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I travel. One time, I decided to go to Dadabari, the Mehrauli Jain temple. I had heard about Dada Guru, a great yogi who lived over 800 years ago and his spirit could still be contacted at the temple. But I did not believe this too much.
One night I was meditating in the temple, and I called out "Dada, where are you? I have been here all day, meditating, chanting and thinking about your good, loving work for the Jain community and how you healed, protected and purified the souls of so many people, But I have no faith that you are angle and can still do holy work. Dada, show yourself!"
Finally, Dada appeared about 3 A.M. in his astral body amid smoke and fiery colors. I was, at first, impressed, but he was not clearly visible and he disappeared in the smoke soon afterwards. Then I said, "Dada this is not good enough. I want to really see you and talk with you. I want to find out who you really are."
Somewhat to my surprise, Dada Guru spoke to me and told me to go to a very old Muslim tomb, near the Jain temple. There I will show myself completely and we will talk, he said. So I went to the tomb but it was very dangerous to walk there since there were so many poisonous snakes and scorpions. I stayed in the tomb all night meditating and chanting amid the poisonous snakes and spiders, but Dada Guru did not appear. Disappointed, I went back to the Jain temple hoping that he would
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