What about your
responsibilities for your wife and children? I regret that you do
not interest yourself in providing more money for the family.'
"The master glanced at me for a moment, then lo! he was gone. Awed
and frightened, I heard a voice resounding from every part of the
room:
"'It is all nothing, don't you see? How could a nothing like me
produce riches for you?'
"'Guruji,' I cried, 'I implore pardon a million times! My sinful
eyes can see you no more; please appear in your sacred form.'
"'I am here.' This reply came from above me. I looked up and saw
the master materialize in the air, his head touching the ceiling.
His eyes were like blinding flames. Beside myself with fear, I lay
sobbing at his feet after he had quietly descended to the floor.
"'Woman,' he said, 'seek divine wealth, not the paltry tinsel of
earth. After acquiring inward treasure, you will find that outward
supply is always forthcoming.' He added, 'One of my spiritual sons
will make provision for you.'
"My guru's words naturally came true; a disciple did leave a
considerable sum for our family."
I thanked Kashi Moni for sharing with me her wondrous experiences.
{FN31-2} On the following day I returned to her home and enjoyed
several hours of philosophical discussion with Tincouri and Ducouri
Lahiri. These two saintly sons of India's great yogi followed
closely in his ideal footsteps. Both men were fair, tall, stalwart,
and heavily bearded, with soft voices and an old-fashioned charm
of manner.
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