ANDREAS & RAYLENE IN PARIS

Some more talks by Raylene

2009-11-02T07:19:00.000-08:00

Raylene on offerings

http://www.4shared.com/file/145654232/429088b5/Offerings_R.html

Raylene on mantras

http://www.4shared.com/file/145656410/302c3f22/R_on_Mantra.html

Raylene on Ramana and mantras

http://www.4shared.com/file/145659571/48d0d253/R_on_Ramana_and_Mantra.html

Some recordings of Mantras and Talks from our workshop in Paris, 1 November

2009-11-02T04:46:00.000-08:00

The most recent Mantra Workshop here in Paris was rocking and rolling.

Here are some Mantras to sing along and some talks. They are free to download.

Here are the links....

Andreas on chakras and the opening of inner space:

http://www.4shared.com/file/145634286/294960c7/A_On_Chakras_and_Space.html

Raylene on the Book of Nature:

http://www.4shared.com/file/145638659/4187147f/Book_of_Nature_R.html

The Ganesh Mantra

to erase obstacles in your life.

OM GUM GANAPATAYE NAMAHA

http://www.4shared.com/file/145645581/b8fe5894/GaneshParis1Nov.html

The Classical Hindu Mantra of Shiva

There exists an enormous amount of

interpretations of this Mantra.

Let me just summarize by saying

it is used to go into deep modalities of

meditation, erases obstacles and bestows

numerous blessings on the practitioner.

OM NAMO SHIVAYA

http://www.4shared.com/file/145647473/7aa387cb/Om_Namo_Shivaya.html

Laughter

http://www.4shared.com/file/145650084/c4e1b772/Laughter.html

Sing along with a Ganesh Mantra recorded from a group in Brussels....

2009-10-23T06:38:00.000-07:00

The Mantra of Ganesh invokes the Universal Aspect of dissolving obstacles in one's life, as expressed through the form of the Hindu Deity Ganesh. The mantra I attach here is from one of our groups here. This one was recorded in Brussels. Please enjoy it and may you dissolve your obstacles with it, it is free.

On Ego

2009-10-18T11:24:00.000-07:00

This link will take you to a 4 minute audio clip on the subject matter of ego. It is an excerpt from a talk given near Cannes on October 9.

http://rapidshare.com/files/294668169/AONEGO.wav.html

On the Dharma

2009-10-13T02:48:00.000-07:00

The term “Dharma” basically means THE UNIVERSAL TRUTH. Simultaneously it means more than that. The term also represents THAT WHICH WILL LEAD YOU TO THE EXPERIENCE OF UNIVERSAL TRUTH.

Therefore, we may ask, “What is the signature of Dharma, how do I recognize that I am facing a substantial expression of Dharma in a body of teachings and in a teacher?”

When you have a substantial encounter with Dharma, there should arise a process that makes tangibly clear to you the methods that you unconsciously use to create suffering for yourself. Tangible is key here. As this process unfolds for you, you should feel … AHA! A competent Dharma Teacher will have the power to initiate this process. YOU should have the power to implement on your path the instructions that will keep you from repeating the same mistakes that led you to suffer in the first place. YOU should have the power to listen and heed once you determined you are looking at a Wisdom Source.

As a result of a substantial Dharma Encounter, the level of your suffering should begin to diminish. The level of your well-being should increase. But also there should arise for you a daily program of practice that is both attitudinal and technical, as without you making the decision to work on yourself, nothing much will change for you. Even direct contact with the Most Radiant of Buddhas will not save you if you do not do your own work in a way that is steady, sincere and substantial. You must play your part and be responsible for your growth by watering the flowers in your garden daily and weeding and conditioning the soil.

Coming back to the methods we use to cause our own suffering. The most difficult part really consists in facing within ourselves our inner demons and shadows, those parts of our selfishness and ignorance that run as very strong and crystallized behavior patterns and may have done so for a long time. To deal with those ingrained behaviorisms is really difficult, we do not want to look at our deepest fears and greed, we do not want to know we are capable of mean or self-centered behavior. Yet a true Dharma Connection will take you to have a face-off with your inner demons and will invite you to dissolve these inner demons in the Void. To accept this as part of the work is only for the most courageous and many people who enter the journey may bail out when reaching this specific point and the mirror gets to be too close.

This brings us to the term The Void. A substantial expression of Dharma in teachings or teacher will have the capacity to take you to the experience of the Void … if … and only if … you cooperate with the process after having made the decision to work on yourself, be responsible for yourself, and implement the teachings in your life and not run away when those inner demons that I mentioned make themselves known to you in ways that you will find distinctly uncomfortable.

