It seems to me that one of the great problems with this practice that we got from Ramana Maharshi is its simplicity. And I mean simple, not easy. By "simple" I mean stripped of all the adornments, decorations, explanations, rationalizations, and understandings that normally come part and parcel with a spiritual practice. nnUsually we engage in a spiritual practice not for the sake of the practice itself, but in order that we can transform or transcend our lives, or think more clearly, or think less, or have a better idea of what we want or what we want to be, or how we want to get there, or have a better idea that we are nothing, or feel better, have a deeper understanding, have more clarity about the world, and my life and the things around me. nnMost of us, for the most part, when we engage in a spiritual practice, we do so from the stand point of a life that has absolutely revealed itself to be wholly unsatisfactory, and from the experience of which we desperately want to escape. So, when are engaging in these practices, what we are looking for is some change in our lives.nnLive recording of a Worldwide Meeting on December 1, 2007.nnLength: 58 min. File size: 14 Mb
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