A group of Datta’s students planned to meet for a satsang (a gathering of spiritual community) session on a recent Saturday. The night before, I learned that the next day was the birthday of one of Datta’s students. I won’t say his name, so as not to embarrass him. He has helped and served so many people in the community, and he is much beloved. Unfortunately, he said that he wasn’t going to the satsang. He is a very busy person.

The next morning, I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I really wanted him to attend so we could celebrate his birthday. I decided to buy a card and flowers just in case. I called another friend to see what she thought. She had talked to the “Birthday Boy,” and he was definitely not coming. On the bright side, her husband had miraculously decided she should go on her first India trip for Datta’s birthday, and she was leaving in less than a week.

Then I called friend #2 who is good at manifesting. I asked her to keep the intention that the “Birthday Boy” would come. Before we finished the call, friend #1 called back to say that “Birthday Boy” had just called and informed her he was coming! Friends #1 & #2 immediately got gifts together.

I then left a message for friend #3, the satsang hostess. In ten minutes, friend #3 called back and said, “I have birthday cupcakes baking in the oven.” Then she started to cry. Her son had called that morning to inform her he was paying to send her on Datta’s Birthday India Trip (in less than a week).

Everyone arrived safely for the satsang. It turned out that we were meditating in a living room with huge windows right across from the ocean. The forecasted fog never arrived. Instead, the sun, sky, and sea were glorious. Datta and the goddesses were very much present. It was incredible how everything came together perfectly…

Actually, I had the impression that Datta had worked through each of us, giving us the right thought and action necessary so that “Birthday Boy” [and all of us] would be richly blessed.