Thus Christ was able to restore the servant's
ear after it had been severed by one of the disciples." {FN12-11}
Sri Yukteswar was a peerless interpreter of the scriptures. Many of
my happiest memories are centered in his discourses. But his jeweled
thoughts were not cast into ashes of heedlessness or stupidity. One
restless movement of my body, or my slight lapse into absent-mindedness,
sufficed to put an abrupt period to Master's exposition.
"You are not here." Master interrupted himself one afternoon with
this disclosure. As usual, he was keeping track of my attention
with a devastating immediacy.
"Guruji!" My tone was a protest. "I have not stirred; my eyelids
have not moved; I can repeat each word you have uttered!"
"Nevertheless you were not fully with me. Your objection forces me
to remark that in your mental background you were creating three
institutions. One was a sylvan retreat on a plain, another on a
hilltop, a third by the ocean."
Those vaguely formulated thoughts had indeed been present almost
subconsciously. I glanced at him apologetically.
"What can I do with such a master, who penetrates my random musings?"
[Illustration: Main building at the Mount Washington Estates in
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[Illustration: Self-Realization Church of All Religions, Hollywood,
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