The experience of The Void is what will happen to you if all the ingredients of your spiritual practices come together just right and your efforts flower in that process that some people call The Great Work. And it is for that reason that a great wise man once said, “Don’t bother to start the Great Work if you don’t have what it takes of finish it.”

The Void or the Great Silence will unfold when the mind stops and for the first time insight into the nature of reality is gained. Please note the way I have phrased this. I did not say that YOU will gain insight into the nature of YOUR reality, even though English and most other languages would lend themselves to express it in this way. I did not express it in this way, because that is not what happens. When the normal mind process comes to cessation in the event of extremely deep meditation, whatever you consider to be your s e l f evaporates, because your known self is just an artificial construct that depends on the constant functioning of your mind, saying … I am this, I am that…. constantly.

When this normal routine process is suspended, Silence arises. When this Silence continues to deepen, it turns into Infinite Space. That Infinite Space of course was always there, but it now becomes revealed… revealed to who or what? Revealed to the space occupied by your body. It is revealed … to matter, which has been asleep, but now is transformed into Radiant Awakened Space. The arising of this experience in the disappearance of the experiencer… is the most precious of the precious. You cannot imagine it.

The above expresses as clearly and as best as I know to express what will happen if you have serious and receptive contact with a Dharma Source. May it become a tangible reality for you.

RAYLENE ON ALIGNMENT BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH

2009-10-07T13:32:00.000-07:00

On Compassion, Power and Wisdom (Talk during Mantra Workshop in Paris, October 4, 2009

2009-10-07T08:56:00.000-07:00

A BRIEF YET IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF THE PROCESS OF ALLEVIATION OF SUFFERING FROM A SIMPLE POINT OF VIEW OF CLARITY

2009-10-03T12:41:00.000-07:00

In order to be successful in providing alleviation of suffering, it becomes a necessity to provide the individual who suffers not only with instant relief, even though this is possible for adepts who have reached the level of significant cultivation, but more importantly it is imperative to show to the individual the methods by which s/he has created the suffering in the first place.

The suffering was created by attitudes and actions that are not in harmony with the Laws of the Universe. They are based on the Core Belief of Separation and the consequent fears and greed-oriented behavior typical for the scarcity consciousness we uphold when we believe us separate and therefore engage in competition with others for the assumedly limited resources we believe will bring us happiness.

Therefore, if we encounter a source capable of alleviating suffering, this source ideally will show to us all the methods that we engage in that produce the suffering. And this is exactly the point where things can become critical to the point of very critical. Because as the adept points out the erroneous behavior models and decisions that cause the suffering, even when the message is conveyed with skill, it still represents a form of criticism.

Basically, what the adept says, because you did not know better, you made this error of choice. It is natural that we do not like somebody telling us we made a mistake. It hurts. Just as it hurts when we go to a doctor who has to make an incision to free us from a malignant growth. The doctor will both cut and, if very competent, point to what caused the malignant growth to be there in the first place and suggest to us to avoid repeating the behavior that brought the growth into existence.

At this point the reactions of the patient will begin to display a vast spectrum of responses. On the one polarity of the spectrum we find a humble acceptance of the analysis of how the suffering was created and consequent sincere efforts of connecting the dots between decision and result, thereby not re-producing the same suffering. The patient here is mature and strong enough for the task at hand.

On the other polarity of the spectrum of response we find a denial and refusal, because the patient focuses on his wrong choices and because he thus highlights the feeling of being criticized, will react and fight the presentation of the valid diagnosis of his suffering. The patient here is not mature and strong enough for the task of self-correction.

When a person has made the decision of really looking for Spiritual Awakening AND is in contact with an Adept who operates on a substantial level of cultivation, there is really no guarantee as to how or when awakening experiences will take place. Not even with a Buddha or Christ there is that guarantee. But, you can be guaranteed that such closeness will show to us our inner demons and shadows, the parts about us we are least willing to face but are deeply responsible for our suffering. This process can be challenging and overwhelming.

And when an adept shows those parts to us, we know that the adept is not hoping for gratitude. He merely hopes that we do not kick him in the head as a method of paying for his attempts to help and heal, because he understands the truly complex nature of being in the business of soul surgery.

The time is now...

2009-09-22T15:13:00.000-07:00

It is said that nothing is more powerful than an idea for which its time has come. And I say that nothing can stop Consciousness wishing to birth itself through many forms once the time for it has come. And that time has arrived. You are living in it.

So, never mind if you have a sense of a lot of things seeming to collapse, including some structures in your life that seemed rather vital to you. It is merely part of an overall very positive process.

