[Faith-talk] What's on your mind.

[Brandon A. Olivares]

This one’s a little longer, but the book, I Am That by Sri Ramana Maharshi begins with this quote from the Upanishads:

> That in whom reside all beings and who resides in all beings, who is the giver of grace to all, the Supreme Soul of the universe, the limitless being -- I am that.
> That which permeates all, which nothing transcends and which, like the universal space around us, fills everything completely from within and without, that Supreme non-dual Brahman -- that thou art.
> Give up all questions except one: ‘Who am I?’ After all, the only fact you are sure of is that you are. The ‘I am’ is certain. The ‘I am this’ is not. Struggle to find out what you are in reality.
> To know what you are, you must first investigate and know what you are not.
> Discover all that you are not -- body, feelings thoughts, time, space, this or that -- nothing, concrete or abstract, which you perceive can be you. The very act of perceiving shows that you are not what you perceive.
> The clearer you understand on the level of mind you can be described in negative terms only, the quicker will you come to the end of your search and realise that you are the limitless being.
> Amritbindu Upanishad


That pretty-well summarizes my philosophy of life.



> On Oct 20, 2014, at 1:30 PM, Poppa Bear via Faith-talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hey folks, I was reading a book this morning and thinking about the power of
> words and how for blind people, words often can supplement the faculty of
> vision we do not have in a very significant way. I have found that for me,
> words often mean more to me than to my sighted family and friends. Well, to
> jump from that thought to the next, I wanted to see if people wanted to post
> just one paragraph from a writing that has impacted them in a way to be a
> significant principle that helps them to embrace or cope with their
> blindness or has helped them to grow Spiritually. I thought this could be a
> way to help us see some of the common ground that some of us stand on rather
> than our differences. I think that a paragraph is a nice footprint so that
> we don't start posting complete essays or doctrinal statements and turn this
> into a runaway train. Perhaps post the name of the book incase others would
> like to read it further. Also, this doesn't have to be the end all of
> paragraphs, it may be something that is humorous, a dialog between
> characters or a line from a poem, no pressure at all. Well, I'm going to
> knock out the dishes and feed my mangy muts , look forward to reading some
> of your thoughts when I get back.
> 
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