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Sir, this is a Thai Restaurant - Ashish from Delhi shares his unbelievable experience
I am herewith sharing with you an totally unbelievable experience and whenever i think and talk about it , i become totally COLD ...as i am now.
This goes back in the year 2012 when i had gone to Goa with my brother. We were staying in the property 'Lemon Tree', which has one of the best Thai restaurant in town. Me and my brother sat down for a meal in the evening ...it was not even a minute that by brother complained of stomach ache and told me he would go to the room and have some medicine and in the meantime i order some food.
My brother loves sea food so without releasing that it was a Thursday and moreover that i had quit Sea food , i took the Menu and started ordering Food-SEA FOOD and what next .....I SEE MY GURU SITTING IN FRONT OF ME WITH A BIG SMILE...it did not take me 1,2,or 3 seconds but at least 10 to 15 seconds to realize what had happen and all my Guru said with a big smile 'BETA MACHI(fish) KHA RAHA HAI" and i just started crying and pleaded with him for mercy...and all he said politely was that don't repeat it again....and next he were gone.
The waiter standing next to me for 5 minutes did not know what went wrong and whom i was talking to( must have thought that i am mad) and that got confirmed to him as the next thing i asked him was DAAL and AALU...he very softly replied...Sir this Thai restaurant.
I am herewith sharing with you an totally unbelievable experience and whenever i think and talk about it , i become totally COLD ...as i am now.
This goes back in the year 2012 when i had gone to Goa with my brother. We were staying in the property 'Lemon Tree', which has one of the best Thai restaurant in town. Me and my brother sat down for a meal in the evening ...it was not even a minute that by brother complained of stomach ache and told me he would go to the room and have some medicine and in the meantime i order some food.
My brother loves sea food so without releasing that it was a Thursday and moreover that i had quit Sea food , i took the Menu and started ordering Food-SEA FOOD and what next .....I SEE MY GURU SITTING IN FRONT OF ME WITH A BIG SMILE...it did not take me 1,2,or 3 seconds but at least 10 to 15 seconds to realize what had happen and all my Guru said with a big smile 'BETA MACHI(fish) KHA RAHA HAI" and i just started crying and pleaded with him for mercy...and all he said politely was that don't repeat it again....and next he were gone.
The waiter standing next to me for 5 minutes did not know what went wrong and whom i was talking to( must have thought that i am mad) and that got confirmed to him as the next thing i asked him was DAAL and AALU...he very softly replied...Sir this Thai restaurant.
We all belong to a SOUL GROUP - An interesting opinion from Monikka
U have lived for many lifetimes n u have lived it with many of whom u я associated with; be it family ties or even those who don't really get along with u or try to harm u emotionally, physically n spiritually. All belong to a SOUL GROUP! U all have travelled together for lifetimes. U have all shared various relationships with each other. Father, mother, wife, grandparents, uncle aunt, brother sister, in laws, friends, servants, neighbours, driver n even many a times So-called enemies. Each person belonging to the Soul Group tries to help the other move spiritually n reduce the Karmic baggage. Sometimes the soul that loves u the most, might willingly take birth as an Enemy or a tormentor in a lifetime, just to help u work out ur karma. Thus imagine, a person who u think hates u or wants to finish u off n in return u hate, might be ur greatest well-wisher Spiritually. He or She may be responsible for ur ur turning spiritual or compassionate. That very person who is creating hell in ur life may bring u closer to God and prayers and spirituality but is doing so in a manner that hurts u in the present lifetime, but may be, that is the only way u will learn the lesson.
Sometimes a soul is reborn just to comfort u n be there like a rock of strength. So tell me, Who is ur friend n Who is ur enemy? May be they all я ur Soul-family wanting to help u n u helping them in return.
Sometimes an opportunity comes in the form of a Disaster! Sometimes the only way God can find place in ur heart n life is thru pain n sorrow n turmoil. Life is strange n thus never form judgements or abuse or hate or say nasty things abt ppl. Who knows, u may be harming the one who loves u the most spiritually! We all я entwined in Karma n in God! Don't hurt or abuse or hate anybody as u don't know, u may be hurting ur dearest n most n most beloved, but u can't recognize it as the soul is wearing a different body in this particular lifetime.
U have lived for many lifetimes n u have lived it with many of whom u я associated with; be it family ties or even those who don't really get along with u or try to harm u emotionally, physically n spiritually. All belong to a SOUL GROUP! U all have travelled together for lifetimes. U have all shared various relationships with each other. Father, mother, wife, grandparents, uncle aunt, brother sister, in laws, friends, servants, neighbours, driver n even many a times So-called enemies. Each person belonging to the Soul Group tries to help the other move spiritually n reduce the Karmic baggage. Sometimes the soul that loves u the most, might willingly take birth as an Enemy or a tormentor in a lifetime, just to help u work out ur karma. Thus imagine, a person who u think hates u or wants to finish u off n in return u hate, might be ur greatest well-wisher Spiritually. He or She may be responsible for ur ur turning spiritual or compassionate. That very person who is creating hell in ur life may bring u closer to God and prayers and spirituality but is doing so in a manner that hurts u in the present lifetime, but may be, that is the only way u will learn the lesson.
Sometimes a soul is reborn just to comfort u n be there like a rock of strength. So tell me, Who is ur friend n Who is ur enemy? May be they all я ur Soul-family wanting to help u n u helping them in return.
Sometimes an opportunity comes in the form of a Disaster! Sometimes the only way God can find place in ur heart n life is thru pain n sorrow n turmoil. Life is strange n thus never form judgements or abuse or hate or say nasty things abt ppl. Who knows, u may be harming the one who loves u the most spiritually! We all я entwined in Karma n in God! Don't hurt or abuse or hate anybody as u don't know, u may be hurting ur dearest n most n most beloved, but u can't recognize it as the soul is wearing a different body in this particular lifetime.
Destiny is the fructifying of our positive and negative karmic stock - Himakar Tata
Remember folks, during the farewell function of any outgoing batch it was customary for us to sing "Those were the days, my friend". Didn't we all step out of school portals almost 37 years back with starry eyes. There was a spring in our step.We were then ready to conquer the world ahead to ' lead the life we choose, to fight and never lose".
It is only as we progressed over the years, that we slowly begin to accept the "karmic forces" at work which derailed the best of our plans and prevented their meticulous execution .
In my own case it seemed to be happening more often than not during my "turbulent twenties and thirties", the formative years from the professional point of view. Whereas people go to a guru under such stress, I decided to go to the " Naadi Jyotishyam" astrologers at Vaitheeswaran Koil,in Mayiladuthurai ( near Thanjavur, Tanjore in Tamil Nadu). Briefly speaking, this mode of exploring the karmic burden from past lives depends heavily on the matching of the thumb impressions on leaves stored in their library. ( The North Indian version is the Bhrigu Samskara at Hoshiarpur).
