self now and can never be anything else. Throw your worries to the wind, turn within and find Peace."

Sri Ramana Maharshi

If thoughts are energy
and we never run out of them,
then it stands to reason
that the source of thought
is an inexhaustible source of energy.
It also stands that we might benefit greatly
if we could tap directly
into the source of thought.

Most of you still believe that you have to read books. Find sacred teachers. Meditate for hours. Travel the world looking for the right person, the right place, the right thing. Searching for the holy grail to become free. What are you doing when you do this? Aren't you accumulating more knowledge? You want to empty the garbage pail, not keep adding to it. True? But yet you keep adding to it. Every time you read a new book it comes out. You're adding to the garbage pail. In other words you're inflating your ego more and more, your ego becomes bigger and bigger. Because you have something new to talk about don't you. A new teacher, a new method, a new mantra, you become excited over this and you become excited over that. This is what keeps you back from realization. Always remember this. Never forget this. You want to subtract, you want to delete, not add on. 
~ Robert Adams

Nothing can ever happen to you. Why do you worry so much? What are you afraid of? Your life? You have no life.
What you call your life is nothing. It doesn't exist. It's no thing. You worry about your hair falling out. (laughter)
You worry about needing a new pair of shoes, you're getting fat, what a waste of energy. Like feeding a dead horse.
We're all going to wind up in the cemetery, so what difference does it make what you do?
-Robert Adams 

"Knjiga, ki bi jo moral imeti vsakdo, tudi če trenutno ne more do-umeti (ponotranjiti in zaživeti) njenega sporočila. Sporočilo indijske advaita tradicije namreč obrača na glavo posameznikov pogled nase in na življenje. Modrec – ” jnani”, džnani (tisti, ki je spoznal, ki ve na način, ki je onkraj vedenja in onkraj ne-vedenja) običajno ne nastopa javno.

Nisargadatta je bil izjema. S svojo preprosto in lahko razumljivo govorico je sodobnemu človeku običajno težko razumljive vsebine približal, kakor najbrž nihče drug. Sporočilnost advaita tradicije posameznik še lahko razume, jo nekako začuti, veliko težje pa je to do-umeti, ponotranjiti in to za-živeti. Ampak, kakor pravi tradicija, pomembno je enkrat slišati (prebrati) in ”seme” vedenja, znanja, se bo vsadilo. To, o čemer uči advaita oziroma Nisargadatta, je namreč človekova ”prava”, izvorna narava, ki vseskozi teži za tem, da bi bila prepoznana kot taka. Tudi v zen tradiciji je pravzaprav malo mojstrov, ki so znali stare tekste preobleči na novo in jih približati sodobnemu človeku. Za ”resnega” duhovnega iskalca, ki ni vešč tujih jezikov, je prevod Nisargadattinih pogovorov nekaj neprecenljivega."

http://zencenter.si/nisargadatta-jaz-sem-to-pogovori/

"Seek my grace within the Heart. 
I will drive away your darkness and show you the light.
This is my responsibility.
If you would only fix your gaze upon me, 
you would know 
that established in the Heart,
my gaze is ever fixed upon you."

- Sri Ramana Maharshi, Padamalai

"You must always remember that silence is the greatest teacher.   

Quietness, silence, total stillness, it is the greatest teacher.

Reality shines through where there is silence.

If you want to experience reality, just keep quiet. 

That is all you have to do.

Shut up.

Stop talking.

Stop thinking.

Stop imagining.

Leave it all alone."

                                               Robert Adams

1. The enduring essence of consciousness extends beyond the brain, transcending it and capable of existing independently of it;
    
2. This aspect of consciousness is eternal in nature, unbounded by space, time and matter, and is able to manifest in other forms and places throughout the spectrum of eternal existence;
    
3. All things in the cosmos are interconnected at the quantum level, influencing each other non-locally and instantaneously, implying that all things are one in the grand web of creation;
    
4. The meaning and purpose of all existence and the organizing principle of the cosmos which drives the evolution of all things is to become greater expressions of harmony and love….loving all things unconditionally, including oneself;
    
