Supreme Power of God's Name ( Ram Naam ) !

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.. In those days the ashram was not much more than a thatched shed or hut and,

as Ramdas entered the ashram, seeing the saint for the first time, fell

prostrate at his feet. Ramdas was told that the young swami knew English, so he

addressed him thus: "Maharaj, here stands before thee a humble slave. Have pity

on him. His only prayer to thee is to give him thy blessing." About this

experience Ramdas has said, "The Maharshi, turning his beautiful eyes towards

Ramdas, and looking intently for a few minutes into his eyes as though he was

pouring into Ramdas his blessings through those orbs, nodded his head to say he

had blessed. A thrill of inexpressible joy coursed through the frame of Ramdas,

his whole body quivering like a leaf in the breeze." In that ecstatic state

he left Maharshi's presence and went to spend nearly a month in a cave on the

slopes of Arunachala in constant chanting of Ramnam. This was the first

occasion that he went into solitude and during this period of solitude he never

bathed, shaved, or cut his hair. When he ate, he only ate very little. After

twenty-one days, when he came out of the cave he saw a strange, all-pervasive

light: everything was Ram and only Ram. "And it came one morning

apocalyptically - when, lo, the entire landscape changed: All was Rama, nothing

but Rama - wherever Ramdas looked! Everything was ensouled by Rama - vivid,

marvellous, rapturous - the trees, the shrubs, the ants, the cows, the cats,

the dogs - even inanimate things pulsated with the marvellous presence of the

one Rama. And Ramdas danced in joy, like a boy who, when given a lovely

present, can't help breaking out into a dance. And so it was with Ramdas: he

danced with joy and rushed at a tree in front, which he embraced because it was

not a tree but Rama Himself! A man was passing by, Ramdas ran towards him and

embraced him, calling out: 'Rama, O Rama!' The man got scared and bolted. But

Ramdas gave him chase and dragged him back to his cave. The man noted that

Ramdas had not a tooth in his head and so felt a little reassured: at least the

loony would not be able to bite him!" Excerpted FROM: The Mountain Path So we

can see the power of the NAME of the LORD ....whatever it may be ....Sia or SAI

...Rama or Krsna ...Christ or ISA ...Allah Or Buddha...the moot point ultimately

is very very simple to cognize and realize : ALL r One ... simply because

.....the ONE is ALL ! Ram

RAM RAM

Thank you & God bless.

Om Sri Sai Ram

Sarvathah paanipaadam Tat sarvatokshi siromukham Sarvathah sruthimalloke Sarvamavritya thishthathi