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"My fellow disciples informed me that Lahiri Mahasaya had not moved
from his dais since early the preceding evening.
"'He gave a wonderful discourse on immortality after you had left
for the Dasasamedh GHAT,' one of the chelas told me. For the first
time I fully realized the truth in the scriptural verses which state
that a man of self-realization can appear at different places in
two or more bodies at the same time.
"Lahiri Mahasaya later explained to me many metaphysical points
concerning the hidden divine plan for this earth," Ram Gopal
concluded. "Babaji has been chosen by God to remain in his body
for the duration of this particular world cycle. Ages shall come
and go--still the deathless master, {FN33-6} beholding the drama
of the centuries, shall be present on this stage terrestrial."
Chapter 33 Footnotes
{FN33-1} MATTHEW 8:19-20.
{FN33-2} JOHN 11:41-42.
{FN33-3} The omnipresent yogi who observed that I failed to bow
before the Tarakeswar shrine (../chapter 13).
{FN33-4} "Holy Mother." Mataji also has lived through the centuries;
she is almost as far advanced spiritually as her brother. She remains
in ecstasy in a hidden underground cave near the Dasasamedh GHAT.
{FN33-5} This incident reminds one of Thales. The great Greek
philosopher taught that there was no difference between life and
death. "Why, then," inquired a critic, "do you not die?" "Because,"
answered Thales, "it makes no difference.
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