Holes in the Swiss Cheese

All of a sudden again that weird feeling of loneliness started creeping up and i was really astonished, what is this?

On Sunday few of my office colleagues went to Sakwar to distribute Diwali sweets where R K Mission's wonderful work is going on. After coming from there kept ruminating about the experience...and it suddenly struck - this feeling has arose after my lecture journey in Sarada Math is over.

Actually it shouldn't be, yet it is there and i think i know the reason. When i was very depressed during Sudhir's illness Rev. Yogprana Mataji called me and gave the opportunity to speak on various different topics connected with Swamiji's life. Before and after he passed away i did not have time to be alone with myself, always there was a goal....oh, i have to read, i have to finish the book and reread again and then the tension of speaking in front of the didis and devotees who always know much more than what i read. But i will overcome it no doubt.....

Coming back to Cornelia's grandparents the Leons!

 Today let's meet Swamiji with Cornelia's young widow mother whose name is not mentioned anywhere. I instantly connected with her while reading.

Once on a Friday afternoon she took Swamiji to hear His first Symphony Concert. He listened to it with great attention but with his head a bit on one side and a slightly quizzical expression. "Did you enjoy it?" she asked at the end. "Yes, it was very beautiful," he replied, but she felt it was said with some reservation. "What are you thinking?" she asked. "I am puzzled by two things," He answered. "First, I do not understand why the program says that this same program will be repeated on Saturday evening. You see in India, one type of music is played at dawn. The music for noontime is very different, and that for the evening is also of a special character. So I should think that what sounds suitable to your ears in the early afternoon would not sound harmonious to you at night. The other thing that seems strange to me is the lack of overtones in the music and the greater intervals between the notes. To my ears it has holes in it like that good Swiss cheese you give me!"

After Swamiji left from Chicago, Cornelia's mother was eager to do some studying along the lines of Oriental philosophy, as she realized shedidn't have enough background to understand his teachings as fully as she wished. One Mrs. Peake held some classes in Chicago that following winter and, in the course of them, she discovered much to her surprise that if she held a letter torn up into fine bits between her hands, she received a brief but vivid impression of the writer, both physically and mentally. When Swamiji returned to Chicago a year or so later to give lectures, she asked him about this strange gift and He said He too had it and when he was young he used to have fun doing it to show off, but Ramakrishna had rapped his knuckles and said, "Don't use this great gift except for the good of mankind! Hands that receive these impressions can also bring relief from pain. Use this gift to bring healing!"

On this second visit, he only stayed with Leons for a short time. He knew He could teach better if He lived in His own regime of food and of many hours for meditation. It also left Him free to receive many who came to Him for help.

Thus now let's move to some more interesting happenings can't wait to share with you all.

Wish You All a Very  Happy Diwali......