Guest guest Posted November 10, 2002 Report Share Posted November 10, 2002 One need not renounce home or activities in order to discover the ultimate truth behind all life. The inbuilt equipoise, resulting from well-directed self-enquiry, would be the undercurrent in one's busiest hours. The joy, which is one's inherent nature, would not be affected by the changing flow of circumstances in the dynamic of life. Unfortunately for Brunton he did not realize that he had arrived at the journey's end. He was on the threshold of discovering the truth for himself but let go his chance . Much suffering and heart searching was still in store for him. He had to wander round different parts of India ion a vain, physically exhausting and depressing hunt before returning to Ramana a second time. At that eleventh hour, after he had booked his passage to return to England, he responded to a compelling 'Inner Voice', which forced him to return from Bombay a second time. Brunton explains what happened. "A long gallery of faces passes before my mind's eyes. A single face disentangles itself...It is the calm Sphinx like countenance of the Maharshi...But he seemed so aloof, so remote from a European mentality, so indifferent whether I become his pupil or not." Brunton then pleads with an insistent inner voice which keeps urging him to return to the Maharshi. "Thereupon something surges up from the inner depths of my being and demands immediate assent to the command of that inexplicable voice". He then decides to return to the jungle hermitage of the Maharshi and 'hitch his wagon to his shining star. The die is cast'. More to come from Timeless in Time by Natarajan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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