5. There is a profound Intelligence or Source underlying the creation and evolution of the universe from which all things originate and to which all things return;
    
6. In an interconnected universe an intricate matrix of cause-effect relationships exists, suggesting that what we to others we do to ourselves, which means that we reap what we sow; and
    
7. The good of the one and the good of the whole are mutually enhancing, affirming the ancient wisdom that the quality of both individual and collective existence is enhanced by bringing every aspect of creation into a state of complete unity, harmony and love.

   http://eternea.org/

Ribhu: »Nekoč je Šankara poučeval sina na gori Kailaš. Prenesel ti bom njegove besede. Pozorno prisluhni!
2.30 Ni pojavnega sveta. Nikoli ni bil ustvarjen, pa tudi sam po sebi sploh ne obstaja. Uporablja se izraz 'slika sveta', kajti svet je povsem izmišljen.
2.31 Pojavnega sveta sploh ni, pa tudi ne misli ali česa podobnega. Ni niti posamičnih osebnosti niti posamičnih duš. Vse to je izmišljeno, povsem izmišljeno, kajti obstaja edino Absolut.
2.32 Ni učinkov utvare ali česa podobnega. Ni strahu pred učinki utvare. Vse to je izmišljeno, povsem in do konca izmišljeno, kajti obstaja edino Absolut.
2.33 Ni delujočega, ni delovanja. Sin moj, ničesar ni mogoče narediti! Vse to je izmišljeno, povsem in do konca izmišljeno, kajti obstaja edino Absolut.
2.34 Ni 'enega', ni 'dvojega'. Ni mantre, ni tantre ali česa podobnega. Vse to je izmišljeno – izmišljeno, povsem izmišljeno – kajti obstaja edino Absolut.
2.35 Ni poslušanja ali premišljanja o slišanem. Globoka meditacija je zmota. Vse to je izmišljeno, zares povsem izmišljeno, kajti obstaja edino Absolut.
2.36 Ni raznih oblik meditativne zamaknjenosti. Ni mer, ni razsežnosti. Vse to je izmišljeno, zares povsem izmišljeno, kajti obstaja edino Absolut.
2.37 Dejansko ni nevednosti, niti pomanjkljivega razlikovanja. Vse to je izmišljeno, zares povsem izmišljeno, kajti obstaja edino Absolut.
2.38 Ni ne pomembnih ne postranskih reči. Nobena reč ni povezana z drugo. Vse to je izmišljeno, zares povsem izmišljeno, kajti obstaja edino Absolut.
2.39 Nikjer ni ne preteklosti ne prihodnosti ali česa podobnega. Dejansko nikjer ni sedanjosti ali česa podobnega. Vse to je izmišljeno, zares povsem izmišljeno, kajti obstaja edino Absolut.

Naročilo knjige KLIK

Question: What causes us to be reborn?

Sri Ramana Maharshi: Desires. Your unfulfilled desires bring you back. And in each case - in each body - as your desires are fulfilled, you create new ones. You must conquer desire to be absorbed into the One and thus end rebirth.

THE IDEA OF PROGRESS: the spiritual ego

Q. How am I to know if I am making any progress in my meditation?

AS: Those who meditate a lot often develop a subtle form of ego. They become pleased with the idea that they are making some progress; they become pleased with the states of peace and bliss that they enjoy; they become pleased that they have learned to exercise some control over their wayward minds; or they may derive some satisfaction from the fact that they have found a good guru or a good method of meditation.

All these feelings are ego feelings. When ego feelings are present, awareness of the Self is absent. The thought 'I am meditating’ is an ego thought. If real meditation is taking place, this thought cannot arise.

Don't worry about whether you are making progress or not. Just keep your attention on the Self twenty-four hours a day. Meditation is not something that should be done in a particular position at a particular time. It is an awareness and an attitude that must persist throughout the day. To be effective, meditation must be continuous.

If you want to water a field you dig a channel to the field and send water continuously along it for a lengthy period of time.

If you send water for only ten seconds and then stop, the water sinks into the ground even before it reaches the field. You will not be able to reach the Self and stay there without a prolonged, continuous effort. Each time you give up trying or get distracted, some of your previous effort goes to waste.

