13. My father's occult power

My father had other kinds of occult power, as well as the ability to remove bones from people’s throats. He could look at a pumpkin while it was still on the vine and say how many seeds were inside. When we would cut it up and count all the seeds, it would be exactly the number he had said. That I saw only twice, but other members of my family saw it many times. My father could also take away very severe headaches. When I was a little boy, I used to beg him and beg him to teach me occultism. He never did, but by the time I was thirteen or fourteen years old, occultism descended on me like a torrential rain.

From:Sri Chinmoy,Awakening, Citadel Press, Edinburgh, 1988
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