The Happening of the Avatar
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It was neither dark nor light-filled; an indeterminate color covered planet Earth. Suddenly, a bright light appeared from a region, which I now see as Southern India. At that time I did not know where it was. Borders are what we draw. Where is there border in the Cosmos? I entered into that light in the form of a brilliant meteor.
The very next sight that I perceived with my inner eye was Arunachala, and I knew that I had assumed the body once more. I had entered the womb of My mother. It was a conscious birth. I took a muhurta, which is a period of about 45 minutes in the Hindu system of time measurement, to settle into the body
