Moving to Tiruvannamalai

[Guest guest]

Dear Richard;

 

My name is Zoya. I am now a friend of Rossco, whom you

have kindly had the reason which I was introduced to

last year.

 

After reading your email about wanting to move to

Tiruvannamalai, I can't tell you enough how much I was

touched when I visited Ramanasramam last year.

 

The energy there is divine.

 

I wish you and your wife an excellent spiritual

experience and a wonderful journey.

 

May Ramana protect you.

 

In Bhagavan,

Zoya.

--- rclarke95125 <rclarke95125 wrote:

 

>

> Dear Group,

>

> Have not been able to post for a few days.

>

> To give you an idea of the visit so far, I am

> writing some of

> the 'story' of the visit. The visit is not about the

> story, though.

> I have been moved by many of the places I have

> visited, especially

> those that have particular signifigence to Ramana. I

> am also moved

> by the spiritual focus of the area. This has been a

> major spiritual

> center for hundreds of years, probably thousands if

> I knew the

> history better.

>

> We arrived after a five-hour 250 KM drive from

> Bangalore. Most of

> the group is staying at a nice new Ramanasramam

> guest house, off the

> grounds, but near by. My wife and I ended up a a

> nearby guest house,

> Daya Dharma guest house. It has a nice meditation

> room, and best of

> all, the rooftop space faces Arunachala. So my days

> start with

> meditation in this hall and then up to the rool to

> meditate with

> Arunachala.

>

> Then we go to Ramanasramam, maybe meditate in the

> old hall until the

> breakfast bell, then breakfast, then meet with Nome

> to see what he

> has planned for the day.

>

> The first day we walked up the hill to

> Skandanasramam and meditated.

>

> The next day we walked to Virupakshu Cave, and Mango

> Tree Grove Cave.

>

> The next day we went to Arunachala Swara, the main

> Siva temple. We

> saw Ramana sites: the thousand pillered hall, the

> dark area

> underneith where Ramana stayed, the pond into which

> Ramana

> threw 'all his worldly possessions.'

>

> Today we walked round Arunachala.

>

> In afternoons, we may meet with Nome where we will

> talk about our

> meditations and experiences. Nome will not give

> satsang here, since

> the only guru here is Ramana.

>

> My wife and I will be here a few more days. We leave

> Friday

> afternoon. The rest of the group will be here one

> more week.

>

> My wife and I think enough of what we see and feel

> here that we are

> considering moving here. The main idea would be to

> better focus on

> practice. Certainly this place supports spiritual

> practice. It would

> be hard to move away from Nome, harder than I can

> tll you. But they

> record his satsangs, and, as 'distant' members,

> would send us CDs or

> DVDs of them.

>

> Please excuse what are probably many spelling errors

> of the Indian

> words.

>

> More later,

>

> Not two,

> Richard

>

>

>

>

 

 

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