But just like a seed being in a state of disagreement with the experience of breaking and ... help, what is sprouting out of me!.... so are we in disagreement with all the cracking and splintering going on all around us.

Let us breathe and relax into the process.

So, let us settle in the Here and Now together, let us renounce stepping only one second into the future with worry, one second back in the past with regret. That might be the ultimate meaning of renunciation.... Let's do it together.... since we are in this ... together.

Meditation...

2009-09-22T14:33:00.000-07:00

Meditation is the medication for the soul...
8 hours ago ·

The Goal

2009-09-21T01:22:00.000-07:00

We do not exist in the Now. We exist with our focus constantly in the future or the past. Therefore, the goal of the journey is to arrive in the Here and Now and it does not matter how we reach that "goal" as long as we reach it.

Mantra

2009-09-20T12:45:00.001-07:00

Substantial practice of Mantra protects your life force.
Erases obstacles in your life.
Brings positive changes to your life.
Takes you to the Divine Experience.

Friendship

2009-09-20T12:37:00.000-07:00

A true friend makes you laugh when you are sad, is present for you in need and says the right words to you indeed.

Group Work

2009-09-20T12:23:00.000-07:00

When working within the context of Spiritual Transformation, group effort is indispensable. When one creates a field of meditation with other people, the power that is created in this manner is difficult or impossible to generate all by yourself. The meditative effort and support of other souls adds to your endeavors in ways that makes the difference between having a breakthrough experience ... and not having it. I cannot emphasize this enough.

Rotating choices and multiple voices

2009-09-20T04:48:00.000-07:00

Our decisions do not come from a self. We do not have a self as we exist. Rather, they come from a collection of past-based decision matrices stored on internal CDs, which are played on an internal multi CD player. When one CD with decision data plays, it can be replaced by another one that contradicts those decisions of the first CD in one instant.

NIHONGO NIHONGO... English please...

2009-09-20T04:46:00.000-07:00

I do not speak Japanese! Can you do ENGLISH, please....

Andreas

Le grand Œuvre

2009-09-18T02:37:00.000-07:00

Par Andreas Mamet

Un grand homme a dit un jour : « Mieux vaut ne pas commencer le grand Oeuvre, mais si vous le commencez, mieux vaut le terminer ».

Mieux vaut ne pas commencer le grand Oeuvre ? Cette affirmation est très étrange. Mais si vous le commencez, mieux vaut le terminer. C'est une affirmation très significative. Car ce qu'il essayait de dire est la chose suivante : le grand Oeuvre de la Conscience est tellement énorme, il y a tellement de choses à prendre en considération, tellement de défis et de pièges. Pourquoi s'en préoccuper ? Allez regarder la télé et manger du pop-corn. Restez endormis, c’est plus facile.

Il s'agit là d’une affirmation qui à mon sens, est d'une importance capitale. Car une fois que vous prenez la décision d’entreprendre le voyage de la Conscience, de l'Eveil, de l'écoute de la petite voix de l’âme, tellement de choses subtiles apparaissent dans votre vie et deviennent importantes à prendre en considération. Et une fois que vous commencez ce voyage, c'est comme une lutte intérieure car une partie de vous-mêmes veut rester endormie et elle va essayer de rester aux commandes. Avez-vous déjà vu ces dessins animés où l’un des personnages a un petit diable sur une épaule et un ange blanc sur l'autre ? Les deux luttent pour savoir qui va écouter qui. L’ange murmure quelque chose et le diable s'écrie : « Ne l’écoute pas, ne l'écoute pas ! Si tu l'écoutes, ta vie va être difficile. Mais si tu m’écoutes, on va s'amuser, faire la fête ! »

Il y a là un conflit entre gratification instantanée et gratification à long terme. Car l'on peut faire des choses, des choix qui nous donnent une gratification instantanée, sans réaliser que cela crée une souffrance à long terme. C'est un petit peu plus tard que l'on comprend. « Mon Dieu, qu’est-ce que j'ai fait ce jour-là ? ». Ou alors vous prenez une décision qui demande dans l'immédiat beaucoup de travail, d’efforts et qui n'est pas très plaisante. Vous ne verrez pas de résultats avant un certain temps. Mais les résultats viendront un jour ou l'autre. Cela fait partie des choix que l'on a à faire.

Les voix qui résistent au grand Oeuvre spirituel prennent des apparences complètement différentes : « Je n'ai pas le temps. », « je n'ai pas besoin de ça », « ce n'est pas le moment ». Les voix de la résistance peuvent prendre des formes extrêmement différentes : « j'ai déjà ça », « je comprends déjà ça », « j’ai déjà cette compréhension, cette capacité particulière », « je sais déjà », « j'en sais plus », « ce n'est rien ». C'est incroyable. Une chose est certaine : si vous rencontrez une voie spirituelle véritablement puissante, une partie de vous résistera.

