December 21. Chapter 34. Materializing a Palace in the Himalayas. 20.05. Kathmandu. On the eighth day I fell at my guru’s feet and implored him to keep me always near him on this sacred wilderness. “ ‘ My son,’ Babaji said, embracing me, ‘ your role in this incarnation must be played on an outward stage. Prenatally blessed by many lives of lonely meditation, you must now mingle in the world of men. “’ A deep purpose underlay the fact that you did not meet me this time until you were already a married man, with modest business responsibilities. You must put aside your thoughts of joining our secret band in the Himalayas; your life lies in the crowded marts, serving as an example of the ideal yogi-householder. “ “ The cries of many bewildered worldly men and women have not fallen unheard on the ears of the Great Ones,’ he went on. ‘ You have been chosen to bring spiritual solace through KRIYA YOGA to numerous earnest seekers. The millions who are encumbered by family ties and heavy wordly duties will take new heart from you, a householder like themselves. You must guide them to see that the highest yogic attainments are not barred to the family man. Even in the world, the yogi who faithfully discharges his responsibilities, without personal motive or attachment, treads the sure path of enlightenment. “ ‘ No necessity compels you to leave the world, for inwardly you have already sundered its every karmic tie. Not of this world, you must yet be in it. Many years still remain during which you must conscientiously fulfill your family, business, civic, and spiritual duties. A sweet new breath of divine hope will penetrate the arid hearts of wordly men. From your balanced life, they will understand that liberation is dependent on inner, rather than outer, renunciations.’ “ How remote seemed my family, the office, the world as I listened to my guru in the high Himalayan solitudes. Yet adamantine truth rang in his words; I submissively agreed to leave this blessed haven of peace. Babaji instructed me in the ancient rigid rules which govern the transmission of the yogic art from guru to disciple.
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