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What Happens to an Abhyasi Who Dies Prematurely?
The answer is obvious, because my Master has said, unless
we reach the liberation point within this lifetime, we have to be reborn
again. So the earnest abhyasi must make certain that he reaches at least
the liberation point during this lifetime.
We had an abhyasi in Coimbatore, in South India. He was very
earnest, and I had also intended to make him a preceptor for the Coimbatore
centre. He went on some work to Bangalore, and there he fell sick. Intense
stomach ache. They brought him back to Coimbatore and in three days
he was dead.
But just before he died, two, three hours before he died,
he called his mother to him and said, “Please don’t make a scene, don’t
weep or anything, just be quiet and leave the room.” So they all left
him alone. After half an hour he called his mother alone into the room,
and he pointed to the air above his bed, the atmosphere above his bed,
and said, “I am seeing the Divine light here, and this is the light
for which everybody has been meditating. I am going to die, but I am
happy. So I bid you good-bye.” And after half an hour he passed away.
Now I was unhappy with this because I had wanted to make
him a preceptor for that centre. He was a good soul you see. So I wrote
to Master. Master wrote back and said, “I see the soul sitting in a
corner, weeping.” He was able to see it in His vision, and then He said,
“Had he meditated one month more, he would not have to be reborn, because
he would have reached liberation point. As it is, he has to take one
birth more.” So you see, that emphasizes the need for very, very diligent
spiritual practice.
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