Monica Bose-Growing up in the Grace of Bhagavan - 9

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We lived very closely to the sacred Hill. My mother, Sujata (Suzanne Alexandre Sen nee Curtil) was an MD, DTM from the Sorbonne. She used her medical skills to treat the sick in Tiruvannamalai and in surrounding villages. Her town dispensary was situated at No. 58 Big Street, which was near to the road encircling the Hill. I got to know the Hill's different aspects. Early in the morning, as it owered above us, I saw it glow red. Aruna Achala, the Dawn Hill, is where the soul's darkness is dispelled and luminous Self-awareness shines forth. I saw the spectacular celebration of Shiva's legendary manifestation here as an Infinite Pillar of Fire, held on the last night of the Kartikhai festival when a huge beacon when a huge beacon was lit on the Hill's summit. On some monsoon nights I saw it stand thrillingly tall, dark and mysterious behind a swirtle mantle of white mist, evoking primordial Reality still unknown, awaiting the seers and sages who where to see and reveal it. My first article published when I was fourteen was about Bhagavan, the Hill Arunachala and the temple town of Tiruvannamalai, reflecting how important they already were to me.

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from The Mountain Path - Jayanti 2004