Ajati in Tiruvannamalai

 I saw Ajati and also Armand in Usha's restaurant almost daily, which is a great "hang-out" spot across the street from the Ramana Ashram.  It was actually Armand who introduced me to Jac O'Keeffe. (She wasn't such a "social bug" to be found in the hangouts.)

I was quite idealistic about non-duality at the time, and I guess I might have been shocked by Ajati's description of the usefulness of "3 levels of perceived reality", etc..  Now after an intense year, and seeing so much misunderstanding of straight Advaita teaching, I really tend to agree with him.   You have to talk to people, not at them.