Experiences in Grace Grand Effulgence

About the Author Thiru Shivkumar Thiru K.P. Shivkunnar, born in 1944, has been in the Editing line for the past 32 years. After a brief stint in a few private companies, he joined the Vivekananda Kendra Prakashan Trust, Chennai, where he had the longest innings of his career. He served the Kendra, a spiritually oriented service organization, for 20 years, in all. He had his retirement from regular service at the age of 58, in December, 2002.

Thiru Shivkumar has written a few books. It is worth mentioning that his "Incidents from the Life of Swami Vivekananda", a Vivekananda Kendra Publication, has run into several editions. "Glimpses of Greatness", "Use and Usage", and "Tell-Tale Phrases" are among his other books.

He was the Editor of a Quarterly in English, Make History, for 18 years. His articles and his Editorials in particular, were well received among his readers. He was also Assistant Editor of Kisan World, a publication of Sakthi Sugars Ltd.

The present book, "Experiences in Grace Grand Effulgence", is his work of translation, which he did as a labor of love, inspired by the spiritually exalted state of Her Holiness Sivasakthi Amma.

He continues to be associated with his erect while publishers as a freelance Editor.

Preface It gives me immense pleasure to present my life-sketch - that of Smt. Kalyani Krishnamurthy -whose life is enriched by rare spiritual or divine experiences, and the unalloyed bliss born of such experiences. It is my earnest desire that people should read this life-sketch, a spiritual autobiography, with pleasure and profit. With the inspiration and guidance drawn there from, may they reap the benefit of rising to higher levels of ecstatic, divine experiences? I intend recording my spiritual experiences for the benefit of all devotees of God. I put on record my spiritual experiences for the sake of those who are devoted to God so that by reading or hearing about them, they become more qualified to receive the grace of the Lord in greater abundance, to the extent of enjoying divine bliss, even though they may be committed to family life. Like the crow, I crow aloud calling everybody to come and share the joys with me. In the manner of the crow, I long to eat together with all. Come! Come on! I call you all; I invite you.

Lord! be graceful as to come whenever I call you. Lord! do feel for this humble self when I call you. My Mother! My Father! having enjoyed the bliss of being at Your Lotus Feet, I am crowing like a crow, giving out my calls to others to come and share the food with me. This heavenly food, the food of bliss, never gets depleted. As it is being consumed, it gets spontaneously pleasure to present my alyani Krishnamurthy -rare spiritual or divine yes bliss born of such Lest desire that people spiritual autobiography, With the inspiration and, may they reap the levels of ecstatic, divine cording my spiritual of all devotees of God. dual experiences for the Dated to God so that by Len, they become more of the Lord in greater f enjoying divine bliss, omitted to family life. id calling everybody to nth me. In the manner together with all. Come! invite you. is to come whenever I r this humble self when my Father! having t Your Lotus Feet, I am out my calls to others with me. This heavenly Tar gets depleted. As it gets spontaneously replenished. My beloved people, do read "Experiences in Grace Grand Effulgence", a faithful translation from the original in Tamil, and drink deep its message of joy, the joy of drinking the nectar of 'Shivaanandam'. Share it with others and be immersed in the Bliss Divine, by becoming the Bliss Divine, by becoming one with Arutperum Jyothi - the Grace Grand Effulgence.

Introduction SALUTATIONS TO GRACE GRAND EFFULGENCE

We have seen seekers of God. But seers of God we seldom come across. All men are essentially same. But experiences differ from man to man. Each man is cast into a unique mould according to his gunas (Sattva, Rajas and Tamas). That is why. no two men are alike.

God lives in all. To know this, one has to live in, God. The lives of spiritually enlightened ones are standing examples of those that have lived (or live). in Cod. They claim to have deeply and, unnustakably experienced God within and without.

MAKE HISTORY, a. Quarterly magazine founded and published by Thiru K.N. Venkataraman,' - 83, was privileged to present a translated 'version of the life of Her Holiness Sri 'La Sri Sivasakthi Amma. The serial continued .for about ten years. The magazine had its run for, Tears. Going through the life sketch of Sivasakthi Amma and. translating her spiritual experiences 'Was like 'performing a long pilgrimage.

Many of her spiritual experiences were indeed awe-inspiring to reach They often left me wondering: _"Is it true that I have seen in flesh and blood one who has become one with the Akhanda, Brahman, Arutperum Jyothi?" Book's Contents and Sample Pages