“SIR, IS THERE ANY HOPE FOR ME?”

Vijay Krishna Goswami used to visit the Master, but he was closely connected with the Brahmo Samaj.

One day the Master said to him: “Vijay, please come alone one day to see me. I shall tell you something”. After some days Vijay came by himself to Dakshineswar, and the Master told him: “Look, Vijay, your involvement with the Brahmo Samaj does not suit your nature. You are a descendant of Advaita Acharya, a great devotee of Chaitanya. A fountain of devotion is hidden within. You should be wearing a rosary around your neck, putting marks on your forehead, and chanting the Lord’s Name, but instead you are involved with this socio-religious organization. Seeing you in this condition I feel bad, so I am telling you what is good for you”.

Vijay then fell at the Master’s feet and asked:

“Sir, is there any hope for me?”

“Of course”, - said the Master. “Be intoxicated with the Name of the Lord, and then His grace will well up within you”.

Vijay followed the Master’s advice, and a great change came over him. He spent most of his time repeating His mantram with a rosary, and he practised sadhana in many holy places. One day Vijay visited the Master, dressed like a Vaishnava [i.e., with rosaries around his upper arms and neck and marks on his forehead and nose].

Seeing him the Master said: “Very good! Your dress suits your nature. You are on the right track. It seems that the Lord’s Name is bubbling up from within. It has been suppressed for a long time, but now it will manifest itself”.

Vijay bowed down to the Master and said: “Sir, bless me. Don’t push me away. I know you are God himself acting like a human being”.

The Master replied: “The Mother knows everything. I don’t know anything. It is the Mother, who speaks and does everything through me”.