"The people," I said. "They don't seem real."
"Yes," he agreed. "Theirs is a world of illusion."
9. Off The Map
"Something heavy has been going down in the inner worlds," Atmananda announced at a Centre meeting in late December, 1980. "Can anyone *see* what it is?"
"Is Guru coming to visit us soon?" asked one disciple.
"No."
"Is the earth's psychic energy field getting progressively worse?" tried another.
"Yes, but that's not it. Anyone else?"
"This is going to sound crazy," said Kara, a UCSD student who seemed entranced by her own melodious voice. "But has Guru fallen?"