When the news of Baba's arrival in Bhumiadhar reached Nainital, Pooran
Chandra Joshi and his close friends decided to go see him. All his
friends left by bus but did not ask Joshi to accompany them. Joshi was
hurt by this. When he went home, he was distressed. He became angry
with his wife and son for no apparent reason and behaved harshly
towards them. With a heavy heart he set out for Bhumiadhar alone in the
rain. He did not get a bus. He met up with a laborer along the way who
also wanted to have Baba's darshan, but when they
arrived,
they found that Baba had already left for Gathia. They eventually got a
lift in a truck and went to Gathia as well.
When Joshi had Baba's darshan,
Baba was indifferent to him but showered his affection on the laborer.
Baba gave him food to eat and sent him off with a lot of prasad
to carry home for his family. Baba said nothing for some time and then
picked up a copy of Kalyan,
a monthly magazine, and asked Joshi to read from it. Joshi opened the
magazine to an article entitled "Anger" and read it to Baba. Baba asked
him to read it five times. While he was reading it for the fifth time,
he realised that he had left his house in a state of anger. After that
Baba treated him as usual. Joshi's friends were not able to have darshan
until later.
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