Last week I reprinted something I wrote almost 20 years ago about Shiva Rudra Bala Yogi who I knew at that time. I noticed when I reread it last week that I got several things wrong. Here’s my most important misunderstanding. I was bothered at that time because SRBY calls himself a yogi and Ramana […]
Month: September 2024
Why people misunderstand Ramana: reason #2
Other articles in this series: Reason #1 Note: “enquiry” and “inquiry” are the same word. It can be spelled either way. The term “Self-enquiry” is the second reason why people misunderstand Ramana. This term is a misleading English translation of a Sanskrit phrase used by Ramana, atma-vichara. “Self-enquiry” is a bad translation because it seems […]
A guest post from a younger Freddie
Yesterday while searching Google for articles about Ramana I stumbled across something I wrote about Shiva Rudra Bala Yogi almost twenty years ago. I have no memory of it. I apparently posted it to the “Ramana Maharshi mail list” (whatever that was) and somebody at indiadivine.org preserved a copy. Here it is. July 7, 2005 […]
A reader’s response to Tether and Magnet
Some of you may remember Tether and Magnet, a post written five years ago by a friend of mine. Last week a reader posted an unusual comment on it. This happened on realization.org where “Tether and Magnet” has been reprinted, not on this blog, so I’m copying the comment here for blog readers. Before I […]