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IT WAS SHORTLY BEFORE THE SECOND WORLD
WAR that some friends sent me pictures of Bhagavan Sri
Ramana and copies of some of his books. Under the influence
of the French writer, Rene Guenon, who was reinterpreting
forgotten spiritual traditions to the West, I had already
understood that all beings manifest the One Self or Pure Being
and that I, in my essence, am identical with the Self. This means
that it is possible to realize this Supreme Identity and become
One in very fact and that the purpose of life is to do so. Until
this is achieved, the illusion of separate life in one form or another
must continue and, with its sufferings and frustration, obscure
the radiance of Pure Being. I knew that this task was the great,
heroic quest, the quest of the Sangrail and the Golden Fleece,
and that it required constant effort on a prescribed path under
the guidance of a Guru. I was making efforts to find and follow
such a path, but people for whom I had the utmost respect had
assured me that Bhagavan was not a Guru and that his teaching,
however sublime, did not constitute practical guidance on a
path that men could follow. I was enormously impressed by the
books and pictures, by the spiritual power and beauty in them,
but classed them reluctantly as a luxury rather than a utility.
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