[Advaita-l] Sri Ramana stressed importance of a Guru

[Raghav Kumar Dwivedula]

One last point is that Ishvara who is sarvaGYa and sarvashaktimAn can as
well use yogaja praryaXa or an equivalent means to teach like Devi taught
in a "mellifluous female voice" , yoga" and the knowledge of the chakras
and nADis to the respected acharya of Sringeri  Srii Abhinava Vidyathirtha
mahasvAmi as detailed in his book " meditation enlightenment and
perfection".

I quote ( from page 72) -

I: Would Acharyal please tell me about Acharyal’s first experience
of the kuṇḍalinī and the cakras?
Acharyal: This took place a few months after My being initiated
into saṁnyāsa (on May 22, 1931). I had just finished My morning āhnika
and was about to get up. Without premeditation, I joined My palms and
said,
“śrī śāradāyai namaḥ।
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(Obeisance to the glorious Śāradā.)”
Abruptly, I felt an upsurge of joy and stopped being aware of My
surroundings. It began to seem that My body was becoming transparent
and that I was seeing My backbone from some vantage point in front
of My chest.
I: Did Acharyal apprehend the backbone together with the rib cage,
internal organs and so on?
Acharyal: No. It was the backbone that stood out, whitish in
colour, with the silhouette of the body appearing dark like a shadow.
The backbone then seemed to become translucent to reveal a canal in
its interior. In moments, the canal’s width became greatly magnified. I
could then see a tube, red and bright like fire, traversing the length of
the canal. *A mellifluous female voice announced,
“iyaṁ suṣumnā nāḍī ।*
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(This is the suṣumnā-nāḍī.)”
I: Could Acharyal perceive the speaker of the words?
Acharyal: No. I just heard the words.