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Path of the Winged Heart PART:3

Maria had remembered it as being like a circus and it had changed a lot in ten years but so had she. It was during this trip in 1977 that she had first heard the term "crippled heart."

Her parents had heard that their former Guru of sorts was camping at a rural farm about an hour north of San Francisco and they decided to go see him. His name was Vee. Maria had remembered Vee. He laughed a lot and used to call her 'Magic Maria'. Vee had remembered her too.

When they arrived at the farm, Vee hugged her mother and father then looked at Maria, held his hand low and said, "I knew that you were magic. You have gone from this to this small to this tall", as he motioned low and high with his hand.

There were others who had come to see Vee. They sat around in a circle outside, reminisced and told stories. Then Vee gave one of his talks. Maria looked around and noticed tears streaking down some cheeks. Vee could do that. He could touch people in a way that could move them between laughter and tears.

After his talk, Vee retreated to a cabin and several people lined up to see him one by one. Maria asked her parents what the people lining up were doing and her mother explained that each of them had a question for Vee or were seeking guidance about something.

Maria got In line. She had waited for almost an hour. When she entered the cabin, Guru Vee was seated on the floor on a large pillow cushion. There was a small round table with three candles burning. On the other side of the table, directly across from Vee, there was another pillow cushion. Vee held out his hand towards the empty cushion.

Maria told him of her experience with Sally. Vee listened with an intense smile on his face, interrupting only once after she had told him of Sally spreading the lie at school. Then he had said, "Mark Twain said that a lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes."

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