Conversation continued at bottom: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "L B Shriver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Marek, > > I've been "away" for a bit and not following the action here. Nice post. Certainly gives a > new take on Nisargadatta. > > Where did you learn these things about his guru, his practice, his teachings? > > L B S
**SNIP TO END** Hey LB, Me, too. "Away" I mean. I've been following the posts but more spotty than in the past and haven't posted much myself except here and there. You know, I can't tell you exactly where I read that stuff about Nisargadatta and Siddharameshwar, his teacher, but probably just googling around and about and stuff falls in the hopper and shakes out later on. If I remember correctly I think some of it is on some site that talks about Somerset Maugham (sp?) and The Razor's Edge and the "real" Larry Darrow. Apparently Maugham's model for the guru, Sri Ganapati, in The Razor's Edge was Ramana Maharishi. Plus, he (Maugham) also visited Siddharameshwar, too. If you find that site there are a number of links that branch out to all sorts of different places and there is the information about the "bird's way" and the "ant's way" as well as the "monkey's way" that Siddharameshwar spoke about and a fourth way, too, whose name I've forgotten. The extended metaphor is that the "ant's way" requires a long and arduous journey to the fruit which remains out of site until just before it's attained. The "bird's way", as was said earlier, is where the fruit is seen and attained directly. "Monkey's way" is kind of the in-between way where the fruit is seen and there's some jumping and grabbing and swinging from branch-to-branch till it's reached. The fourth way is when "nothing" is done and the fruit just falls from the tree right where you happen to be. Boink. Anandamayi and Ramana Maharishi are perfect examples of this fourth "way". It's the easiest and most difficult way of all. You just gotta be at the right place at the right time. Anyway, no one I've ever read or heard has ever spoken more clearly to me than Nisargadatta. Totally cleared things up. A good friend of mine refers to him as the proletariat guru. No heirarchies or fancy-shmancy stuff there. Very refreshing. But I'm still a sucker for Guru Dev. Marek ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