The above exercise confirmed what the author of Karma Sutra succinctly sums up as: "Destiny is the fructifying of our positive and negative karmic stock"
The verdict of the " Naadi Jyotishyam" astrologers left me quite crest fallen because the "pariharam"( penitent deeds ) that it suggested was neither easy nor in tune with my modernistic, Brahmo Samaj leanings.So , I ruled out elaborate ritual of feeding 25 Brahmin ladies for 25 Saturdays after doing prayers in the Vaitheeswaran Koil and followed by lighting of 38 lamps in the temple tank,symbolizing my 38 years of age at that time. With a demanding railway job and my cynicism with regard to time consuming rituals that do not benefit the common masses proportionately, I could not have put my heart and soul into it. I,therefore, let the whole exercise of penitence pass.
Instead I followed what Karma Sutra has prescribed " use your ingenuity and attitude to do the same thing differently and sow future seeds" ( page 8).
In the course of time, post the 1996" Naadi Jyotishyam" experience , my trials and tribulations continued to wreck my mental peace. After my mother's death in 1999 and with my sister's physical health deteriorating, I was checkmated in my domestic happiness. I was compelled to take what would have seemed an irrational and knee jerk reaction- taking a voluntary retirement 13 years before my superannuation. But then it was an action triggered by what Karma Sutra puts as" realization of futile possessions within oneself and finding one's true consciousness" ( page 11).
My numerous visits to the hospital and extended stays there for over 4 years in a row taught me ( and perhaps my sister, Himaja) an important lesson. It was through interaction with other patients and their caregivers who would drop into our cabin.That lesson is summed up by Karma Sutra " Help to alleviate their suffering, help them to learn about progressing and sharing the concept of 'service' or sewa with others "( page 12)
The chapter on Guru ( pages 16-26) made interesting reading for a person like who has always been arrogantly individualistic to surrender to any living human being in toto. You could blame it also on my westernized, modernistic interpretation of Hinduism- the non-ritualistic, non-idolatory worship as espoused by Raja Ram Mohun Roy's Brahmo Samaj. Perhaps , I was apprehensive that if was to go to a Guru, he too would prescribe some elaborate "pariharam"( penitence) for me akin to what the " Naadi Jyotishyam" astrologers had suggested.
Possibly, my Western influenced rationality in the early years turned me into a Doubting Thomas.I could never experience an Epiphany which is known to visit many ardent, submissive devotees.( like Mr. Hingori's visit to Mr. Merchant after a 95% cure for his arthritis duly testified by the 95% swing in the dongle of the planchet. Maybe, it is still not due belatedly even in my 56th year!
I was never overtly ambitious in my life. But I did harbour a desire to make a transition from a government servant in the Railways to that of a low lying, self-effacing Professor of Management/ Logistics by acquiring a Doctorate in Management from an American University through study leave granted by the Government . I preferred Transport Management, since I loved my job in Railway Operations as an Indian Railway Traffic Service Officer.
I was cautioned by the Naadi Jyotishyars to carry out my acts of penitence at the earliest failing which there would be continued obstacles to my progress. It was more out of self righteousness( I have not harmed anyone in this life!) that I decided that I would create good karma in my own simplistic manner. It was to be done through deeds of honesty, sincerity, magnanimity and compassion in my limited world of workplace and personal interaction. Indeed , people have often criticized me for being honest to a fault.
Would my problems have been alleviated had I simply surrendered to the diktats of Sage Vasistha in the palm leaves, regarding my penitentiary acts? Could I have changed my Fate in that manner? It is anybody's guess
The pages from 30-36 to give a very sound explanation behind the need to carry out some traditional rituals. I have begun to appreciate them after going through the author's analytical explanation. Their elaboration in pages 50 to 84 is very helpful.
I am inspired for the forthcoming mission in my life by Mr. Hingori's observation"Providing educational help is providing abetter lifestyle not just for one but for a multiple of one." The page on " Pitra peeda" made extremely interesting reading. In my lifetime, I have often been moved to tears by the plight of my mother,sister, all her sisters and my own sister. I was a witness to the fall in the fortunes of my maternal grandmother and her mother, which left them scrounging for help from their children in their old age. The lives of all the ladies on my maternal side, spanning over four generations,were characterized by intense suffering in the prime of their youth.
Perhaps only an enlightened man like Guruji could have said what went wrong down the line in the seven generations of ladies in our family. And yes, we should cultivate our inner faith in the Antim Shradh at Gaya and other pitra peedas at Triambakeshwar and Kurukshetra. But for this we require someone who is not as mercenary as the priests thronging around you at these places. Maybe, I need to stop and pause and try to find someone who can patiently guide me amidst all my volley of questions
However, the principle of non-acceptance of even a small gift , as espoused in pages 38 & 39, could end up hurting the feelings of others . As an eight year old boy attending a Muslim wedding, I proudly told my mother that I had controlled my greed by not accepting dates from an elderly person! My mother told me that I should have accepted the dates as it was the Muslim 'prasad'. Being one of the few Hindu boys at the wedding, I may have sent the wrong signals of an orthodox Brahminical upbringing at home ! Whereas ,it was just the contrary. My parents were extremely liberal and cosmopolitan in their interaction.
Coming to page 73, I was so happy to discover that Mr. Hingori have astrological analysis done for his employees. It reinforces my own belief in the external and inexplicable forces governing our lives. On the Japanese Railways, it is a practice to ascertain the bio-rhythms of drivers based on the day of their birth. This scientific analysis would determine his state of mental alertness and mental well being for the day, thereby bringing into focus his proclivity for causing accidents while driving.
In my erstwhile professional life as a team manager, I used to make my own simplistic analysis of the strengths of the staff working under me by finding out theirzodiac signs ( based on their correct date of birth).The net result ,as spelt out in Karma Sutra, "Empathy helps to understand people's moods , behaviour, slip ups and makes it easier for us to forgive" (page 73).
The best lesson for improving our mental well being is given at page 76 " Humility and acceptance of good fortune, lend a shade o goodness and greatness to an individual. Humility makes a person more expressive than impressive. It is a perfect seed to sprout good Karmas. Therefore one should aspire to be humble and lead to positive potential.
In page 82 ,Hingori has correctly summed up mental blocks affecting people like me in " believing in Aham Brahmasmi ( I am that ) or I am a part of the whole. I agree with him when he says that" the problem is logically and agreeing with the concept is one thing but sensing it beyond the intellect is another.". Maybe , I need to study the Yog Vasistha at some point of time.
Yes, to start with, the formula of "Diluting Doership" seems the easier step in realizing divinity in oneself.Perhaps "plastering negative karmas with overloads of positive ones"(page 84) could be thestarting point for a person like me with a low intellectual quotient and unable to grasp the profundity of seers.
Somewhere in my own random lifestyle ( especially during the last nine years),I have been practicing unconsciously what Hingori has advocated in page 102 " If you want to reduce sorrow, you must reduce joy."
I found it difficult to explain my resigning from the comfort zone of a 'prestigious'& decent paying government job to many friends. One lady who was highly influenced by the Landmark Personality Training Programme( Australian programme???) chided me for " punishing myself" unnecessarily.One man's meat is another man's poison! I guess when you are convinced that you are at a mental equilibrium without pressing the panic button often, then that is the testimony of your being on the right track!
Remember folks, during the farewell function of any outgoing batch it was customary for us to sing "Those were the days, my friend". Didn't we all step out of school portals almost 37 years back with starry eyes. There was a spring in our step.We were then ready to conquer the world ahead to ' lead the life we choose, to fight and never lose".
