The Teachings Of Inner Ramana

First of all, I had never been a student of his and I never imagined that I would be. I knew next to nothing about Ramana Maharshi. But around January 25th, I was feeling that I had hit some kind of plateau and I was not progressing on the spiritual path as I had in the past. In fact, I felt I was losing the connection with Holy Spirit and ego was growing stronger in my mind. So I said a prayer and asked Holy Spirit to send me something that would take me to the next step.

On January 30th I felt spontaneously guided to buy a book on Ramana Maharshi. The book came within a few days but I did not feel guided to read it. I glanced at it but found it very difficult to understand. I had no real attraction to his teaching.

Ramana's book sat on the coffee table near where I meditate for a week or so, then on February 12th the picture of Ramana that is on the cover of the book seemed to come alive. It seemed to breathe. I ignored this for a bit, but the feeling of aliveness kept growing. So finally I asked, "What do you want to tell me?" And the "Commentary on Mind," the first message given on February 12th, 2009, came. He seems to have come in answer to my prayer that I be taken to the next step.