Sadhus Reminiscences of Raman Maharshi

Author(s): Arunachal Sadhu
Publisher: Ramanasramam Tiruvannamalai

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84 A Sadhu's Reminiscences of Ramana Maharshi fits, scream, and seem beyond all control. Bhagavan was very cold about her antics and hardly seemed interested. Though he did make some enquiry, when the police took her away, and ask what had become of her, he showed no apparent sympathy with her ravings.
A young man from Mysore sat in front of Bhagavan for months, apparently always in deep meditation. Bhagavan appeared almost antagonistic towards him, so much so, that someone asked him, why? Bhagavan replied that the young man was only meditating for a job as he was out of work, and this proved to be true. The youth was actually offered employment in a local school as he had a degree in science but had by then gone so crazy that he ignored it. His idea of a job now seemed to be to take the place of Bhagavan himself. It was very dangerous to misuse Bhagavan's power and a thing which Bhagavan always strongly opposed. This youth finished up by trying to jump onto Bhagavan's couch and embrace him, calling out, “Father, Father!” and thus hoped to gain power directly.
But many mad people were brought to the Ashram with the hope that Bhagavan would cure them; although this was against the Ashram rules, they would be smuggled into the Hall when no one was looking. In some cases the visit did prove effective, but in all cases Bhagavan appeared completely indifferent.
Bhagavan did reciprocate the grief of others in most cases, and speak some comforting words, though when a person had lost control he would be stern and apparently unsympathetic. With people who were ill he would