It is only as we progressed over the years, that we slowly begin to accept the "karmic forces" at work which derailed the best of our plans and prevented their meticulous execution .
In my own case it seemed to be happening more often than not during my "turbulent twenties and thirties", the formative years from the professional point of view. Whereas people go to a guru under such stress, I decided to go to the " Naadi Jyotishyam" astrologers at Vaitheeswaran Koil,in Mayiladuthurai ( near Thanjavur, Tanjore in Tamil Nadu). Briefly speaking, this mode of exploring the karmic burden from past lives depends heavily on the matching of the thumb impressions on leaves stored in their library. ( The North Indian version is the Bhrigu Samskara at Hoshiarpur).
The above exercise confirmed what the author of Karma Sutra succinctly sums up as: "Destiny is the fructifying of our positive and negative karmic stock"
The verdict of the " Naadi Jyotishyam" astrologers left me quite crest fallen because the "pariharam"( penitent deeds ) that it suggested was neither easy nor in tune with my modernistic, Brahmo Samaj leanings.So , I ruled out elaborate ritual of feeding 25 Brahmin ladies for 25 Saturdays after doing prayers in the Vaitheeswaran Koil and followed by lighting of 38 lamps in the temple tank,symbolizing my 38 years of age at that time. With a demanding railway job and my cynicism with regard to time consuming rituals that do not benefit the common masses proportionately, I could not have put my heart and soul into it. I,therefore, let the whole exercise of penitence pass.
Instead I followed what Karma Sutra has prescribed " use your ingenuity and attitude to do the same thing differently and sow future seeds" ( page 8).
In the course of time, post the 1996" Naadi Jyotishyam" experience , my trials and tribulations continued to wreck my mental peace. After my mother's death in 1999 and with my sister's physical health deteriorating, I was checkmated in my domestic happiness. I was compelled to take what would have seemed an irrational and knee jerk reaction- taking a voluntary retirement 13 years before my superannuation. But then it was an action triggered by what Karma Sutra puts as" realization of futile possessions within oneself and finding one's true consciousness" ( page 11).
My numerous visits to the hospital and extended stays there for over 4 years in a row taught me ( and perhaps my sister, Himaja) an important lesson. It was through interaction with other patients and their caregivers who would drop into our cabin.That lesson is summed up by Karma Sutra " Help to alleviate their suffering, help them to learn about progressing and sharing the concept of 'service' or sewa with others "( page 12)
The chapter on Guru ( pages 16-26) made interesting reading for a person like who has always been arrogantly individualistic to surrender to any living human being in toto. You could blame it also on my westernized, modernistic interpretation of Hinduism- the non-ritualistic, non-idolatory worship as espoused by Raja Ram Mohun Roy's Brahmo Samaj. Perhaps , I was apprehensive that if was to go to a Guru, he too would prescribe some elaborate "pariharam"( penitence) for me akin to what the " Naadi Jyotishyam" astrologers had suggested.
Possibly, my Western influenced rationality in the early years turned me into a Doubting Thomas.I could never experience an Epiphany which is known to visit many ardent, submissive devotees.( like Mr. Hingori's visit to Mr. Merchant after a 95% cure for his arthritis duly testified by the 95% swing in the dongle of the planchet. Maybe, it is still not due belatedly even in my 56th year!
I was never overtly ambitious in my life. But I did harbour a desire to make a transition from a government servant in the Railways to that of a low lying, self-effacing Professor of Management/ Logistics by acquiring a Doctorate in Management from an American University through study leave granted by the Government . I preferred Transport Management, since I loved my job in Railway Operations as an Indian Railway Traffic Service Officer.
I was cautioned by the Naadi Jyotishyars to carry out my acts of penitence at the earliest failing which there would be continued obstacles to my progress. It was more out of self righteousness( I have not harmed anyone in this life!) that I decided that I would create good karma in my own simplistic manner. It was to be done through deeds of honesty, sincerity, magnanimity and compassion in my limited world of workplace and personal interaction. Indeed , people have often criticized me for being honest to a fault.
Would my problems have been alleviated had I simply surrendered to the diktats of Sage Vasistha in the palm leaves, regarding my penitentiary acts? Could I have changed my Fate in that manner? It is anybody's guess
The pages from 30-36 to give a very sound explanation behind the need to carry out some traditional rituals. I have begun to appreciate them after going through the author's analytical explanation. Their elaboration in pages 50 to 84 is very helpful.
I am inspired for the forthcoming mission in my life by Mr. Hingori's observation"Providing educational help is providing abetter lifestyle not just for one but for a multiple of one." The page on " Pitra peeda" made extremely interesting reading. In my lifetime, I have often been moved to tears by the plight of my mother,sister, all her sisters and my own sister. I was a witness to the fall in the fortunes of my maternal grandmother and her mother, which left them scrounging for help from their children in their old age. The lives of all the ladies on my maternal side, spanning over four generations,were characterized by intense suffering in the prime of their youth.
Perhaps only an enlightened man like Guruji could have said what went wrong down the line in the seven generations of ladies in our family. And yes, we should cultivate our inner faith in the Antim Shradh at Gaya and other pitra peedas at Triambakeshwar and Kurukshetra. But for this we require someone who is not as mercenary as the priests thronging around you at these places. Maybe, I need to stop and pause and try to find someone who can patiently guide me amidst all my volley of questions
However, the principle of non-acceptance of even a small gift , as espoused in pages 38 & 39, could end up hurting the feelings of others . As an eight year old boy attending a Muslim wedding, I proudly told my mother that I had controlled my greed by not accepting dates from an elderly person! My mother told me that I should have accepted the dates as it was the Muslim 'prasad'. Being one of the few Hindu boys at the wedding, I may have sent the wrong signals of an orthodox Brahminical upbringing at home ! Whereas ,it was just the contrary. My parents were extremely liberal and cosmopolitan in their interaction.
Coming to page 73, I was so happy to discover that Mr. Hingori have astrological analysis done for his employees. It reinforces my own belief in the external and inexplicable forces governing our lives. On the Japanese Railways, it is a practice to ascertain the bio-rhythms of drivers based on the day of their birth. This scientific analysis would determine his state of mental alertness and mental well being for the day, thereby bringing into focus his proclivity for causing accidents while driving.
In my erstwhile professional life as a team manager, I used to make my own simplistic analysis of the strengths of the staff working under me by finding out theirzodiac signs ( based on their correct date of birth).The net result ,as spelt out in Karma Sutra, "Empathy helps to understand people's moods , behaviour, slip ups and makes it easier for us to forgive" (page 73).
The best lesson for improving our mental well being is given at page 76 " Humility and acceptance of good fortune, lend a shade o goodness and greatness to an individual. Humility makes a person more expressive than impressive. It is a perfect seed to sprout good Karmas. Therefore one should aspire to be humble and lead to positive potential.
In page 82 ,Hingori has correctly summed up mental blocks affecting people like me in " believing in Aham Brahmasmi ( I am that ) or I am a part of the whole. I agree with him when he says that" the problem is logically and agreeing with the concept is one thing but sensing it beyond the intellect is another.". Maybe , I need to study the Yog Vasistha at some point of time.
