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my drink.” And I brought my guru his drink as I had done.
When I gave him the drink, he drank it in one gulp, like someone who was in a hurry. Then rested his head back on the couch, caught his breath and moved his energy very visibly from his right leg, very slowly, until it turned completely blue and lifeless. Then he did the same thing to his left leg. Gradually, he moved his energy, through his breathing and consciousness, and both of his arms turned blue and lifeless.
Everyone was watching him like a movie where illusion is everything, and we wondered if he had already left his body since his eyes were closed and his heart muscles were not moving. But it took more time, and then, in a few seconds, his body went completely still and cold and we knew that he was gone. In my consciousness, I felt many things from the experiences that I had with him over the years. But I did not cry, get upset or sad.
At the moment when my Guru left his body a very large, heavy black cloud formed over the temple and rain fell on the building and its grounds and nowhere else. And through the opened window where my guru's body lay, three or four rain drops fell on his skin, like nectar from heaven. And we counted it a blessing for his soul.
Afterwards, according to the Jain system, we bathed his body, changed his clothes and gave the old ones to members of society, for their keeping. Whenever every
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