A very strange phenomenon occurred while living with Swamiji (Swami Vivekananda) at the garden-house. In those days we all slept together side by side, in a room downstairs; for, we had not enough bedding worth mentioning. We had a big mosquito-curtain, which we put up, and all took shelter under it. One night I slept near Swamiji; there were Shashi Maharaj (Swami Ramakrishnananda) and some others as well. Suddenly I woke up to find the inside of the whole curtain flooded with a brilliant light. Swamiji had been by my side; but now I could not find him there. Instead, there slept a number of Shivas—all of the age of seven or eight years, without clothes and white in colour, and their heads covered with matted hair. It was the light, emanating from their bodies, that lit up the place. As I looked on I was dumbfounded at the sight. I could not understand anything at first. I thought it was a hallucination; so I rubbed my eyes and again looked at it—there slept Shivas, sure enough, just as before. So I was in a fix and sat up with wonder; I did not lie down again. Besides I was afraid, that I might touch them with my feet unconsciously during my sleep. So I spent the whole night in Meditation. When the day dawned, I found Swamiji sleeping just as before. When I told him everything, he laughed heartily. *Source:* For Seekers of God by Swami Shivananda