Fwd: [Sri Ramakrishna] Arunachala!

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Here is a post from someone on another group.

 

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michael

 

 

--- Mallikarjuna Konduri <mallikonduri

wrote:

> Ramakrishna

> "Mallikarjuna Konduri"

> <mallikonduri

> Wed, 10 Dec 2003 10:43:00 -0000

> [sri Ramakrishna] Arunachala!

>

> Namaste,

>

> I have just read a post from a member who wrote

> about Arunachala and

> felt like sharing this. I had been reading a lot on

> Sri Ramana

> Maharshi, Sri Ramakrishna and Sri Vivekananda. A

> year ago,

> spirutuality was something of an idle curiosity to

> me. Then suddenly,

> out of the blue, I started diving into it with a

> hunger that

> surprised myself. I made my first trip (and only

> trip so far) to

> Tiruvannamalai some months ago, along with a couple

> of friends. We

> drove down from Bangalore.

>

> As we neared T'Malai, all of us who have been

> talking continuously,

> fell silent. It was as though the silence really

> 'descended' on us.

> And as the Arunachala Hill came into our view and

> the view got

> bigger and bigger, the need to talk seemed to have

> just dropped away.

> And after we drove into the town and settled down at

> the Atithi

> Ashram, we came out to look at the Holy Hill. It was

> around 6.30 in

> the evening and the sun had just set. The sky was

> faintly alight with

> the afterglow of sunset. The Arunachala Hill,

> considered to be a

> physical and natural manifestation of Lord Shiva,

> was silhouetted

> against the darkening sky.

>

> I would never forget the feeling I had as we stood

> around in an

> empty maidan and looked at the Hill! It wasn't just

> an insentinent

> hill. It was Immobility itself, it was Majesty

> itself, it was Silence

> itself, It was the Source itself! It was like gazing

> at Lord Shiva in

> meditation - rock-like and timeless. We just stood

> there, our eyes

> glued to the hill, with awe and wonder in our

> hearts. With peace and

> nameless thankfulness flooding our hearts. An

> unfogettable experience!

>

> To speak the truth, I have always been a reluctant

> pilgrim - I could

> never identify or enjoy crowded temples and loud

> rituals. I am also

> not given to excesive emotionalism and credulity.

> But I can also tell

> you this: Standing there in that grassy patch, with

> evening traffic

> noises from the nearby road floating down, and

> gazing at that power-

> filled sight of the Hill - I feel I came closest to

> God, the

> unmanifest potential.

>

> PS: There are many other hills around Arunachala,

> and geographically,

> there is nothing unique about the hill. It is just

> like any hill with

> scattered boulders and sparse vegitation. But try to

> look away and

> you will feel the silent power of this spiritual

> center! It is like a

> silent call to our source!

>

> God bless you.

>

>

>

 

 

 

 

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