Yes, to start with, the formula of "Diluting Doership" seems the easier step in realizing divinity in oneself.Perhaps "plastering negative karmas with overloads of positive ones"(page 84) could be thestarting point for a person like me with a low intellectual quotient and unable to grasp the profundity of seers.
Somewhere in my own random lifestyle ( especially during the last nine years),I have been practicing unconsciously what Hingori has advocated in page 102 " If you want to reduce sorrow, you must reduce joy."
I found it difficult to explain my resigning from the comfort zone of a 'prestigious'& decent paying government job to many friends. One lady who was highly influenced by the Landmark Personality Training Programme( Australian programme???) chided me for " punishing myself" unnecessarily.One man's meat is another man's poison! I guess when you are convinced that you are at a mental equilibrium without pressing the panic button often, then that is the testimony of your being on the right track!
God realization needs little effort - Shri Ravi Trehan
Engrossed in the mundane activities of this material world and more often at certain crucial junctures of our life, we forget who we are and whom do we belong to. Mankind is the most exalted creation of the Lord. Human beings are like mobile temples worthy of worship. In this corporal frame, which is made of five 'tatvas' – earth, fire, water, air and space – (derived from nature) resides 'jeevatman' which is an inseparable part of 'Paramatman'. Five 'tatvas' that the corporal frame derives from nature are temporary, ever-changing and subject to destruction. But the 'jeevatman' that resides in the mobile temple came from the Lord Himself. It is permanent, primeval, everlasting and ultimately merges into the Lord Himself. Purer the mind, easier it is to perceive the presence of Paramtatva in every living being that we come across. Earnest desire to realize Atamtatva (which is inseparable part of Paramtatva) and to render selfless service to His creation is, in fact, serving the Lord Himself. This is Karmayoga.
Where we have faltered is that we are so intensely attached to the illusionary material world that we regard it (and the human body) as the real one, stable and permanent whereas these elements are temporary, ever-changing and destructive. This present moment goes into the past instantly and the next moment of future becomes present in a moment. Future becomes present and present becomes past so momentarily that we are unable to even keep track of it. And yet we keep revolving around our ego-centric desires so intimately and confidently that we take it for granted that I, me, mine and the material world is the ultimate and we keep living in that myth. In the process, we distance ourselves from the real, eternal and everlasting Supreme Soul. Ignorantly, we strayed from the reality and forgot that the unreal has no permanent existence and the real never ceases to be. Alas! we forget our real self (atam-swaroop) and our relationship with the Supreme Soul (Brahm-Swaroop). Knowledge about the temporary nature of this material world and our eternal relationship with God, is Gyanayoga.
Every single human being, irrespective of his family background, social status, educational qualification, adequately possesses the basic knowledge to realize and understand the relationship of 'atam-tatva' and the 'Brahm-tatva' and with little effort let one merge into the other. Ironically, we are trying to search God in the outside world, whereas the fact is that He has always been with us. He already resides within our own-selves and we are His ansh (part). It is like all the sunrays getting together and resolving to find the Sun; whereas, in reality, we all know that sunrays are inseparable part of Sun itself. The most beautiful situation is that this relationship has been existing ever since the creation of this Universe. It is just a matter of accepting this ultimate truth. Unconditional surrender unto the lotus feet of the Lord and a firm conviction that you belong to Him and He belongs to you and both are one entity, is Bhaktiyoga and is the easiest path to God realization. Just as we ignorantly gave recognition to this perishable human body and ever changing material world as the real one; it is so simple, effortless and natural to accept the reality that Jeevatman belongs to Paramatma and Paramatman belongs to Jeevatman and both have an eternal relationship.
To put it in a lighter vein, God has a child-like nature. If you tried to give one chocolate (out of a bunch that you are holding in your hand), the child would not be satisfied with one piece but would insist on having the entire bunch. Similarly, if you tried to partially surrender yourself to God, he would not feel satisfied. Surrender to Him, has to be total and unconditional. Thereafter, His benevolence makes a definite commitment and gives us many options as enunciated in the following shlokas of Bhagwad Gita (Chapter 12, shlokas 6 to 12) :
"For those who are solely devoted to me, surrendering all actions to me, worship Me, constantly meditating on Me with single minded devotion, Arjuna I speedily rescue them from the ocean of birth and death, their mind being fixed on Me.
Therefore, fix your mind on Me only and establish your intellect in Me alone, thereafter you shall live in Me. There is no doubt about it.
If you are not able to fix your mind steadily upon Me, Arjuna, then seek to attain Me through the yoga of constant practice.
If you are unable even to practice ABHYAS-YOGA, be you intent on performing actions (karmas) for Me; you will attain perfection even by performing actions for my sake.
And even if you are not able to perform actions for my sake, then controlling your mind, senses etc. and taking refuge in me, relinquish the fruits of all actions.
Knowledge is indeed better than practice; meditation is superior to knowledge, and renunciation of the fruits-of-actions is even superior to meditation, for peace immediately follows from renunciation."
It is not only the eternal quest of human beings to realize God, the Supreme Father is equally yearning and anxiously awaiting with open arms to receive you, to embrace you, so that you could be one with Him. Therefore, arise, awake and surrender thyself unconditionally at the lotus feet of the Lord. Light the flame of His pious name in the temple of your heart. Get completely absorbed and meditate on the Jyotirlinga of your innerself and let the Jyot merge into the Akhandjyot."
Hari Aum Tat Sat
Engrossed in the mundane activities of this material world and more often at certain crucial junctures of our life, we forget who we are and whom do we belong to. Mankind is the most exalted creation of the Lord. Human beings are like mobile temples worthy of worship. In this corporal frame, which is made of five 'tatvas' – earth, fire, water, air and space – (derived from nature) resides 'jeevatman' which is an inseparable part of 'Paramatman'. Five 'tatvas' that the corporal frame derives from nature are temporary, ever-changing and subject to destruction. But the 'jeevatman' that resides in the mobile temple came from the Lord Himself. It is permanent, primeval, everlasting and ultimately merges into the Lord Himself. Purer the mind, easier it is to perceive the presence of Paramtatva in every living being that we come across. Earnest desire to realize Atamtatva (which is inseparable part of Paramtatva) and to render selfless service to His creation is, in fact, serving the Lord Himself. This is Karmayoga.
Where we have faltered is that we are so intensely attached to the illusionary material world that we regard it (and the human body) as the real one, stable and permanent whereas these elements are temporary, ever-changing and destructive. This present moment goes into the past instantly and the next moment of future becomes present in a moment. Future becomes present and present becomes past so momentarily that we are unable to even keep track of it. And yet we keep revolving around our ego-centric desires so intimately and confidently that we take it for granted that I, me, mine and the material world is the ultimate and we keep living in that myth. In the process, we distance ourselves from the real, eternal and everlasting Supreme Soul. Ignorantly, we strayed from the reality and forgot that the unreal has no permanent existence and the real never ceases to be. Alas! we forget our real self (atam-swaroop) and our relationship with the Supreme Soul (Brahm-Swaroop). Knowledge about the temporary nature of this material world and our eternal relationship with God, is Gyanayoga.
