Appuswami Maharaj died 13 days
back.
Was he reckless? I have seen it
in a few other people, they take due care of others’ medical problems, that
being their duty but about the body they live in, they labour under an illusion
that it belongs to them and they let it languish. Surely one doesn’t need to
feel guilty to seek and follow proper medical advice. Some years back he was
bulky; did a crash course of dieting and rapidly became famished and reed like.
For the last few years his walking was a wobbling. Very often, almost every
day, he had to have massage from willing hands. Having suffered severe Chikun
guniya aches and being a subject to regular Migraine I could empathise with
him. That he is dead now and today is his Remembrance seems so unreal.
He worked very hard in the
development of the infrastructure in Madras Ramakrishna Mission Students’ Home
and the Multi speciality Dispensary in Salem Ramakrishna Mission and in
reviving the Dispensary in Coimbatore Ramakrishna Mission. If there is a Heavenly Bank recording good
Karmas, his account would be more than ample. A highly tagged monk had once
told him to be ready for greater responsibilities. He leaked that to his friends who in their
gossiping sessions, duly went about appointing him, one after another, Head of many
eligible centres of Ramakrishna Mission. He was sweet and ever ready with help,
his Training Centre batch mates recall. He was playing it safe with me and
carefully nurturing contacts that would further his prospects.
God sure has some good plans for him, I guess.
God sure has some good plans for him, I guess.
Hari Om Ramakrishna.
