SRI RAMANA WAS A TRULY ENLIGHTENED ONE

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SRI RAMANA WAS A TRULY ENLIGHTENED ONE

 

 

A truly enlightened person sees far beyond the boundaries of

the personal self. Such an individual comes to the end of a self-

centered relationship to life. The perspective of an enlightened

person dramatically deeps and widens. It transforms his relationship

to all beings because the context in which he is living transcends

personal dimensions. The bigger context reveals itself automatically

when we make the thrilling discovery that who and what we are,

beyond the personal ego. Simply through spending time in the

company of the enlightened, we get awakened to that Reality which is

our true nature. In their shadow, it becomes obvious how, in our

ignorance, we have been living in an alarmingly small context.

 

Balarama Reddy, a great devotee of Sri Ramana, who lived in the

Ashram for long in the shadow of the Maharshi writes in his book My

Reminiscences – In Bhagavan we found a being that was surcharged

with Reality to such an extent that coming into his presence would

effect a dynamic change in us. When we walked into the hall and sat

down, we immediately felt like we had just entered a different plane

of existence. It was as if the world we know did not exist there –

Bhagavan's presence, his other-worldliness, would envelop the

atmosphere. When we walked out of the hall we were again confronted

with the old world we knew all too well.

 

prof laxmi narain (prof_narain)

 

Source and courtesy: Sri Ramana Kendram, Hyderabad

This article was published in Sri Ramana Jyothi,

monthly magazine of the Kendram.