Spiritual Musings from Sri V.Ganesan

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>

> SPIRITUAL

MUSINGS

>

> [ How are we all going to express our gratitude to that remarkable Western

devotee - LOUIS

> HARTZ - who was instrumental in getting us the assurance from our Master that

we are all already

> "initiated" by Him into Self-Awareness and that He is ever with us ! Listen to

his own words of

> how this took place . ]

>

>

> " Next morning again, I sat in the (Old) Hall. There were a few people

sitting in postures

> of concentration and meditation. I wondered whether I should also imitate

them, but I did not

> feel like meditating. Suddenly, the Maharshi looked at me with great

intensity. I don't know

> how long it lasted, but I felt at ease and happy.

>

> " Afterwards, a disciple who had been with the Maharshi for twenty years,

told me that this

> was the 'silent initiation' (mouna deeksha). I felt that it probably was,

but I wanted to make

> sure, so in the Hall that afternoon I said : 'Bhagavan ! I want your

initiation'.

>

> " And, he replied : 'You have it already'.

>

> " Knowing myself and feeling anxious about what would happen when I left

his presence, I

> asked for some sort of reassurance from him, and he replied very firmly and

decisively : ' Even

> if you let go of Bhagavan, Bhagavan will never let go of you'.

>

> " There was some whispering and exchange of glances when people heard

that. A Muslim

> professsor asked the Maharshi whether this guarantee applied only to me or to

him also.

>

> " The Maharshi replied, resolutely : ' To all ' .

>

>

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>

>

> ETHEL MERSTON writes :

>

> " I was torn as to whether to return to Europe to see my friends and relatives

after nine years

> of absence or whether to stay on with Bhagavan......I could not make up my

mind. In the end, I

> put the question verbally to Bhagavan himself. I sought him out on the Hill

during his morning

> walk and he replied in English that destiny decides where the body shall go.

I said that I

> couldn't. And, added that my real nature always stayed everywhere with me

wherever I was. He

> said : 'So be in it. Wherever you are, remember, Bhagavan is there in your

heart watching over

> you.' "

>

> [see, how Sri Bhagavan dealt with another very earnest seeker-sadhak, S.S.

Cohen : ' Within

> the month of his arrival, he started constructing a small cottage for himself

in 'Palakottu'

> adjacent to the Ashram, where Bhagavan used to go, daily noon, for his walks.

On the day fixed

> for the house-warming (grihapravesa) day, Bhagavan himself strolled in. After

the ceremony

> Bhagavan left. Cohen followed him and prayed : 'Bhagavan ! You have given a

home for my body; I

> now need your grace to grant the eternal home to my soul, for which I broke

all human ties, and

> came.' Bhagavan stopped and gazed silently in the calm waters in the tank for

a few seconds and

> replied : ' Your firm conviction brought you here; where is room for doubt ?'

]

>

>

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>

> ETHEL MERSTON writes :

>

> " One day, as we were sitting quietly in the Hall, Bhagavan silent, a find old

man at the back,

> blind, half paralysed and seemingly half mad, suddenly jumped up, his face

radiant, laughed

> loudly and bowed to Bhagavan first and then to all of us repeatedly. He

looked so happy and

> Bhagavan smiled so radiantly at him, with such love in his eyes, that I wept

with emotion.

> Later, the old man told us that at that moment he had got Realisation of the

Self, for which he

> had been searching for the last fifty years. His face was so simple and

child-like. "

>

>

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>

>

> DEVARAJA MUDALIAR :

>

>

> " After a year before Bhagavan left the body, I said to him one afternoon : '

I am going to sing

> to Bhagavan three stanzas from a poem by Sivaprakasam Pillai because they

express what I want to

> say better than I could' . I sang the three stanzas. Their meaning is : ' I

have not followed

> your teaching or instructions ; but is it proper for a Guru to get disgusted

with his devotee

> as an incorrigible beast and to give him up ? If you let me go my own way

like this, what is to

> happen to me ? I shall not reform and you will not correct or change me.

Have I any other help

> in this or the other world except you, my Lord ? What, then, is your idea ?

Is this right

> behaviour for you ? '

>

> " Bhagavan did not immediately reply, which caused me some disappointment.

After a minute

> or two, he said :

> 'Whether I do anything or not, your business is only to surrender and keep

still.' "

>

>

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`

>

> " So long as 'I' existed in me, the Guru did not ;

>

> Now the Guru exists, the 'I' is gone.

>

> Narrow is the lane of LOVE ; it cannot

>

> hold both the ego and the Lord. "

>

>

>

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`

>

 

> Affectionately Yours,

> Ganesan.

