The Life of Sri Sadhu Om Swamigal -#2

part 2

'Poets' emerge by God's Grace alone and Sri Bhagawan reveals His 'Formless' Reality to Sri Swaamigal

Sri Muruganaar was a pre-eminent householder devotee of Sri Bhagawan. He was a Tamil Teacher in a school in Thiruvannaamalai, the Divine Abode of Sri Bhagawan.On 5th July, 1946 (a Friday), a conversation ensued between Bhagawan and Sri Muruganaar. Sri Bhagawan said in reply to Sri Muruganaar that there was no connection between one's education and one's poetic ability and further observed that sages like 'Thirugnana Sambandhar, Arunagirinaathar, and Ramalinga Adigal, had their 'poetic' faculties opened up with the Grace of the Divine alone, and shone as 'Divine Poets', although they did not have a great formal education.Sri Bhagawan further went on to say that even in the current days, there would be young poets without much education, but with their 'poetic' faculties opened up by Divine Grace alone and upon getting in touch with 'poets' and getting a basic idea of the 'grammar and syntax of poetry', they would begin to shine as great Divine poets.On 6th July, 1946 (a Saturday), Sri Swaamigal went to meet Sri Bhagawan together with Jaanaki Maa. Everybody went to the hall where Sri Bhagawan normally used to sit and prostrated before Him.When Sri Swamigal went, as the last person, to prostrate before Sri Bhagawan, he did not see Sri Bhagawan's Divine Form. He saw only His seat. Thinking that Sri Bhagawan had gone out and when he was not there, it was the custom to prostrate before His seat, he prostrated and got up.Now, he saw upon the hitherto empty seat, a 'Dense Mass of Light', appearing and as he was seeing it, it gradually took the form of 'Sri Bhagawan's Lustrous Physical Frame'. Thus, Sri Bhagawan revealed His 'Nirguna Sath Swaroopa' for Sri Swamigal to understand, during his first visit itself.

(from http://nonduality.com/shankar1.htm )