~~OM~~
Nothing can quite prepare you for what awaits you at the Devi Mandir. The books I had studied, whose words tended to float around in my head every day of my life, dropped away soon after my arrival. I found my well-enforced personality defenses unexpectedly disappearing and I turned into a stuttering child, suddenly unsure of herself. But through all my nervous stumblings and wordy questions, compassionate encouragement underlay everything.



