The Story Of Swami Rama - Holybook

The Story Of Swami Rama
Says Mrs. Wellman in her letter:
….It was just the beginning of the year 1908 when I
first met this great soul. He was lecturing in San
Francisco. I went to hear him reluctantly. But with
his chant of OM, my mind was lifted, my very being
vibrated with a joy I never felt before. A heavenly,
blissful peace illumined me.
And I never missed another opportunity to feed upon
the bread of life he so freely gave. He also made an appeal
to Americans to help his people by going to India and
living as one of them in their very families. Quite a
number said they would go. But not one of them went.
One day I said to him, "Swami Rama, for what you have
done for me, what can I do for your people in
exchange?" He said, "You can do a great deal, if you
will but go to India." ―I will go," I replied. But friends
dissuaded and even derided me. Some said I was crazy to
think of going, especially as I had not sufficient money
to return. But Rama said, "If you really know Vedanta,
you would not fear, for you will find God in India the
same as in America." So did God the Divine Intelligent
Principle of life prove His all-sustaining power, through
the tender, loving care of my beloved Hindu brothers
and sisters, yea, my children. Yet five months elapsed
before I fulfilled my promise to our Blessed Rama and
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