PREAMBLE
By the command of the almighty Lord, Raimias,
His child, undertakes the task of continuing the story of his
experiences from the time and place where he broke off at
the end of Ms first book "In Quest of God''. The narrative
of "In Quest of God" extends over to one year's life after
the great change came upon him. The purpose of the
present book is to draw further the thread of the same
narrative, and it contains an account of his later ex-
periences in the course of nine years that have elapsed.
Before proceeding with the story it would be necessary for
him to place before the reader a brief summary—mainly
concerning his spiritual struggle and evolution during the
first year—so that it might bring out in a proper perspec-
tive the later experiences chronicled in this book.
It was in the year 1921, in Mangalore, that the all-
merciful Lord of the universe first fired Ramdas1 bosom
with a keen longing to realize Him. From that time his life
was undergoing a marvellous change. His one overwhelm-
ing passion and aim of life was to live for God and God
alone. God's powerful Name was indelibly stamped on his
tongue. Now it was that he was becoming conscious of a
divine influence working silently but irresistibly in him,
gradually dominating and possessing him. He felt an
awakening within the very core of bis being. With steady
steps and unflagging zeal he now entered upon a path of
rigorous self-discipline. The trials and hardships of the
path did not daunt him. Repeated appeals, persuasions and
remonstrances could not make him swerve an inch from this
path. He was calm, earnest and determined. As time
passed in prayer, fasting and repetition of God's Name, the
consciousness of divine possession and guidance assumed
such a predominance that at last the divine voice
within him drove him forth from Mangalore into the
wide world.