Every single human being, irrespective of his family background, social status, educational qualification, adequately possesses the basic knowledge to realize and understand the relationship of 'atam-tatva' and the 'Brahm-tatva' and with little effort let one merge into the other. Ironically, we are trying to search God in the outside world, whereas the fact is that He has always been with us. He already resides within our own-selves and we are His ansh (part). It is like all the sunrays getting together and resolving to find the Sun; whereas, in reality, we all know that sunrays are inseparable part of Sun itself. The most beautiful situation is that this relationship has been existing ever since the creation of this Universe. It is just a matter of accepting this ultimate truth. Unconditional surrender unto the lotus feet of the Lord and a firm conviction that you belong to Him and He belongs to you and both are one entity, is Bhaktiyoga and is the easiest path to God realization. Just as we ignorantly gave recognition to this perishable human body and ever changing material world as the real one; it is so simple, effortless and natural to accept the reality that Jeevatman belongs to Paramatma and Paramatman belongs to Jeevatman and both have an eternal relationship.
To put it in a lighter vein, God has a child-like nature. If you tried to give one chocolate (out of a bunch that you are holding in your hand), the child would not be satisfied with one piece but would insist on having the entire bunch. Similarly, if you tried to partially surrender yourself to God, he would not feel satisfied. Surrender to Him, has to be total and unconditional. Thereafter, His benevolence makes a definite commitment and gives us many options as enunciated in the following shlokas of Bhagwad Gita (Chapter 12, shlokas 6 to 12) :
"For those who are solely devoted to me, surrendering all actions to me, worship Me, constantly meditating on Me with single minded devotion, Arjuna I speedily rescue them from the ocean of birth and death, their mind being fixed on Me.
Therefore, fix your mind on Me only and establish your intellect in Me alone, thereafter you shall live in Me. There is no doubt about it.
If you are not able to fix your mind steadily upon Me, Arjuna, then seek to attain Me through the yoga of constant practice.
If you are unable even to practice ABHYAS-YOGA, be you intent on performing actions (karmas) for Me; you will attain perfection even by performing actions for my sake.
And even if you are not able to perform actions for my sake, then controlling your mind, senses etc. and taking refuge in me, relinquish the fruits of all actions.
Knowledge is indeed better than practice; meditation is superior to knowledge, and renunciation of the fruits-of-actions is even superior to meditation, for peace immediately follows from renunciation."
It is not only the eternal quest of human beings to realize God, the Supreme Father is equally yearning and anxiously awaiting with open arms to receive you, to embrace you, so that you could be one with Him. Therefore, arise, awake and surrender thyself unconditionally at the lotus feet of the Lord. Light the flame of His pious name in the temple of your heart. Get completely absorbed and meditate on the Jyotirlinga of your innerself and let the Jyot merge into the Akhandjyot."
Hari Aum Tat Sat
Did it happen on some plane? - Yashasvi
I just woke up from a vision/dream/something I made up - I can't decide what that was and it was so lucid that it seems like something I would think about. It was a complete incident with dialogues et all.
You came and took me on a little errand I guess. Anyway we were off and I was trying to take notes but you told me to put that away, I seemed very excited and kept asking you where were off to and you said it's a secret and I should just follow you're instructions. We reached a home, entered, you made me leave my handprints on the wall and footprints on the floor, then channel gurudev's energy which I could feel at the back of my mind, he was standing very god-like, giving an aarshirwad and i gave Chitas and so did you. We lit a diya and left. I said how long has it been, you said not very long. We were reaching my house when I said okay bye I'll go now, you said now I'll drop you to your doorstep which you did. Then I walked into the door and entered my body.
I just woke up from a vision/dream/something I made up - I can't decide what that was and it was so lucid that it seems like something I would think about. It was a complete incident with dialogues et all.
You came and took me on a little errand I guess. Anyway we were off and I was trying to take notes but you told me to put that away, I seemed very excited and kept asking you where were off to and you said it's a secret and I should just follow you're instructions. We reached a home, entered, you made me leave my handprints on the wall and footprints on the floor, then channel gurudev's energy which I could feel at the back of my mind, he was standing very god-like, giving an aarshirwad and i gave Chitas and so did you. We lit a diya and left. I said how long has it been, you said not very long. We were reaching my house when I said okay bye I'll go now, you said now I'll drop you to your doorstep which you did. Then I walked into the door and entered my body.
Accepting the positive and the negative - Vishal Shah
"All is well"- Disciple from Delhi
I have been a follower of Gurudev's since 1991. I had the great fortune of meeting Guruji in Mumbai -- and his teachings have transformed my life. Over the years, whenever I have faced any problem in life, I have prayed to him and he has done what was right for me [even though the end result was probably not what I had in mind when I was saying that prayer :)].
In the summer of 1995, my father detected a huge lump around his thyroid. Fearing the worst, we called up Guruji to seek his advice. Guruji asked us to seek medical advice immediately. For around 2 months we ran from pillar to post -- seeking some sort of consensus on the nature of the growth, however there was no consensus to be found. Every doctor, whom we met, gave us a conflicting opinion and one even went so far as stating that my dad had at the maximum, a few months to live. During this ordeal, Guruji came down to Delhi and visited Gurudev's sthaan in Gurgaon with us. He prayed to Gurudev on our behalf and asked us to request for Gurudev's grace, too.
A few weeks later, in the first week of August 1995, I had a dream. I saw Gurudev at his Samadhi in Najafgarh [where his mortal remains were laid to rest]. He was wearing a white Safari suit and had a white handkerchief tied around his forehead. As he was leaving the Samadhi, I called out to him. He turned to me and said "All is well". I woke up from my dream and went to my parents room. I told my mother that my father would be absolutely fine now -- that Gurudev had given us the sign that we had been waiting for.
Two days later, Gurudev came in my father's dream and applied a tilak to his forehead and blessed him.
Soon after, a pathologist in Mumbai, whom we had contacted, was able to correctly figure out the nature of the tumor and the doctors were able to administer the right treatment to him. With Gurudev's grace, my dad recovered from cancer and is cancer free today.
The whole experience was a reaffirmation of the fact that Gurudev and Guruji were looking after me and family -- and their grace helped us tide through a very difficult period in our life.
My learning from the experience was to be more empathetic to people in pain who are going through periods of ill health and be more charitable with my money because there are so many people in the world who are stricken with cancer but don't have enough money for the treatment. From my father I learned how important positivism and faith is -- because even when I had moments of "Why is this happening to us?", he always said "Guruji is looking after me, so I have no need to worry".
I have been a follower of Gurudev's since 1991. I had the great fortune of meeting Guruji in Mumbai -- and his teachings have transformed my life. Over the years, whenever I have faced any problem in life, I have prayed to him and he has done what was right for me [even though the end result was probably not what I had in mind when I was saying that prayer :)].
In the summer of 1995, my father detected a huge lump around his thyroid. Fearing the worst, we called up Guruji to seek his advice. Guruji asked us to seek medical advice immediately. For around 2 months we ran from pillar to post -- seeking some sort of consensus on the nature of the growth, however there was no consensus to be found. Every doctor, whom we met, gave us a conflicting opinion and one even went so far as stating that my dad had at the maximum, a few months to live. During this ordeal, Guruji came down to Delhi and visited Gurudev's sthaan in Gurgaon with us. He prayed to Gurudev on our behalf and asked us to request for Gurudev's grace, too.
