In Her Light Wisdom Speaks (Talks with a Western Sadhu Disciple of Sri Anandamayi Ma)

When I met Sri Ma Anandamayee for the first time on the 2nd of February 1951 at Her Varanasi Ashram. I had come to India in search of a real Guru, Not just a teacher, but one of those mysterious great beings, who can by the their mere presence awaken in us the inner power which makes real Sadhana possible.

Can I recollect my first impression? Surprise, I believe. I expected to see an old lady with white hair but I found myself before a person looking fairly young with Her jet black hair falling on Her shoulders ….But the real happening was inside me. How to explain this? It was like somebody throwing a lighted match in gun-powder. You know that something extraordinary is going to happen, although it does not happen at the very moment. In that moment, I felt some-thing strange which I could not define. But, indeed, a few hours later after I had gone to my hotel hotel the explosion occurred – a feeling of unearthly joy and happiness.

I had found the Guru I was looking for. There was no shadow of doubt about that in my mind. What gave me this conviction? People call it ‘love’ but this English word is misleading for the wonderful relationship between Guru and disciple.