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

Portion on Practice

Sitting here in front of computer #3 at the Ukiah Public Library, following an evening at the Building Bridges Homeless Resource Center, which featured performances from several homeless who have an assigned bed and locker, showcasing loud constant irrational behaviour and talking about illegal narcotics with an occasional odd reference to sex, what is most important is having a continuous spiritual practice for the purpose of uniting the mind with its Source. This ensures that the Divine Absolute works through the body-mind complex without interference. Because of the variety in the human population, it is necessary for there to be innumerable ways to achieve this. A Zen Buddhist saying (from the Sandokai) is: "Although by wit and dullness, the True Way is varied." Yoga teaches: "Paths are many, Truth is one." Christianity embraces ecumenicism, since the encyclicals of Pope John XXIII in the 1960s. The point is that there is a way for everybody. Cultivate a high degree of mindfulness, or thought watching, and when the mind wanders, just bring it back to basic meditative awareness. This is a fundamental vipassana practice which is powerful. If you like, add a mantra which is comfortable. Throughout the day, anywhere and everywhere, silently chant the mantra. The Hare Krishna mantra is recommended for the current Age of Kali, but more important is to have a mantra which is satisfactory with the practitioner, guaranteeing that one will chant regularly. One's chosen mantra may be chanted at any time. There are no rules, regulations, or restrictions of any kind. As zen master Shunryu Suzuki once said at the San Francisco Zen Center: "I want everyone here to know that some day you will have your own practice, and it won't be zen center's practice!" [Reported to me by friend Loring Palmer, an early student of the roshi.] In other words, it is your practice. Own it!! Craig Louis Stehr 1045 South State Street, Ukiah, CA 95482 Telephone Messages: (707) 234-3270 Email: craiglouisstehr@gmail.com February 21, 2024 Anno Domini