Peter wrote: > I'll go with MMY's telling of the story of how and > when he met GD over Charlie's because MMY was > actually there! > Even if it makes no sense?
Marshy has been less than candid before. So, how do you suppose that Marshy got up to the Jyotir Math to see the Guru Dev. Walked? That's a long walk. So, maybe the Marshy cut school and decided to hitchhike up to the Upper Kashi, and just happened to stop by to see the Guru Dev, even though Rick says that Marshy knew nothing about the Guru Dev before he met hime for the first time, at the *exact* moment that a car drove by, illuminating the face of the Guru Dev, while he was sitting on a veranda meditating. But this brings up other questions: Did they have cars at Jyotimath in those days? Maybe it was a bicycle, a jeep or a lorry. Did the cars have any headlights? Does the Jyotirmath even have a veranda? And how, exactly, do you get inside a Matha and sit on the veranda in the middle of the night without an invite or even a veranda badge? And what do you suppose that the Marshy said to the Guru Dev after the flashing light episode? Maybe Marshy said "Can I stay here for a little while, I'm really tired from walking all the way up here." And, maybe the Guru Dev said to the Marshy: "Get your ass back down the hill and finish school - we don't need no un-lettered, low-caste scribes on the veranda at night!"
