An aspirant’s son was plagued by a vision of a scary shadow every night. On asking Swamishri he replied, “Chant Swaminarayan. Your fear will disappear.”

“But the shadow intimidates me and tells me to remove the murti of Bhagwan Swaminarayan from the ghar mandir (home mandir),” the distraught youth informed.

Swamishri pacified him and advised, “It is all a figment of your imagination. There is nothing like that. Instead, by chanting Swaminarayan, your fear will go away. So do more bhajan. Don’t worry. Everything will turn out well.”

Then Swamishri explained the power of the Swaminarayan mantra.