A few weeks later, in the first week of August 1995, I had a dream. I saw Gurudev at his Samadhi in Najafgarh [where his mortal remains were laid to rest]. He was wearing a white Safari suit and had a white handkerchief tied around his forehead. As he was leaving the Samadhi, I called out to him. He turned to me and said "All is well". I woke up from my dream and went to my parents room. I told my mother that my father would be absolutely fine now -- that Gurudev had given us the sign that we had been waiting for.
Two days later, Gurudev came in my father's dream and applied a tilak to his forehead and blessed him.
Soon after, a pathologist in Mumbai, whom we had contacted, was able to correctly figure out the nature of the tumor and the doctors were able to administer the right treatment to him. With Gurudev's grace, my dad recovered from cancer and is cancer free today.
The whole experience was a reaffirmation of the fact that Gurudev and Guruji were looking after me and family -- and their grace helped us tide through a very difficult period in our life.
My learning from the experience was to be more empathetic to people in pain who are going through periods of ill health and be more charitable with my money because there are so many people in the world who are stricken with cancer but don't have enough money for the treatment. From my father I learned how important positivism and faith is -- because even when I had moments of "Why is this happening to us?", he always said "Guruji is looking after me, so I have no need to worry".
Six Easy ways to earn, even after death - Kumar Kriplani
1). Give a Gita (Holy Book) to someone. Each time one reads from it, you gain.
2). Donate a wheelchair to a hospital. Each time a sick person uses it, you gain.
3). Participate in building a Temple, hospital, school or college. Anybody uses it, you gain.
4). Place a water cooler in a public place. Anybody drinks water, you gain.
5). Plant a tree. You gain whenever a person or animal sits in its shade or eats from it.
6). And the easiest of all is to Share this message with people.
Even if one applies any of the above, you gain.
1). Give a Gita (Holy Book) to someone. Each time one reads from it, you gain.
2). Donate a wheelchair to a hospital. Each time a sick person uses it, you gain.
3). Participate in building a Temple, hospital, school or college. Anybody uses it, you gain.
4). Place a water cooler in a public place. Anybody drinks water, you gain.
5). Plant a tree. You gain whenever a person or animal sits in its shade or eats from it.
6). And the easiest of all is to Share this message with people.
Even if one applies any of the above, you gain.
"Why Worry? All will be well." - Srinath Raghavan
Hi, My name is Srinath and Mumbai is my Karma Bhoomi. Born is Marurai, South India, Mumbai is my home, since the beginning of my 37 year old life.
2011 was a turning point in my life and my family's too. I had just landed up accepting an offer of a Regional Head of a Learning & Development firm; a designation, which had come after much effort and persistence; given to the fact that I had to take the long route of constant failures, so to experience success. A few months into the role and calamity struck.
My Father, a hardcore Diabetic, had his first heart attack. It was the night of May 13th 2011, when He complained of acute shortness of breath and pain in the shoulders. Immediately we rushed him to the nearby hospital, in the hope that he will be fine soon. But as fate would have it, he was held back for almost a week, before his condition seriously deteriorated and the Doctors gave up all hope. We had gone through many hard things in life, but hat was the first time, I felt utterly helpless in my life. I remember Him limp and lifeless on the hospital bed, with tubes running all through and over him, as he was kept painfully alive, because of a Ventilator. The Doctors asked me, as the eldest son in the family of four, to make a decision. The hospital expenses too were hitting the roof and we did not know what to do. And as luck would have it, my then Boss, wasn't too happy about my absence and told me to report to work, at least partially.
Deep down in my heart, I was broken and I needed help and guidance from the divine. In that moment of desperation and hopelessness, the messages from the Divine started. While I was sitting in the porch, shedding silent tears, I saw a man wearing a T-Shirt enter, with the words emblazoned "Why Worry? All will be well."
That was the first sign of hope. I immediately left everything and everyone behind and rushed to the abode of my Gurudeva, Baba Nityananda of Ganeshpuri, a small village in the outskirts of the city, which held the mortal remains of the great Siddha. As I landed there, and stood in front of the Murti, words of praise, began to pour from my lips, that too in Marathi, a language I am least conversant in.
The priest on duty, seeing me shed copious tears, came and handed to me a small bottle containing the Abhisheka Jala, sanctified water, and told me to administer it to my Dad and reassured, "Why worry? All will be well."
Those words hit me like a lighting from above, for I had seen it before somewhere. Tears stopped and a strange smile lit my face, as I knew deep within, my Dad will be saved. I went back home, with renewed hope in my heart and the rest is history.
Regards,
Srinath Raghavan
Hi, My name is Srinath and Mumbai is my Karma Bhoomi. Born is Marurai, South India, Mumbai is my home, since the beginning of my 37 year old life.
2011 was a turning point in my life and my family's too. I had just landed up accepting an offer of a Regional Head of a Learning & Development firm; a designation, which had come after much effort and persistence; given to the fact that I had to take the long route of constant failures, so to experience success. A few months into the role and calamity struck.
My Father, a hardcore Diabetic, had his first heart attack. It was the night of May 13th 2011, when He complained of acute shortness of breath and pain in the shoulders. Immediately we rushed him to the nearby hospital, in the hope that he will be fine soon. But as fate would have it, he was held back for almost a week, before his condition seriously deteriorated and the Doctors gave up all hope. We had gone through many hard things in life, but hat was the first time, I felt utterly helpless in my life. I remember Him limp and lifeless on the hospital bed, with tubes running all through and over him, as he was kept painfully alive, because of a Ventilator. The Doctors asked me, as the eldest son in the family of four, to make a decision. The hospital expenses too were hitting the roof and we did not know what to do. And as luck would have it, my then Boss, wasn't too happy about my absence and told me to report to work, at least partially.
Deep down in my heart, I was broken and I needed help and guidance from the divine. In that moment of desperation and hopelessness, the messages from the Divine started. While I was sitting in the porch, shedding silent tears, I saw a man wearing a T-Shirt enter, with the words emblazoned "Why Worry? All will be well."
That was the first sign of hope. I immediately left everything and everyone behind and rushed to the abode of my Gurudeva, Baba Nityananda of Ganeshpuri, a small village in the outskirts of the city, which held the mortal remains of the great Siddha. As I landed there, and stood in front of the Murti, words of praise, began to pour from my lips, that too in Marathi, a language I am least conversant in.
The priest on duty, seeing me shed copious tears, came and handed to me a small bottle containing the Abhisheka Jala, sanctified water, and told me to administer it to my Dad and reassured, "Why worry? All will be well."
Those words hit me like a lighting from above, for I had seen it before somewhere. Tears stopped and a strange smile lit my face, as I knew deep within, my Dad will be saved. I went back home, with renewed hope in my heart and the rest is history.
Regards,
Srinath Raghavan
My Experiences and Observations at the Sthaan - Kewal Malhotra
I was introduced to the sthan by my very close friend k.C. Narang to whom i am ever grateful. Initially i was reluctant but health related problems made me relent. I am now convinced that nature causes these problems to push us towards spiritualism and self realization.
