Growing Consciousness
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“Arunachala is the spiritual incubator that nurtures enlightened beings on planet Earth.” ~ Paramahamsa
[Figure: A man meditating at the foot of Arunachala]
Part of his various handwritten mantra diaries, this bit of paper is a complete abbreviated guide to the entire puja procedure. Keeping this as a guide, Paramahamsa would offer puja to any deity, effortlessly. His passion for offering and the planning that came naturally with it at that tender age was incredible.
Paramahamsa's friends often teased him about his spiritual inclinations. One of them asked him what he was going to achieve with such long wasteful hours of meditation. He replied, 'When the time comes, you will know.'
During a recent tour of Tamilnadu in his hometown of Tiruvannamalai, he beckoned his disciples near him on the grand stage of a packed hall and pointed to the same boys who had questioned him, waiting in queue to take his blessings after he had delivered a discourse and meditation. They could be seen choking with emotion and shaking uncontrollably, as they bowed down to touch the feet of the Master. The disciples looked on, caught in their own emotions, as he took them in his arms with mischievous laughter and ardent compassion.
The Math Master
The divinity in young Paramahamsa never missed the eye of the ardent seeker.
The Math classroom where the Math master saw Lord Ayyappa in the very form of young Paramahamsa
One day he was late to the math class. He stood in the doorway waiting for permission to enter. The math teacher was bent over his table. As Paramahamsa stood in the doorway, the teacher looked up in his direction as if prompted by some intuition. He appeared to be in a trance at what he saw. He slowly raised and joined both his palms and saluted him with deep reverence. Paramahamsa was indeed intrigued!
The teacher later urged him to visit him with his parents. Duly, Paramahamsa went to his house with his parents. At his house, as soon as he saw the boy, the math master prostrated at his feet and disclosed with great joy and emotion that he had seen his favorite deity Lord Ayyappa in the boy when he had stood in the doorway of the math class. He declared himself as the boy's disciple. Paramahamsa was at a loss for words.
Seen here are crematoriums of
the holy town of
Tiruvannamalai - serene
places of meditation for
Paramahamsa. After
meditating for long hours, he
would return home in the wee
hours of the morning,
unlocking the house with the
key given to him. His parents
never breathed a word of
disapproval at his erratic
timings.
A diploma degree par excellence
Paramahamsa did a diploma in Mechanical Engineering at a Polytechnic in Gudiyatham, Tamilnadu. His teacher who taught him at college was his first initiated healer in his mission, just a few years later. With just the attention he gave in the class rooms, Paramahamsa breezed through his diploma with flying colours.
