This was on my first visit to Shri Mataji’s flat in Napean Sea Road, Mumbai in July 1971. A week or so earlier while in Udaipur, Rajasthan where I was studying, a friend mentioned that he knew of someone who did healing through meditation. I needed healing, but also was desperate to find a guru. This fitted the bill, so to speak. Twenty four hours later, an eight hour bus ride and a twelve hour train journey found me in Mumbai trying to get details of Her address. A week later found me sitting in a taxi with someone who had been treated by Shri Mataji. At last we were on our way to Her place. When we arrived the lady who took me there pointed to Shri Mataji’s flat.
‘Go there and say you are here to see Mrs Srivastava,’ she advised.
A few moments later I was let in by Her servant. Shri Mataji came into the lounge.
‘How are you?’ She asked.
‘Happy,’ was my reply.
She then asked where I was from and I said I was from South Africa. Her next words took me by storm.
‘I will give you My powers and you can go back there and do My work,’ She said.
I sat there gaping. Me, a broken down, battered seeker! Not possible. This must some sort of a joke. But Shri Mataji was so vibrant and beautiful that I stayed put and am ever so glad I did.
Anonymous South African Sahaja Yogi
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