A Special Connection with the Fourth UN Secretary-General, Kurt Waldheim
The morning of 14 June 2007, when Sri Chinmoy met with his students at the Hilton Hotel in San Diego before the formal function began, he related the following story regarding an inner experience with the fourth UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim.Sri Chinmoy: Do you believe in the soul’s connection? That means you do have a soul. Here is the proof. This morning I went out driving with Mahiyan, and Garima was the backseat adviser. I asked Mahiyan to bring me back in half an hour, but Mahiyan did not hear me. So much the better. I meditated and meditated for about 40 minutes. I was in a very high consciousness.
Mahiyan’s phone rang, but out of respect he did not answer. Then again the phone rang after a few minutes. I finished my very high and deep meditation. Then Mahiyan told me that Pulak had called him to give the news that Kurt Waldheim had passed away.
Can you imagine? Five minutes before the phone rang, I was not thinking of Kurt Waldheim – I was in my own consciousness. Then Kurt Waldheim’s soul came and gave me such a broad smile, a very, very beautiful, powerful smile, five minutes before I ended my meditation.
Waldheim very much liked me and appreciated me. When he was UN Secretary-General, the first time he saw me, he gave me a UN medallion. The second time I went to see him as Secretary-General, I presented him with a book I had written about him. Then when he was President of Austria, he was also very kind.
Five minutes before Mahiyan’s phone rang, in my meditation I saw Kurt Waldheim smiling such a beautiful, powerful smile. He was saying that he was not in the body. He was always so kind, so kind to me. I will do what is necessary for his soul tonight. He will see another aspect of mine, not only as his friend, but as a spiritual Master. I will do the needful.
Sri Chinmoy (later in the function, with special guests present): Let us offer for a moment our best wishes to the fourth UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim. He has left for his Heavenly abode. Let us send him our best wishes, and let us pray to God to nurture his soul with infinite Blessings and Love.
