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DISAPPEARING YOGIS
Yogis are sometimes known for their incredible attainments or efforts to control their mind and body. In this story Guruji tells about his encounters with the spirits of yogis and of one in particular. The story throws light on the experiences of his early years. It ends many years after he became a monk.
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was born in the small town of Sikohpur which had about 400 houses, many goats and poor people. Although I was born of a Brahmin family, most of whom were military and farming people, I never developed any special feeling for what my relatives did for a living.
As a young boy I had three close boyfriends. I remember one day when I was about six, of walking with them to a hilltop where there was a great mansion. The people who lived there were not very friendly.
Owing to the extreme heat of the day, my friends and I became very thirsty. But we would not ask for water at the mansion and the wells in the area had gone dry from a drought. So we decided to get milk from a goat; but we knew that if a shepherd caught us, he would become angry.
Our search for a goat in a place where no shepherd
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