We
were having tea with a dentist at Indra Pharmacy in Nainital when we
learned that Maharaj had arrived in Bhumiadhar. The dentist proposed
that we go and give Maharaj a test. He prepared some questions
concerning turiyavastha (one of the highest
states of samadhi
in which the individual self merges with the universal self), and we
took a bus to Bhumiadhar. Baba usually ignored people who came to test
him, and we were also treated with a befitting indifference. Since
Baba's room was full of devotees and visitors, we did not find any room
inside to sit. We offered pranaam to him from the
door and sitting on the shoes that lay scattered outside, had his darshan
from there. Baba looked at us once. Without saying anything
to us, he asked one of his devotees to read out of the Yogavashistha.
The devotee opened the book at random and started reading from that
page. Whatever he read was the complete answer to my friend's unasked
questions. We had nothing in our hearts but the utmost reverence for
Baba's supernatural powers. Having offered pranaam
to him again, we returned to Nainital. The dentist later became a sadhu.
-Dr. Ramlal Sah, Haldwani
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