This Treasure Was Meant For You One Sunday in 1971, Larry Rosenberg and I took a bus from Boston to Cohasset, Mass. Vedanta Centre to see Mataji Gayatri Devi as part of our quest for enlightenment. Mataji's sermon that day focused on not getting rid of our ego. She says "Mahatma Gandhi had a strong ego to win India Independence from Britain. We need a strong ego to get things done." Then she shared a story from the morning— "I marvelled at a tiny ladybug crawling on a leaf— we need to be attentive to all of God's creatures— big or small." After lunch, I went to their bookshop and bought a youthful Mataji photo meditating under a tree for 25¢. Purchased two hardcovers for 75¢ by her uncle Swami Paramananda— Emerson and Vedanta (1918) and Plato and Vedic Idealism (1924). Surprised to find The Vedanta Philosophy— Swami Vivekananda's Q&A at Harvard's Philosophy Department on March 25, 1896 published in 1901 for 25¢. I showed this book to Mataji, saying this rare volume should be kept in their library. She smiled telling me to put a quarter in the box— "You found it— this treasure was meant for you."           Peter Y. Chou           Mountain View, 2-6-2018 Youthful Mataji meditating under a tree The Vedanta Philosophy Original 1901 Edition Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)