The Sage does vichara too o my godddmmm

Saddays the Sage of Arunachala list eeza closed.

Time it happn'd. All these doofers crappin' away. Dun'no how Nan Yar put up with eet. Bunch of pseuds quackin' advaita with that fuguin' mantra "not two not two but look at me look at me and what i know what i know o my godddddddddmmmmmm"

He's got a nouveau secret group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vichara101
dun'no if I should say but you know me. Its serious though deadly serious you need a password an' all sortz o' zhit!!!!!

Seriously he'z ze man.

/\ peez man and chips

You WILL do your spiritual practice or else

For all you AWA (awareness watching awareness) probies.

Remember!

If you do not do your spiritual practice everyday all hell will break loose.

This link also reveals that you can take a shower, you can work BUT entertainment is not necessary.

Scary canaries.

Nisargadatta shock news

it's bad news. some dude called michael james has let the coon out of the bag. my man Nisargadatta's ideas in english are "confusing and questionable". what! is it for real? it sure is. this dude can tell without speaking Nisargadatta's mother-tongue. he's so clued up he can just "glance" at the english and say it's wrong. that's a neat trick. siddhis! has to be. siddhis! he's a big siddhi!
thanks to bob over at acalayoga blog for the link.

How many chakras does it take to make a system?

Dave: I've had problems with my 6th shaakra. It just won't open. There must be a blockage.

Jani: Are you constipated?

Dave: No. Not that kind of blockage. I mean the energy seems unable to flow.

Jani: What energy?

Dave: You know - Kundalini energy - the serpent power.

Jani: I see. You understand these things do you?

Dave: Of course I do. You know that I hold regular courses for seekers.

Jani: Sorry, it had slipped my mind. Which version do you teach?

Dave: The true version.

Jani: How many cakras do you teach in this system?

Dave: Everyone knows that there are seven shaakras.

Jani: Sorry, I did not mean to betray my ignorance, however if I may point something out...

Dave: Of course, please do, if it is pertinent to my problem.

Jani: I believe it may be very pertinent.
If by "true version" you mean the original version then you are mistaken. There is an 'original' system (Matsyendranatha's transmission) which lists only six cakras. The seven cakra system is believed to be a later interpolation, as are the nine, twelve and twenty seven cakra systems. Now... which 'true' system do you 'teach'?

Dave: The one I read about.

Jani: And which one is that?

Dave: I have no idea. It just seemed to make sense.

Jani: Often, when we join the 'new age' dots, things seem to make sense [pretty patterns], don't they!

Aliveness is all there is...

So... "aliveness is all there is and this aliveness is happening to no one... apparently." Tony Parsons

I spent a bit of time looking at the YouTube videos which come up when one searches for 'advaita'. Some of them are a scream. Conversations/lectures circling around nothing, like linguistic vultures, punctured by [in]appropriate laughter which serves to relieve the tension of the prey. If there is no need for guru and for teaching, if there is no need to practice, why on earth do these chappies do tours and write books? Do they perchance do it for themselves, the very chappies they oft-time claim do not exist.

The reason for this YouTube search -
I was taken to task yesterday for posting the link to the Hare Krishna video. There were accusations of non-dualist-ism. Now the last time I was asked if I was a non-dualist it took the form of an assumptive rhetorical question which apparently required no answer. So I gave none. The truth is, as far as I am concerned, you have to look to history to understand the dual vs. non dual philosophical polemic and then work forward before you can understand the absurdity that it has become in the modern psyche. These are philosophical doctrines playing off against each other - no more, no less. if you want to get involved in such things - good luck to you! It can be fun. [I like to swap sides mid conversation or take the opposite viewpoint of my ... 'combatant'.]

Shakra chakra cakra

"Shhaaakraa, you have a blockage in your base shhaaakraa," the shakra therapist said, in a dreamy voice.
"Shhaaakraa?" said I, questioning the pronunciation.
"Shhhaaaakraa!" the therapist said as if to draw a line under it.

"May I say something?" I asked.
"Of course, my love." the shakra therapist said.

"I believe you may be pronouncing the word cakra wrong. The word sounds like the English word "chuck" with "ru" as in the first bit of 'rut', without the 't', tagged on the end."
"Oh no! That cannot be right." said the shakra therapist. "My spirit guide, 'Walks Funny Feather Baba', definitely says 'shhhaaaakraaa'. It is soft and long and soothing. It is a mystical Sanskrit word."

"Oh," said I, "I think it sounds like something that Harry Potter's arch enemy, 'He-who-must-not-be-named', Lord Voldemort, might say in Parseltongue to the giant snake.
Shhhaaaaaakkrraaaaaa!" And then I left!