Guest guest Posted January 8, 2002 Report Share Posted January 8, 2002 We were always happy in the presence of Sri Bhagvan.We did everything as if it were play. Fasting,doing tapas,looking on one's body as if it were dead,going round the hill two or three times a day,and sleeping on the bare floor were some of our sports. After Sri Bhagvan left Skandasram,a priest of the Arunachala temple by name Vriddhachalam came and stayed at Skandasram.He worshipped goddess Rajarajeswari.He knew the value of a lot of herbs.He would drink the juice of one as a purgative.He would take a glass of juice of another herb and sit inside the small room in Skandasram and ask me to lock him in from outside. After a week,i would open the room,shake him and wake him up.I have done this several times. He taught me the use of herbs but as i was not interested,i soon forgot about it. One day the priest and i decided not to sleep for eight consecutive days.We took nothing but tea every day.We spent the time in study and meditation.Around 10 p.m. we would go down to the ashram slowly and reach it around midnight.Sri Bhagvan used to come out about that time. We used to spend a ling time in His presence.We did it for four days.We could not manage without sleep on the fifth day.One can fast any number of days but cannot easily forgo sleep.On the fifth day,we went down to the ashram around midnight.Noticing how tired we were,Sri Bhagvan said,"Enough! Enough of your vows and other tricks.Go and eat." Feeling that we could not continue any further,we ate.That was the end of our vow.Again i started doing service to Sri Bhagvan. in Sri Bhagvan, sriram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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