Swamiji's meditation in childhood

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NAMASTE

 

The following paragraph might, as Dilipbhai told me, resolve a current

discussion on the list:

 

From VIVEKANANDA A BIOGRAPHY by Swami Nikhilananda: At this time (childhood)

he (Swamiji) daily experienced a strange vision when he was about to fall

asleep. Closing his eyes, he would see between his eyebrows a ball of light

of changing colours which slowly expand and at last burst, bathing his whole

body in a white radiance. Watching this light he would fall asleep. Since

it was a daily occurrence, he regarded the phenomenon as common to all

people, and was surprised when a friend denied ever having seen such a thing.

Years later, however, Narendra's spiritual teacher Sri Ramakrishna, said to

him, " Naren, my boy, do you see a light when you go t sleep? " Ramakrishna

knew that such a vision indicated a great spiritual past and an inborn habit

of meditation. The vision of light remained with Narendra until the end of

his life though later it lost its regularity and intensity.

 

Expect another experience early next week . . .

 

Hari Om

-Om Lala