After we had eaten, Babaji blessed each of us in turn. There
was a sudden flash; we witnessed the instantaneous dechemicalization
of the electronic elements of Babaji's body into a spreading vaporous
light. The God-tuned will power of the master had loosened its
grasp of the ether atoms held together as his body; forthwith the
trillions of tiny lifetronic sparks faded into the infinite reservoir.
"'With my own eyes I have seen the conqueror of death.' Maitra,
{FN34-12} one of the group, spoke reverently. His face was
transfigured with the joy of his recent awakening. 'The supreme
guru played with time and space, as a child plays with bubbles. I
have beheld one with the keys of heaven and earth.'
"I soon returned to Danapur. Firmly anchored in the Spirit, again I
assumed the manifold business and family obligations of a householder."
Lahiri Mahasaya also related to Swami Kebalananda and Sri Yukteswar
the story of another meeting with Babaji, under circumstances which
recalled the guru's promise: "I shall come whenever you need me."
"The scene was a KUMBHA MELA at Allahabad," Lahiri Mahasaya told
his disciples. "I had gone there during a short vacation from my
office duties. As I wandered amidst the throng of monks and sadhus
who had come from great distances to attend the holy festival, I
noticed an ash-smeared ascetic who was holding a begging bowl. The
thought arose in my mind that the man was hypocritical, wearing
the outward symbols of renunciation without a corresponding inward
grace.
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