Swamiji lives on

Recently i woke up with a distinct dream. The dream felt more like a vision except for the fact that it was all in black and white. I was accompanying my grandmother and walking down the street in Chennai or Bangalore. As we walk, we are approached by a car, a fiat. As we both wait to see who it was, a devotee of Swamiji alights and informs us that Swamiji is alive. I am indeed very surprised as i have never met Swamiji in real life. I am in fact thrilled and ask him where Swamiji is. I don't beleive him, in fact. As we discuss, he reveals that Swamiji has all along stayed in the house of one of his devotees. While i am still filled with disbelief and enthusiasm, the devotee leaves. Another car arrives shortly and whom do i see but the great master himself alighting from the vehicle. His radiant eyes, supremely calm countenance and an all knowing gaze stunned me for a moment. He got down from the car and stopped in front of me and peered it seemed into my soul. He spoke in a very controlled, calm manner pausing between words. 'So you thought i was gone long before?' he asked. ' What made you think i am not alive?'. ' I have been alive all along and continue to live amidst all of you'. He said. I was speechless. My guru whom i regretted not meeting and speaking to was in front of me in flesh and blood, reprimanding me for my lack of faith in his existence. My heart jumped with joy. Finally i was seeing my guru after all these years. My grandmother is equally excited. She speaks to Swamiji as in old times very gentle, very affectionate and in a friendly manner. Both our hearts are filled with joy. Swamiji gets back into the car and rides away flanked by devotees. I woke up with a clear memory of the whole dream vision. And the heart was filled with immeasurable joy and the mind kept recalling Swamiji's message.

The Guru indeed lives on! We are fools if we think any other way.

Sri Radhakrishna Swaminey Namaha!