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marks, giving off a great magnetic power, and it prevented my head from touching them. My consciousness had only been focused on the discussion with the farmer and I had forgotten my real purpose for being there.
At 2:30 that same morning, the great guru appeared to me in a meditation, a second time, and he asked me the same question, "What is your goal of life?" I told him that I wanted to find the black stone. He answered. "You had your chance yesterday at my memorial yet you did not see it."
"Couldn't I go back?" I asked.
"There is no question of your going back," he replied, "The time has gone. You cannot go back."
I felt terribly depressed. Then Babaji sensed my feelings completely and he saw through the illusions of my mind, although I was still unconscious of them, just as my consciousness had blocked me from seeing the black stone the day before. Then Babaji said:
"My son, you must see that you are like the sacred black stone. You have all the transforming power and energy that you need. You must become awake to your real nature. Then you will realize your desires and not be made a fool of by your mind."
"You must realize that you are already perfect. You have no real need of me or any guru. If you meditate and awaken all your powers, you will get infinite power and everything that you touch will become transformed by
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