There's a problem. It's about P.L. - do you know who he is?[[A visitor who has been staying in the Ashram for some time. ]]

He is one of the dignitaries of the Roman Curia.

He's going to be appointed bishop in [such and such a country].

So there's a problem. He is an important person, and he wantsto leave everything - this whole Christianity he rejects, he no

longer wants it. He wants to leave his Church, his episcopate,

everything, and remain here. He has "found" something here.

Yes, and he wants to leave everything. But it's a problem,because the slightest thing may cause scandals in Italy. The

Communists are always ready to seize on the least opportunity:

a priest who gives up the frock ... Not only a priest, but an

apprentice bishop of the Roman Curia. So he would like it to

take place without scandals. But how should he go about it?

He is very good. He has something. He has experiences with SriAurobindo, he sees Sri Aurobindo. But there too, there's a pro

blem. First, he needs your force: he's a man without much

force vitally and physically. When he goes out of his body ...

The other day, he saw Sri Aurobindo at the Samadhi, and at

the same time his body was being devoured by wild beasts and

thrown out of his bed. He is attacked, he needs to be protected.

Vitally and physically, he is weak. So you understand, if he

goes back to Rome, those people won't let him go without a

battle.... He'd like to ask you how he should proceed?

Yes, and he is employed in Rome's Court, he looks after divorcecases. So on the one hand he needs your force to carry out this

operation - it really is an operation - and then, what's the way

to avoid a scandal? He told me he is the right-hand man of

Cardinal T. [[Cardinal Tisserant, who died in 1972. ]]: "Should I use my influence with Cardinal T. to

be given a sort of mission outside Rome, in Africa or in India,

gradually distancing myself from Rome, keeping out of the

limelight, and then disappearing? Or should I directly speak to

the Pope and tell him clearly all that's going on?..." Because

you know that when the Pope came to Bombay, P.L. was with

him in the plane....