Philosophy Now Forum

Well, your premise is flawed. To speak petty, I'm still waiting for you to see that. :roll: Sri Ramana Maharshi was not a mimic. Absolutely nowhere in this thread did I ever state that Sri Ramana Maharshi was a mimic. In which case, other than for the purpose of creating a side-tracking obfuscation...

Again, what did he teach that set him apart from the standard array of Hindu gurus? His teaching was His stillness (no interior monologue) which was transmitted via His presence. For those who didn't "get it", it was transmitted as succinctly as possible through words. This thread would probably ha...

...isn’t it a strange irony that if we were to fully mimic the lives of some of our most important spiritual icons, humanity would cease to exist. Mimicking doesn’t guarantee results, as most kids collecting major league baseball cards and playing in little league baseball will learn. Hmmm, I occas...

The appropriate metaphors have been provided in the previous posts. The "why" will be concluded via direct experience of what is being revealed. Mind/thought leads simply to more mind/thought. Find that which does not change. That is the "answer"/conclusion. What I have found that does not change i...

vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑

Thu May 09, 2019 9:05 am

True. Venus was a bit corny and their dancing was rubbish.

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...if you do not believe that the physical body has anything to do with the manifestation of our ultimate and eternal form,... ...then please give it your best guess as to HOW our singularly unique individualization of personal consciousness acquired its individuated structure? In other words, if n...

The point is that other than being a particularly charismatic purveyor of standard Hindu dogma (most of which is mythological nonsense), is there anything else about his teachings that truly represent something earth shattering? Your question was, what are we to make of it. Well, I keep dancin' and...

So let me get this straight. In deference to Ramana, you personally think that the best thing that could ever happen to humanity is for everyone on the planet to... 1. Strip down to their underpants and assume the lotus position. 2. Eliminate all thought and sensations to the point of no longer bei...

Most kids with two working brain cells to rub together would consider that to be a problem (and rightly so) and try to do something about it. So what are we supposed to make of it? Integration of uncorrupted equanimity into daily activities requires a period of adjustment which customarily requires...

He was just a kid when the ants ate away at his legs. Most kids with two working brain cells to rub together would consider that to be a problem (and rightly so) and try to do something about it. So what are we supposed to make of it? After he was found and cared for by those with the eyes to see w...

Many Easterners are just really bad at logic. I think you can safely say that about many Westerners as well, but I get your point. Once they figure out the "True Self", they tend to go into this detached, antisocial, empty meditative state where they sit around all day and do nothing. Hence the pro...

The point is that if everyone on earth adopted the “Ramana model” wherein all they did was sit around in their underwear and offer vague and impractical advice such as that which you are attributing to Ramana above, then nothing would get done, and the gears of our societies would soon come to a sc...

_______ (This is an offshoot from an alternate thread.) My Satguru Ramana Maharshi spoke of remaining in the heart and not "going out" in awareness into thought and sensations. And apparently there were times when he felt that “going out” (like everybody else) to acquire food to keep his body alive ...

My Satguru Ramana Maharshi spoke of remaining in the heart and not "going out" in awareness into thought and sensations. And apparently there were times when he felt that “going out” (like everybody else) to acquire food to keep his body alive was too much of a hindrance to his spiritual goals. Acc...

if selfishness is gaining for one's self at some cost for another (without future compensation to balance), then the most selfish act is gaining entirely for one's self with no benefit whatsoever to the other, only harm. since appreciation for life or desire to live (and therefore everything else t...