As I was searching for alternatives, two things were for certain. One, that whatever I did had to be socially relevant. Getting back in business and making money to get rich was no longer an option. Furthermore, I did not wish to start something new for myself. I would be satisfied to give up a leadership role and work for others. As I was struggling with this second issue, I had a powerful dream.
In that dream, I was riding the small green bike I had as a boy. I was peddling very hard and fast and the speed was dizzying. It was as if the bike was in control, not me. My knees were almost reaching my chin, and I realized the bike was too small because I was now an adult.
I came to a roundabout and realized I was in the old neighborhood where I grew up in Allahabad, India.
With the great speed that my bike had attained, I somehow ended up at what looked at first like a farmhouse.
Once in front of the house, the bike came to a sudden stop. I noticed that three or four other people had come into the yard and were standing nearby.
From inside the house, an Indian monk stepped out onto the porch and addressed those who had gathered. “He is not here,” the monk said, indicating that whoever these people were looking for was not in the house.
Hearing this, the other people begin to disperse. But as the monk spoke, I noticed he motioned slightly with his head as if to indicate that I should look behind me. Until that time, I had not noticed that there was a small garden there.
Leaving my bike, I began to walk toward the garden. In the corner was a frail, old man about 90 years of age sitting cross legged. His skin was deep brown from spending hours in the sun.
I realized this was his ashram. He greeted me as if he had been expecting me, and motioned for me to sit down in front him.
I was now in a reverential mood and the old man said, “You are in the wrong place. You must start your own ashram.”
In the dream, my body felt a very strong vibration, and then the dream instantly vanished, and I was fully awake.
The dream was another message that I had no choice but to start a new organization.
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