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The Call of Love

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Long ago, I gazed into your eyes
and then stopped breathing
but still survived.

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That Which Is: By Harsha (Harsh K. Luthar, Ph.D.)

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Suffering and Meaning: By Harsha (Harsh K. Luthar, Ph.D.)

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Some of Harsha’s Poetry: By Harsha (Harsh K. Luthar, Ph.D.)

We are Like Candle Lights

The Magic Pull

No Night in the Season of Love

First, the lightening!

“I Was Ready To Tell” by Rumi

“Amritanubhav (The Nectar of Mystical Experience)” by Jnaneshwar

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Ahimsa and Compassion: By Harsha (Harsh K. Luthar, Ph.D.)

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Spiritual Practice, Kundalini, and Self-Realization: By Harsha (Harsh K. Luthar, Ph.D.)

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The Heart, Nirvikalpa Samadhi, and Self-Realization: By Harsha (Harsh K. Luthar, Ph.D)

A few of Harsha’s writings and responses to comments or questions have been organized and edited to cover the topics of Heart, Nirvikalpa Samadhi, and Self-Realization for easy access. The names of the questioners have been abbreviated to respect their privacy.
– Amanda, Editor.

On The Heart

More On The Heart

Heart of the Matter

The Term Hridaya (Sanskrit for Heart)

Nirvikalpa Samadhi I

Nirvikalpa Samadhi II

Nirvikalpa Samadhi and Sleep

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Quotes from Ramana Maharshi on Samadhi

Samadhi and Self

Highest Height, Deepest Depth

Verification of Self-Realization

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Love and Reincarnation: By Harsha

We have all known each other since the beginning of time. That is why at some level we recognize each other.

Is it any wonder that this feeling overcomes that there is no choice but to love.

Within our human limitations and flaws, and despite them, the luster from the diamond of the Heart pours forth as all embracing consciousness. My teacher used to say that when two candle flames are joined, it is hard to tell which flame belongs to which candle, as it is the same fire. Love is the eternal flame.

I was remembering my teacher Chitrabhanuji yesterday and the time I spent with him in the late 1970s and the early 1980s. After a while, we were just friends. What would we do without teachers?

Ramana Maharshi once said that the Guru is unreal. The Heart manifests as the outer Guru. The outer Guru points to ones’ own Heart and instructs to look within.

It is only Love playing.

Love to all
Harsha

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About Ramana — From One of Harsha’s E-mail Messages

One day on HarshaSatsangh, a very earnest and sincere devotee of Ramana Maharshi posted a message that there is only one way to realize the Truth — only through asking “Who Am I” as taught by Ramana. The following was Harsha’s encouraging reply. In this message Harsha shares how Ramana’s example and teachings were personally transformative for himself and encourages the process of self-inquiry in others.

–The Editors

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A Special Message from Dr. Harsh K. Luthar on 9/11/2001

In America, especially on the East Coast, many of us have been personally touched by events that occurred on September 11, 2001. Thousands of people were killed or injured due to the attack on New York and Washington. The resulting suffering has been enormous and heartbreaking to watch.

On September 13, 2001, two days after the attack, we had an Interfaith candle light vigil for the two Bryant College alumni, Shawn Nassaney and Lynn Goodchild who were on flight 175 from Boston and lost their lives when it was forced to crash into the World Trade Center. Lynn was a former student of mine. Before the vigil, I was for some time looking at her printed name on my copy of the official grade roster and at the grade I had given her. With my fingers, I touched her name and then traced it to the grade she had received. She was a good student.

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