Swamiji reached Vancouver on 25th July and reached Chicago on 30th. Some 2 weeks he was in Chicago & then went to stay with Mrs. Kate Sanborn at Breezy Meadows in Massachusettes. That means today the 17th of August He was at Breezy Meadows with his intelligent hostess.
Every date makes me think of Him... Oh, today He was in Salem....or now He was wandering on the roads of Chicago....or now He will come to Detroit. Every date has changed its importance. Well day & night thinking of Him i have gone insane and would also make you too.
"Mysterious are the ways of the Lord!" comes true to every word when we read Swamiji's journey from the moment He stepped at Vancouver till he reached Chicago. I had read that it was on the train to Boston that he met an "old lady" who invited him to live at her farm, Breezy Meadows, in Massachusetts. I always thought that he actually travelled with her in the train to Boston. But recently was reading a book about the women in west who helped Swamiji.
When i started with my 1st vol. i did not bother much about Kate Sanborn who showed off this 'Rajah' from India to the people of New England. She plays a very significant role as it was through her that Swamiji was to meet Professor John Henry Wright of Harvard University. About Professor Wright we shall see later whom Swamiji calls Adhyapakji in his letters.
Ms. Kate Sanborn was a lecturer and an author writing about people, places, incidences etc. with lot of humour. When He met her she was fifty - four and very energetic. Originally she belonged to New Hampshire, and had bought one of the old abandoned farms of Massachusetts to make it into Breezy Meadows. She was the one who introduced Swamiji to many influential people in various fields.
It was all pre ordained plan...Kate Sanborn meeting HIM and she building a farm house was also only for HIS stay to be made comfortable. We will see this happening all the time....
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