Michael Grant

Michael Grant: I went up to him after his lecture in the loft.  I had the same feeling I’d had on other occasions when I’d been to hear famous people in concerts.  I was always interested in going by after concerts to see musicians and singers, just to meet them and see what they were like.  I had a similar feeling after Swamiji spoke, so I went up and started talking.  But the experience was different from the others in that he wasn’t in a hurry.  He could talk to me, whereas with others all you could do was get in a few words.  They were always more interested in something else.  But he was a person who was actually showing some interest in me as a person, and I was so overwhelmed that I quickly ran out of things to say.  I was surprised.  Our meeting broke off on the basis of my not having anything further to say.  It was just the opposite of so many other experiences where some performer would be hurrying off to do something else.  This time, I was the one who couldn’t continue.