At a spiritual camp at Krishnalaya in 1992, a group of devotees was sitting in satsanga with Gurudev, who was seated in front of a row of stately fir trees next to his kutiya. A devotee, her mind filled with thoughts about Gurudev’s delicate health and advancing years [75], asked: “Swamiji, is it true that the Guru’s blessings to his devotees increase after he has dropped his body?”
Gurudev answered: “If he is a real Guru, he will have dropped his body long ago. The physical Guru you think you see before you is only the mind’s projection. The real Guru is always there, ready to bless you.” His blessings, though unspoken, came powerfully and in a myriad ways.