About the Author

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dr. Gopinathan Maranchery embarked upon his pilgrim voyage through the spiritual ocean of 'Adhyaathma Raamayana', during his adolescent days. He was deeply inspired and moved by "Complete works of Swami Vivekananda" in his youth hood days. Mysteries of life, death and the miserable life in between were always puzzling him during these days. When graduated in 'Physics' he got a glimpse of the merging points of 'Physics', 'Metaphysics' and 'Spirituality'. During his medical school days, one of his friends gave him a copy of "Talks with Ramana Maharshi"- the spiritual encyclopaedia for the seekers of 'SelfRealization', 'Sahaja-Samadhi' (Peace-Inherent) and 'Liberationin-Life'. Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi's own words like: 1. ''SELF' cannot be found in books; you have to find it for yourself in your 'SELF' (Truth-Being-Existence-Consciousness and Bliss); 2. 'There is nothing more to be learnt, discussed or concluded - Everybody knows 'I' AM'; 3. 'Eventually all that one has learnt will have to be forgotten'; 4. 'Self-Inquiry'-Who am I? - And 'Self-Surrender' are the means for 'Self-Realization', 'Sahaja-Samadhi' and 'Liberation-inLife'; and 5. 'I am the 'I' in you; you and I have never been apart, nor ever can be; virtually sent shock waves of 'Realization', just like a thunderbolt through the dark recesses of the innermost core of his 'BEING'; resulting in the dawn of 'Spiritual Enlightenment'. Later in his middle forties when he got 'initiation' into 'SreeVidya'-the pinnacle of 'Brahma Vidya'-he was reaching the culmination of his spiritual journey.