"
As he uttered these words of lifelong blessing, footsteps sounded
in the courtyard. I ran downstairs and admitted a group of students.
"Dear brother, how reluctant we are to disturb Master at this hour!"
One man addressed me apologetically. "We made a mistake about train
schedules, but felt we could not return home without a glimpse of
our guru."
"He has been expecting you and is even now preparing your food."
Sri Yukteswar's welcoming voice rang out; I led the astonished
visitors to the kitchen. Master turned to me with twinkling eyes.
"Now that you have finished comparing notes, no doubt you are
satisfied that our guests really did miss their train!"
I followed him to his bedroom a half hour later, realizing fully
that I was about to sleep beside a godlike guru.
{FN15-1} Puri, about 310 miles south of Calcutta, is a famous
pilgrimage city for devotees of Krishna; his worship is celebrated
there with two immense annual festivals, SNANAYATRA and RATHAYATRA.
{FN15-2} The 1939 discovery of a radio microscope revealed
a new world of hitherto unknown rays. "Man himself as well as all
kinds of supposedly inert matter constantly emits the rays that
this instrument 'sees,'" reported the ASSOCIATED PRESS. "Those
who believe in telepathy, second sight, and clairvoyance, have in
this announcement the first scientific proof of the existence of
invisible rays which really travel from one person to another.
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