However, we become confused, disturbed, when someone asks us to "let go" of out preconceived notions as to who we are. We never ask out mother, "Mom, how do I go to sleep?" We just "let go" and sleep came. We all know how to let go, we do it every night when we go to sleep. How interesting! A person who did not speak English magnificiently managed to teach the Vedantic truth that one is neither one's body not one's thoughts, all in two words, As if that was not enough, he proceeded to teach me how to "find out who I really am" with another two words ("let go"). How to answer him? So I said, "I donot know." Quick as a wink, he responded, "Find out." I replied, "How?" He responded, "Not how, find out." Again I asked, "How?" He was holding a handkerchief in his hand and he opened his fingers and let the handkerchief drop to the ground and as it fell he said, "Let go." Again I asked, "How ?" He responded, "Not how, let go." And then he turned and left the room.Īlmost twenty years passed before I learned that this monk supposedly did not speak English. What was left? With two small words, he had succeded in conveying to me that I was neither my physical body nor my mental knowledge. With the second "stop", he wiped out my entire mental universe. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. He asked me, "Who you?" Having lived in India and being used to this type of English and being young and polite I began to answer him, "I am John Grimes," but just as I reached the G of Grimes, he said " Bas, family name, who you?" ( Bas is Hindi for "stop, enough.") Again, since I have lived in India and studied Indian thought, I very confidently and boldly began to reply, "I am the immortal Atman," but just as I reached the A of Atman, again he stopped me with another " Bas, book name, who you?" With the first "stop", he wiped out my physical body. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Ganapati: Song of the Self at.
Ganapati : Song of the Self SUNY Series in Religious Studies Grimes, John A. The moment he saw that "wobble", he got a big grin on his face, entered the room, and closed the door behind him. durga ganapathi mantram in tamil Ucchista Ganapathi is a very rare form of. He asked, in broken English, "Been India?" Since I had been in India for a number o f years, the best, most easily demonstrable answer was to wobble my head in the characteristic side to side manner known to most Indians.
Once many years ago, I had a "chance" meeting with an Indian saint. The Ganapati Atharvashirsa (Sanskrit:, Gaapatyarthavara) is a Sanskrit text and a minor Upanishad. From chapter "Who am I?" (page 139) from the Ganapati by Prof. O N CE MANY YEARS AGO, I had a chance meeting with an Indian saint. Preface Acknowledgments Scheme of Transliteration 1 Introduction From the Formless to Form Mythmaker, Oathbreaker 2 In the Beginning.
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