Yet I
am unable to believe that, at will, you can banish time and space!"
The promised letter finally arrived. The astounded superintendent
found that it contained not only the good news of his wife's
recovery, but also the same phrases which, weeks earlier, Lahiri
Mahasaya had repeated.
The wife came to India some months later. She visited the office,
where Lahiri Mahasaya was quietly sitting at his desk. The woman
approached him reverently.
"Sir," she said, "it was your form, haloed in glorious light, that
I beheld months ago by my sickbed in London. At that moment I was
completely healed! Soon after, I was able to undertake the long
ocean voyage to India."
Day after day, one or two devotees besought the sublime guru for
KRIYA initiation. In addition to these spiritual duties, and to
those of his business and family life, the great master took an
enthusiastic interest in education. He organized many study groups,
and played an active part in the growth of a large high school in
the Bengalitola section of Benares. His regular discourses on the
scriptures came to be called his "GITA Assembly," eagerly attended
by many truth-seekers.
By these manifold activities, Lahiri Mahasaya sought to answer the
common challenge: "After performing one's business and social duties,
where is the time for devotional meditation?" The harmoniously balanced
life of the great householder-guru became the silent inspiration
of thousands of questioning hearts.
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