I drank no water . Still I saw not the Way . They pressed food upon me and cried at my shut door . So I removed myself to a hollow under a tree . I took no food . I took no water . I sat in meditation two days and two nights , abstracting my mind ; inbreathing and outbreathing in the required manner ... Upon the second night -- so great was my reward -- the wise Soul loosed itself from the silly Body and went free . This I have never before attained , though I have stood on the threshold of it . Consider , for it is a marvel ! ' ' A marvel indeed . Two days and two nights without food ! Where was the Sahiba ? ' said Kim under his breath . ` Yea , my Soul went free , and , wheeling like an eagle , saw indeed that there was no Teshoo Lama nor any other soul . As a drop draws to water , so my Soul drew near to the Great Soul which is beyond all things . At that point , exalted in contemplation , I saw all Hind , from Ceylon in the sea to the Hills , and my own Painted Rocks at Such-zen ; I saw every camp and village , to the least , where we have ever rested . I saw them at one time and in one place ; for they were within the Soul . By this I knew the Soul had passed beyond the illusion of Time and Space and of Things . By this I knew that I was free . I saw thee lying in thy cot , and I saw thee falling downhill under the idolater -- at one time , in one place , in my Soul , which , as I say , had touched the Great Soul .
Also I saw the stupid body of Teshoo XXXXX lying down , and the hakim from Dacca kneeled beside , shouting in its ear .
Ceylon Hills Kim Lama Sahiba Such-zen Time cot days nights