Dear All,
I am wondering if you all have noticed that there is an organized but very clumsy campaign to promote Bhagavan's Arunachala Aksharamanamalai. Ramana 'Devotees' suddenly drop, what is now being called, the 'A* bomb' in conversations, in emails, on forums even if they are not related to Bhagavan. It is like they are putting the Ramana stamp on the conversation or even worse, putting the Ramana stamp on Arunachala.
Maybe someone who stands to gain from the making and sale of CDs, donations, market share of devotees thought it was a great idea... but really it is having an adverse effect on many of us.
Bhagavan needs no promotion. His quiet, peaceful and sincere face says it all.
Besides, let us be respectful of the other siddhars who have lived and continue to live in their subtle forms around Arunachala.
How about showing some respect for Arunachala? Bhagavan became who He is because of Arunachala not the reverse.
I read somewhere that Bhagavan himself has said promoting him is not a seva or service to him. Going within and finding the 'I' would be the only service he expects from us. Let us not forget that. By organizing such campaigns, the masterminds are only revealing to the world where they are in their spiritual evolution even though they put up pretenses of being O! I am so Holy. IMO not very high up.
Just posting what many of us are beginning to feel and talk about this. So please, don't all pounce at me at once :-)
Child of Arunachala