[lodsemelf]

Dear Bala, I guess...ESP is Earnest Student's Philosophy. Jolly Lo Gymkhanna.....may be true...as long as we don't succumb to a wrong path..it may take a bit more of the universal energy to help us out of it...when we ultimately meet the guru...just lets try to help the poor guy slog less for us.

Dear MM, There was a person who lived in the 1800s...he was a normal employee in government service...during his younger days...he was posted at a remote place in the nothern parts of India...just by chance...within a short time from the posting found himself in an isolated place...exhausted...lost in the jungle and mountains...the rest was history. Babaji chose to appear before him...talk to him...embraced him as disciple....even without this government employee making an effort...the person is the great Lahiri Mahasaya. Lahiri Mahasaya lived the life of a householder for the rest of his life...by his guru's instructions...and became the guru for hundreds and thousands of people during his life time. Lahiri Mahasaya was the guru of Sri Yukteshwar giri who was the guru of Yogananda Paramahansa (who wrote "The autobiography of a Yogi").

The above short recollection of history not only gives me joy in recalling, but, I hope would also give joy to people by knowing that such things do happen. This may not be an isolated incident. We come to know about this story only through the book mentioned above. There would have been thousands of such people whose names and life story never has reached a publisher.

Personally...I feel the wonder of guru's grace is the greatest creation of God..mother and father are pretty much competent here too...no offence meant.