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 Empty Rhetoric Jul 20, 2009
Charlie Hayes and the other bogus advaita pretenders have not reached the egoless state of Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi and Nisargadatta Maharaj. Just because John Wheeler (Charlie's' Guru) told Charlie that he (Charlie) is a sage or whatever does not give Charlie an authority to write nonsense on Advaita. Because Charlie Hayes has not realized his real Self as Bhagavan Ramana did. Even John Wheeler the idiot, claims to be a sage and so do the other buffoons like Wayne Liquorman, Gilbert Schultz, Tony Parsons, Nathan Gill, Ramesh Balsekar, the fake Guru Ramana of AHAM cult (has the balls to call himself Ramana) Karl Renz and a host of other pseudo advaita fruit cakes.
Mere theoretical knowledge of advaita does not make people like Charlie Hayes, John Wheeler and others, true sages and be free from bondage, karma and rebirth. In day to day life people like Charlie, John Wheeler, Gilbert Schultz, Tony Parsons and their cohorts live like ordinary, ignorant, unenlightened dualists or dvaitists. So what is the point in preaching advaita and then living like ordinary ignorant dualistic individuals? Unless one reaches the egoless state of Bhagavan Ramana Maharishi and Nisragadatta Maharaj one should not preach advaita to others.
One can scream from the top of Empire State building to the world that there is no separate I or personal ego and so on. But the ego lingers on stealthily to create more mischief. The ego has to be destroyed by the real Supreme Self or the inner Guru or God(Paramatman). For this to happen one has to consciously and actually die while living. The causal body(sheath)(karana sarira) or the anandamaya kosha gets destroyed. When this happens the seed itself is destroyed, so the ego is finished once for all and cannot sprout any more bodies or forms. The physical and subtle bodies disintegrate upon actual death. This internal process happened to Ramana Maharshi and Sri Nisargadatta.
Has this happened to Charlie Hayes, John Wheeler and others? No. One fine morning after meeting Sailor Bob and Gilbert Schultz they just programmed their brains into believing there is no individual inhabiting the body. This is not better than the born again cuckoo Christians who believe in all kinds of nonsense. Awakening, Transformation or Self Realization has to actually take place. This happened to Bhagavan Ramana and Sri Nisargadatta. Otherwise one cannot be free of triple karma and avoid rebirth.
If the causal or seed body (the ego) is still alive then it will naturally grap another body or form according to its karmas or samskaras upon physical death. Otherwise how did you get this body that you have right now? You would not have had this present body at all, period. Anyone who has studied advaita knows that the body is actually made up of 3 bodies or 5 sheaths. It is the 5 sheaths of ignorance which covers up the real Self or the real I.
This happened to both Ramana and Nisragadatta, that is their causal bodies got destroyed and that is how they were totally free even while living. They both actually experienced the process of death while living. Bhagavan Ramana had it twice. Unless this happens it is no use to pretend that one is egoless. It is nothing but self deception. And the ego is very very good at that. Remember the example Ramana used, "the ego or the thief pretending to be a policeman and pretending to track the ego or the thief by itself". That is exactly what is happening to Charlie and his friends.
All this pseodo advaita stuff is just a charade. What a travesty! Unless the ego is erased all this pseudo advaita business is just that, another business deal for the ego to continue its day to day business. Only sages like Bhagavan Ramana, Sri Nisargadatta and a few others have the capacity to help earnest seekers erase their egos.
The point I raise is that your ego which used to say "I am Charlie Hayes" is now saying that "there is nobody", that the "I is imaginary" "that there is only Oneness" and other nonsense it can concoct from the body's apparatus called the brain. By saying such things it survives, by denying its own illusory existence, it perpetuates. Instead of being totally silent and at peace, the illusory ego is continuing its existence as usual in the alternate form of "all talk of enlightenment and Self Realization is a myth or nonsense" etc. Gilbert Schultz another fruit cake is an expert in talking like this. He claims that there is no separate personal ego but has a gargantuous moonstruck ego himself.
From making positive assertions like it used to do before, the ego is now making negative assertions and continuing its illusory existence like before.
There is a way out and there is absolute freedom, if and when the persistent ego that seriously thinks and believes it is inhabiting a body, is totally erased and never to raise its form again. That destruction of the illusory ego or jiva is done by the the true inner Self which is within every being. This internal process is traditionally known as enlightenment or Self Realization. This actually happened to Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi and a few of his very close disciples. It also happened to Nisargadatta Maharaj.
1 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Please, please be discerning! Mar 25, 2009
I've witnessed Charlie in guru mode and cannot recommend him at all. He seems to fancy himself a modern-day Nisargadatta. Imo he's annoying and even abusive.
Save your $$, and your mental health.
1 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Clear Pointers to your True Nature Feb 16, 2009
Charlie's approach is direct and clear.
The essence of you is explained in his book.
I met with Charlie, and I know he's sincere.
He's the Bob Adamson of the western hemisphere.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Definately The Book To Read For Clear Understanding! Aug 07, 2008
Charlie Hayes has the one most precise way of pointing to the Truth that I've read. The words take hold and lead you through to your True Being. He definitely ranks with "Sailor" Bob Adamson and John Wheeler, among others.
There is only so much words can say about non-duality, and words have a tendency to confuse the subject; but when reading the words that Charlie has expressed in this book, it is definitely as though the he is bypassing the mind and speaking directly to the Essence that I Am.
Make no mistake, Charlie shoots straight, and if someone wants to turn this into something that it's not, he tells them flat out. This is what is needed to present this teaching; you don't need someone telling you what the "mind" wants to hear in order to make "you" happy.
The writings contained in this book brought some real understanding here; when all is seen for what it is, that the Reality that I Am, is eternal, and lacking nothing.
This book comes across more as a personal talk than something that's being read. Many of the questions that I had were answered within these pages. Through the help of Charlie Hayes, there is now unimpeded view of who I Am, and who I am NOT, end of story!
4 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Charlie Hits Home Apr 18, 2008
I liked Charlie's approach to saying the unsayable. He keeps you very focused and stops you wandering off into the story of your life.
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