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I merely mention this to give confidence to my readers, as I am about to describe a moral cataclysm which subsequently took place in my sixth sense, which would be of no importance in the case of an ordinary chela, but which was attended with the highest significance as occurring to a mahatma who had already attained the highest grade in the mystic brotherhood.
We are all up a tree, I tell you. The shots ceased. There was a sound of stumbling feet, and Kim hurried upward through the gloom, swearing like a cat or a country-bred. 'Did they wound thee, chela? called the lama above him. 'No. And thou? He dived into a clump of stunted firs. 'Unhurt. Come away. We go with these folk to Shamlegh-under-the-Snow.
Tiny face, tiny hands, tiny feet-a contrast to her spiritual magnitude! I put some questions to a near-by woman chela while Ananda Moyi Ma remained entranced. "The Blissful Mother travels widely in India; in many parts she has hundreds of disciples," the chela told me. "Her courageous efforts have brought about many desirable social reforms. We have to mother her; she takes no notice of her body.
'We will begin tomorrow, and a blessing on thee for showing old feet such a near road. A deep, sing-song Chinese half-chant closed the sentence. Even the priest was impressed, and the headman feared an evil spell: but none could look at the lama's simple, eager face and doubt him long. 'Seest thou my chela? he said, diving into his snuff-gourd with an important sniff.
So rich and poor vied in giving their best to the holy wayfarers, and sought not to intrude on the meditations or privacy of lama and chela, and welcomed the cheery company of the more worldly lay brother who could crack a joke or empty a mug with any man and pitch the stone quoits or shoot an arrow in the archery contests better than the village champion.
This person corresponds at the other extremity of the scale to our second class of departed entities, the chela awaiting reincarnation, but in this case, instead of obtaining permission to adopt an unusual method of progress, the man is defying the natural process of evolution by maintaining himself in Kâmaloka by magical arts sometimes of the most horrible nature.
Then he would shake his head benignly, and over the ever-clicking rosary point out how free that elephant-calf was from the sin of pride. Rich would be the reward of such a master and such a chela when the time came for them to seek freedom together! So did the lama speak, coming and going across India as softly as a bat.
"The man immediately hurled himself over the cliff. Babaji instructed the shocked disciples to fetch the stranger's body. When they returned with the mangled form, the master placed his divine hand on the dead man. Lo! he opened his eyes and prostrated himself humbly before the omnipotent one. "'You are now ready for discipleship. Babaji beamed lovingly on his resurrected chela.
'How can I be sick if I see Freedom? He rose unsteadily to his feet. 'Then I must get food from the village. Oh, the weary Road! Kim felt that he too needed rest. 'That is lawful. Let us eat and go. The Arrow fell in the Plains ... but I yielded to Desire. Make ready, chela. Kim turned to the woman with the turquoise headgear who had been idly pitching pebbles over the cliff.
I hope Mr Lurgan will note my action. Kim yawned and stretched himself. It was good to turn and twist within loose clothes once again. 'What is this? He looked curiously at the heavy duffle-stuff loaded with the scents of the far North. 'Oho! That is inconspicuous dress of chela attached to service of lamaistic lama.
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