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General Discussion / Re: The Best of Friends - Bhagavan and Chadwick - Part II -Louis Buss:
« on: February 23, 2016, 02:35:56 PM »
But, although Chadwick left the Asramam intending never to return, Bhagavan drew him back.
Exactly how this happened is not clear. What we do know is that Chadwick was among the very first
of the scattered sheep to return. And now at last he began to understand the very first lesson Bhagavan
taught him on that glorious morning in 1935. On that fateful day when he had stepped into the Old Hall
and set eyes on Ramana Maharshi for the very first time, Chadwick had had the peculiar feeling that they
had always been together. In some strange way, through all his wanderings, Ramana had been there.
For though the Good Shepherd may hide himself from time to time, disappearing behind a tree or the
brow of a hill, he never abandons us, and we are never really alone. In the trauma of Ramana's death,
in the agony of losing the best of friends, Chadwick had somehow forgotten that first teaching. But when
he recovered his senses and returned to the Asramam, he gradually realized that Bhagavan was still there,
just as He had been on that wonderful first morning. The fact that He had hidden Himself from view once more
made not the slightest difference. Indeed, as time went on Chadwick came to believe that Bhagavan's
presence was actually more powerful than it had been before.
contd.,
Arunachala Siva.
Exactly how this happened is not clear. What we do know is that Chadwick was among the very first
of the scattered sheep to return. And now at last he began to understand the very first lesson Bhagavan
taught him on that glorious morning in 1935. On that fateful day when he had stepped into the Old Hall
and set eyes on Ramana Maharshi for the very first time, Chadwick had had the peculiar feeling that they
had always been together. In some strange way, through all his wanderings, Ramana had been there.
For though the Good Shepherd may hide himself from time to time, disappearing behind a tree or the
brow of a hill, he never abandons us, and we are never really alone. In the trauma of Ramana's death,
in the agony of losing the best of friends, Chadwick had somehow forgotten that first teaching. But when
he recovered his senses and returned to the Asramam, he gradually realized that Bhagavan was still there,
just as He had been on that wonderful first morning. The fact that He had hidden Himself from view once more
made not the slightest difference. Indeed, as time went on Chadwick came to believe that Bhagavan's
presence was actually more powerful than it had been before.
contd.,
Arunachala Siva.