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something to me that I didn’t understand. The person next to me said that Swami spoke in Telugu and said that he would see my family later that day. Although I wondered why he spoke to me so quietly and in Telugu, I was excited, and aer darshan hurried to tell my family the good news. Everyone was joyful as they got ready for the evening darshan. Alas, he didn’t call for us that evening. We thought that for sure the next morning he would have us in for an interview.
The next morning was filled with giggles and smiles, and everyone, wrapped in their finest saris, looked just wonderful. How does this look? How does that look? Is it too long? Is it too short? Everyone was beaming with excitement. We went to darshan, but the morning passed again without Swami seeing us. How quickly air can come out of our balloon! We were all downhearted. We were unable to accept the situation as it was because we wanted to be with our sweet Swami so much.
January 10 arrived. By this time, everyone was moping along, certain that Swami would not see us this day. The girls decided not to dress up in their fineries and instead wore punjabi outfits, a more informal style of dress. One outfit had a lile tear, and my daughter decided to just pin it up out of sight. Off the daughters went to darshan, leaving Sharon and me alone for a few minutes.
Sharon was sad that we hadn’t had the interview, and trying to brighten the situation, I said, “We shouldn’t be ruffled so easily. We have the ability to wait quietly and steadfastly for Swami. Maybe he is doing this just to teach us not to lose faith in his promise. What kind of faith are we showing? We need to learn to surrender. Instead, let’s know that Swami might be playing with us, seeming to ignore us as if he never even knew us, and then, in a wink, turn sadness to joy by paying aention. Let’s see if today might be such a day. If it is, let’s remember this date, January 10, 1994. Let us give it great meaning and never forget it. ‘1/10/94’ will be our sacred chant that will remind us never to lose faith that Swami is always with us, protecting and loving us, and that we must surrender to him.”
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