Monica Bose-Growing up in the Grace of Bhagavan - 2

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Growing up in the Grace of Bhagavan

Childhood Memories

Monica Bose

 

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There was an "isness" about him. Whatever he did, such as correcting

proofs of a book, or suggesting the replies to letters, or feeding the

squirrels who came to him for their nuts, or answering the questions

put to him by visitors or devotees, or sitting in potent silence, there was

no effort on his part to be this or that, nor to create an impression

on others.

 

Self-realizaed, Bhagavan just was because he lived in pure Being.

The calm of that mind-state of non-duality , no conflict, was felt

by the devotees. "The inner peace that is his is transmitted to us all,"

wrote a friend of hours, Pauline Noye, when she returned to America

from Tiruvannamalai.

 

In the hall the women sat on Bhagavan's left, and the men before him.

Each one brought his or her little mat on which to sit on the floor

of Cuddapah tiles. Whilst most people meditated, I just imagined myself

to be the receptacle of the power he emanated. When I knew more about

his teaching I started trying to concentrate my mind on the "I am"

in the Heart which links us with the "I am" of all that is.

After a time, the single thought "I am" becomes pure feeling.

 

........... to be continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

from The Mountain Path - Jayanti 2004