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a thing that is to happen after so many years later, and then never discussing that statement later,these are two different things. That is how I came to know what a real yogi saint means! I think I have been offered more than what I deserve. I should never be stupid to think of repayingfor such an impossible offer!
I would like to mention, but only in short fashion, that I had some extreme difficulties in my Yoga practice during my Engineering education. All these were resolved mostly by praying to my father. In one case, I started a practice on my own without others knowing it. But, it took me to a neurological condition that was creating stress during my studies. I kept it secret till it became unbearable. Then, I wrote a letter to my father to be handed over in person through a person who was traveling to Pune. I was hundreds of miles away from my home with no phone communication. My father replied in writing that I should have studied such a subject only under an expert supervision, but everything would work out fine for me. After reading that letter, automatically I became peaceful and my neurological condition disappeared. Also I progressed in that very Yoga practice.
In most of the letters that my father wrote to me during my educational career, there were some common guidelines. And, also during my visits home during the vacations, my father gave me several guidelines about my spiritual practice as well as about my limitations. All these were given without much discussion or talk. These later formed the basis of my Yoga system. He spoke very little, but whatever he spoke seemed to be without any analysis or logical thinking or guess work. It seemed to be Pratyaksha i.e. as if he knew it first hand. When he spoke about spirituality, there seemed to be
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