Buying The Post

Last week I went to a candy store and bought the Post. It was not the Enquirer so luckily I was saved! My disciples always tell me I should not be seen buying the Enquirer, although reading it always amuses me. As I was buying the paper, a man with a moustache and beard asked me, "Are you Sri Chinmoy?"    

I smiled at him.    

He continued, "Are you really? I have come to your meditations at PS 86 on Parsons Boulevard."    

I was carrying a bag over my shoulder, so he said "Now you are carrying a bag."    

I said, "Now you see the difference from the way I am at meditation."    

He said, "No difference!"    

While I was paying for the newspaper, he was telling the shopkeeper, "He is Sri Chinmoy."    

When I was coming out of the store, he was still gazing at me.    

[Source: "Buying The Post" in Sri Chinmoy,  I Love Shopping, Part 1.  First published by Agni Press in 1985. Copied from the web pages of  www.SriChinmoyLibrary.com/Sri-Chinmoy-love-shopping/part1.]