In Baba Muktananda’s Play of Consciousness, he tells the story of traveling to a distant realm through meditation, entering a dark place that we might call “hell”, and then seeing, seated upon a dark water buffalo decorated with flowers and silk, Yamaraja, the Lord of Death.

Yamaraja extended his hand in a gesture that represented fearlessness, and Baba was not afraid. Instead, he was delighted, “overjoyed and filled with gladness”.

Baba knew and embodied the idea that everything is to be welcomed, everything has its place, and everything is part of a divine process.

Read the transcript and find important links on the site: A Beautiful Thought - This Too is Lord: Episode 376