University of London
At London University, I had to revise my opinion about my Indian brothers. An Indian, a professor of mathematics, was in the audience. He came from Bengal, a very respectful man. He was asking me questions full of love and respect.
Three questions he asked with the utmost respect. He came from a prominent family. He had read the Gita and all the Indian scriptures. (Other Indians, in spite of being very familiar with the Gita and with Indian spiritual ideas, would ask me all kinds of very silly questions.) His questions were so nice, so deep and sincere, so aspiring.
Now, when the meeting was over, I got a very nice surprise. A young man, accompanied by a few others, came up to me. He said they all would like to have a Centre in England. He said, "When you were giving your talk, suddenly I saw light all around you, and then wherever I turned my head, no matter which side I looked at, I saw only your face, on the walls, ceiling, everywhere. We would like to be your disciples. We want to have a Centre here."
So we agreed. We were very happy. Nine or ten persons came to the meditation the first time. It was held in the apartment of the young man. Then the following week about fifteen or sixteen came. Before we left England, it became about twenty-two. They were very dedicated and very serious. I gave two talks to them before I left.
One young girl in the group was studying law. She comes from New Zealand and, when she completes her studies, she will return to New Zealand. Her name is Carol, and she will run the Centre. She will open up a Centre in New Zealand when she returns and has already invited us to go there. She is very close and very sincere.
With this England Centre, I am so pleased. So many letters I have received from them since returning home to New York. They call their Centre "Little Chinmoy"!
They have sent Christmas and New Year's greeting cards which say "From Little Chinmoy." First we have the Chinmoy Family magazine, and now we have the Little Chinmoy Centre. They have given it that name. They are doing extremely well there. Carol is very wise and very dedicated. She is having inner experiences almost every day in the inner world.
