'
"'I have already glimpsed your plan, beloved master. I wanted to
discuss it with you tonight. Why should you leave your body?' The
glorious woman looked at him beseechingly.
"'What is the difference if I wear a visible or invisible wave on
the ocean of my Spirit?'
"Mataji replied with a quaint flash of wit. 'Deathless guru, if it
makes no difference, then please do not ever relinquish your form.'
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"'Be it so,' Babaji said solemnly. 'I will never leave my physical
body. It will always remain visible to at least a small number of
people on this earth. The Lord has spoken His own wish through your
lips.'
"As I listened in awe to the conversation between these exalted
beings, the great guru turned to me with a benign gesture.
"'Fear not, Ram Gopal,' he said, 'you are blessed to be a witness
at the scene of this immortal promise.'
"As the sweet melody of Babaji's voice faded away, his form and
that of Lahiri Mahasaya slowly levitated and moved backward over
the Ganges. An aureole of dazzling light templed their bodies as
they vanished into the night sky. Mataji's form floated to the cave
and descended; the stone slab closed of itself, as if working on
an invisible leverage.
"Infinitely inspired, I wended my way back to Lahiri Mahasaya's
place. As I bowed before him in the early dawn, my guru smiled at
me understandingly.
"'I am happy for you, Ram Gopal,' he said. 'The desire of meeting
Babaji and Mataji, which you have often expressed to me, has found
at last a sacred fulfillment.
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