"practicing"

[Harry Fleenor]

Chuck Hillig wrote,

>     There is no "living" or "pursuing" or "practicing."
>     There is only BE-ING.
>    You are not the "do-er of the doing" because, "you" are not really "here."
>    Only the SELF is present.
>                                               With Blessings,

Hello Chuck Hillig,

Your post is pithy and I feel its truth immediately. It's amazing to have
an email list transferred electronically that contains the pure gold
very uncontaminated.

However a word of caution. Although to a realized being such as Maharshi
Ramana there may seem to be not "living" or "pursuing" or "practicing" but
it is obvious that he automatically meditated for hours each day. Also he
read about and discussed Advaita, and he found it necessary to exercise
and eat regularly even though he was very detached from the body.

This can be seen by us as "living" and "practicing."

For many years I felt content just knowing I am not this body and my real
identity is universal pure existence, consciousness, bliss. This knowing
was gleaned from many years of meditating many hours each day using
self enquiry. I then felt I didn't need to meditate or "practice".
Having reached the other shore, why not throw away the boat.
However without this "living" or "pursuing" or "practicing" illusion
crept back into my life.

This idea of "living" or "pursuing" or "practicing" is valuable to hold
on to until you are a *realized being* at which time "living" or "pursuing"
or "practicing" will be a natural part of your life and you will not see it

as "living" or "pursuing" or "practicing".

We and all *Knowing* *Being* and *Joyously* reveling in the Advaita.

hfleenor at beachnet.gen.ca.us (Harry Fleenor)
>From ADVAITA-L at TAMU.EDU Tue Sep 24 11:36:38 1996
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From: Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian <rbalasub at ECN.PURDUE.EDU>
Subject: Question on Upanishads quotes by sha.nkara
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Hello,

Apart from the 10 principal upanishhads on which shrii sha.nkara has written
bhaashhyas can anyone tell me what upanishhads he has quoted in his works. I
know he has quote shvetaashvatara, pai.ngala and jaabaala upanishhads. Anyone
know the complete list he has quoted? Thanks.

Rama.
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>From ADVAITA-L at TAMU.EDU Sun Sep 29 11:57:31 1996
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To: "Advaita (non-duality) with reverence" <ADVAITA-L at TAMU.EDU>
From: Chelluri Nageswar Rao <Chelluri at AOL.COM>
Subject: LIFE
Comments: To: ADVAITA-L at tamu.edu

                                                  OM

        LET NOBLE THOUGHTS COME TO US FROM ALL SIDES - Rigveda

NAMASTE:

Appreciate if someone answer the following and clear my doubt.

I am thinking Life Energy (Pranam) and Pure Conciousness (Atma) are different
and that Pure Conciousness is the source of Pranam (Life Energy).

Regards



                                                                     Nageswar