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He felt that the Master could be his Master, but he expected all his brother and sister disciples to recognise him as their Master, for he felt he had hundreds of experiences, whereas they had none. He used to say, “I assure you that the Master has given me abundant occult power. If I tell you that I have occult power, you won’t believe me. But you can ask the Master and if the Master is sincere, then he will definitely tell you that he has granted me tremendous occult power.” So the disciples wrote to the Master and asked him about this.

The Master said, “I can’t say whether he has occult power or not. But if he has, then that occult power is not from me. It is from some other person, some other world.”

On hearing this, the man got disturbed, mad, furious. He gave up his self-styled leadership and left the Centre.