“Radical Awakening is not an experience, it is a fundamental Realization of the Self. It is a shift in who you are, not what you are experiencing. So even when you “forget” after your awakening, there is a permanent, deeper knowing that you have never left the Self...
There is nothing you are doing that is keeping you from the Self...
We are always at a crossroads and you can either put your attention on the heart or the mind. The way IN is the Heart. We can develop our sensitivity around this distinction between the heart at rest or the restless heart, which is connected to the mind. Our reflex is to close, to put a shell around our heart, to be right and make others wrong. This reflex is a simple choice, not always easy, but is a choice. You may have no choice in terms of how your life works out, but you have complete dominion about knowing who you are in this moment. The Self wants to know itself, and your love wants to express itself. There is an intangible which pulls us into this heart at rest.”
~ Yukio 'Ramana,' started his study of meditation and psychology in 1967 with Zen meditation and Gestalt Therapy. His studies continued through the 1970's with a Taoist Master, Chu Fong Chu. In the early 1980's, he co-founded the Fellowship of Awakening along with Shakti Gawain. In 1993, Ramana studied with 'Papaji'. Papaji gave Yukio the name 'Ramana', after his own beloved master Ramana Maharshi, and encouraged him to carry the message of truth to groups and individuals.
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