'
"'Be it so. The divine wish has been expressed through you.' With
these simple words, the merciful guru banished the rigorous safeguards
that for ages had hidden KRIYA from the world. 'Give KRIYA freely
to all who humbly ask for help.'
"After a silence, Babaji added, 'Repeat to each of your disciples
this majestic promise from the BHAGAVAD GITA: "SWALPAMASYA DHARMASYA,
TRAYATA MAHATO BHOYAT"--"Even a little bit of the practice of this
religion will save you from dire fears and colossal sufferings."'
{FN34-8}
"As I knelt the next morning at my guru's feet for his farewell
blessing, he sensed my deep reluctance to leave him.
"'There is no separation for us, my beloved child.' He touched my
shoulder affectionately. 'Wherever you are, whenever you call me,
I shall be with you instantly.'
"Consoled by his wondrous promise, and rich with the newly found gold
of God-wisdom, I wended my way down the mountain. At the office I
was welcomed by my fellow employees, who for ten days had thought
me lost in the Himalayan jungles. A letter soon arrived from the
head office.
"'Lahiri should return to the Danapur {FN34-9} office,' it read.
'His transfer to Ranikhet occurred by error. Another man should
have been sent to assume the Ranikhet duties.'
"I smiled, reflecting on the hidden crosscurrents in the events
which had led me to this furthermost spot of India.
"Before returning to Danapur, I spent a few days with a Bengali
family at Moradabad.
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