Calling All Jivan Muktas

Warmest spiritual greetings, Identified with the Immortal Atman, or spiritual absolute, as realized in nirvikalpa samadhi at San Francisco's Ocean Beach in the spring of 1993, and verified again in the tapasya hut of Sri Swami Sivananda at the ashram in Muni-ki-Reti, India during guru purnima in July of 1994, with the blessings of Swami Krishnananda, it is fearlessly that I respond to the present situation of my mundane circumstances. It is true that I have no immediate opportunity on earth regarding environmental nor peace & justice activism. It is also true that my exit date from the Building Bridges Homeless Resource Center is June 9th at noon. I wouldn't kid you! It is a fact that the mind occasionally worries about being indigent in the big outside. And so, I give it a mantra to recite, unless it already has started Catholic prayers from my youth. And then, the fact of being Brahman or "the eternal witness" is obvious; the nervous mind relaxes, since it is apparent that I will not be eaten by mountain lions in the hills of Ukiah, California nor murdered by roving bands of stoner crazies. I wish everyone to know that just because you are Self Realized, or "enlightened", does not mean that you no longer have a body nor a mind. Indeed, as Swami Satchidananda (the guru who gave the opening address at Woodstock) observed: "You have to have an ego. Otherwise, you would not be able to do anything." A woman in the audience at Yogaville in Virginia spontaneously asked: "What did you do with your ego?" The swami responded: "I gave my ego to God." Now, aside from one last dental appointment to save a small upper left tooth, (awaiting Partnership of California to decide if the root canal will be covered, as well as the replacement crown), I've no reason nor need to be anywhere in particular nor do anything at all. I am free. But I do not wish to just ride out this last incarnation and go up (id est: in Hindu/Advaita Vedanta/Yoga terminology: "go back to Godhead", or in Christian terminology: "go to "heaven", and in Buddhists terminology: "go to the "Pure Land of the West", and for other traditions, call our disappearance whatever you prefer, and for atheists: "die". Regardless, I'll take care of that at the appropriate time. Thank you for listening. CONTACT INFORMATION Craig Louis Stehr c/o Building Bridges Homeless Resource Center 1045 South State Street, Ukiah, CA 95482 Telephone Messages: (707) 234-3270 Email: craiglouisstehr@gmail.com May 1, 2024 Anno Domini

The Lost Satsang Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Archival Film 1979

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN0u5uu7RUM

Dateline Ukiah...California Dreaming...The Sound of No Hands Clapping

Awoke at noon following a restful evening at the Building Bridges Homeless Resource Center on South State Street in sunny Ukiah, California. Morning ablutions finished, will check LOTTO tix at the Express Mart, and then amble on to the co-op for a nosh and coffee. Later, will drop into The Mendocino Book Company, before visiting the Ukiah Public Library to read the New York Times. This will ensure being fully updated on the implosion of this world, in particular global climate destabilization, the insanity of the American presidential election situation, the screwjob of capitalism in North America, and the condition of social ignorance in which two leggeds have no idea what they are, and behave accordingly. Meanwhile, not the body not the mind, Immortal Self I am! Always remember that the real you is not affected by anything at all. Peaceout. Craig Louis Stehr c/o Building Bridges Homeless Resource Center 1045 South State Street, Ukiah, CA 95482 Telephone Messages: (707) 234-3270 Email: craiglouisstehr@gmail.com April 16th, 2024 Anno Domini P.S. Homeless locals have informed me that it is pointless to ask for money, because only the cartels have it nowadays.

Seeing the eternal in daily life not just in samadhi | Swami Sarvapriyananda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqw84fkHhk8

Swami Satchidananda Chants "Om Hrim"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opomW1GL9CQ

Swami Samarpanananda: Parabrahman (Formless) and Aparabrahman (with Form)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJWLRBPSlVk This is an extremely important talk by a senior monk of the Ramakrishna Order in India, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swami_Samarpanananda] explaining the difference between the Absolute without form and the Absolute with form. Take this to heart, know the truth, and be free. 🕉️🙏📿🪔 Craig Louis Stehr c/o Building Bridges Homeless Resource Center 1045 South State Street, Ukiah, CA 95482 Telephone Messages: (707) 234-3270 Email: craiglouisstehr@gmail.com February 29th, 2024 Anno Domini