Letters from Sri Ramanasramam, by Suri Nagamma

Poor man, he could not say anything and sat down
quietly. After a while, he said, “Unless the movement of the
indriyas and limbs stops, there cannot be samadhi, they say.

When do you go into that samadhi?” “I see, that is what you
want to know. You think, ‘What is this? This Swami is always
speaking. What Jnani is he?’ That is your idea? It is not
samadhi unless one sits cross-legged in padmasana, with folded
hands and stops breathing. There must also be a cave near
about. One must go in and out of it. Then people will say,
‘This is a great Swami’. As for me, they begin doubting and
say, ‘What Swami is this who is always talking to his devotees
and has his daily routine?’ What can I do? This happened
once or twice even before. People who had originally seen
me at Gurumurtham and then saw me at Skandasramam,
talking to all people and partaking in normal activities, said
to me with great anxiety, ‘Swami, Swami, please give us
darshan in your previous state.’ Their impression was that I
was getting spoiled. What can I do? At that time (while in
Gurumurtham) I had to live like that. Now I am obliged to
live like this. Things happen the way they have to. But in
their view, it is enough if one does not eat or talk. Then
saintliness, swamitvam, comes on automatically. That is the
delusion people have,” said Bhagavan.