Antonio spoke to me about the technique of ‘Self Enquiry’, or the ‘Enquiry of the Self’ taught by a sage of Arunachala, Ramana, who saw his soul face to face as it were.
Years passed, and my wife and myself stayed at his Ashrama in the shade of the mountain Arunachal Shiva, in Tiruvanamalai, a province of Chennai, having a hot and humid interior.
It is claimed that once a year, Shiva descends on this mountain top, in a flame of fire, and devotees throng to the place and keep a night’s vigil, till Shiva descends.
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