This is one of the best discussions of the realities of sadhana I've ever heard. Every single person who aspires to get serious about their spiritual search should hear this. This is so valuable it should be transcribed and published verbatim. Thank you so much, David!

Dear David Godman, thank you for your wonderful work

Ten years. That's how long before the stench from my sewer began to subside and it was a bumpy road. Lots of ups and downs, encouragements and discouragements. The key is determination and perseverance. Don't give up.

Thank you so much.

I Am a fan. I cannot convey the gratitude I have for yourgreat work on youtube and all the books you have put together!

This is so helpful. It came at the exact moment I needed it. Thank you, David.

So happy to see a new post from you David!

Thank you, David & Jussi. This is immensely helpful.

This came at the right moment, thank you.

Thanks sir for giving us guidance in our spiritual pursuit. Got stuck and was wondering what was wrong and here you are , giving us the guidance to the TRUTH. Thank you 🙏

Amazing how the mind trash comes out the more I practice meditation and Self Inquiry. A lot of quieting to do. David recognizing this effect exists has helped me. Thank you so very much Mr. Godman 🙏

Thankyou for these wonderful videos. More valuable than gold.

There is a lot of stinky stuff that is just bubbling up - nothing wrong. Thanks for reassuring David. Peace.

Thank you. I enjoy listening to your talks, they convey the silence needed to quiet the mind, at least for a bit, and help us continue with the practice.

Thanks David... I find a lot of support and inspiration in your videos, also when my self inquiry process seems to have hit a rough spot on the road. 🙏🏻

Thank you Mr. Godman. I so needed to hear that. 🙏❤️

Thank you David. It is all very helpful.

Thanks for the great insight. Just wonderful.

Thank you for sharing this with us. 🌸

so very happy to see you David. Thank you so very much!

Ramana speaks through David. Thank you so much for sharing... you re the perfect man for this mission. So blessed to have encountered this channel. Wow.. how many people have this grace out of BILLIONS? Thanks again!

Davidji, thank you so much for explaining that this is not a linear process and there is no "right" method when you self inquire - you have really opened my eyes on a lot of things, especially when one feels they are trying the best that they can and feel stuck in the same place. The best we can do is move forward! Much gratitude to you sir!

Thank you for this insight David, it was reassuring to hear this.

Thank you very much. I really appreciate the guidance and clarity that your experience brings to this journey that sometimes feels,at least apparently, done in solitude. I heartly thank the subtitles in spanish🙏

Thank you for the explanation!

Thank you David. I needed to hear that.

Thank you David, a very valuable help to me.

Dear David thanks for all new interviews! I enjoy to watch it very much. I cannot travel to India (from Europe) but youtube helps us this way to be Present and also to be in your Presence at least for few minutes. Thanks a lot! 🙏

Thank you.

thank you, David. I respect you as a very noble soul. God Bless you for the help you have given us.

Awesome Mr. Godman. Great advices regarding the challenges encountered by most of devotees who do vichara marga as taught by Bhagavan.

Thank you David. Děkuji za české titulky:)

Thank you 🙏

Thank you this was very helpful

Wow! So helpful to hear this!

THANK'S VERY MUCH FOR FRENCH SUBTITLES !! 🙏

How eloquent but simple and reassuring. I want to ask David, why didn't I find you years ago, I have known about and revered Ramana Maharishi most of my life. I answer it myself - I have found you now, it is the right time, my time! Thank you for your guidance and the inspirational work you do disseminating Bagwan's teaching.

this guy is such a great explainer of a ton of niggling issues ...thank you so much for being real about this .

Thank you very much for czech subtitles. Thank you for your words.

Thank you (again) for your seva, David, Jussi and Jukka!

thank you, this help so much :)

Please do more of these David. Especially any stories about Bhagwan’s life that you haven’t told yet

Thank you

Infinitas gracias por su valiosa y sencilla explicación....me llega en el momento justo...siempre se presentaran atascos, en este solitario camino.

Dear DavidGodman, I salute for your wonderful work about Bhagavan ramana mahrishi lived historical places and its brief details and speeches

Muito obrigado! Brasil na escuta!🇧🇷 thanks!🤗🙏

Very true. Thank you!

We are watching this video because of bhagavan's grace . Knowingly or unknowingly that grace is controlling our daily activity . how can it be going wrong ? Thanks so much Davidji. your words are impregnated with Bhagavaan's silence. Please upload more videos

Coincido contigo David esa es mi experiencia con 40 años de búsqueda en el taoísmo y el budismo zen. Y el compromiso continúa con la auto indagación. Muchas Gracias por compartir tu experiencia!. Some words for your spanish. I'm from Uruguay South America. I agree with you David that is my experience with 40 years of searching in Taoism and Zen Buddhism. And the commitment continues with self-inquiry. Thanks a lot for sharing your experience!.

Very nice thanks for message reassuring to hear 💓

Thank you 🙏😃

thank you david, very clear ...

Grazie 🙏✨

Self enquiry is very powerful tool that I have came across. David has explained it so wonderfully in his videos that if anyone is serious to do it , one can learn and do it perfectly. It is a direct attack to your 'I' which is the hurdle in getting nearer to Self. Only thing is a person should be extremely vigilent while doing self enquiry , else he is carried away by thoughts very easily.

"Taking the lid off your own private sewer" Yup!

Glad to see you talking after a long gap sir. God bless you with good health so that you continue to guide people like us on the path of self enlightenment. Sounds selfish but we want it

Thanks David.

