Comments on: David Whyte - It is Not Enough http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/05/07/david-whyte-it-is-not-enough/ Sacred Poetry from Around the World Thu, 4 Dec 2008 21:40:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Joy http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/05/07/david-whyte-it-is-not-enough/#comment-296 Joy Tue, 13 May 2008 16:08:52 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/05/07/david-whyte-it-is-not-enough/#comment-296 Ivan, Thank you for the meal. Joy Ivan, Thank you for the meal.
Joy

]]> By: Ivan M. Granger http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/05/07/david-whyte-it-is-not-enough/#comment-280 Ivan M. Granger Thu, 08 May 2008 15:11:15 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/05/07/david-whyte-it-is-not-enough/#comment-280 Hi Dilip, I don't know his direct email address, but he can be contacted through his website http://www.davidwhyte.com Hope that helps! Ivan Hi Dilip,

I don’t know his direct email address, but he can be contacted through his website
http://www.davidwhyte.com
Hope that helps!
Ivan

]]> By: dilip http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/05/07/david-whyte-it-is-not-enough/#comment-279 dilip Thu, 08 May 2008 08:02:08 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/05/07/david-whyte-it-is-not-enough/#comment-279 I have realy enjoyed reading"its not enough"but the best part is your comments.they give & add colours to the origenal thought.Could you pl. give me his e-mail.I would like to express my appriciation to him personaly I have realy enjoyed reading”its not enough”but the best part is your comments.they give & add colours to the origenal thought.Could you pl. give me his e-mail.I would like to express my appriciation to him personaly

]]> By: Bob http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/05/07/david-whyte-it-is-not-enough/#comment-270 Bob Wed, 07 May 2008 17:09:33 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/05/07/david-whyte-it-is-not-enough/#comment-270 'I want my conscience to be true before you; want to describe myself like a picture I observed for a long time, one close up' RILKE ‘I want my conscience to be true before you; want to describe myself like a picture I observed for a long time, one close up’

RILKE

]]> By: Bob http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/05/07/david-whyte-it-is-not-enough/#comment-269 Bob Wed, 07 May 2008 17:07:28 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/05/07/david-whyte-it-is-not-enough/#comment-269 Nisargadatta Quote When I met my Guru, he told me: "You are not what you take yourself to be. Find out what you are. Watch the sense 'I am', find your real Self." I obeyed him, because I trusted him. I did as he told me. All my spare time I would spend looking at myself in silence. And what a difference it made, and how soon! My teacher told me to hold on to the sense 'I am' tenaciously and not to swerve from it even for a moment. I did my best to follow his advice and in a comparatively short time I realized within myself the truth of his teaching. All I did was to remember his teaching, his face, his words constantly. This brought an end to the mind; in the stillness of the mind I saw myself as I am -- unbound. I simply followed (my teacher's) instruction which was to focus the mind on pure being 'I am', and stay in it. I used to sit for hours together, with nothing but the 'I am' in my mind and soon peace and joy and a deep all-embracing love became my normal state. In it all disappeared -- myself, my Guru, the life I lived, the world around me. Only peace remained and unfathomable silence. Nisargadatta Maharaj Nisargadatta Quote

When I met my Guru, he told me: “You are not what you take yourself to be. Find out what you are. Watch the sense ‘I am’, find your real Self.” I obeyed him, because I trusted him. I did as he told me. All my spare time I would spend looking at myself in silence. And what a difference it made, and how soon!

My teacher told me to hold on to the sense ‘I am’ tenaciously and not to swerve from it even for a moment. I did my best to follow his advice and in a comparatively short time I realized within myself the truth of his teaching. All I did was to remember his teaching, his face, his words constantly. This brought an end to the mind; in the stillness of the mind I saw myself as I am — unbound.

I simply followed (my teacher’s) instruction which was to focus the mind on pure being ‘I am’, and stay in it. I used to sit for hours together, with nothing but the ‘I am’ in my mind and soon peace and joy and a deep all-embracing love became my normal state. In it all disappeared — myself, my Guru, the life I lived, the world around me. Only peace remained and unfathomable silence.

Nisargadatta Maharaj

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