Many thanks for the book and the opportunity to ask Michael questions about what Bhagavan wrote in his fundamental teachings.

@sriramanateachingsqa

14 күн бұрын

Namo Ramanaya 🙏🙏🙏

Firstly, thank you, Michael, for tirelessly sharing Baghavan's insights with such earnestness and clarity--the deep well of knowledge you offer has immensely benefited me and, I have no doubt, countless others. My question builds on your back-and-forth with Bernardo Kastrup re: solipsism. I understand that other egos exist only to the extent to which mine exists--they're all illusions and the "underlying" Awareness is all that truly exists. When addressing this, you often make the analogy to a dream. I can, of course, understand how the other apparent individuals in a dream are mere projections of my own mind with no first person point of view or experiential states of their own. PART 1 OF QUESTION: Are you saying this is exactly the same in waking life? In other words, are you making a truly solipsistic claim that all of the other apparent individuals I encounter--my friends, parents...even if you--are just illusory images with no first person points of view akin to that of this ego (“my” ego)? PART 2 OF QUESTION (similar to Part 1 but for added clarity): According to some non-dualists, such as Rupert Spira (as far as I understand), all of the people I encounter are aware and have experiences just like I do--they are different "windows" through which the same Awareness “simultaneously” looks into a consensus reality. Would you agree or disagree? Does Awareness appear to experience multiple individuated perspectives "concurrently"...or is the illusion of this world experienced solely through one first person perspective (namely, the perspective to which “I,” as ego, have access right now)?

@sandraderksen

4 күн бұрын

Your question has been answered. The video with the answer will be published in a couple of days (video: 2024-07-03 Sandra and Michael part 2b)

I'm really like to understand the "love" part of Bhakti Yoga. Unless I am misunderstanding it seems like Bhakti Yoga has two parts - surrendering everything to God and loving all of God's creations. Also if I focus on my heart and relax it, it seems to open up and I can send love to myself and all beings, even people that aren't my biggest fan. It seems like there is something to that.

@sandraderksen

4 күн бұрын

Your question has been answered. The video with the answer will be published in a couple of days (video: 2024-07-03 Sandra and Michael part 2b)

Namo Ramana, Michael could you please let us know what was your daily schedule 20 years back and what's your schedule now, I mean what do you do from morning to night and how many hours you meditate everyday?

@sandraderksen

4 күн бұрын

Your question has been answered. The video with the answer will be published in a couple of days (video: 2024-07-03 Sandra and Michael part 2b)

Hello Micheal I've been reading Dennis Waite's Back to The Truth, 5000 years of Advaita: I don't have the quotes with me but from what I understood was that: In Advaita, it is only a relative truth that the world is an illusion. This is just said so that students would be willing to let go of the world and turn within. Once the Student has realized Atman/Brahman, they will see that as Brahman they are real and the external world that seemed like an illusion was also real cause it is brahman. The external world may have diffrent appearances as illusory but it is no longer seen as apart from Brahman so it is real. So when you say in your talks that the final reality there is no world and just ourself. What you actually mean is that, the world existing as a experience of a personal separate entity that doesn't exist cause it is borne of ignorance. However, the world as seen as part of Brahman, that actually is real and only ourself? This would make more sense since Ramana treats everyone as himself, if there was no world in his realization he would've just blanked out in a catatonic state. Thank you.

@sandraderksen

4 күн бұрын

Your question has been answered. The video with the answer will be published in a couple of days (video: 2024-07-03 Sandra and Michael part 2b)

Dear Michael, If I'm the dreamer, and there's only one ego, what's the point of telling others about our path? When we're convinced deep down that atma-vicara is the most direct way, we'd like our loved ones to experience it too, without imposing it on them. Is there any point in answering or trying to explain anything? knowing that there is only one receiver and that everything is oneself? Thank you, pranam

@sandraderksen

4 күн бұрын

Your question has been answered. The video with the answer will be published in a couple of days (video: 2024-07-03 Sandra and Michael part 2b)