5 Oct 2010

Krishna from the Heart

This is Santushta (seen here with a dog from a shelter in Kenya). Santushta has experienced something very special indeed with Swami Vishwananda! He knows Swamiji for quite some time already and has once again brought Swami to Kenya.
Here is the story:
One evening, during dinner, Swamiji gave Santushta half of a very acidic fruit and said "Try it! It tastes good!" Swamiji himself ate the other half and made a rapt face and said "Ahhh sooo sweet! I love it!" Santustha screwed his face at the taste of the sour fruit and asked Swamiji "Who are you to like something like that?!" Swamiji: "Do you really want to know?" Santushta: "Yes, why not?" Swamiji: "Have you no fear?" Santushta: "No, why should I?" Swamiji then turned to him and told him "Put your hand on my heart!" Santushta laid his hand flat on Swamiji's heart. Then Swamiji said after a moment "Take it!" Santushta did not understand ---- So Swamiji repeated it, "Take it!" Then slowly Santushta closed his hand and suddenly he felt something in it. He opened his hand and looked: there was a wonderful statue of Krishna! Swamiji had just materialised a statue of a dancing Lord Krishna in Santushta's hand!