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ing speeches for the last ten years in Gujarat and Saurashtra, is coming to Bombay. The itinerant Dignity has left Ahmedabad on his vihār. He will be halting at Sabarmati, Nadiad, Baroda, Broach, and Surat to deliver public lectures. Bombay City will have the inestimable opportunity to listen to him."
The Flying Fish
Before setting foot on the island of Bombay, Gurudev had to cross a river by means of a railway bridge. Most people went by train. The tracks of this bridge were sometimes slippery, so he moved along them slowly, carefully placing one foot in front of the other.
About midway across, his eyes fell upon the body of a small fish lying flat on a transverse railway bar. He assumed that it had just fallen from the fish van of a recent train. Though it appeared to be dead, his heart went out to it, and, in the hope that it had only temporarily lost consciousness and not its whole life, he lifted it gently up with his walking staff and tenderly lowered it into the river below which was flooded with high tide from the nearby sea.
Instantly he saw the fish dip into the water, and less than a second later, leap out of the water and sail through the air! For a moment it appeared to be flying!
Gurudev stood still in wonder and amazement. Tears came to his eyes. A thrilling tremor passed through his body. He had to take hold of the iron railing for support. He went into a deep feeling of compassion. How many moments he remained in such a profound ecstasy, he knew not.
The fish leapt before my eyes out of sheer joy in living! How sweet is life! Truly this universe is nothing but harmony. All I did was give a touch of love and that became a living food.
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