Ramana Maharshi

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Dec 24, 2014 20:54:21 GMT -5 plutus said:

I have the utmost respect for this "men". Can you say he is a men? Maybe he was a men till he was 16 or so, right? I never had a lot of people to look up to, just felt they did not deserve it and I am not a big scholar on this topic WHo am I but I will learn in time in my way but this "men" deserves more respect then words can describe. When I think about something abstract like God walking on Earth I remember this "men", I think that is the biggest compliment anybody could get.

Can anybody tell me what is a good start with his teachings? Just to start the "flow", afterwards things perhaps go easier...thank you

Hello plutus, much love.  A good place to start is "Who AM I?".  Another good place to start is 'Am I aware?'

The last question is kind of trick question, because of course the answer is that you are.

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Thank you all for some tips on how to start. @wren thank you for the link, it is exactly what I needed.
Can somebody here tell me his personal experiences with this teachings or perhaps how to make it easier, tips and similar? It is accurate to say that this teachings in a way are to deal with the ego? Or how does it effect the ego cause for me sometimes it is difficult to "get rid" of ego so it could be very useful for personal growth.

@source - your avatar photo, what plant is that? Is that blue lotus? Thank you, I will start with the link that @wren post up earlier

Oh, not to forget this: www.arunachala-ramana.org/arunachala/girivalam/3D_wall_2.html

I just like this hill so much and wanted to share the beauty...

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Dec 27, 2014 14:28:44 GMT -5 plutus said:

Thank you all for some tips on how to start. @wren thank you for the link, it is exactly what I needed.
Can somebody here tell me his personal experiences with this teachings or perhaps how to make it easier, tips and similar? It is accurate to say that this teachings in a way are to deal with the ego? Or how does it effect the ego cause for me sometimes it is difficult to "get rid" of ego so it could be very useful for personal growth.

@source - your avatar photo, what plant is that? Is that blue lotus? Thank you, I will start with the link that @wren post up earlier

Oh, not to forget this: www.arunachala-ramana.org/arunachala/girivalam/3D_wall_2.html

I just like this hill so much and wanted to share the beauty...

Hello Plutus, much love.  It is called Hydrangea.

It's reality is pure beauty itself, rising in the form of perception. And that is why I perceive it to be beautiful.

It is identical to the beauty I perceive while looking at the images of the hill.

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Dec 27, 2014 14:28:44 GMT -5 plutus said:

Thank you all for some tips on how to start. @wren thank you for the link, it is exactly what I needed.
Can somebody here tell me his personal experiences with this teachings or perhaps how to make it easier, tips and similar? It is accurate to say that this teachings in a way are to deal with the ego? Or how does it effect the ego cause for me sometimes it is difficult to "get rid" of ego so it could be very useful for personal growth.

The movement to 'get rid', is a movement in, to self-identification. Giving life to a shadow, is the very same movement.

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Dec 27, 2014 14:28:44 GMT -5 plutus said:

Can somebody here tell me his personal experiences with this teachings or perhaps how to make it easier, tips and similar?

Hello again, plutus, much love.  There are as many paths for the spiritual seeker as there are individuals in the world.
From the Gita for instance the path culminates in the "knowing, which you shall attain immortality".
Most religions, philosophies, or scientific explorations have an aspect of this concept in some form.
It goes on to say that there "is a force which the eyes cannot see, yet exists everywhere, as millions of hands and eyes and heads. It pervades all things/objects inwardly and outwardly. The deepest and nearest. Inside us and yet utterly remote and unreachable by any effort of man.
It is free from the limitations of the human senses. The Supreme Being does not perceive with eyes and ears as we do, yet It is the illuminator of all the senses.
It is not conditioned by the sense organs, but without it the sense organs cannot function.
These are just some of the figurative descriptions to entertain the spiritual seeker with the majesty of God’s Being.
It is superior to anything that we can think of, understand, imagine, perceive or cognise".

All spiritual paths don't actually lead anywhere, so the best a seeker can do is to find one with a heart.