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Whenever he visited Lugano in Switzerland, Swamiji would have a treatment he called a pedicure, but it had nothing in common with getting your nails painted.<\/strong> It was an hour spent removing calluses and soothing the cracked skin that often afflicted him.<\/p>\n

When a group of us were vacationing with him in Taormina, Sicily, a friend and I both had conventional pedicures at a beauty shop there. My friend knew that Swamiji enjoyed his \u201cpedicure\u201d in Lugano and wanted him to have one here, too. When she presented the idea to Swamiji, I tried to explain to her that this was nothing like what he was used to, but she insisted on making an appointment anyway.<\/p>\n

The shop was some distance from the hotel and up two long flights of steep stairs. It was a strain for Swamiji to make the trek. When we arrived it was immediately obvious the treatment wasn\u2019t anything he wanted, and he left without taking it.<\/p>\n

On our way back to the hotel, for a few minutes I was walking alone with Swamiji. He asked me rather insistently, \u201cYou knew I wouldn\u2019t want that pedicure. Why did you let her make the appointment?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI tried to tell her, but she wouldn\u2019t listen. If I had insisted, it would have created disharmony and made her wrong in front of you. I didn\u2019t want to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Swamiji relaxed completely. \u201cOf course,\u201d he said, \u201cyou did the right thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

During a period of particularly strenuous work in one of our colonies, people were becoming a little impatient with one another. One person angrily confronted another with a list of his shortcomings.<\/p>\n

When Swamiji heard about it, he called everyone together. To be fair to both sides, he said, \u201cPerhaps he needed to have his faults pointed out to him, but it should not have been done in an angry way.\u201d Then he went to the real purpose of the meeting. \u201cIf you do nothing else that I have asked of you, please at least do this: Be kind to each other.\u201d The meeting lasted a total of two minutes. Swamiji had called them together just to say that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not concerned about the details of how things are done,\u201d Swamiji often told us. \u201cMy only concern is that they be done with the right energy. Right energy, above all, means with harmony. This world is nothing but energy, ruled by magnetism. If the magnetism is wrong, even if you are successful in the short run, in the end things will not turn out right. If the magnetism is good, especially if you work together in harmony, even if it takes longer because you have to take into consideration the feelings of others, in the end you will have a glorious success. That is the secret of Ananda.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Whenever he visited Lugano in Switzerland, Swamiji would have a treatment he called a pedicure, but it had nothing in common with getting your nails painted. It was an hour spent removing calluses and soothing the cracked skin that often afflicted him. 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