>

 

=====

alan

 

 

 

 

 

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DoraAlan Jacobs <alanadamsjacobs (AT) (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

Sent by Sri Ganesan which I gladly pass on .Regards , Alan~> > SPIRITUAL

MUSINGS> > [ How are we all going to express our gratitude to that remarkable

Western devotee - LOUIS> HARTZ - who was instrumental in getting us the

assurance from our Master that we are all already> "initiated" by Him into

Self-Awareness and that He is ever with us ! Listen to his own words of> how

this took place . ]> > > " Next morning again, I sat in the (Old) Hall. There

were a few people sitting in postures> of concentration and meditation. I

wondered whether I should also imitate them, but I did not> feel like

meditating. Suddenly, the Maharshi looked at me with great intensity. I don't

know> how long it lasted, but I felt at ease and happy.> > " Afterwards, a

disciple who had been with the

Maharshi for twenty years, told me that this> was the 'silent initiation' (mouna

deeksha). I felt that it probably was, but I wanted to make> sure, so in the

Hall that afternoon I said : 'Bhagavan ! I want your initiation'.> > " And, he

replied : 'You have it already'.> > " Knowing myself and feeling anxious about

what would happen when I left his presence, I> asked for some sort of

reassurance from him, and he replied very firmly and decisively : ' Even> if

you let go of Bhagavan, Bhagavan will never let go of you'.> > " There was some

whispering and exchange of glances when people heard that. A Muslim> professsor

asked the Maharshi whether this guarantee applied only to me or to him also.> >

" The Maharshi replied, resolutely : ' To all ' .> > >

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> > > ETHEL MERSTON writes :> > " I

was torn as

to whether to return to Europe to see my friends and relatives after nine years>

of absence or whether to stay on with Bhagavan......I could not make up my mind.

In the end, I> put the question verbally to Bhagavan himself. I sought him out

on the Hill during his morning> walk and he replied in English that destiny

decides where the body shall go. I said that I> couldn't. And, added that my

real nature always stayed everywhere with me wherever I was. He> said : 'So be

in it. Wherever you are, remember, Bhagavan is there in your heart watching

over> you.' "> > [see, how Sri Bhagavan dealt with another very earnest

seeker-sadhak, S.S. Cohen : ' Within> the month of his arrival, he started

constructing a small cottage for himself in 'Palakottu' > adjacent to the

Ashram, where Bhagavan used to go, daily noon, for his walks. On the day fixed>

for the house-warming (grihapravesa) day, Bhagavan himself strolled

in. After the ceremony> Bhagavan left. Cohen followed him and prayed : 'Bhagavan

! You have given a home for my body; I> now need your grace to grant the eternal

home to my soul, for which I broke all human ties, and> came.' Bhagavan stopped

and gazed silently in the calm waters in the tank for a few seconds and>

replied : ' Your firm conviction brought you here; where is room for doubt ?'

]> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> > ETHEL MERSTON

writes :> > " One day, as we were sitting quietly in the Hall, Bhagavan silent,

a find old man at the back,> blind, half paralysed and seemingly half mad,

suddenly jumped up, his face radiant, laughed> loudly and bowed to Bhagavan

first and then to all of us repeatedly. He looked so happy and> Bhagavan smiled

so radiantly at him, with such love in his eyes, that I wept with emotion. >

Later, the old man told us that at

that moment he had got Realisation of the Self, for which he> had been searching

for the last fifty years. His face was so simple and child-like. "> > >

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> > >

DEVARAJA MUDALIAR :> > > " After a year before Bhagavan left the body, I said to

him one afternoon : ' I am going to sing> to Bhagavan three stanzas from a poem

by Sivaprakasam Pillai because they express what I want to> say better than I

could' . I sang the three stanzas. Their meaning is : ' I have not followed>

your teaching or instructions ; but is it proper for a Guru to get disgusted

with his devotee> as an incorrigible beast and to give him up ? If you let me

go my own way like this, what is to> happen to me ? I shall not reform and you

will not correct or change me. Have I any other help> in this or the other

world except you, my Lord ?

What, then, is your idea ? Is this right> behaviour for you ? '> > " Bhagavan

did not immediately reply, which caused me some disappointment. After a minute>

or two, he said : > 'Whether I do anything or not, your business is only to

surrender and keep still.' "> >

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`> > " So long as 'I' existed in

me, the Guru did not ;> > Now the Guru exists, the 'I' is gone.> > Narrow is the

lane of LOVE ; it cannot> > hold both the ego and the Lord. "> > >

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`> >

Affectionately Yours,> Ganesan.>

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