“I am unlimited! I am the cosmos!”

 

(from "Goddess and Guru"):

“Despite the impression of some, Guruji isn’t some kind of superhuman,” Alok said recently. “In fact, what I really relished about him is the fact that he was a normal human being, with the same limitation sand failings as the rest of us. To assume that Guruji never got sick, or felt down or upset about things that’s not correct.”

He recalled the time when a woman asked Guruji to counsel her and her husband when they were experiencing serious marital difficulties. The attempt was a debacle—the husband became hostile, openly insulting Guruji and mocking the entire attempt.
“Soon after this, Guruji and I went out for an evening stroll,” Alok said. “He seemed quite dejected. He told me that he really wanted to see this couple live happily together. It was clear that the encounter was weighing on his mind and making him feel quite down.”

All at once, however, Guruji stopped his ruminations and said “Chod do!” (Hindi for “Leave it!” or “Let it go!”) Then he looked up at the sky and intoned, “I am unlimited! I am the cosmos!”
“This seemingly simple affirmation changed the whole atmosphere,” Alok recalled. “A dramatic shift took place. Guruji was his usual self once again. He then turned to me and said, ‘If you look at bhakti yoga, jnana yoga or any of these practices, there is only one underlying principle that makes them work —and that is vairagya, detachment. The ability to detach and let go when needed is very, very, very
important.’

“Whenever needed,” Alok concluded, “Guruji was able to connect with the cosmic force and not be limited by all the things that we as humans typically suffer from—pain, pleasure, all of that. For me, that is really where he really contributed to our evolution and growth as human and spiritual beings. He
showed us a benchmark. He showed us a way it can be done.”