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It is evening, peak rush time of vehicles on the roads in Bombay. I am waiting for a taxi to reach Cross Maidan, where Osho is giving discourses on Bhagavadgeeta at 6:30pm. I am getting desperate after waiting for fifteen minutes. So many taxis are passing before me, but all are already occupied. I wonder where all these people are going, why someone is not giving me a ride. It getting too late and I feel frustrated and helpless. As a last chance, I start praying in my heart, asking existence to help me to reach in time for discourse. I relax and let go and the miracle happens. A car stops near me. Someone opens the front door. I peep in.
I can’t believe my eyes. Osho sitting in the back seat greets me with a smile and Ma Laxmi, who is driving, asks me to sit by her side in front. My mind is blown away. There is deep silence in the car and I feel drowned in it. My eyes close with gratitude and tears start flowing.
In a few minutes
we reach Cross Maidan. I get out of the car and rush to touch His feet,
but there is already a big group of people surrounding Him. Everyone is
touching His feet and He is bending every time to touch their heads. It
is too much. So many people are surrounding Him; it is difficult for Him
to move even an inch. Laxmi looks at me and we both start pushing people
to the sides, and stretch our arms, working like a wall on both His sides.
Still two minutes distance takes about ten minutes for Him to reach the
podium. He greets the audience with folded hands and sits cross-legged
in Buddha posture with His eyes closed. I find my place in the front row
on the ground. I look at Him. There is no sign of any tiredness on His
face. He looks so fresh and luminous like an angel who has just arrived
on the earth.
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