Before i came to the sthan i had been initiated into spiritualism through just a couple of sessions of the real meaning of the brahm gyan as enunciated in the gita. I was given a naam (beej mantra) to be repeated with every breath. This happened in kangra where i went for help to our family guruji. It was a personal emotional problem that took me there to him at a very young age. I learnt there that the i in me is not only the body but the atman which is a part of the param atman and that for freedom one has to shift emphasis from the body to the atman. This was easy said than done. The joy of physical pleasures always came in the way and knowledge of the atman always remained in the background.
The physical health problems brought me to the sthan 25 years later. On meeting guruji on the first day, my wife usha and i found the much needed assurance and support which no medical doctor could give us. We got out of our mental agony and moved under the loving care of the sthan so well served by guruji. In the first meeting he assured us that the health problem that was worrying us , is not there. His statement had such a power that we both started looking at life in a positive way.
In the first couple of sessions with guruji i got convinced that seva was the sure and shortest route to spirituality in the present time. We looked forward to being at the sthan on every bada guruvar and waited eagerly to hear him at gt(general talk). At these sessions i always hesitated to ask questions that came to my mind, but surprisingly and without fail i got the answers during the sessions. It was clear that guruji could read our minds and hence without asking we got our answers. Every bada guruvar i would see hundreds of young and old being helped by guruji with the same love and effection. People with mental,physical and emotional problems all came and got solace.
I had a chance to interact with several people coming to the sthan since years who narrated their experiences. On one badaguruvar while we were listening to his interesting talk, he suddenly looked at me and asked me whether i had seen my palm, to my utter surprise i saw om on my right palm. I was pleasantly surprised, as i hadnt done much to receive such a gift and that he knew before me that i had received his gift.
A muslim friend of mine was in serious mental agony for several months due to problems at his office, he was desperate and couldnt see a way out. I brought him to guruji and while i was introducing him a young girl walked into the room, weeping profusely she said that she was suffering from a severe headache since the last ten days and no medicine worked on her. Guruji asked my friend to just place his hand on the girls head and lo the pain disappeared. He just smiled and started listening to my friends problems. He gave him a date by which things would change for the better and it did. My friend became an ardent follower and wanted to change his religion but guruji in his own wisdom explained to him that spiritualism has nothing to do with religion and that there was no need to change.
One early morning i was driving back from lonavla, as i crossed khapoli and took the highway in a flash gurujis face appeared for a moment and the next minute a thought came to my mind that we must tie seat belts. Usha and i for the first time put on the belts and within three minutes a speeding fully loaded maruti van came hurtling towards us head on at a high speed. I tried my best to turn to the left but it banged into our right front side and recoiled into a deep cemented rain water drain head on. We were both shocked but did not have even a scratch. Even the six passengers of the maruti van came out scratchless although the van was completely smashed. To top it all when we reached bombay i received a call from puja. She said that guruji asked her to enquire about our welfare. So guruji was aware of what was going to happen and it was his protection we were enjoying.
I have been receiving gurujis protection not only in awaking state but also in my dream state. In one of my dream i was attacted by a strange dragon but with lightning speed guruji appeared and pulled me back and seeing him the dragon disappeared. I normally dont remember dreams but this one i cant forget even after over fiteen years.
On a another occasion after six to seven months. It was diwali day and usha was in agony in the evening. She had severe pain in her arm.All of us were sitting near her when the phone rang and i picked up, it was anju chadha , she said guruji wants to speak so i told him about ushas agony, on his saying i gave the phone to usha, before she could tell him any thing the pain disappeared and she started shivering, she could hardly talk and just said its gone. We thanked guruji and he disconnected. Once again he knew what was happening and in a moment gave us the much needed releif.
An american friend of mine developed multiple sclerosis a disease that is not curable. One day i asked guruji whether he can be helped. He spoke to him on phone and after a few days i got the feedback that my friend was able to do things that he couldnt for over a year. So a person on the other side of the globe got help.
I used to play a lot of golf and suddenly started getting pain in my hips while walking. The dr. Diagnosed it as avascular necrosis of the femmur bone and was told that surgery was the only remedy.I spoke to guruji and he asked me to come and stay at the sthan for 15 days, so usha and i started staying at the sthan. Guruji would come to the sthan in the evening as if to check on our comfort and would be with us for 15 to 20 minutes. After a couple of days he took us for a walk to carter road after dinner. I was limping because of pain with every step but to my surprise the pain disappeared on the way back. After thirteen days we took permission and came back home to perform navratri puja. During our stay the way we were lookrd after by guruji and mataji, we were reminded of parental love unlimited.
After a month or so i again started getting a little pain. I informed guruji and was told that istead of 15 days i stayed for. Only 13 days hence the problem and that it will go gradually. I learnt my lesson that instructions should be followed properly.
A few days after the above episode i had to go abroad but i was worried about the pain in my leg and so before booking my flight i asked guruji and he said yes i can go. My pain suddenly disappeared the moment i stepped on the flight and it reappeared as i landed back at the bombay airport. I went back to him and he smiled and said it will go in a few more days and so it did. His power his grace and benevelence is beyond imagination.
About seven months ago i had trouble with my eyes. I saw four eye specialists who recommended four types of eye drops which i was using for over five months without much relief. On my request guruji called for rose water, blessed it himself and asked me to put it in the eyes every day. Within a few days i was able to stop the medicines and felt more comfortable with the blessed rosewater. I am most grateful to him.
My children and grand children have been fortunate to have had several pleasant and beneficial experiences since they have come under gurujis loving care and guidance. Nothing is impossible at the sthan.Miracles are performed day in and dayout but made to look like normal events. His unlimited grace and care is being bestowed on us every moment without an iota of show.
As if this is not enough we are being lovingly guided into a happy life after death. His main aim is spiritual awareness which he bestows on all of us every moment of his presence.
I was introduced to the sthan by my very close friend k.C. Narang to whom i am ever grateful. Initially i was reluctant but health related problems made me relent. I am now convinced that nature causes these problems to push us towards spiritualism and self realization.
Before i came to the sthan i had been initiated into spiritualism through just a couple of sessions of the real meaning of the brahm gyan as enunciated in the gita. I was given a naam (beej mantra) to be repeated with every breath. This happened in kangra where i went for help to our family guruji. It was a personal emotional problem that took me there to him at a very young age. I learnt there that the i in me is not only the body but the atman which is a part of the param atman and that for freedom one has to shift emphasis from the body to the atman. This was easy said than done. The joy of physical pleasures always came in the way and knowledge of the atman always remained in the background.
The physical health problems brought me to the sthan 25 years later. On meeting guruji on the first day, my wife usha and i found the much needed assurance and support which no medical doctor could give us. We got out of our mental agony and moved under the loving care of the sthan so well served by guruji. In the first meeting he assured us that the health problem that was worrying us , is not there. His statement had such a power that we both started looking at life in a positive way.
In the first couple of sessions with guruji i got convinced that seva was the sure and shortest route to spirituality in the present time. We looked forward to being at the sthan on every bada guruvar and waited eagerly to hear him at gt(general talk). At these sessions i always hesitated to ask questions that came to my mind, but surprisingly and without fail i got the answers during the sessions. It was clear that guruji could read our minds and hence without asking we got our answers. Every bada guruvar i would see hundreds of young and old being helped by guruji with the same love and effection. People with mental,physical and emotional problems all came and got solace.
