| A seeker is thankful to distressing
energies as their troubling him draws H.H.
Dr. Athavale’s attention towards him I
was severely afflicted with distressing energies. I was literally
combating them constantly. Once when Mr. Panvalkar (a seeker of
Sanatan) visited the Dhamse (in Goa, India) ashram (hermitage)
he said, “We have to fight distressing energies. To fight
them we have a powerful weapon with us that is love. Use it to
fight them.” Since then I began speaking to these distressing
energies with affection, ‘Who are you and what do you want
from me? I want to devote myself to the cause of reinstating Righteousness
(Dharma). If I have troubled you in the past birth, please forgive
me, but please do not obstruct my spiritual practice. You, too,
can repeat (chant) The Lord’s Name. The distress that you
are experiencing will go away, and you will be able to make progress.’ I
would constantly make this prayer unto them. They would ridicule
this prayer but I would still surrender and pay obescience and
say, ‘It is because of you that H.H. Dr. Athavale paid attention
to me. So I am ever grateful to you.’ |