Continuous inhalation and exhalation are necessary for the continuance of life. Continuous meditation is necessary for all those who want to stay in the Self.

"Treat children as if they were Gods. Love them with all your heart and with all your soul. If you really love children the love that you feel for them will encompass them also. And they will become loving children. I don't mean love them with a human idea of love. I mean really love them. With all your heart and all your soul. See them as a sacred being. See them as a God. And realize divine right action is pouring itself through them. See only the goodness in them. Become an example for them. Do not tell them to do anything that you wouldn't do yourself. Children become what they see not what they hear. Therefore if there is peace in your home, if there is love in your home, there is joy in your home, I mean real peace, real love, real joy they have to pick it up. It has to pour into them. And they will react with love and with peace and with joy. They will grow up to be kind, compassionate, beautiful human beings and this will become a new world."

-Robert Adams 

Prvič sem obiskal Poonjajija junija 1990. Takrat je živel pri sinovi družini, v mestu Lucknow v Indiji. Ko sva z ženo prispela po naporni štirinajsturni vožnji z vlakom iz Nainitala v predgorju Himalaje, sva se znašla v vročini devetin-štiridesetih stopinj. Najprej sva telefonirala Poonjajiju in povedal nama je, kako prideva do njegove hiše. Ni se nama sanjalo, da bo to, kar se bo zgodilo ob petih popoldne, tako spremenilo najino življenje, da nikoli ne bova mogla biti dovolj hvaležna.

Tisti dan ni bilo drugih obiskovalcev. Sprejel naju je v dnevni sobi, kot da sva družinska člana. Ponudil nama je piškote in čaj. Nikoli v življenju nisem doživel takšne ljubezni na prvi pogled! Ni besed, ki bi ustrezno opisale lepoto v tistih očeh. Čez eno uro sva šla z njim na sprehod po ulicah. Kar je prej delovalo kot hrupno, vrveče mesto, je postalo paradiž, ko sva hodila ob njem. Zadnje, česar se spominjam tistega večera, je hoja proti najinemu hotelu. Tedaj sva doživljala radost, kakršne prej nisva poznala.

Pri Poonjajiju sta se me najgloblje dotaknili njegova ljubezen in ponižnost. Ko je moja žena čez nekaj dni zbolela, je osebno telefoniral zdravniku in ga vprašal za nasvet. Vsak dan se je napotil na tržnico, kjer je kupil svež jogurt in zdravila. Odpravil me je nazaj v hotel z natančnimi navodili, kako naj skrbim za ženo. Nato je še poklical voznika rikše, plačal vožnjo in mu podrobno razložil, kam naj me odpelje. Njegova ljubezen se je dotaknila vsega na njegovi poti!

Tisti teden je bral poglavje iz Abhishiktanandove knjige, ki opisuje srečanje tega krščanskega meniha z njim, leta 1953. Ko je Abhishiktananda vprašal Poonjajija, zakaj ga ni razsvetlil, mu je Poonjaji odgovoril, da ni »ločenega posameznika«, ki bi ga bilo treba razsvetliti. Samo um si ustvari predstavo o individualnosti in potem o vezanosti ter razsvetljenju. Tudi v času najinega obiska je govoril isto. V šestdesetih letih se ni nič spremenilo. 

Kakšen zaklad čaka bralca v poglavjih te knjige! Učiteljeve besede so jasne, polne ljubezni in lepote. Ni lepšega prizora od pogleda, ki ga naš ljubljeni Papa nameni človeku, željnemu samospoznanja. Največje možno darilo je, da takšen mojster hodi po zemlji v času našega življenja.

Predgovor k 2. zvezku knjige ZBUDI SE IN ZARJOVI (KLIK: več o knjigi) 

Don't think, some day the world will be a better place in which to live. You'll be happy. It will never happen. Since the beginning of time, man has tried to improve this world, of no avail. Things some time seem to improve for a while, but it will become worse than ever before. Why? Because this is the way of this world. You have to have friction in this world in order for it to survive. If there is no friction in this world, this world would disintegrate totally. You'd have no world. It's good and bad, right and wrong, up and down, forward and backward.