Gratitude 🙏

David thank you for bringing Ramana’s teachings home

Very useful guidance.

Grazie 🙏🌹

Gracias ☺ 😊 💖 👍

Only a realised man can give such profound answers

Thanks David for your clear explanation of the larger context and process of Self Enquiry and managing expectations of the path - it's not a silver bullet but a continual devotion towards healing. Just because Sri Ramana did it on the first go, doesnt mean we are too 😂

The initial joy of fulfillment of the desire to find the correct practice of Self-illumination to be continued and to abandon and continue until nothing is left to be known.

thankyou

Thank you so much for this new set of videos!🙌 Again more people finding their way towards The Grace of Arunachala...🙏 Dear Sir Davidji, I have one question for you and I noticed that you're now following these comments, so: Can you tell what is the history of two little rooms next to the samadhi hall? They are now full of pictures of Bhagavan. I'm asking because in those rooms I felt the presence of Bhagavan almost the same way as in the Old Hall. I think you've told something about them in your previous videos, but I haven't found that clip again, even though i've been watching them many times... Thank you very much already for your kind response! And also for everything that you've done in the past decades to all humanity and Divine, The Self is working in the most beautiful and powerful ways thru "you". I'm one of the thousands who have found their way to Arunachala (and Nisargadattas teachings) via your videos. (Even though i had heard about Ramana before, your output was very essential on my path) Also I want to thank Jussi & Jukka! Eli kiitti hitosti teille että saitte uutta kultaa ilmoille, Ristuksen asialla! Tirun hedelmätorilla tavataan😄🙌🙏 Om Namoh Bhagavate Shri Ramanayah🙏

noted thank you

Brilliant.

Thank you, David. We are all icebergs.

NO ONE EVER GETS ENLIGHTENED!!!! 🤗

good show

Sharanam

как же прекрасно рассказывает Дэвид Годмен

"There is no accumulation of silence in the mind"

What a wonderful surname, sir

There are clear signs along the path that signify it's working long before final realization. Probably somewhat spoiled westerners consider the specific difficulties arising as _"not working"_ when traditionally these difficulties are actually signs that _"it is"_ working ! For westerners I would, as an introduction and enhancement of Ramana's vichara recommend Douglas Harding's headless way ( _"On Having No Head"_ ) together with particularly Culadasa's systematic teaching on Vipassana ( _"The Illuminated Mind"_ ).

Good man God man!

What are you doing wrong? First thing is to realize all things come to pass, even the self feeling. It can also come back and pass again, when you understand this is a rhythm like everything else, there's no problem.

Dear Mr Godman. I understand from your (excellent) eassy on Arunachala that Bhagavan suggested that merely focusing on the form of Arunachala was sufficient to obtain liberation. If one is attracted to this idea, would not this be an easier way to achieve liberation than self-inquiry ?

@4:02 That is so accurate! And I keep smelling it. And I have to remind myself that I Am not that smell or even the smeller or....

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In a spiritual path you can have the impression that you always take it from the beginning. But it does not really happen that way. there is a firm, even if insensible continuity.

Happy Thoughts :)

If we ask a question, who is aware of the thought or feelings or sensations?we have a reply " I".. we generally identify the "i" with body/mind.. I am tall,short, angry,happy etc. So if we shift the focus from thoughts/feelings to who is aware , that "I" is the knowingness within us, I know I exist. I know I am aware, self evident knowing ..that's the inward "I" deeper essence that exists always, aware of changing of body/thoughts/emotions. Sometimes I try it this way. Helps to shift from what the body/mind identified "i" to deeper Awareness. Not sure if this is right or wrong

Awesome awnser,after 40 years of meditation,I agree, . It is a basic question to ask ,when one considers the multi milenia accumulation of detritus. That it can be swept away in a single lifetime of some casual daily session of meditation.

Thank you for your words. It is like it is. After 27 years of studying and doing yoga/meditation we can give up enlightenment if some young guys get it as a present for devotion in the presence of a master and we can work on the "material" "life" to become more happy and healthy again till this "ends". But for the essential "oneness" you have really to get the right driving licence and the right teacher. I'm bored by all words about it. I know them all. Going to a master who can click away the curtain is the easiest and shortest way. I didn' t. We can do this.

It seems to me that to be helpful instructions are to be given to the individual where they are at. David’s instructions here will work for some but not for others. This goes for all sorts of spiritual teachings. As Ramana said to Yogananda instructions are most effective on a individual basis. These blanket statements and teachings to general audiences belong in a category unto themselves. David makes this clear in other videos and writings.

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And to be clear: Liberation isn’t the absence of thought but the death of the apparent individual who has them and never existed at all…

David Goodman now is an Indian saint.

David , I started this "wondermachine" -Consciousness-seeking the I- 30 jears ago. But still some comments about the adjustment , the fine tuning is welcome.

I have read Nisargadatta and Ramana Maharshi, listened to Papaji and Mooji on youtube, concepts,concepts, concepts.

What does David mean by countless lives? Did Ramana teach about past lives?

yep

I was thinking of going to the holy hill but was concerned when someone told me there is so much trash around the hill. I wonder if the lake has trash too? I'm not sure if I can be around litter. I wish garbage wasn't such a big issue for me, but if anyone knows, or has any constructive comments I would welcome help to get past this. Thank you.

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The Zen approach : If the "I " is an illusion, how can there be any wrong doing !

Takeaway: Spiritual progress is not a linear path

Thanq.hope to talk with u someday