23 January

Nolini-da said to me: "Chinmoy, today you have to do two things for me. First of all you have to find an article I have misplaced. This article is going to be included in the new edition of my book Narir Katha, which the Ashram Press is going to print. I don't remember the name of the article, but I am sure you will be able to find it."

I searched for fifteen minutes and found the article, which was entitled E Juge Narir Adarsha.

"Now, your second task, Chinmoy, is to try to find the third part of Matri Bani. As far as I remember, I wrote it in a grey notebook."

I searched for the notebook in various places, ransacking all the drawer files and bookshelves. But Matri Bani was not to be found.

"Where could it have gone? Where could it have gone?" he exclaimed.

I said to him: "Nolini-da, perhaps you have given it to someone."

He concentrated for two minutes and then said: "No, definitely not! I have not given it to anyone. Look for it. You will find it."

He was right. In five minutes, to his great joy, I did find it.