Guest guest Posted November 15, 2003 Report Share Posted November 15, 2003 Had to share this: Thursday night (Nov 13) I started to read the last bit of "At the Eleventh Hour" (bio of Swami Rama) by Pandit Rajmani Tigunait. On the last page, in the very last sentence of the book it says that Swami Rama died on Nov 13. I was rocked! I had no idea. It's just one of these oddball coincidences that I would finish reading Swami Rama's bio on the Seventh Anniversary of his death. This reminds me of another coincidence of this sort: Some years ago, I started reading "Daughter of Fire: A Diary of a Spiritual Training with a Sufi Master" by Irina Tweedie. On the very FIRST page of the diary, at the top, the date reads "2nd October, 1961". I was stunned! October 2nd (1982) is the day Swami Muktananda died and 1961 is the year that Swami Muktananda's Guru, Bhagavan Nityananda died. It just struck me as too weird. More recently, I had been obsessed with finding copies of an old TV show called "Adventures in Paradise" which originally aired in October 1959. I was a little kid living in upstate New York at the time. (For some reason, this show just haunted me.) At the same time I located & ordered copies of "Adventures in Paradise", I started reading another bio of an American "spiritual teacher" entitled "Rudi:14 Years with My Teacher" (bio of Swami Rudrananda) by John Mann. His book begins in OCTOBER 1959 in NEW YORK!! Just weird dovetails. I don't know what it means (if anything) unless the Universe is telling me NOTHING is accidental! Every detail of life is pre-ordained? Astraea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2003 Report Share Posted November 20, 2003 Here is another (in my mind) odd one :- I was browsing through a book on Ramana Maharshi this evening. Then I call my mom back in India - havent talked with her in a while. She picks up the phone and I hear the CD player in the background with a song dedicated to .. you guessed it Ramana. If that wasnt coincidence enough, after I get off the call, I open the latest newsletter from Shirdi Sai website and they have an article on , correct again "The Sage of Arunachala" ... Three times in one day ... how often does that happen ? Looks like Ramana is trying to come into my life. WELCOME BHAGWAN ! , "astraea2003" <astraea2003> wrote: > Had to share this: Thursday night (Nov 13) I started to read the last > bit of "At the Eleventh Hour" (bio of Swami Rama) by Pandit Rajmani > Tigunait. On the last page, in the very last sentence of the book it > says that Swami Rama died on Nov 13. I was rocked! I had no idea. > It's just one of these oddball coincidences that I would finish > reading Swami Rama's bio on the Seventh Anniversary of his death. > > This reminds me of another coincidence of this sort: > Some years ago, I started reading "Daughter of Fire: A Diary of a > Spiritual Training with a Sufi Master" by Irina Tweedie. On the very > FIRST page of the diary, at the top, the date reads "2nd October, > 1961". I was stunned! October 2nd (1982) is the day Swami Muktananda > died and 1961 is the year that Swami Muktananda's Guru, Bhagavan > Nityananda died. It just struck me as too weird. > > More recently, I had been obsessed with finding copies of an old TV > show called "Adventures in Paradise" which originally aired in > October 1959. I was a little kid living in upstate New York at the > time. (For some reason, this show just haunted me.) At the same time > I located & ordered copies of "Adventures in Paradise", I started > reading another bio of an American "spiritual teacher" > entitled "Rudi:14 Years with My Teacher" (bio of Swami Rudrananda) by > John Mann. His book begins in OCTOBER 1959 in NEW YORK!! > > Just weird dovetails. I don't know what it means (if anything) unless > the Universe is telling me NOTHING is accidental! Every detail of > life is pre-ordained? > > Astraea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 21, 2003 Report Share Posted November 21, 2003 Namaste Latha, What a wonderful thing to have Ramana Maharshi present in your life. He is one of the saints on my main altar. The young foreign seekers who flocked around Ammachi 20 or more years ago, were gathered at Arunachala before they found Ammachi. I think Ramana Maharshi's grace is very present in the Ammachi group. Isn't it strange how things seem to interconnect? Astraea , "Latha Nanda" <lathananda> wrote: > Here is another (in my mind) odd one :- > > I was browsing through a book on Ramana Maharshi this evening. Then I > call my mom back in India - havent talked with her in a while. She > picks up the phone and I hear the CD player in the background with a > song dedicated to .. you guessed it Ramana. If that wasnt coincidence > enough, after I get off the call, I open the latest newsletter from > Shirdi Sai website and they have an article on , correct again "The > Sage of Arunachala" ... > > Three times in one day ... how often does that happen ? > > Looks like Ramana is trying to come into my life. WELCOME BHAGWAN ! > > > > , "astraea2003" <astraea2003> > wrote: > > Had to share this: Thursday night (Nov 13) I started to read the > last > > bit of "At the Eleventh Hour" (bio of Swami Rama) by Pandit Rajmani > > Tigunait. On the last page, in the very last sentence of the book > it > > says that Swami Rama died on Nov 13. I was rocked! I had no idea. > > It's just one of these oddball coincidences that I would finish > > reading Swami Rama's bio on the Seventh Anniversary of his death. > > > > This reminds me of another coincidence of this sort: > > Some years ago, I started reading "Daughter of Fire: A Diary of a > > Spiritual Training with a Sufi Master" by Irina Tweedie. On the > very > > FIRST page of the diary, at the top, the date reads "2nd October, > > 1961". I was stunned! October 2nd (1982) is the day Swami > Muktananda > > died and 1961 is the year that Swami Muktananda's Guru, Bhagavan > > Nityananda died. It just struck me as too weird. > > > > More recently, I had been obsessed with finding copies of an old TV > > show called "Adventures in Paradise" which originally aired in > > October 1959. I was a little kid living in upstate New York at the > > time. (For some reason, this show just haunted me.) At the same > time > > I located & ordered copies of "Adventures in Paradise", I started > > reading another bio of an American "spiritual teacher" > > entitled "Rudi:14 Years with My Teacher" (bio of Swami Rudrananda) > by > > John Mann. His book begins in OCTOBER 1959 in NEW YORK!! > > > > Just weird dovetails. I don't know what it means (if anything) > unless > > the Universe is telling me NOTHING is accidental! Every detail of > > life is pre-ordained? > > > > Astraea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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