A Recap - blissful in bhakti

Not that it matters, and not that anyone reads this blog (exercise in vanity) ... but let me just recap things a bit.

In July 2004, situations forced me the leave my job, and then one month later I experienced what I can only call the Buddha entering my life, or awakening in me. I did not study his teachings, but in the one year that followed I did read about his life. There was a deep, instant, emotional connection that happened. This connection changed a lot in me. His memory was near constant, and always accompanied with tears and a longing.

On August 1, 2005 Ramana Maharshi (whom i had never heard of) suddenly entered in the same way. Except that this was like being devastated. After days of bliss, i sunk into a depression, again due to a deep longing for a spiritual union. His memory was constant. I visited Arunachala and the Ramanashramam (perhaps documented somewhere).
After that trip, desires died out, except for one. In May 2006, the last desire died out (documented below), leaving just emptiness and peace and joy. No more memories of Ramana.
And then on June 21-22, 2006, something happened.

This is that part of my life, blissful in bhakti.

I hope, through this blog, to inspire the accidental reader, to share with you that bhakti is greater than mukthi, that bhakti (total devotion to the Lord) is the greatest gift the Lord can grant us, it is indeed the culmination of evolution. May you be blessed with bhakti.