Parce qu’une voie spirituelle puissante aura un seul effet sur vous si vous décidez de l'adopter : elle va créer des expériences très puissantes en vous. Une voie spirituelle véritable, des enseignements spirituels puissants ouvriront l'espace intérieur en vous. Et lorsque l'espace intérieur s’ouvre, cela s'accompagne toujours d’une signature très spécifique : le Silence se fera dans votre mental. L'ouverture de l'espace intérieur équivaut à entrer dans le Silence, le Silence au-delà de toute compréhension. Le mental mourra. Et je ne parle pas d'un état végétatif. Ne vous méprenez pas sur mes paroles. Le mental va cesser et une expérience brillante, extraordinaire de Conscience va se produire. Une très grande Présence précieuse sera là. Et votre mental n'y sera pas. Car les deux ne peuvent pas être présents en même temps. La Présence est là ? Le mental ne peut pas y être. Le mental est là ? La Présence ne l’est pas. Les deux ne peuvent pas exister en même temps. Donc il se produit véritablement une mort du mental lorsque l'on entre en contact avec des enseignements spirituels véritablement puissants.

D'une certaine manière, le mental a sa vie propre, sa direction propre, son élan propre. Le mental sent lorsque quelque chose de capital va se produire qui va véritablement mettre en danger son fonctionnement. Il va s'exclamer : « Non ! Non ! J'ai envie de continuer à te dire des conneries ! J'ai envie de continuer à créer un écran de fumée dans ta vie ! Continuons à faire la fête ! ». Il y aura donc beaucoup de résistances qui viendront dans votre vie contre lesquelles il vous faudra lutter. Beaucoup de problèmes.

Mais il vous faut être persévérants et laisser votre âme être aux commandes, mêmes si vous ne la ressentez pas toujours. Car il vous faut écouter la voix de votre coeur, et cette voix n'est jamais très élevée, ce n'est parfois qu'un murmure. Vous pouvez suivre cette voix de votre coeur pour rentrer chez vous. Elle vous amènera à la plénitude, car notre grande souffrance est que l'on ne se sent pas chez soi et que l'on ne se sent pas complet. Notre grande souffrance est que nous ressentons que quelque chose manque dans notre vie. Parfois, on a du mal à définir de quoi il s'agit, on a le vague sentiment que quelque chose ne se produit pas alors que cela devrait se produire, et d'autres fois, on arrive à définir très clairement ce que cela est. En toute honnêteté, il existe de très nombreuses façons différentes de définir de quoi il s'agit. Mais au final, il s'agit véritablement d'un phénomène existentiel qui dépasse toute spiritualité et toute religion.

Stage Montpellier, Mai 30, 2008

Japanese Entries

2009-09-18T02:36:00.000-07:00

I am so sorry, I notice 25 entries in Japanese. I do not read Japanese and do not always have translator at hand....

Deep Peace to You

2009-09-11T12:41:00.001-07:00

Bamboo Wisdom: Global Consultations on Skype

2009-09-04T03:25:00.000-07:00

Andreas and Raylene would like to be available to everyone. But sometimes you may find yourself facing a life obstacle for which you might require deeper consultation. For that situation we are offering Global Consultations on Skype. You can have a consultation just with Raylene or just with Andreas, or even a combination of the two, the He – She Answer Session. Session with one of them is 30 minutes or with both 60 minutes. Reasonable pricing, adjusted to our current times. Contact us.

Contact with Emptiness

2009-08-30T06:16:00.000-07:00

My relationship with the world of meditation practice, Osho and other Buddhas, can best be described as a series of nuclear explosions of consciousness that began in 1974 and has continued ever since. The first major explosion, as said, took place in 74. It was if infinite emptiness exploded into my reality. Any trace of feeling of self disappeared. At the same time, the body was flooded with an electricity that almost felt as if I had placed my fingers into an electric outlet. The sense of pending death in fact was present also.

In 76 I participated in a workshop at Osho's Ashram. It was called Enlightenment Intensive. It was one of the shorter workshops, lasting only 3 days. For the entire time, the central question we worked on was "Who am I." This is the classical approach of Ramana Maharshi. We worked in pairs and also by ourselves. The process was super intense. Somebody in front of you asked you: "Tell me who you are!" And you respond by saying whatever comes up. The idea here is that of peeling the onion. Each answer does not really represent what you are, but it takes away a layer of what you believe you are in that moment. It destroys the layers of your believes.

