Comments on: Story: The Lost Tenth Man, told by Ramana Maharshi http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2009/03/27/story-the-lost-tenth-man-told-by-ramana-maharshi/ Sacred Poetry from Around the World Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:45:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Glennshiva http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2009/03/27/story-the-lost-tenth-man-told-by-ramana-maharshi/#comment-4463 Glennshiva Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:10:35 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2009/03/27/story-the-lost-tenth-man-told-by-ramana-maharshi/#comment-4463 "Your ignorance is merely an imaginary ignorance, like the ignorance of the ten fools about the lost tenth man.” Ramana's quote at the close of your post reminds me of the "Dreaded Gom Boo", an essay by the controversial, "crazy-wise" Adi Da Samraj. Whatever your view of his teaching methods may be, I think you would have to agree that discussion of "The Imaginary Disease That Religion Seeks To Cure" is perennial wisdom. link to article here: http://www.beezone.com/AdiDa/dreadedgomboo/chapter1.html “Your ignorance is merely an imaginary ignorance, like the ignorance of the ten fools about the lost tenth man.”

Ramana’s quote at the close of your post reminds me of the “Dreaded Gom Boo”, an essay by the controversial, “crazy-wise” Adi Da Samraj. Whatever your view of his teaching methods may be, I think you would have to agree that discussion of “The Imaginary Disease That Religion Seeks To Cure” is perennial wisdom.

link to article here:
http://www.beezone.com/AdiDa/dreadedgomboo/chapter1.html

]]> By: akeem akinniyi http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2009/03/27/story-the-lost-tenth-man-told-by-ramana-maharshi/#comment-4432 akeem akinniyi Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:47:00 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2009/03/27/story-the-lost-tenth-man-told-by-ramana-maharshi/#comment-4432 What a simple way to tell us how important we all are. What a simple way to tell us how important we all are.

]]> By: Constance http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2009/03/27/story-the-lost-tenth-man-told-by-ramana-maharshi/#comment-4357 Constance Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:22:16 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2009/03/27/story-the-lost-tenth-man-told-by-ramana-maharshi/#comment-4357 There's nothing like a story to tell a story... there's no such thing as "just" a story... one story goes like this: when we get to Heaven, God has only one question for us, "Have you got a good story for me ?"..... Constance~~ There’s nothing like a story to tell a story…
there’s no such thing as “just” a story…
one story goes like this: when we get to Heaven, God has only one question for us, “Have you got a good story for me ?”…..
Constance~~

]]> By: leslie http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2009/03/27/story-the-lost-tenth-man-told-by-ramana-maharshi/#comment-4342 leslie Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:13:53 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2009/03/27/story-the-lost-tenth-man-told-by-ramana-maharshi/#comment-4342 Somebody is NOBODY; NOBODY is Somebody Who is the One who can recognize NOBODY's Special? Somebody is NOBODY; NOBODY is Somebody
Who is the One who can recognize NOBODY’s Special?

]]> By: Triodítis http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2009/03/27/story-the-lost-tenth-man-told-by-ramana-maharshi/#comment-4338 Triodítis Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:51:55 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2009/03/27/story-the-lost-tenth-man-told-by-ramana-maharshi/#comment-4338 Bliss. Pure bliss. This has been happening so often lately, with people I know (including myself, I believe): They haven't been counting themselves! Thank you for presenting this story/teaching to us. It outlines the problem so clearly! Blessed Be, --T. Bliss. Pure bliss.

This has been happening so often lately, with people I know (including myself, I believe): They haven’t been counting themselves!

Thank you for presenting this story/teaching to us. It outlines the problem so clearly!

Blessed Be,

–T.

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