" Hail Arunachala ! Victory to Lord Shiva ! "

[Guest guest]

I am forwarding this letter for the interest of Devotees sent to me by Sri

V.Ganesan .Regards to

all, Alan

 

> Namaskar.

 

> "Some one remarked: It is said that they get Mukti (Liberation)

unasked who live or die

> within a radius of 30 miles round Arunachala. It is also

> admitted that only by Jnana (Wisdom) is Liberation obtained. The

Purana also

> remarks that Vedanta Vijnana (Clarity on Wisdom) is difficult

> to get. So, Mukti is difficult. But life or death round about

the Hill bestows

> Mukti so easily. How can it be ?

>

> Maharshi: Lord Shiva says, "By My Command." Those who live here need

no initiation,

> diksha, etc., but get Mukti. Such is the

> Command of Lord Shiva ! "

> --- Talks With

Sri Ramana Maharshi,

> p.448

>

> The question, naturally, arises : Who is Shiva ? Look at Sri Bhagavan's reply

:

>

> Masharshi: "To Be" is to realise ----Hence I AM THAT I AM. I AM is Shiva.

Nothing else can be

> without Him. Everything has its being in Lord Shiva

> and because of Lord Shiva.

>

> Therefore, enquire: "Who Am I ?" Sink deep within and abide as the

Self. That is Shiva

> as BE-ing. Do not expect to have visions of Him

> repeated [the questioner was asking about the vision she had of Shiva

and whether she

> should long for repetition of it] What is the difference between

> the objects that you see and Shiva ? He is both the subject and the

object. You cannot

> be without Shiva. Shiva is always realised

> here and now. If you think you have not realised Him, it is wrong.

This is the

> obstacle for realising Shiva. Give up that thought also;

> and Mukti (Liberation) is right there - that is, here and now.

>

> Devotee: Yes. But, how shall I effect it as quickly as possible ?

>

> Maharshi: This is the obstacle for Realisation. Can there be the individual

without Shiva ?

> Even now He is you . There is no question of time. If there

> be a moment of non-Realisation, the question of Liberation can arise.

But as it is,

> you cannot be without Him. He is already realised, ever realised

> and never non-realised. "

>

> -- Talks With

Sri Ramana Maharshi,

> p.424

>

>

>

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> To reside at Arunachala is to 'live' in the Self ! As we are still not

able to extricate

> ourselves [honestly] from the clutches of the body-mind-identification,

fully,

> is it not better to abide by His Command and physically too LIVE in

Arunachala, near Arunachala,

> by Arunachala and as Arunachala ?

>

>

> Love,

> Ganesan.

>