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A Sadhu's Reminiscences of Ramana Maharshi 95 (4) The flame is upturned in the heart, shining like a streak of lightning in the middle of dark clouds, like the subtle pinpoint of a seed. It is of golden yellow colour and shines effulgently. It is not comparable with anything else.
(5) In the centre of the tip (of the flame) is the Paramatman. He is Brahma, Siva, Indra and is the indestructible, self-effulgent Paramatman.
I suspect that this hymn may allude to the Heart Chakra rather than the spiritual Heart of which Bhagavan speaks, which he places on the right side of the chest, but in the Talks he explains about the Heart as follows :
“The Heart is used in the Vedas and the scriptures to denote the place whence the notion I springs. Does it spring only from the fleshy ball? It springs within us somewhere right in the middle of our being. The 'I has no location. Everything is the Self. There is nothing but that.
“So the Heart must be said to be the entire body of ourselves and of the entire Universe conceived as P. But to help the practiser (Abhyasi) we have to indicate a definite part of the Universe, or of the Body. So this Heart is pointed out as the seat of the Self. But in truth we are everywhere, we are all that is, and there is nothing else.” — (Talks, 29.)
Bhagavan adored the Hill and was never happier than when wandering alone about its slopes. There is a current story about a great Siddha Purusha, known as Arunagiri Yogi, who lives under an enormous banyan tree on the north slope of the Hill. Leaves from this tree were once