I had a chance to interact with several people coming to the sthan since years who narrated their experiences. On one badaguruvar while we were listening to his interesting talk, he suddenly looked at me and asked me whether i had seen my palm, to my utter surprise i saw om on my right palm. I was pleasantly surprised, as i hadnt done much to receive such a gift and that he knew before me that i had received his gift.
A muslim friend of mine was in serious mental agony for several months due to problems at his office, he was desperate and couldnt see a way out. I brought him to guruji and while i was introducing him a young girl walked into the room, weeping profusely she said that she was suffering from a severe headache since the last ten days and no medicine worked on her. Guruji asked my friend to just place his hand on the girls head and lo the pain disappeared. He just smiled and started listening to my friends problems. He gave him a date by which things would change for the better and it did. My friend became an ardent follower and wanted to change his religion but guruji in his own wisdom explained to him that spiritualism has nothing to do with religion and that there was no need to change.
One early morning i was driving back from lonavla, as i crossed khapoli and took the highway in a flash gurujis face appeared for a moment and the next minute a thought came to my mind that we must tie seat belts. Usha and i for the first time put on the belts and within three minutes a speeding fully loaded maruti van came hurtling towards us head on at a high speed. I tried my best to turn to the left but it banged into our right front side and recoiled into a deep cemented rain water drain head on. We were both shocked but did not have even a scratch. Even the six passengers of the maruti van came out scratchless although the van was completely smashed. To top it all when we reached bombay i received a call from puja. She said that guruji asked her to enquire about our welfare. So guruji was aware of what was going to happen and it was his protection we were enjoying.
I have been receiving gurujis protection not only in awaking state but also in my dream state. In one of my dream i was attacted by a strange dragon but with lightning speed guruji appeared and pulled me back and seeing him the dragon disappeared. I normally dont remember dreams but this one i cant forget even after over fiteen years.
On a another occasion after six to seven months. It was diwali day and usha was in agony in the evening. She had severe pain in her arm.All of us were sitting near her when the phone rang and i picked up, it was anju chadha , she said guruji wants to speak so i told him about ushas agony, on his saying i gave the phone to usha, before she could tell him any thing the pain disappeared and she started shivering, she could hardly talk and just said its gone. We thanked guruji and he disconnected. Once again he knew what was happening and in a moment gave us the much needed releif.
An american friend of mine developed multiple sclerosis a disease that is not curable. One day i asked guruji whether he can be helped. He spoke to him on phone and after a few days i got the feedback that my friend was able to do things that he couldnt for over a year. So a person on the other side of the globe got help.
I used to play a lot of golf and suddenly started getting pain in my hips while walking. The dr. Diagnosed it as avascular necrosis of the femmur bone and was told that surgery was the only remedy.I spoke to guruji and he asked me to come and stay at the sthan for 15 days, so usha and i started staying at the sthan. Guruji would come to the sthan in the evening as if to check on our comfort and would be with us for 15 to 20 minutes. After a couple of days he took us for a walk to carter road after dinner. I was limping because of pain with every step but to my surprise the pain disappeared on the way back. After thirteen days we took permission and came back home to perform navratri puja. During our stay the way we were lookrd after by guruji and mataji, we were reminded of parental love unlimited.
After a month or so i again started getting a little pain. I informed guruji and was told that istead of 15 days i stayed for. Only 13 days hence the problem and that it will go gradually. I learnt my lesson that instructions should be followed properly.
A few days after the above episode i had to go abroad but i was worried about the pain in my leg and so before booking my flight i asked guruji and he said yes i can go. My pain suddenly disappeared the moment i stepped on the flight and it reappeared as i landed back at the bombay airport. I went back to him and he smiled and said it will go in a few more days and so it did. His power his grace and benevelence is beyond imagination.
About seven months ago i had trouble with my eyes. I saw four eye specialists who recommended four types of eye drops which i was using for over five months without much relief. On my request guruji called for rose water, blessed it himself and asked me to put it in the eyes every day. Within a few days i was able to stop the medicines and felt more comfortable with the blessed rosewater. I am most grateful to him.
My children and grand children have been fortunate to have had several pleasant and beneficial experiences since they have come under gurujis loving care and guidance. Nothing is impossible at the sthan.Miracles are performed day in and dayout but made to look like normal events. His unlimited grace and care is being bestowed on us every moment without an iota of show.
As if this is not enough we are being lovingly guided into a happy life after death. His main aim is spiritual awareness which he bestows on all of us every moment of his presence.
The Divine Game - Sunny Bijlani
Why does education still lead to ignorance
Why is simplicity so complicated for man
Why does every question not lead to an answer
Why does pain and pleasure co-exist
Why does the lust for power lay only with the powerful
Why is love so difficult to express
Is what meets the eye all true or just a manifestation of the human mind
Thoughts thoughts and more thoughts.....
Seems like we're all running in the wrong direction, a chase that has no real end
I pondered over all these paradoxes of the human mind as I lay flat on the cold beach sand of Ipanema and watched the clear naked sky right above. It was as though it was watching over me with divine exuberance. I felt exposed through every pore. I felt just as naked.
May be it is how man was engineered, May be it is all a big divine game we're designed to lose.
But the one who calls the bluff is the only one who gets past the finish line.
The rest are only reset to play this game all over again.
It's only when you've achieved it all but still feel empty that you realise the rules of this divine game.
But by then you've created enough wealth to keep you worried till your last days
Life is meant to be relished and enjoyed not fought and endured
You have no reason to be insecure, you own nothing but your soul
You have no reason to not love, it's the only thing that has no price tag
You need no guards no pretence no facade
You're audience is no one but your own conscience. That's what keeps the real score.
So go make love to this universe, show some compassion, make more people laugh, give without expectations, be just, live without fear
and more importantly be the witness to life not the victim.
Ipanema Beach, Rio De Janerio, Brazil; October 20, 2014.
Why does education still lead to ignorance
Why is simplicity so complicated for man
Why does every question not lead to an answer
Why does pain and pleasure co-exist
Why does the lust for power lay only with the powerful
Why is love so difficult to express
Is what meets the eye all true or just a manifestation of the human mind
Thoughts thoughts and more thoughts.....
Seems like we're all running in the wrong direction, a chase that has no real end
I pondered over all these paradoxes of the human mind as I lay flat on the cold beach sand of Ipanema and watched the clear naked sky right above. It was as though it was watching over me with divine exuberance. I felt exposed through every pore. I felt just as naked.
May be it is how man was engineered, May be it is all a big divine game we're designed to lose.
But the one who calls the bluff is the only one who gets past the finish line.
The rest are only reset to play this game all over again.
It's only when you've achieved it all but still feel empty that you realise the rules of this divine game.
But by then you've created enough wealth to keep you worried till your last days
Life is meant to be relished and enjoyed not fought and endured
You have no reason to be insecure, you own nothing but your soul
You have no reason to not love, it's the only thing that has no price tag
You need no guards no pretence no facade
You're audience is no one but your own conscience. That's what keeps the real score.
So go make love to this universe, show some compassion, make more people laugh, give without expectations, be just, live without fear
and more importantly be the witness to life not the victim.
Ipanema Beach, Rio De Janerio, Brazil; October 20, 2014.