Wake Up and Roar: Satsang with Papaji

248 Pages·2017·1.42 MB·English

by  Eli Jaxon-Bear

Published by New Morning Books
Ashland, OR 97520
Copyright © 1992 Pacific Center Press. All rights reserved.
Copyright © 2007 and 2015 Eli Jaxon-Bear. All rights reserved
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First published in 1992
Second edition, 2007
Third edition, 2015
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Sri Ramana established
Silence and Self-inquiry
In the sattvic realm.
For this he is called Maharishi.
Papaji tossed the flame
Of silence
Into the marketplace.
He set the secret burning of non-abidance
Loose in the land of activity.
And the world is catching fire.
For this he is called Papaji,
Beloved father of all.
—A DEVOTED SON
JAXON
Contents
Foreword by Prince Ea
Foreword by Gangaji
Foreword by Eli Jaxon-Bear
Book 1
The Cry of Freedom
Purification
Who Are You?
Doubt, Fear, and Impediments
Mind and Killing the Ego
Thinking and Emptiness
Practice and Meditation
What to Do
The Vehicle to Liberation
Choosing Samsara or Nirvana
Leela
Desire
Realization
The Guru
Book 2
What Is Enlightenment
Requirements for Satsang
Relationship to the Teacher
The Nature of I
Meditation
The Nature of Mind and Vasanas
Trap of the Senses
Inquiry and Devotion
Choosing Total Death
How to Be in the World
The Romance of Love: The Hidden Secret
About Sri Poonjaji
Glossary
About the Editor
About the Leela Foundation
Foreword
I
did not have the opportunity to come into physical contact with Papaji's form,
well, not that I am aware of. My first experience with him came digitally,
watching his YouTube videos at 3am, a time of little distraction. I compose this
forward ironically around the same hour.
I stumbled upon his satsangs after coming into contact with the work of his
beloved students Eli Jaxon-Bear, Gangaji and Mooji. But who was their teacher?
I had to know.
I soon found out his name was Papaji
I soon became enthralled by Papaji's wisdom. For me, Papaji wasn't giving me
something new to believe in, or knowledge to add to my already overflowing
repository in order to satisfy my spiritual or intellectual ego. No, he was simply
inviting me to find the truth. This directly appealed to my scientific mind.
Question everything. But Papaji goes deeper, we must question even the
questioner. Do not take or cling to any concept or assumption. Start from zero.
From where does all arise from?
“Behind the retina, and before the breath. You need not see this, you are it,”
Papaji said.
Papaji's transmission of emptiness, silence, truth, and love, has pierced
through to the depths of my heart and led me home.
“Keep Quiet” he would say.” Keep quiet. How simple. He was so direct in his
teaching, actually his “non teaching,” his “non doing,” in order to realize the
greatest question of all: “Who Am I?” This is the question that answers all
questions. The highest calling for mankind, yet every human beings natural
birthright: self realization.
Papaji is one of the many great sages that dedicated his life to inviting others
to realize the truth. He uniquely expressed this truth through the skillful means
of humor, gentleness, presence, and a smile that emanated pure love. One glance
at Papaji's smile and you can see that this is a man who lived in reality and
walked hand-in-hand with god.
Papaji isn't giving us a new set of beliefs, concepts or practices. “Drop them
all,” he says. No search, no seeker. Just stop. The realization of truth is closer
than close. No distance. A journey not from here to there, but from here to here.
What I find beautiful about Papaji's transmission, which comes from the
Ramana Maharshi lineage, is its directness. No more postponements, no more
delays, simply drop all of your practices and you can attain realization and
freedom today, here and now. Wait, You mean I don't have to do yoga or
mediate for 50 years before I get enlightened? What a revolutionary and
counterintuitive premise!
All of our lives we have worked to attain “things.” Things that have never
truly fulfilled us. Could it be that through no effort we find supreme and eternal
freedom? Could it be that once we let go of believing who we think we are, we
become free to actually be who we are? Could it be that we are already free?
Find out for yourself.
Papaji's words, like all others gurus are sign posts, mere pointings. It is up to
you to come into direct experience with the truth. It is up to you to Wake up and
Roar. The fact that you have found this book, or it has somehow found you
means that you are being led by grace. I urge you to go all the way with an open
mind and open heart.
Prince Ea
St. Louis, MO