The Face of Arunachala.

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Dear Friends in Bhagavan:

 

Since thirty years ago (with regard to the age of this body) I know

Bhagavan Ramana and his teachings. About two months ago I put a

photograph of Arunachala in my room. It's a enlarged copy of the

photo which is in the " Million Paths " . I was very

attracted to look at Arunachala and decided to put a photo in my

room. Every day I looked at it, as I continue to do, and began to pay

attention to the details of the mountain. Then, one day, suddenly and

unexpectedly, I saw the face of Arunachala. A beautiful, naturally

serious, full of tranquility, and peaceful face. I feel integrity and

peace when I look at it.

 

The photo shows more than one face. There is this larger face, which

is the upper part of the mountain, and another face that resembles a

lion and that is comprised in that face which I'm talking about.

 

One can see the principal face and the other faces very easily. I

have shown them to my two brothers and they saw them after some few

minutes. I see them very easily now, at any size of the photo. The

photo which I have in my room is 40 cm X 25 cm. If one puts this

photo on the wall, 1,80 meters high, more or less, and one looks at

it from a distance of approx. 1 meter, 1,5 m or 2 m, from an angle

of 45º , one can see very easily the larger face and the face that

resembles a lion. Perhaps the face of the lion is better seen from a

less distance. One can see the faces from the right or from the left

side of the photo. When I lay in my bed and see the larger face from

there, I see it also very clearly. When one looks at the photo from

the left side of it and from an angle of approx. 30º, one can see Sri

Arunachala in a blessing posture, with his right hand lifted up. I

have asked one of my brothers to tell me what he was seeing from this

angle and he told me he was seeing Arunachala in a long garment with

his right hand lifted up. I haven't told him about this.

 

Two faces are looking upwards, to the heaven. The other face, that of

the blessing posture, is looking to the world.

 

I have made this extraordinary discovery by Sri Bhagavan's grace, by

Sri Arunachala's grace, and the discovery itself is a grace as it is

the sight of the faces. Today I thought to tell you about this.

 

Domingos