Night of Nov. 22nd, 1998
I have had many experience given to me by Arabinda, Arindam, as he was known in the Ashram. He came to me before midnight and took me to a house by the sea. He told me of many places in the world, mentioning cities by name, where one could have the experience of the sea. He led me into a house (I remember a lady was walking or standing off to the right) in a fairly large room with an enclosed verandah overlooking the ocean. He then took me down a short flight of stairs to another room. I somehow remember sitting on a ledge where I was at eye level with him as he stood before me. Then I saw that he had a ripe green grape between his fingers. He very softly touched my left eye (at this point I had closed my eyes) with the grape, then my right, and then the center between my eyes. At this point I must have opened my eyes for I saw him very gently place the grape between my lips, after which I chewed it and swallowed it.
A very partial explanation has come to me. The ocean represents the possibility of the expansion of my consciousness, the grape the Divine Ananda which he was giving me by the Grace of Sri Aurobindo and Mother.