Mother: My son, the Master will protect you. May you attain knowledge and illumination.
Then she said to another monk, "You are all monks; it is very harmful for you to keep connection with householders. It is bad even to be in the vicinity of worldly people."
KOALPARA
27th May 1919
Disciple: Mother, so many days have passed! What have I achieved?
Mother: Pulling you free from worldly tribulations the Lord has placed you at His holy feet. Is this not a rare fortune? Yogen (Swami Yogananda) used to say, "Whether I perform spiritual practices or not, I am free from worldly botherations." Don't you see how much I suffer from Maya owing to Radhu?
Disciple: I want to practise Sadhana in a solitary garden for some days.
Mother: This is the time for such practices. One must do them at a young age. And you shall do so, of course. But be careful about your food. Because of too much austerity, Yogen suffered terribly until at last he died prematurely.
KOALPARA
29th May 1919
Disciple: ……Babu doesn't visit the Math any more. Nor does he call on you here. Why is he acting like this?
Mother: True, he didn't see me when I was in Calcutta.
Disciple: He is an old devotee; how did this change come over him?
Mother: All this is the outcome of his past deeds. The actions of many births had accumulated. At long last he has been forced to yield to their effect. But all these accumulated waves of past actions will pass off. He will be liberated in one birth.
Disciple: If everything happens in accordance with His will, then why does He not cut away the bondage of Karma?
Mother: If it is His will, He can certainly cut it all away. But don't you see that even the Master had to suffer from the consequences of his past deeds. Once his elder brother Ramkumar, while in delirium, was drinking water, when the Master took away the glass from him. Annoyed at this, Ramkumar cursed him, saying, 'As you have prevented me from drinking water, so you too