June 2003
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MESSAGE FROM WAYNE
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Hello my loves..
I am recently returned home from Europe and I am again struck with what an incredible blessing this Teaching is and how tenacious. It reminds me sometimes of the plant that grows up through a crack in the sidewalk... unexpected and rare and strong. On this trip I met Paolo, who came to the Talks in Rome from his home in Sicily. Somehow a translated copy of Consciousness Speaks had found its way into his hands and had affected him deeply. He talked about how the Teaching had changed his life, bringing a sense of Knowingness where before there had only been questions and confusion. As I listened to him and watched the tears of gratitude well up in his eyes I felt renewed. This Teaching, appreciated by so few, misunderstood by so many, has the power to transform lives in ways unimaginable. It goes where it needs to go, takes root in seemingly the most unlikely of places and just at the moment when we take it for granted it always surprises us.
It is indeed Grace to be the instrument through which this magnificent Teaching happens.
With much love,
Wayne
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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WITH RAMESH BALSEKAR
Daily Talks in His Home: 9AM Sindhula, N. Gamadia Rd. #10, Bombay, India (Helpful info for people planning to visit Ramesh can be found in the Ramesh Balsekar section of the advaita.org website)
KOVALAM, INDIA SEMINAR 2003 W/ RAMESH
There will be another seminar with Ramesh in Kovalam this December. Bookings are now being taken. To download a booking form go to: http://ramesh-balsekar.com
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EVENTS WITH WAYNE LIQUORMAN
Sedona, Arizona.................August 22 - 24 Contact: Karen Phone: 928-284-0777 Email: angelgirl@sedona.net
Amsterdam.................................Sept. 19 - 21 Contact: Ronald Valk Tel 020 646 2160 Email: ronald.valk@wanadoo.nl
Munich, Germany ...............Sept. 25
Open Talk at Psychologische Fachbuchhandlung
Haimhauserstr. 5 - 80802 Munchen Tel. 089/39 51 11 Fax 089/340 14 55
Dingolfing, Germany Residential Retreat.........September 26 - 29 Contact: Parvaneh 49-08731-2739 email:seminare@gut-schermau.de
MAUI, HAWAII Retreat w/ Wayne...... Oct 11-Oct 18 Contact: Donna 310-376-9636
Talks in Wayne's Home
927B Sixth St., Hermosa Beach, CA (check website for times or call 310-376-9636) Note that these talks will be broadcast LIVE over the Internet. Live broadcasts can be accessed free from the advaita.org website.
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THE ADVAITA PRESS STORE
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NEW BOOKS--------------
ASK THE AWAKENED by Wei Wu Wei
A new edition of a classic gem of Eastern Spirituality. It draws on Zen, Taoism and the teachings of Ramana Maharshi to illuminate the most essential aspects of non-duality. Wei Wu Wei (the pen name of an Irish aristocrat) was a very significant influence on Ramesh and his Teaching. This is not an easy book but it is an important one and it presents non-duality in a very pure form.
Softcover 195 pages $15
PEACE and HARMONY in DAILY LIVING by Ramesh S. Balsekar (edited by Susan Waterman)
This book is about facing life moment to moment while being anchored in tranquility. Ramesh points out that each one of us, at some time or the other, has a taste of the experience of peace and harmony. Here he shows how this state of constant repose can occur in the midst of our ordinary, hectic, daily living.
Nicely bound and printed in India. A beautifully presented volume.
Softcover, 290 pages $16
Click here http://www.advaita.org/apstoreforwarding.htm or go to the www.advaita.org website, click on Advaita Press Store and then Latest Releases and you will find this book as well as a new video about Ramana Maharshi, another video about Nisargadatta Maharaj as well as a new Ramana pictorial book and a book of wonderful poems inspired by Hafiz (it is the book Wayne has been reading from in recent Talks)
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ADVAITA FELLOWSHIP MEMBERS
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Recently added to the Fellowship Video Archives is video from Ramesh's Kovalam Retreat in 2002. New videos from the Retreat will be added in each of the upcoming months. These may be viewed for free by members.
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BECOME A MEMBER
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If you have not yet joined the Advaita Fellowship but would like to become a member... click on the link
http://216.86.195.102/members/register.asp
or visit the advaita.org website and click on BECOME A MEMBER
Members, via their TAX DEDUCTIBLE monthly donations, help to make the Fellowship financially viable and ensure the continued free presentations of the Teaching via the web site, webcasts, newsletters and free Talks in Wayne's home.
In thanks to the members for their support they receive unlimited access to the Fellowships online video archives. These archives contain hundreds of streaming videos of Ramesh and Wayne. New ones are being added constantly.
This month new videos have been added of Wayne's Talks from his home as well as videos by Ramesh in Kovalam.
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2003 MAUI RETREAT DEPOSITS ARE NOW BEING TAKEN
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The 7TH annual October retreat with Wayne in Maui, Hawaii will take place from October 11-18, 2003.
Last year's retreat was again extrordinary. So much laughter and tears and deep deep connection.
The retreat last year was fully booked and it is filling up quickly for this year. So if you are hoping to attend this year, now is the time to confirm your spot.
Pictures can be viewed at: http://www.advaita.org/graphics/maui2002/page.htm
Contact Donna in the Fellowship Office to make your reservation. Call 310-376-9636 or email: fellowship@advaita.org .
Pictures from previous years retreats can be viewed at:
http://www.advaita.org/graphics/maui2000/maui2000.htm and
http://www.advaita.org/graphics/maui2001/maui2001.htm
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A LIVING GEM FROM RAMESH (previously unpublished)
One of the visitors, on his first day, asked why so many people come to the satsang day after day - some for several weeks and a few for several months. Promptly, several hands were raised, wanting to give the answer. The consensus was that the repetition of the basics, day after day, served not only as a reminder but that it gave them the opportunity to see, in depth, the interconnection between mind, thought-word, concept and knowledge. There are certain moments when the whole subject in its entirety - and its strange significance - in day -to-day living, seems absurdly simple and clear, though by no means easy to communicate.
What we are endeavoring to see in duration - with one sentence following another in the relativity of time - could really be apperceived only sub spacie aeternitatis, its essential nature seen only under the aspect of eternity. Therefore the essential nature of the basics which had eluded one earlier might suddenly, intuitively, flash itself in Consciousness, only when repeated the umpteenth time.
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POEM
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POLARITY 6/01/03
I'm the fly in your soup
The spot on your pants
The baby with croup
The picnic with ants
The long line on the ski lift
Your tire going flat
The unreturnable gift
The hairball in your cat
I'm HIV and cancer
The terrorist on the plane
The unexpected disaster
The fungus in the grain
I'm just doing my duty
And I've got a long lease
Appreciate my beauty
And your heart will know peace
Dave