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Otis attempted a brief summary of Kirlian photography, auras,
and electromagnetic waves, concluding with his intention to show
the world the wonders of the bhagwan's unique energy, on eight-
by-ten prints and in living colour.
The bhagwan smiled at some private joke, prodding the wires
sprouting from a contraption nearby with his immaculately
pedicured toes. He did it in the manner of a man removing a slimy
length of seaweed from his path.
'With
this
?' he asked, raising amused eyebrows.
Otis confirmed that, but was interrupted by a great pealing chime
of mad laughter that clattered out from somewhere high in the
bhagwan's throat, eliciting the predictable response from his minions,
one girl - one of
his
girls, no doubt - covering her mouth to suppress
hysterical shrieks of mirth.
'You plug your wires into this body,' the bhagwan informed Otis,
shutting off his own laughter as if he possessed a switch that
controlled it, 'and you will have no more tools to use on those who
may need them. This energy cannot be measured, Professor. Can
you harness the light of a million suns and measure
that
?'
Otis looked frustrated.
'No, no, no, my dear scientist,' the bhagwan continued. 'The
impossible is not possible for you, yes? This is foolish science. What
man thinks he can measure the Eternal? Does the Nothingness
possess specific gravity? Can you photograph
that
? Can you weigh
it? Can you put it in your petri dish and observe it? Can you exhibit
the Great Silence in a glass museum case? You cannot even
understand
it, my dear old man. Can you? I think there is no Nobel
Prize for ignorance, is there?'
Then he stood. So did all the orange people. He walked toward
the girl who had almost laughed herself incontinent, placing an
arm around her shoulder and leading her toward Otis. He then ran
the palm of his hand down from her neck over her body.
'Old man,' the bhagwan said to Otis, 'here is the energy of life.
Here is the only subject you should be researching. Otherwise you
will die without ever knowing you were born. Science of life, not
science of death. Look at your old body, sir. The life is ebbing away.
Do not waste the little time with dead things. You must
experience -
