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Protection From Accidents |
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One day I was very busy at work. By the time I got home, it was about 8
p.m. I took off my shoes and immediately lay down on my bed. I was too
tired even to eat. Then my servant came to me and told me that Baba had
arrived. I left my bed, welcomed him, and became busy attending to him.
After dinner, at about 10 p.m., I gave Baba a takhat
to sleep
on, and I myself slept near him on the floor. About half an hour passed
when he woke me up after having hardly taken a nap. He asked me to get
the car out of the garage. My body and mind were so lax from tiredness
that they were hardly under my control. In a state of drowsiness, I
asked him, "Where do you want to go?" He expressed his desire to go to
Kainchi. I suggested that we go in the morning, but Baba did not agree.
With
great difficulty I got the car out of the garage. I could not rely on
myself at that time, and there was every possibility of having an
accident. I drove barefoot because I never sat with Baba with my shoes
on. On the way the drowsier I felt, the more cautiously I drove. In
this way the car passed Haldwani and the hill journey began. I lost all
courage, and we had several close calls on the bends. When we reached
Bhumiadhar, I wanted to ask Baba to take some rest for a few hours, but
I could not utter a single word. After passing Bhumiadhar, sleep and
tiredness made me helpless. I rested my head on the steering wheel and
slept soundly. Kainchi is about twelve kilometers from Bhumiadhar, on a
difficult road through the hills, with many turns and culverts on the
way. I was not aware of passing through Bhowali. At the entrance to
Kainchi temple, Baba woke me up with a violent jerk and said, "You
are sleeping."
I woke up and raised my head from the steering wheel. Being frightened,
I suddenly applied the brakes. I was stunned to see the gate of the
ashram. In fact Baba had been driving the car all through the journey,
for it was not at all possible for me to drive under those
circumstances.
-Yogendra
Prakash Goel, Bareilly
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