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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

We are very sad to report the passing of Ramesh's beloved wife Sharda Balsekar
on June 23 in their home in Mumbai.

A new book by Wayne entitled, ENLIGHTENMENT IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK is now
available. See details below.

The week long retreat with Wayne on the beautiful Costa Brava of Spain is now
only two months away. If you are interested in attending, see the details below.

The Talks in Wayne's home originally scheduled for August 3 and 4 have been
canceled.



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MESSAGE FROM WAYNE
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Hello my loves,

About a week before I reached Mumbai for Guru Purnima, I received the sad news
that Ramesh's wonderful wife, Sharda had died quietly and peacefully in their
home. What I will always remember about Sharda Balsekar is her hands. They
exist, frozen in my memory, fingertips and thumbtip gathered into a point,
suspended over a plate of puri batata, as if sprinkling magic, fairy dust. And
it WAS a sort of magic, fairy dust...if you can call love, magic, fairy dust.
Because that is exactly the ingredient that transformed those mundane
componenents into something truly sublime. Sharda's love infused everything and
everyone she touched, transforming us and enriching us.

Sharda lived in my home and I lived in hers. For twenty-one years our paths
crossed yearly, sometimes briefly, sometimes for months. She was always the
epitome of graciousness and subtlety. She was both interesting and interested.
She had the ability to make me feel as if I had her complete attention.

Another image that will remain fixed in my mind is of her standing high on the
slopes of Mt. Haleakala on the Hawaiian Island of Maui, sipping giddily from a
glass of champagne, the helicopter that had brought us there standing ready in
the background. Her eyes sparkled like the wine and I could see that in that
moment she was truly, truly happy, almost like a little girl who had been
granted a forbidden pleasure.

More than anything...Sharda cared. She cared for her family and for mine. She
cared for me and for all of us who were graced with a little of her time here on
Earth.

I loved her.

I shall miss her.


With love,
Wayne

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UPCOMING EVENTS
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DAILY SATSANG WITH RAMESH BALSEKAR

Ramesh offers satsang daily at 9AM in his flat in Mumbai. Usually, a video of a
previous session is played and then Ramesh (health permitting) answers any
questions visitors may have. It is impossible to know in advance if the 92 year
old Ramesh will feel well enough to join the satsang. His strength ebbs and
flows.

Sindhula Building #10, N. Gamadia Rd, Mumbai, India 400026 (Helpful info for
people planning to visit Ramesh can be found in the Ramesh Balsekar section of
the advaita.org website http://www.advaita.org/AFBramesh.htm )

EVENTS WITH WAYNE LIQUORMAN


Ashland, Oregon September 4-6, 2009 Contact: Jeff Mangin Email:
tjm@...

London, September 18-20, 2009 Contact: Ryan ryan@...

Amsterdam, September 25-27, 2009 Contact: Kees Rijssenbeek:
kees.rijssenbeek@...

Costa Brava, Spain Retreat, October 2-9, 2009 A week of Talks and
contemplation with Wayne at a beautiful hotel on the magnificent Costa Brava.
Contact: Georgette: geyoca@... Go to
http://advaita.org/AFRetreatSpain.htm for details.

Further details are available on the advaita.org website,
http://advaita.org/aftalks.html

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Talks in Wayne's Home

927 #B Sixth St., Hermosa Beach, CA (Check advaita.org website for times or
call 310-376-9636 for a recorded announcement.)

For an updated schedule of Wayne's Home Talks go to:
http://advaita.org/AFtalks.htm

These talks are broadcast LIVE over the Internet. Live broadcasts can be
accessed FREE from the advaita.org website thanks to the continuing support of
the members. To become a member and to help make the Teaching available to all,
go to: http://obiwayne.hostcentric.com/amember/signup.php


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NEW BOOK BY WAYNE LIQUORMAN
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ENLIGHTENMENT IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK by Wayne Liquorman

Enlightenment is not what you think but rather the ultimate, unimaginable
dissolution into all that IS.

Finally, a book has come along that may help to dispel some of the more
persistent myths surrounding Enlightenment and Enlightened people! With his
typical good humor, Wayne shines a bright, clear light on the subject, helping
us to understand not only what Enlightenment isn't but encouraging us to realize
directly and intuitively the Truth of Enlightenment itself.

This is an important book. With Grace, it could be the last one in your
spiritual library.


"Wayne's teaching is part of the alluring and enduring tradition of spiritual
enquiry in which the question is always more important than the answer, and in
which the love and immeasurable patience of the teacher are what heal the wounds
of the seeker." John Strydom, Clinical Psychologist


"Wayne skillfully dispels the illusion that Consciousness is something other
than who you already are." Matthew Flickstein, Film Producer

Softcover 232 pages

Order here:
https://advaita.3dcartstores.com/ENLIGHTENMENT-IS-NOT-WHAT-YOU-THINK-by-Wayne-Li\
quorman_p_339.html

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NEW CD/DVD/MP3/MP4 OF WAYNE and THE LIVING TEACHING
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Keeping Your Eyes Open
by Wayne Liquorman
68 min.
July 16, 2009

Recorded during a Talk in Wayne's home, he discusses the metaphor of the Ocean
and the wave, the limitation of scripture, the "Me" as a functional instrument
in duality and encourages investigation into the proposition that actions happen
regardless of the claim of authorship.



