Sri. Michael James is a very close associate of the late Sri Sadhu Om who was considered to be among the foremost devotees of Sri. Ramana Maharishi. Born in England, he travelled to India at the age of 19, after spending more than a year travelling around India visiting holy places and ashrams, at the age of 21 he finally reached Tiruvannamalai in September 1976, and lived there for the next 20 years. Shortly after reaching Tiruvannamalai, he was lent a book The Path of Sri Ramana by Sri. Sadhu Om. Soon after reading this book, he met Sri Sadhu Om, and found that he was able to answer in an extremely clear, simple and convincing manner all