--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Raj Mata of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh > (as told by Dr. Neil Patterson) > "In 1976, the Raj Mata of Lucknow, U. P., came to visit Maharishi in > Switzerland. She had been a great devotee of Guru Dev when he was > Shankaracharya and Guru Dev used to stay at the Royal Palace > whenever he would visit Lucknow. Raj Mata told me that she remembers > Maharishi when he was a brahmachari serving Guru Dev, but she really > didn't pay much attention to him at the time. However, she was very > surprised years later, after Guru Dev had left this earth, when > people would come to herÂ…people who had known Guru Dev and who had > recently seen Maharishi. They would tell Raj Mata that Maharishi is > just like Guru Dev. At first, Raj Mata said she didn't believe this. > But throughout the sixties and early seventies, people kept telling > her that Maharishi was just like Guru Dev and that she should go and > see him. So, finally, she decided that before the end of her life, > she had to come and see for herself. She stayed with us for about > three months. On the day she was leaving, I escorted her to > Maharishi's meeting room where she was to see him for the last time > and with my assistance she sat on the floor. I protested that > Maharishi would not want her to sit on the floor but she said to me > in a very heartful tone, > 'Oh no, you do not understand. When all those people told me that > Maharishi was just like Guru Dev, I came to see for myself. But > having been with Maharishi these past few months, I can see that > they were wrong. Maharishi is not like Guru Dev, He is Guru Dev. > There is no difference between the two. Maharishi got completely > absorbed in Guru Dev's Being and became That. Maharishi is not only > the disciple who is just like the Master. He is the Master. He is > Guru Dev and therefore I have to sit at his feet.'" > Your best posting, ever, Bob. Thanks!
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