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consciousness, universal truth. It symbolized the truth, blinding to those unprepared to look at it, but not to the courageous seeker. Such a one can look at it directly without being dazzled or deterred. And so, the moon-like peace of "Chandraprabh❞ revealed its life-giving source, the radiant sun, and merged into the loving energy of "Chitrabhanu."
The name was relevant to the purpose of his writings to remove the darkness of negative, ignorant thinking, to burn away clouds of delusion and despair, to offer a fresh enlightened approach to living: His first sharings were received with enthusiasm, especially by the widely read Sandesh newspaper. People loved the freshness of his thinking, the poetry of his prose, the authenticity of his experience. But who was the man behind the words? Who was behind the pen-name? Everyone wanted to know.
After several months, they uncovered the secret; it was none other than Munishree, who had observed the silence, and whom people fondly called Gurudev, meaning Divine Master or Revered Teacher. From now on we too will call him Gurudev in this narrative. It was not long before he became well-known as the dearly loved guru walking the villages of Gujarat Province.
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The Power of Love
Once Gurudev was walking alone through a forest in Girnār known to be the abode of many wild animals, especially lions. Along his journey, he heard about a man who had tamed a lion. He went in search of this man. Along the edge of a river, he noticed the lone hermit.
"Are you the man who has the miraculous power to tame a lion?"
The man smiled, "It is no miracle. It is the power of love." "The power of love?" Gurudev asked.
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