In order for a jet plane to fly, there has to be the same amount of power pushing it back, resisting. This is how the plane flies, It has to have resistance. If there was no resistance it wouldn't fly. It wouldn't be able to get off the ground. So it is with our life.

-Robert Adams 

"Some of us wonder why we have been on this path for a long time and we do not seem to make too much progress. It is because your compassion is not big enough."

-Robert Adams, 9th February 1992

"Pravi duhovni učitelj vas ne more ničesar naučiti v običajnem pomenu te besede. Ničesar vam ne more dati ali pridati, denimo novih informacij, prepričanj ali pravil obnašanja. Edina vloga učitelja je, da vam pomaga odstraniti tisto, kar vas ločuje od resnice o vaši pravi naravi in od védenja, skritega v globinah vašega bitja. Naloga duhovnega učitelja je odkriti in razkriti razsežnost globin duha, ki je hkrati tudi globok mir."

Eckhart Tolle (iz knjige Sporočilo tišine)

Nikoli ne veš, kdaj boš odšel. Morda čez eno uro, morda čez en dan, teden, mesec, leto. Kaj medtem počneš s seboj? Kaj počneš s seboj vsak dan? S čim se ukvarjaš, na kaj si navezan? Razmisli o tem, saj to določa, kaj se bo zgodilo s teboj.
CELOTNO BESEDILO

"Think of all the words you spoke. What have these words done for you? They are worthless.

So sitting in the Silence is magic. This is when things begin to happen, wonderful things. peace comes to you. Happiness comes to you all by itself. Joy comes to you. When you sit in the Silence you remember who you are."

-Robert Adams

"Pozabiti lastno Sebstvo je največja škoda. Od tod izvirajo vse nesreče. Poskrbi za najpomembnejše! Manj pomembno bo potem poskrbelo zase. Nikoli ne pospravljamo zatemnjene sobe. Najprej odpremo naoknice. Ko spustimo svetlobo v prostor, vse postane lahko."

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (iz knjige Jaz sem To)

"Če hočeš najti trajno radost, moraš gledati v pravo smer. Ne boš je našel v nobenem zunanjem objektu. Vsak objekt se pojavi, obstaja in nato izgine. Trajno, večno radost moraš poiskati drugje. Ne verjemi, da ti jo lahko nakloni objekt, najsibo človek, sonce, mesec ali zvezde. 
Znebi se nagnjenja, ki te vleče k zunanjim objektom, katerimkoli že. Prepreči umu, da bi se gibal v katerokoli smer navzven. Potem se boš samodejno vrnil k svoji notranji lepoti. To je tvoja narava – večna blaženost, ki je nisi nikoli občutil. Lahko da uživaš, lahko da vidiš čudovite prizore, ampak menim, da še nihče ni bil potešen z zasledovanjem zunanje lepote ali zunanje sreče. Zato ne zapravljaj življenja za predmetni svet. Obrzdaj um in ga odvadi usmerjenosti navzven, ki je trajala milijone let.

Zdaj je pravi čas. Tukaj si. Povsem moraš ustaviti privajeno gibanje uma navzven. Potem ga usmeri k lastnemu Sebstvu. Obstajati mora Sebstvo, ki podeljuje lepoto soncu, zvezdam in drugim nebesnim telesom. Odkrij torej, kdo je to Sebstvo, neizčrpni studenec lepote, ljubezni in sreče, ki si jih ves čas pogrešal.

Um se venomer žene za minljivimi užitki. Nenehno skače od enega do drugega. Samo če želiš nehati s tem enkrat za vselej, ustavi um in ga usmeri k njegovemu viru. Potem boš spoznal lepoto tega studenca. Um se bo potopil vanj in izginil za vedno."

Papaji: Zbudi se in zarjovi, 2. zvezek

Nisi prišel sem, da bi spravil svet v red.
Nisi prišel sem, da bi pobotal vse z vsemi.
Nisi prišel sem, da bi koga kaj naučil ali da bi komu kaj razložil.