DVD:
https://advaita.3dcartstores.com/KEEPING-YOUR-EYES-OPEN-Wayne-Liquorman--Hermosa\
-Beach-CA--July-16-2009_p_340.html

CD:
https://advaita.3dcartstores.com/KEEPING-YOUR-EYES-OPEN-Wayne-Liquorman--Hermosa\
-Beach-CA--July-16-2009--CD_p_343.html


Downloadable AUDIO MP3:
https://advaita.3dcartstores.com/KEEPING-YOUR-EYES-OPEN-Wayne-Liquorman--Hermosa\
-Beach-CA--July-16-2009_p_341.html


Downloadable VIDEO MP4:
https://advaita.3dcartstores.com/KEEPING-YOUR-EYES-OPEN-Wayne-Liquorman--Hermosa\
-Beach-CA--July-16-2009_p_342.html

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WAVES ARE OCEAN - January 2009 - Wayne Liquorman - English w/ French Translation
- CD


In this wonderful Talk recorded in Paris in January of 2009, Wayne explores the
metaphor of Consciousness as the ocean, manifesting into waves of experiential
energy, one of which is the human form. The essence of this metaphor is that
what we call a wave is never anything other than ocean. Wayne speaks in English
but his Talk is translated into French, while the French questions are
translated into English. 78 minutes

Order as a CD:
https://advaita.3dcartstores.com/WAVES-ARE-OCEAN--January-2009--Wayne-Liquorman-\
-English-w-French-Translation--CD_p_325.html

Order as a MP3:
https://advaita.3dcartstores.com/WAVES--January-2009--Wayne-Liquorman--English-w\
-French-Translation--MP3-DOWNLOAD-_p_326.html
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Freedom -- Wayne Liquorman - Available as a CD or DVD or MP3 download or MP4
download

The essence of the Living Teaching can be summed up in the word FREEDOM. Through
a deepening of understanding comes the freedom to be as you are in the world as
it is. In this Talk recorded in his home on November 29, 2008, Wayne speaks
eloquently and passionately about this most fundamental concept.
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Order as a video DVD:
https://advaita.3dcartstores.com/FREEDOM--November-2008--Wayne-Liquorman--DVD_p_\
310.html

Order as a audio CD:
https://advaita.3dcartstores.com/FREEDOM--November-2008--Wayne-Liquorman--DVD_p_\
310.html

Also available as an audio MP3 Download
https://advaita.3dcartstores.com/FREEDOM--November-2008--Wayne-Liquorman--MP3-DO\
WNLOAD_p_308.html

Also available as a video MP4 Download
https://advaita.3dcartstores.com/FREEDOM--November-2008--Wayne-Liquorman--MP4-DO\
WNLOAD_p_333.html

Approximate running time: 74 minutes

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NEW DVD OF RAMESH
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SILENCE
Ramesh S. Balsekar in Mumbai - October 7, 2008


This DVD is a record of one of Ramesh's daily satsangs in his flat in Mumbai. He
speaks with several visitors, explaining his teachings regarding silence,
letting the happening happen, meditation and seeking Unity via sex and
relationships. Recorded October 7, 2008
Running time: 80 minutes

Order here:
https://advaita.3dcartstores.com/Ramesh-S-Balsekar-in-Mumbai--October-7-2008--Si\
lence_p_334.html



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NEW DVD of NISARGADATTA MAHARAJ
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A New DVD entitled Moments with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj has recently been
released. It contains a short travelogue of Bombay and Maharaj's neighborhood
(including prostitutes) circa 1980 and a fully captioned satsang with
Nisargadatta Maharaj. This is amazing archival footage. See if you can spot the
youthful Ramesh Balsekar in the group. It also contains a six minute clip of
rare footage of Sri Nityananda.

Highly recommended

Total running time: 113 minutes

https://advaita.3dcartstores.com/MOMENTS-WITH-SRI-NISARGADATTA-MAHARAJ-DVD_p_0-3\
05.html


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We are VERY grateful to all of you who despite the financial times being
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We are most grateful for all who remember The Fellowship as part of their estate
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FACEBOOK
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If you're already a Facebook user, you can just do a search for "Advaita
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If you are not yet a Facebook user you can join at http://facebook.com - it's
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We would love to have you join the group, and to feel free to post, participate,
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moment.


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A LIVING GEM FROM RAMESH (never before published)
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The basis of all pairs of opposites is the existence of a "me" as the
experiencer. Thus even manifestation and non-manifestation, temporality and
intemporality, presence and absence, are all different from each other not in
fact but only appearance. Each is a conceptual interpretation by the "me" as an
experience (positive and negative respectively) of the phenomenon of the
sequential extension of objects.

All pairs of opposites lose all meaning in their mutual negation in the absence
of the "me" as an experience.

1989

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WORDS FROM THE HEART
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IN GRATITUDE

Ah, my love
Thou hast taken
the deepest, darkest
secret from me.

Thou hast wrenched
it from me with
thine hands,
and freed it with a kiss.

And now,
now I can dance.
Dance freely
and lightly
with God.

K


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