Videos pointing toward a "direct seeing" of the core of our own humanity
The NNH game called "Energy"
Richard J MillerLast link on the orange bar. Here is where you can HELP. Pass out our links to Facebook, Twitter and all the micro blogging sites that you control. Re-Tweet the NNH good news, and THANKS!
It's only been a couple of weeks and results show that somebody is participating.
Google analytics tells a lot about this site, for instance: Half visitors are direct traffic, which means from your own bookmark. 25% are from search engines and 25% from links out on the internet (like in Facebook or the guest teachers).
More than 3000 people come more than 15 times a month (300 people even more than 200 times, and it's not all me). Around 2500 people come for more than 10 minutes, up to several hours.
The new "Energy Landing Pages" have 1250 opens. Those are the pages that are all the links on the pdf, or the Energy, (/hello and /hello2) pages. And See the Chart Below, these are top referral sites, that I recognize as micro-blogging and I'm sure I don't recognize them all. It means that almost 1000 actual people came into the NNH site from links on these social media sites.
From nothing a few short weeks ago, this must be significant? Then there are about 8,500 shorter visits, and/or even search engine spiders coming in? Please post in this forum and tell us what is happening for you.
Download your copy, and let's get started
Scott KilobyOur big thanks to Scott for offering his personal interaction within our Reading Club.
(ALREADY 15 QUESTIONS ANSWERED, PLEASE GRAB THIS OPPORTUNITY AND GET INVOLVED.)
This is a 75 page E-Book, that you can download from here. Scott will personally answer any questions about this book. This is an excellent opportunity to have a direct contact with very clear dialoging, and to focus only on specific topics to deepen our understanding. (If you're reading this from the home page click "Read More" to see the whole post, plus video.)
(NEW CHAPTER ADDED ON FEB 14TH, DOWNLOAD AGAIN IF YOU LIKE)
First click here to download "Living Realization".
Several topics will be opened in this "thread" to receive your questions. Please write them in the correct "slot" as replies, and please do not open any separate topics. (Let's make this operation very organized in this beautiful forum space.) Then Scott will paste the questions in a new post with his answers. After that, you can again comment and ask more clarification on each of his new "answer posts".
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Meeting Ajati in Tiru
Peter and Usha allowed us to film in their restaurant
I saw Ajati and also Armand in Usha's restaurant almost daily, which is a great "hang-out" spot across the street from the Ramana Ashram. It was actually Armand who introduced me to Jac O'Keeffe. (She wasn't such a "social bug" to be found in the hangouts.) I was quite idealistic about non-duality at the time, and I guess I might have been shocked by Ajati's description of the usefulness of "3 levels of perceived reality", etc.. Now after an intense year, and seeing so much misunderstanding of straight Advaita teaching, I really tend to agree with him. You have to talk to people, not at them. Ajati understood so much, by listening to what's inside
I have come to really value this day
I thought that I was on to something a year ago, and now I see that I know less and less about anything. I totally enjoyed re-visiting this conversation.
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Talks with Mary Margaret
We all "get what we need"
Life is "Fair", of this I'm sure
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Tribute to Arunachala Ramana
Ramana died to our senses Feb 15th 2010
In Tiruvannamalai, Ramana left us from his favorite place, the AHAM Ashram in India.
I met Ramana in the fall of 2008, and by fortuitous circumstances, I was able to be with him for several months that winter. I saw that he had taken a "special liking to me", and he generously bestowed a valuable mentoring on me. I benefitted greatly and appreciated his direction.
The Ramana that I came to know had always been extremely generous, actually giving most of his life to encouraging others to investigate their true nature, and "to rest in ease" with what they are. Living tribute to Ramana, filmed exactly 1 year ago
I was able to let go of much
There was something about how Ramana "gave toward me with a softness", that I was able to let go of much of what we call resistance.
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When Our Concepts are Blown
Richard J MillerThe moment that you see something that shocks you out of your belief system, there is that naked moment where you are open to the full brunt of reality. Call it the mystery call it truth.
Take a look here, and see if you can stay in that mystery for a couple moments longer, even while there may be great temptation to move toward some explanation?
Friendship Series, 3rd episode with Robert Martin
Richard J MillerOur experiment is just to talk, with no expectations, no agenda and no special expertise. Butch and I spoke with absolute sincerity. I see him as a real mystic, even if he wouldn't agree, the deep insight is already there. He is amazingly intense, but also sure that everyone's intensity is of the same importance.
You are all invited to appear on this series. We can say that is the beauty of the internet. It allows like-minded people to "find their tribe". When they come together, it's only natural that they will make their presence known for what is important to them. You have found this site and our modest activity. Now please let us find you, and this activity may take on another dimension.
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Holiday Picnic, an activity so ordinary
Labor Day 2008 Part One
I realize how fortunate this life has been
What an outstanding experience, what an inspiration that led up to completing all the details, and what an inertia that kept it waiting in the "hopper" for over 18 months?
Labor Day 2008 Part Two
How "enlightening" it is to see an 18 month Flashback
I was actually a pretty contentious guy back then and maybe still am, but it is so clear to me how much I have softened. I have a lot to be grateful for. (TV on consecutive weeks, so duplicate close.)
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I missed the sound of Mooji's voice
There are 2 parts to this meditation, but you fall right in stride with this part 2. It's more than Enough.
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The Simplicity of Meditation
Matt Kahn
(Please open the full text to read this one) The practice of meditation can be found as a regular activity in countless weekend retreats, and is often viewed as a necessary cornerstone in many spiritual traditions. For any seeker yearning for a deeper sense of fulfillment, or even a life reflecting greater meaning, meditation is often explored as a personal practice.
When meditation is approached as another technique or achievement to unknowingly fuel the appetite of ego, meditative seekers seem to always fit into two distinct categories of behavior. Some, approach meditation in search of its folklore of benefits, practicing to sit still for whatever is thought to be gained from extended periods of time spent on the meditation cushion. When a seeker meditates to fulfill any sort of desire, whether it is a conceptual idea of enlightenment, greater intuition, deeper insights, or any other power it imagines still being without, meditation is turned into a game of manipulation. From this position, seekers attempt to get from their practice whatever they feel is somehow missing, while unknowingly missing the entire point.
The other approach to meditation is viewed as a technique to rid oneself of whatever is here, that act as barriers to the fulfillment of future desires the seeker imagines and craves. From this approach, seekers want less mental noise, less emotional turmoil, less distractions, and less of anything else they have misinterpreted and labeled as a problem.