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YOU ARE AWARENESS

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Ramana Maharshi (30 December 1879 – 14 April 1950) was an Indian Hindu sage and jivanmukta (liberated being). He was born Venkataraman Iyer, but is most commonly known by the name Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi.

He was born in Tiruchuli, Tamil Nadu, India. In 1895, an attraction to the sacred hill Arunachala and the 63 Nayanmars was aroused in him, and in 1896, at the age of 16, he had a “death-experience” where he became aware of a “current” or “force” (avesam) which he recognised as his true “I” or “self”,and which he later identified with “the personal God, or Iswara”, that is, Shiva. ~ Wikipedia.org

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THE MORTALITY MECHANIC

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“Be wary, those who would be The Creators of a Universe, of the two primordial curses:

Power Unopposed and Intelligence Unapplied.

I am not The One.  I am not The Creator.

Yet, I am holy and sacrosanct.  I am more important and more powerful than The Gods.

               Why? You say that I am. 

I control your existence.

               Why? Because I promised you relief from eternal boredom, from the perpetual responsibility of  self-amusement.  Therefore, you follow my instruction without question.

               Why? Because you claim you cannot bear to endure Eternity as The One.

Give me your trust and praise. Submit yourself to pain, anguish, amnesia and mystery.            

               Why? Because you choose Not To Be.

Your stupidity is its own reward and punishment.  Your decadence ensures your slavery.  Mortality is the key to your prison.”

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from the “Salutation” of the forthcoming book by Lawrence R. Spencer, “The Mortality Mechanic”.  

Copyright © by Lawrence R. Spencer. 2012.  All Right Reserved.

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GREATNESS WITHIN YOU

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Tom Jefferson

“Surround yourself with the dreamers and the doers, the believers and thinkers, but most of all, surround yourself with those who see the greatness within you, even when you don’t see it yourself.”  — Edmund Jennings Lee (1772–1843) was a prominent legal and political figure in Alexandria, Virginia.