I was in a boat with Maharajji and he told me to jump in the water. I was afraid and said, "Maharajji, I can't swim. I'll drown." Maharajji pointed to a high bridge and said, "If the right time has not come, you could jump from that bridge and not die." As he said that I felt great faith and jumped in, and it was only up to my waist.

Sri Neem Karoli Baba Maharaj
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“Through Maharaj-ji I came to perceive life in spiritual terms. In him I found new depths of compassion, love, wisdom, and power, and his actions stretched my understanding of the human possibility. I recognized in him an alliance of the human and the divine.”

— Ram Dass, from Miracle of Love

Sri Neem Karoli Baba Maharaj
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What was it about the darshan that captured us? Was it the many levels and changes, or the moments of timelessness, or perhaps the intimacy and love? Or was it the talking and chiding and humor, or maybe the purity? Then, of course, perhaps it was the touching of the feet. Or was it all of them...Or none of them? Was the connection perhaps a subjective one, beyond our dualistic experiencing? Maharaji, who are you? Are you other than our very Selves?

There is no answer. There is no question, really. There is just darshan, which is Grace.

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