▁father ▁was ▁a ▁school master ▁and ▁mother ▁a ▁phys i other ap ist ▁who ▁special ised ▁in ▁tre ating ▁phys ically ▁hand ic apped ▁children . ▁He ▁was ▁educated ▁at ▁local ▁schools ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 2 ▁won ▁a ▁place ▁at ▁Oxford ▁University . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁som etime ▁in ▁his ▁second ▁year ▁there ▁that ▁he ▁became ▁interested ▁in ▁Ram ana ▁Mah ar sh i ▁after ▁reading ▁about ▁his ▁teach ings ▁in ▁a ▁book ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁compiled ▁by ▁Arthur ▁Os bor ne . ▁God man ▁has ▁said : ▁ ▁Life ▁and ▁work ▁in ▁India ▁God man ▁first ▁visited ▁the ▁Tir uv ann am al ai ▁as hr am ▁of ▁Ram ana ▁Mah ar sh i ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 6 . ▁For ▁eight ▁years , ▁between ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁and ▁ 1 9 8 5 , ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁li br arian ▁of ▁the ▁as hr am . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁God man ▁frequ ented ▁N is arg ad atta ▁Mah ar aj ’ s ▁s ats angs ▁in ▁M umb ai . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁God man ▁started ▁to ▁visit ▁Lak sh mana ▁Sw amy , ▁a ▁dis ci ple ▁of ▁Ram ana ▁Mah ar sh i , ▁in ▁his ▁as hr am ▁in ▁And h ra ▁Pr adesh . ▁At ▁the ▁inst ig ation ▁of ▁Lak sh mana ▁Sw amy ▁he ▁wrote ▁No ▁Mind ▁– ▁I ▁am ▁the ▁Self , ▁about ▁the