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Swami
in Trance (Upsam):
Once
mahapooja was being performed in the assembly hall. Swami was
also present. Suddenly Swami entered into a state of upasham.
He would not utter a word. Occasionally he would mutter, "O
King Rahugan, you are akovid." This news spread far and
wide in all the directions. As a result of this, groups of saints
and devotees began to pour into Junagadh. All of them were looking
at Swami without a twinkle in their eyes. On the fourth day,
after Thakorji woke up at four O'clock in the afternoon, Swami
also got up on his own and took his seat in the assembly. All
those who were present surrounded him. Swami looked at them
and said, "At this hour you were all rapt for my darshan,
since everyone of you had felt that Swami would abandon his
body. If this state continues forever, you don't have to do
anything else for salvation."
After this, narrating an anecdote he said, "Once upon a
time, good clothes were produced in a particular place. The
merchants used to send these clothes to other places Deciding
to sell them in new places, the merchants went there with bales
of clothes. When the merchants reached the place, they found
that the people of the place wore only lion skins. The merchants
offered their clothes at fifty per cent discount but no one
was prepared to buy. So the merchants went back with the packed
bales. of clothes. One of the merchants thought that those people
should be taught to wear the clothes first, and then they would
buy clothes of their own. So he distributed clothes free of
charge. The people learned to wear clothes and eventually began
to purchase also. The business of the merchants also flourished.
Similary other saints had come from Akshardham carrying bales
of knowledge about Maharaj's identity, but they remained in
doubts about the worthiness of the people, and had to carry
back their bales of knowledge; while I have started imparting
the knowledge about Akshar and the supreme identity of Purushottam
without discriminating between the worthy and the unworthy.
Whether people understand these things or not is a different
thing, but they will at least realise that Swami did spread
this knowledge." After saying this Swami paused for a while,
and then continued again, "Today you are looking at me
with all your passions and instincts under control. If the same
state continues forever, then your complexes such as the complex
of doubt, complex of karma (action), complex of affection, complex
of desire, complex of sex, complex of ego, etc., will melt away,
and your just and passion will disappear." In this way
Swami talked on many important topics. Later on, Swami had his
meals after the darshan of Thakorji. Saints and devotees also
had their meals after consecutive fasts for four days.
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