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{FN18-2} My father later told me that his company, the Bengal-Nagpur
Railway, had been one of the firms victimized by Afzal Khan.
{FN18-3} I do not recall the name of Sri Yukteswar's friend, and
must refer to him simply as "Babu" (Mister).

CHAPTER: 19
MY MASTER, IN CALCUTTA, APPEARS IN SERAMPORE
"I am often beset by atheistic doubts. Yet a torturing surmise
sometimes haunts me: may not untapped soul possibilities exist? Is
man not missing his real destiny if he fails to explore them?"
These remarks of Dijen Babu, my roommate at the PANTHI boardinghouse,
were called forth by my invitation that he meet my guru.
"Sri Yukteswarji will initiate you into KRIYA YOGA," I replied.
"It calms the dualistic turmoil by a divine inner certainty."
That evening Dijen accompanied me to the hermitage. In Master's
presence my friend received such spiritual peace that he was soon
a constant visitor. The trivial preoccupations of daily life are not
enough for man; wisdom too is a native hunger. In Sri Yukteswar's
words Dijen found an incentive to those attempts-first painful,
then effortlessly liberating-to locate a realer self within his
bosom than the humiliating ego of a temporary birth, seldom ample
enough for the Spirit.
As Dijen and I were both pursuing the A.B. course at Serampore
College, we got into the habit of walking together to the ashram
as soon as classes were over. We would often see Sri Yukteswar
standing on his second-floor balcony, welcoming our approach with
a smile.


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