Tu si zato, da se zbudiš,
zbudiš,
zbudiš iz smrtonosnih sanj.

Samo zato si tu.
To je edini razlog.

Robert Adams

What is the highest thing you can possibly do to quiet the mind? And the answer is nothing. As long as you're doing something you're using the mind. Therefore the highest teaching is, do nothing. When you learn to do nothing, the mind will stop thinking all by itself, but when you do something, the mind will accumulate more knowledge, of things that you are doing, and become ever stronger, and stronger and stronger.
.
~ Robert Adams

Pripravljamo ponatis legendarne knjige V dneh velikega miru - po skoraj tridesetih letih od prvega izida. Avtor v njej popisuje svoja nevsakdanja doživetja ob Ramani Maharšiju in tudi nas vabi, naj stopimo na pot svobode. Za pokušino je tu kratek odlomek, v katerem je predstavljeno prvo srečanje z velikim modrecem: KLIK

Maharaj: Odmaknjenost od vseh želja in zadovoljstvo s tem, kar pride samo od sebe, je zelo dobrodejno stanje, je predpogoj za stanje izpolnjenosti. Ne bodi nezaupljiv zaradi njegove navidezne sterilnosti in praznine! Verjemi mi, da prav zadovoljevanje želja poraja stiske! Osvoboditev od želja je blaženost.

Spraševalec: Nekatere stvari potrebujemo.

Maharaj: Kar potrebuješ, bo prišlo k tebi, če ne boš prosil za stvari, ki jih ne potrebuješ. Vendar le peščica ljudi doseže takšno stanje popolne brezstrastnosti in nenavezanosti. To je zelo visoko stanje, sam prag osvoboditve.

-Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (Jaz sem To)

Navdihujoče besede velikega učitelja iz knjige Zbudi se in zarjovi...

Šest zakladov vrline (sanskr. šat-sampat) je temelj duhovnega življenja. ŽELIM IZVEDETI VEČ

Kot vedno, navdihujoča in spodbudna... KLIK

Nekdo te vpraša: »Kdo si?« Če odgovoriš ... KLIK

"Odlašanje je kakor mlin; melje dan in noč. Mlin se vrti in melje vsa bitja kakor žitna zrna. Mlin dela, mlinski kamen se vrti in melje bitja. 
Tu in tam je kdo varen blizu osi, kjer ga nič ne more zmleti. Vse, kar je oddaljeno od središča, Sebstva, absolutnega bivanja, pa mora biti zmleto." 

»Telo mi je na mestu otrpnilo; bilo je, kot bi mi nekakšen velikanski magnet potegnil zrak iz pljuč. Duša in um sta se v trenutku osvobodila telesnih spon in sta kot tekoča, prodorna svetloba strujala iz vsake moje pore. KLIK

(Odlomek iz duhovne klasike Avtobiografija jogija) 

Ko je Vivekananda obiskal Ramakrishno, mu je bilo še vedno ime Narendranath. Pozneje ga je Ramakrishna poimenoval Vivekananda. Ob prvem obisku je bil Vivekananda izredno prepirljiv, bil je ateist, racionalist. Za vsako stvar je hotel dokaz. NADALJEVANJE

Oktober 2016 KLIK

Človek na duhovni poti se prej ali slej vpraša, ali je kaj napredoval. Če boste prebrali besede Roberta Adamsa, si boste lahko zanesljivo odgovorili na to vprašanje.

"Prvo znamenje je občutenje miru, v katerem te življenjske okoliščine ne motijo več. Svet se navidezno vrti naprej. Začneš ga gledati kot film."
KLIK

Bogat nabor prostovoljskih aktivnosti - od učne pomoči do joge smeha...
http://www.prostovoljstvo.org/
(izberite regijo in kliknite gumb Izberi delo)

"Veliko ljudi me sprašuje: 'Robert, kateri je zares najhitrejši način za utišanje uma?' Namreč, mnogi med vami se zdaj zavedate, da osvoboditev pride sama od sebe, ko um utihne. Zares vam ni treba narediti ničesar drugega za osvoboditev." 
KLIK