last night we went to the ashram to see off guruji. as you can imagine there were a lot of people. guruji was in a very good mood and the atmosphere was special.
after dinner, at about 9.30 (he was to leave for the airport at 10 for his 1 am flight to the us for his surgery) he had asked the students to assemble outside his kutiya. he was joking with them in his usual, inimitable style.
when meera's mother (who does all his cooking for him at the ashram) said she wanted to come to the airport he dissuaded her. then he narrated an anecdote about his first visit to the reunion island. he was apparently staying with an old christian lady named elizabeth who reminded him of his mother. she couldn't speak english and he didn't understand french. the only phrase he learnt was 'bon bon' which he used whenever she served him food. on the eve of his departure she said she would accompany him to the airport to see him off. but next morning she apparently said she had changed her mind. when guruji asked her the reason, she said she did not want to see him off as she would break down and cry!
by sharing this anecdote, guruji communicated that he didn't want meera's mother to come to the airport as he didn't want to see them cry.
and then when it was time to leave, all the brahmacharis chanted the 'margabandhu stotram'. and the 'mrityunjaya mantra'. the effect was electric! even now as i recollect those moments as i write this posting, i get goose-bumps.
and then as he was leaving from his room he hugged swamini nishthanandaji and asked meera to take special care of her while he was away.
- sandeepany sadhanalaya, mumbai, 19th dec 2006
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