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in seeing we have nothing lasting in the material world? Everything we think is ours is only a gi from God. In reality we are but helpless kiens in Sai’s hands. When I asked Jack this question, he answered, “Well, I must still have more karma to deal with.” He continued to see the process of dying in a spiritual light and Swami as his Lord and Master.
One day Jack received a leer and a small packet of vibhuti sent by Swami. With unsteady hands, Jack opened the vibhuti and placed a bit on the tip of his finger. He slowly brought the vibhuti to the middle of his forehead, where it le a simple and humble mark, and then to the tip of his tongue. To see my once vibrant and powerful friend holding to Swami’s words and to his vibhuti like an innocent child brought tears to my eyes. As I looked into Jack’s eyes, I saw that the contact with Swami brought a tear to him as well. Swami’s note read as follows.
January 3, 1995
Dear Hislop! Accept my love and blessings. How are you? Don’t worry; I am with you, in you. You are mine; I am yours. I am always in you. You are not gross body; you are not subtle body. You are causal body. Don’t worry about physical body. You are infinite, all-effective will, the realization of the cosmic divine.
My Hislop, be happy, think about illuminated mind (that is over mind). That is life. With love and blessings. Tell my love and blessings to your wife.
With love, Baba
Jack passed away at 7:16 p.m. on August 4, 1995. That night I arrived at Jack’s apartment at the same time that his close personal secretary, a dedicated devotee named Ed, arrived. Sharon and a daughter were already there. Upon entering Jack’s room, I saw that he was close to death. He was in a coma and
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