After three days, I sat in front of a person. Interestingly, he was the person I liked the least of all the participants. He asked the question, when all of a sudden, no answer came. Instead, it suddenly felt as if I was falling inside... and kept falling and falling, the space become vast and vaster.... electricity flooding into my belly, my chest, my brain and my hands to a point it seemed it was killing me.....

Later, during Darshan, Osho asked how I was. All I could say to him, was .... It is electricity! He just smiled and said, "Yes, it is."

What I wanted to ask him, but did not, was..."But how do you manage to live with this every day?"

Samadhis can come in many different degrees, but when they come in high intensity, they come with stunning electrifying power. And it is very important to note that people who have access to those upper echelons of Samadhi, will always tell you about the total absence of any sense of self. They will talk to you about the Void, the Emptiness. It is imperative that you should hear such words that indicate absence of self. They point to the fact that you are facing an adept who lives in the realm of significant cultivation.

Yours in the Dharma,

Andreas Mamet

(Swami Anand Karunesh)

Sanjay Menla - The Medicine Buddha

2009-08-07T07:21:00.000-07:00

The Medicine Buddha vowed to alleviate all forms of suffering. Whatever you can imagine to be suffering, he contemplated it. The traditional Mantra is OM BEKANDZE BEKANDZE MAHABEKANDZE RADZA SAMUDGATE SOHA.

However, to just sing the Mantra of Sanjay Menla, which means Medicine Buddha, is of tremendous effect. It puts you in touch. Try....

SANJAY MENLA

download here...

http://rapidshare.com/files/264761222/Sanjay_Menla.wma.html

The three Gachchamis

2009-08-04T07:55:00.000-07:00

If you would like to sing along with the Refuge Prayer, here it is.....

You may download the mantra below...

Buddham Sharanam Gachchami

Sangham Sharanam Gachchami

Dhammam Sharanam Gachchami

http://rapidshare.com/files/299454062/3_Gachchamis.wma.html

The Lakshmi Mantra

2009-07-31T08:50:00.000-07:00

This mantra connects you with the Universal Principle of Abundance, as expressed through Lakshmi.

The mantra we are using here is a recording from one of our workshops in Brussels.

OM GUM SHREEM MAHA LAKSHMI YE NAMAHA

http://rapidshare.com/files/262181437/Lakshmi.wma.html

Healing Mantra

2009-07-31T06:55:00.000-07:00

This Mantra invokes the Healing of Rama, and it is just lovely, and also rather powerful.

Try it.

OM APADAMAPA HATARAM
DATARAM SARVA SAMPADAM
LOKA BHI RAMAM SHRI RAMAM
BHUYO BHUYO NAMAMYAHAM

http://www.4shared.com/file/146000437/9644e12f/RAMA_2.html

ANDREAS & RAYLENE IN PARIS

Some more talks by Raylene

Some recordings of Mantras and Talks from our workshop in Paris, 1 November

Sing along with a Ganesh Mantra recorded from a group in Brussels....

On Ego

On the Dharma

RAYLENE ON ALIGNMENT BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH

On Compassion, Power and Wisdom (Talk during Mantra Workshop in Paris, October 4, 2009

A BRIEF YET IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF THE PROCESS OF ALLEVIATION OF SUFFERING FROM A SIMPLE POINT OF VIEW OF CLARITY

The time is now...

Meditation...

Meditation is the medication for the soul...8 hours ago ·

Meditation is the medication for the soul...8 hours ago ·

Meditation is the medication for the soul...

The Goal

We do not exist in the Now. We exist with our focus constantly in the future or the past. Therefore, the goal of the journey is to arrive in the Here and Now and it does not matter how we reach that "goal" as long as we reach it.

Mantra

Substantial practice of Mantra protects your life force.Erases obstacles in your life. Brings positive changes to your life. Takes you to the Divine Experience.

Substantial practice of Mantra protects your life force.

Friendship

A true friend makes you laugh when you are sad, is present for you in need and says the right words to you indeed.

Group Work

Rotating choices and multiple voices

NIHONGO NIHONGO... English please...

Le grand Œuvre

Japanese Entries

Deep Peace to You

Bamboo Wisdom: Global Consultations on Skype

Contact with Emptiness

Sanjay Menla - The Medicine Buddha

The three Gachchamis

The Lakshmi Mantra

Healing Mantra

Meditation is the medication for the soul...
8 hours ago ·

Meditation is the medication for the soul...
8 hours ago ·

Substantial practice of Mantra protects your life force.
Erases obstacles in your life.
Brings positive changes to your life.
Takes you to the Divine Experience.