Part 22 (1/2)
”'It is so, even at this aze concentrated on th but of weight Lahiri Mahasaya retreated into silence After a few hours at his feet, I returned tomy visits to Benares
”'My son! What is thewith dropsy?' Mother could hardly believe her eyes My body was now of the same robust dihed ained fifty pounds; they remained with me perure were aghast ondered their mode of life and became disciples of Lahiri Mahasaya as a result of this uru, awake in God, knew this world to be nothing but an objectivized dream of the Creator Because he was completely aware of his unity with the Divine Dreamer, Lahiri Mahasaya could e he wished in the cosoverned by law,” Sri Yukteswar concluded ”The ones which manifest in the outer universe, discoverable by scientists, are called natural laws But there are subtler laws ruling the realh the inner science of yoga The hidden spiritual planes also have their natural and lawful principles of operation It is not the physical scientist but the fully self-realized master who comprehends the true nature of matter Thus Christ was able to restore the servant's ear after it had been severed by one of the disciples” {FN12-11}
Sri Yuktesas a peerless interpreter of the scriptures Many of my happiest hts were not cast into ashes of heedlessness or stupidity One restless ht lapse into absent-mindedness, sufficed to put an abrupt period to Master's exposition
”You are not here” Master interrupted himself one afternoon with this disclosure As usual, he was keeping track ofimmediacy
”Guruji!” My tone was a protest ”I have not stirred; my eyelids have not moved; I can repeat each word you have uttered!”
”Nevertheless you were not fully with me Your objection forcesthree institutions One was a sylvan retreat on a plain, another on a hilltop, a third by the ocean”
Those vaguely forhts had indeed been present aletically
”What can I do with such a s?”
[Illustration: Main building at the Mount Washi+ngton Estates in Los Angeles, established in 1925 as American headquarters for the Self-Realization Fellowshi+p--see ]
[Illustration: Self-Realization Church of All Religions, Hollywood, California--see hollywoodjpg]
”You have given rasped without your complete concentration Unless necessary I do not invade the seclusion of others'his thoughts The unbidden Lord does not enter there; neither do I venture intrusion”
”You are ever welcome, Master!”
”Your architectural dreams will materialize later Now is the tiuru revealed in his sireat events in li In the exact sequence Sri Yukteswar had indicated, these visions took ultia school on a Ranchi plain, then eles hilltop, finally a here in southern California by the vast Pacific
Master never arrogantly asserted: ”I prophesy that such and such an event shall occur!” He would rather hint: ”Don't you think it may happen?” But his si; never did his slightly veiled words prove false
Sri Yuktesas reserved and ue or daft visionary about him His feet were firm on the earth, his head in the haven of heaven Practical people aroused his admiration ”Saintliness is not du!” he would say ”The active expression of virtue gives rise to the keenest intelligence”
In Master's life I fully discovered the cleavage between spiritual realism and the obscure uru was reluctant to discuss the superphysical realms His only ”marvelous” aura was one of perfect si references; in action he was freely expressive Others talked of ; Sri Yukteswar seldom mentioned the subtle laws but secretly operated them at will
”A man of realization does not perform any miracle until he receives an inward sanction,” Master explained ”God does not wish the secrets of His creation revealed promiscuously {FN12-12} Also, every individual in the world has inalienable right to his free will A saint will not encroach upon that independence”
The silence habitual to Sri Yuktesas caused by his deep perceptions of the Infinite No time remained for the interminable ”revelations” that occupy the days of teachers without self-realization
”In shallow hts cause much commotion
In oceanic minds the whales of inspiration make hardly a ruffle”
This observation fro huuise, only a few of his contee: ”He is a fool that cannot conceal his wisdoh born a mortal like all others, Master had achieved identity with the Ruler of time and space In his life I perceived a Godlike unity He had not found any insuperable obstacle to ence of human with Divine No such barrier exists, I came to understand, save in man's spiritual unadventurousness
I always thrilled at the touch of Sri Yukteswar's holy feet