Attraction to Bhagavan no longer in bodily form

[Guest guest]

It is not only those who have been before and have seen the beauty of Sri

Bhagavan in his bodily form who feel the attraction. Theirs is a inestimable

fortune but others also are drawn to him, to Arunachala. It will be enough to

mention ... such. Miss Howes had been waiting fourteen years for a possibility

of going, after reading Paul Brunton's, A Search in Secret India. Circumstances

made it possible only after the Mahasamadhi. She gave up her job and sold her

effects to raise the necessary funds. She was able to stay only a few weeks;

however, feeling the Grace of his Presence, she said: "I thought I should be

disappointed when I knew he was dead, but I wasn't. It was worth it, every

moment of it. Now I can only look forward to the day when I shall come back

again".

Coming back is in the hands of Bhagavan. Now, as before, he draws to himself

and to Tiruvannamalai whom he will. Miss Howes was confident from past

experiences that she would have no difficulty in finding a new job when she got

back, but this time it did not happen so. Week followed week with nothing

suitable turning up. Then she heard of a good vacancy, was interviewed and told

that she could have as job if she wanted but that it was in India. So her return

was made easy.

 

A snip from Ramana Maharshi by Osborne