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TRIP TO KASHMIR
Levitation is the act of overcoming the force of gravity by energetic and magical means. In the literature of parapsychology and spirituality, there is reference to flying, jumping and walking beyond the force-fields of gravity. In this story, Guruji tells what happened to him on his first trip to Kashmir.
After my initiation into monkhood, I became more A conscious of how divine powers are working in my life. I had a very graphic demonstration of this when I went, for the first time, to Kashmir.
At the time, I was travelling with two Jain monks, a sannyasi or Hindu monk, two boys and other monks. We had stopped one night and visited with Chandan Vaidji, a close friend and disciple, who talked about Kashmir. Since I had never been to Kashmir, I was especially interested in what he was saying, and I decided, that night, to go to Kashmir the next day.
Being a spontaneous trip, none of us was very well prepared for the cold and snow of Kashmir, since we were only wearing thin cotton clothing. Furthermore, we did not yet have a place to stay overnight after we left Chandan Vaidji's house.
We travelled all day to reach Kashmir, climbing
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