Answer to Wim; Seshadri Swami

[Guest guest]

Dear Gabriele,

 

thank you for this beautiful Sri Ramana story which I hadn't been

familiar with. The "robbery" reminded me of the "Spiritual Canticle"

by St. John of the Cross. Here is an excerpt.

 

Warmly,

 

Michael

 

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O that my griefs would end!

Come, grant me thy fruition full and free

And henceforth do thou send

No messenger to me,

For none but thou my comforter can be.

 

Why piercedst thou this heart

And heal'dst it not upon the selfsame day?

Why usedst robbers' art

Yet leavest thus thy prey

And take 'st it not eternally away?

 

End thou my torments here,

Since none but thou can remedy my plight;

And to these eyes appear,

For thou art all their light

And save for thee I value not their sight.

 

Reveal thyself, I cry,

Yea, though the beauty of thy presence kill,

For sick with love am I,

And naught can cure my ill

Save only if of thee I have my fill.

 

O crystal spring so fair,

Might now within thy silvery depths appear,

E'en as I linger there,

Those features ever dear

Which on my soul I carry graven clear!

 

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"One day Bhagavan was looking intently at Muruganar, who suddenly got

up and went out. Bhagavan signalled to Kunju Swami to follow him,

which he did. When asked for the reason for this hurry, Muruganar

said:

'Don't you see, he is the robber chief. He has taken three - my body,

my mind and life itself - and given in return only one, that One,

invisible Supreme! Is it not daylight robbery?'" (The Inner Circle,

p. 46)

Yes, Ramana is a robber chief. He takes the body, the mind, the heart and life itself.