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effort to come to the convention even though they didn't understand English or Hindi.
They came for each and every program and sat there because they had shraddha in their guru. Nobody said, “We have spent so much time and money and we did not learn anything. We couldn't understand English and Hindi." On the contrary, they all came and sat close to the stage and looked happy and satisfied and expressed this at other times too.
Om Tat Sat Sw.G
Hari Om,
Actually I am a chronic paranoid schizophrenic patient. Even though I am taking medicine, as soon as I leave my house I feel a fear of people and psychic paralysis. When I travel, within 10-15 minutes I feel terrified that something will happen. But as soon as I started travelling to Munger I did not feel any fear whatsoever. I felt perfectly alright, like a normal person. I felt that some cosmic source was protecting me on this journey. I'm very sensitive to psychic and cosmic energies and vibrations and I immediately feel sensations in my body and head when I come across intense positive energies.
As soon as I entered Jyoti Mandir, the meditation hall, so much cosmic energy started entering my system that I felt highly charged and giddy. Something happened on the first meeting in the evening when Swami Chidananda and Swami Niranjan and great saints gave satsang. I also felt at the polo ground, where the satsangs were held, so much energy flowing into my body from the different people and swamis there. I have such a strong impression and attraction to the images of the gurus, Swami Satyananda and Swami Niranjanananda.
In the Deoghar Akhara, where Paramahamsa Satyananda lives, as soon as I went in, I got a severe stomach ache on the right side. After 5 minutes it disappeared and I felt that Swamiji had given me inspiration (pranava) to continue my sadhana. Waves of heat were coming from Swamiji. I've been told this is because of the tapasya he has been doing and I
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