Since 1993, Richard has been attending international pujas and has, several times, presented gifts to Shri Mataji from Malaysia. On one occasion this conversation occurred.
‘What is this?’ asked Shri Mataji.
‘It’s a fish,’ Richard replied.
‘It’s a dolphin,’ She insisted.
‘No, Mother, it’s a fish.’
‘It’s a dolphin.’
‘No, it’s a fish.’
After a while, he realised what an idiot he had been contradicting Shri Mataji, and thought, ‘My God, what have I done?’ But Shri Mataji was smiling all the time. At other times his mind was a total blank and he did not know what to say, even when he had rehearsed answers many times. On other occasions, when Shri Mataji asked him questions, his answers were always monosyllabic, for example when She was in Malaysia in 1998.
‘How is Malaysia?’ She asked.
‘Fine.’ (This was during a bad economic crisis)
‘How’s the economy?’
‘Fine.’
On a further occasion Richard had the privilege of carrying a stereo set for Sir CP from Singapore to MTDC, Ganapatipule, India, where Shri Mataji was staying,
‘This is a very good stereo set. It has a good sound system. Sir CP likes to listen to music and this will be good,’ Shri Mataji commented. Throughout the conversation Richard just said ‘Yes,’ to everything. It struck Richard that Shri Mataji appeared to be like any other ordinary person talking, but that facing Her, his mind usually went blank, in that he did not know what to think.
Richard Ng Bek Choon
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