– Rao Bahadur K.R.SHITUT,B.A.,
Ex-Dewan of Bhor
I came to know all about Mother on reading the book, “Yoga and God Realization” by Dr. Vishnu Mahadev Bhatt, a great and learned person. On page 383 of the book, the details of an interview of Sri Dilip Kumar Roy and Srimati Indira Devi, both disciples of Yogi Sri Arabindo Ghosh; with Mother Sadguru Sri Rama Devi are given. When they met her and paid their respects, she asked Mr. Dilip to sing a devotional song. On hearing the song, she went into samadhi, in the bhava of Radha, with her hands held up like Sri Krishna’s flute. In such a position she was in samadhi over one hour and a half. She later spoke to them and said that she has a mission to uplift humanity. Accordingly love of God and service of humanity are the principles with which she inspires the masses.
Having thus obtained information about the yogic powers and mysticism (I take mysticism to mean the art of knowing God as defined by Gurudev R. D. Ranade, M.A., D.D., Vice-Chancellor of the Allahabad University, a modern saint of Karnataka) of Mother, I approached Sri Sadguru Rama Devi in Bombay in the year 1956. Giving all the antecedents of my life as a full pledge Ramadasi, having made Ram Nam japa over sixty years I am now over seventy-five years – I requested for favour of initiation to attain God realization. I was asked by her to attend the bhajans at the Bombay centre of the Rama Devi Bhaktha Mandali for over a year. I performed Ramanama japa constantly as directed. I kept constant remembrance of God and make japa constantly as far as possible and at intervals spent time in thought-free meditation.
It was on 26th November 1957, Sadguru Sri Rama Devi gave me initiation and upadesh. As she placed her hand on my head, and asked me to meditate with eyes shut, I caught a glimpse of something dazzling – the divine light, the flame on which Sri Sadguru asked me to concentrate daily and repeat the manthra given at the initiation. Accordingly, for over two years, I made japa, to commune with God and meditate and by God’s grace and Mother’s blessings, I am slowly but steadily progressing, inasmuch as, while in meditation, I daily have the God’s vision, and see moving images of God Rama, Krishna and Ganapathy. Also saints like Tukaram appear in my vision and my mind is enlightened with varied colours and ringing bells. What more astonishing is that with the naked open eye I see different visions, lights and images of God and I become drowned in ecstasy. Thus I am on the pathway to God under the blessings of the Mother. When she would shower further blessings on me, I feel confident Bhagawan Sri Krishna and Sri Rama will be seen by me, in perfect meditation. Sadguru Rama Devi is a living God – a guru to guide the masses.
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