The Light of Divinity: Page 24-26 His grace continues after mahasamadhi In February 2007, on a visit to Delhi, I went to have Guruji’s darshan. As I was about to bow before him before taking his leave, Guruji said, “Tu Delhi wapas aa gaya hain [Have you come back to Delhi]?” I replied “Nahin Guruji, halli te Bombay hee haan [No, I am still in Bombay].” Guruji pointed to another person and said that he was talking about that man. But this was indication enough for me (now having some sense of how disciples’ wishes were granted) that I would get my long-awaited transfer to Delhi. I got my transfer orders to Delhi in the end of March 2007. I joined the Delhi office after a month and moved my family to Delhi on 26 May 2007. We were fortunate enough to have his darshan a day later. On 31 May 2007, when I came to know of Guruji’s decision to leave his body, I was shattered. Returning from Bade Mandir, I kept 1But for the concluding paragraph, this section of the satsang was written after Guruji’s mahasamadhi on thinking of the innumerable occasions when Guruji had blessed us with all that was not our due and that we were not even worthy of. What will happen now? Who will take care of us? These questions crossed my mind, and I did not have an answer. However, the One who had always answered all our demands, doubts and prayers had the answers to these questions. I was to learn this in a few days. I had been participating in an inter-corporate business simulation competition with my team in 2005 and 2006. For 2007, the regional preliminary round was slated for 1-2 June in Delhi. But, after Guruji’s mahasamadhi, I felt I could not continue. I called up my teammates and told them that I was a much weaker person now and that they should not rely on me. One of them consoled me, saying that the Guru does not ever desert a disciple—even after leaving his own body. I, however, did not believe him because I was grief stricken. Our team somehow managed to get through the initial four rounds of the regional preliminaries. In the final round, we took risky decisions so that we could have a shot at the regional finals. The results came, and we were told that we had not qualified. I pulled out Guruji’s photograph from my pocket and said, “This is what is expected to happen now. Aap [Guruji] ke rahte hue, baat kuchh aur thi [When you were around, it was different].” As I was looking at Guruji’s smiling face in the photograph, my teammate who was checking the results, said, “They have not fed our decisions correctly into the computer.” We went to the organizers and told them of the mistake. After corrections were made, we were found to have qualified for the regional finals. After that, our team did not look back and stood second in the national finals on 6 June 2007 and subsequently second in the Asia-Pacific Region finals in September 2007. Guruji had thus told us in no uncertain terms that he and his grace are still with the sangat. On the personal front, I was worried about getting admission for our sons in a good school. We were trying to gain access for our sons through different contacts but to no avail. Ultimately, I remembered Guruji and asked him: “When you have given us these two sons, why don’t you get them admission in a good school?” The question was answered faster than it was asked. The children got admission in a top-class school in Delhi, without any donation or political influence. When we had arrived in Delhi, we did not have a place from where my wife and I could attend our jobs and also look after our children, aged 4 and 6 years. The only way out was for my wife to get a flat within her college, but none of the residents was close to retirement and there were several lecturers senior to her (the flats are allotted per the seniority of the applicants). This time too the miracle we needed occurred. A resident vacated a flat as his son found it inconvenient to travel to a far-off school. Strangely, none of the lecturers senior to my wife applied for the flat. Who else but Guruji can make miracles happen as and when they suit the desires and demands of any member of the sangat? I have summarized my experiences with Guruji, my God. I close this with my heartfelt gratitude and reverence to Him. Om Shri Guru Devaye Namah. May Guruji continue to shower us and all his disciples with good fortune and good sense and may we always remain worthy of being his disciples. Jai Guruji! – Satsang of Aakash Sethi, Senior Manager (Training & Development), Indian Oil Corporation
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