We sat by a window, sipping the sweet, rich drinks.
"What do you *see*?" he asked.
I looked and saw our reflection superimposed on the image of the crowd.
"The people," I said. "They don't seem real."
"Yes," he agreed. "Theirs is a world of illusion."
9. Off The Map
"Something heavy has been going down in the inner worlds,"
Atmananda announced at a Centre meeting in late December, 1980.
"Can anyone *see* what it is?"
"Is Guru coming to visit us soon?" asked one disciple.
"No."
"Is the earth's psychic energy field getting progressively worse?"
tried another.
"Yes, but that's not it. Anyone else?"
"This is going to sound crazy," said Kara, a UCSD student who seemed
entranced by her own melodious voice. "But has Guru fallen?"
"Yes."
No one stirred.
"Why don't you elaborate, Kara?" said Atmananda.
"I first felt it a few weeks ago," she said, glancing at the ceiling
as if she were trying to recall something. "I was meditating on
the Transcendental but didn't *see* much light, ya know, and well,
I just thought it was me but it just kept happening, and like I
love Guru and all but..." Months later, Kara would be hospitalized
for a mental disorder.
"You have truly *seen*," praised Atmananda.
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