Days melted into weeks, and weeks into months and
the foreigner impatiently awaited the Great Experience: each
day was the day, and each moment the moment. The Indian
is never in a hurry: he knows his work well, and, looking
wistfully ahead, continues his practice, full of unshakeable
confidence. But the foreigner, being used to work on a
timetable, fixes hour and date, as if for an interview. As the
clock strikes, he buckles on his belt, sits stiff, shuts his eyes,
and waits for the interview. The clock strikes again, he opens
his eyes, unbelts himself, and rises, postponing his hope to
the evening or the next morning, and so on and on he goes.
When many months thus rolled by and nothing
startling happened, he cried with all the fervour of his soul:
“How long, O Lord, how long?” But lo! what had happened
to him! He looked back at his old self and looked at the
present one – what a change, Good God! And he wondered
what could have happened in six short months. Then the
Great Secret dawned on him – the secret influence of the
Divine Man in whose radiant ocean he had been daily
bathing: the interview, after all, did take place, although
the foreigner was not aware of it.

GURU RAMANA
MEMORIES AND NOTES
By
S. S. COHEN
Voice Given by Mrs. Maggie UK

Seventh edition 1998
Eights edition 2003
Published by
President
SRI RAMANASRAMAM
Tiruvannamalai 606 603
PUBLISHER’S NOTE
We are happy to bring out the 8th edition of this valuable
and moving book on Sri Bhagavan written by S. S. Cohen.
He was a staunch devotee who was privileged to move with
the Master, was able to observe him at close quarters,
experience his grace, study his teachings in the proper light
and also record them all.
In this edition of Guru Ramana, we have included his
small booklet Residual Reminiscences, recollections that are
no less inspiring, hitherto published separately.
We hope spiritual aspirants will find this work both
absorbing and useful in their quest.
SRI RAMANASRAMAM V. S. RAMANAN
TIRUVANNAMALAI PUBLISHER...

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