I Dreamed About You
by Phalguna Dasa
Recently I read some stories about dreams that reminded me of an incident of a few years ago when I was distributing books at a concert in California. The distribution was sweet during the pre-concert hours, and we decided to do the "blow-out," that is, waiting until the concert ended and then stopping people as they were rushing to their cars.
Most people try to reach their cars and get out of the parking lot before the traffic jams, and the air is filled with extreme passion. On this day, as I saw the mass of youth coming out of the gates, I tried to apply the "sniper technique" in my distribution, where you choose one person in the crowd and focus on him or her.
I prayed, "Krishna, please show me the one person who is looking for these books." Then I saw him from a distance: he was a young man. I prayed as he approached me. "Excuse me," I said. He looked at me, and his jaw dropped in surprise. He said, "I dreamed about you!"
"What was your dream about?" I asked, equally surprised. "Well, you were dressed as a monk" (I was wearing regular clothes while on book distribution) "and you told me to stop smoking and drinking."
Then I took off my hat and showed him my shaved head and said, "Iam a monk, and now I am telling you . . . "
His eyes opened wide. He took a book and gave a kind donation. After he walked away I was left wondering at the different wonderful ways Krishna has to reclaim His dear but fallen souls. I myself need to reconfirm my faith at every step, faith that Krishna is with me and very kindly helps me.
