An Authentic Life 1.1 for pdf - Universalist Radha-Krishnaism

treat, grabbed my pack, caught a cab for the sixty mile
ride to the airport, and boarded the plane on time.
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It was four days after Swamiji's arrival. He got up
from his afternoon nap, walked into the front room,
and there I was. He was surprised because I was supposed
to be in Santa Fe. I explained what happened.
"Don't worry." Swamiji told me, "I will write a
letter to Krishna Devi and tell her to come back to
you. You can go back to Santa Fe tomorrow and everything
will be all right."
Swamiji and I went to evening worship at the
temple, and I spent the night at his place. When we
got back from the temple, Swamiji said he was hungry
and wanted to eat. It was ekadasi, a fast day when
grains were not eaten by devotees. Swamiji ordered
us to make curried potatoes with yogurt. When asked
what the dish was called, he gave a Bengali name that
meant "whatever happens to be around the kitchen."
He previously said yogurt shouldn't be eaten at
night because it gives bad dreams. When I asked
about this, he said, "Don't worry about that! We must
eat." I thought Swami wanted to make sure I ate well
due to my long trip.
The next morning, I flew back to Santa Fe.
Swamiji was calm in my presence, but I later learned
that he was deeply disturbed by the affair. Krishna
Devi was his disciple, and he performed our sacred
marriage ceremony. He wrote a letter for me to take to
her asking us to be an ideal couple cooperating in
Krishna consciousness.
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