"A few days ago," he continued, "when I stopped drinking Tab, I knew something was up. This morning when I woke, I looked at my body. There was nothing but Light. I suddenly understood. It was all so simple."
He paused. "Who am I?" he asked.
Dead silence.
"Don't all answer at once."
Nervous laughter.
"I thought you were a man named Atmananda who meditated extremely well," said a man.
Atmananda did not reply.
"Are you a doorway to eternity?"
"Please—no philosophy tonight," he said sharply. "Who else?"
After several more tries, a devotee suggested that he was Vishnu, a Hindu godhead.