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Deepti, "I am tired. I am feeling very heavy in the head with the overload of useless trash of spirituality, god, soul, meditation, imaginary concepts, noumena and display of infructuous religious fervour and extravaganza. I want to offload this trash by real life diversion."
Deepak, "You should change, take bath and I promise you will be alright."
meet failures. Ideally one should practise to synchronise mind and body while doing any work, concentrating fully on the particular work in hand at a time and be able to stop diversion on any other as is generally the case e.g. while driving a vehicle if the mind is away on other matters, there will be accidents. It would be really beneficial if instead of meditation for a limited period of time of fifteen minutes or more one inculcates a habit of awareness every act, every moment. This will take care of almost all types of mistakes or wrongs one is likely to commit and suffer. I am also puzzled that you have equated your founder, though a human being, with god by denominating him as Shiv Baba. It would mean that Shiv Baba was god incarnation. We thank you very much for sparing your valuable time for us."
Ratna was stirred to the core, ran straight to the head, the Dadi, so addressed by the followers, told her about the conversation with Deepti and Deepak and gave her its recording. It was played in presence of all disciples there. The Dadi herself and younger ones in particular were impressed and started recollecting their individual circumstances which forced them to embrace monkhood. It was almost common for all. Initiation was invariably not voluntary but forced by the circumstances mainly poverty and inability of parents to marry them. The conversation acted as a catalyst in the psyche and subconscious of all present there and through them spread to others, sowing seeds of revolt insidiously.
Deepak opened the lock of their hotel room. Before he could proceed to open the door Deepti pushed it with force, went inside and threw herself on the bed flat and stretched. Deepak was surprised at such an impulsive act of vivacious Deepti and asked, "What is the matter?
