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her last peacefully. But, the message was brought home. Had Rai
listened to Guruji, the end might not have come at the time it did.

Following Guru’s word, getting promoted

Rai was once planning to shift from his shipping company to another
one since his promotion to captain of the ship had been due for the
last four years. But it was not happening despite his work and his
profile being okay.

He was in Chandigarh and it was his wife’s birthday when he
received a call from Mumbai from another shipping company. They
asked him to come to Mumbai, promising to take him on as captain.
Rai went to Delhi to take Guruji’s permission and Guruji gave it,
merely saying: “Ghum aa (make the visit).”

In Mumbai, Rai had his medical check-ups and then met company
officials. He found during the meeting that they had changed their
tune. They were now asking him to join ship for two months before
promoting him to captain. Rai refused the offer.

He came back to find that the old firm wanted him back. Guruji
advised him to join them. Accordingly, Rai left for Scotland, where
the ship was due to arrive in port. The ship was two-three days late
and he hung around. On the day the ship was going to come, Rai
had a dream. He saw Guruji giving him a date: July 14. He woke up,
wondering what the date meant.

When the ship came, he was not asked to relieve the chief officer.
Instead the ship’s captain had instructions to take Rai on a parallel
tour till the Caribbean, where he was to be relieved and Rai given
charge of the ship. Rai was not informed of this, however. And the
date on which Rai was appointed captain? July 14.

The dream had come true, because the disciple had followed the
Guru’s words. Indeed, the blessings remained with Rai through the
nine months he was on the ship. He says that during these months,
so blessed was he that anything that he would think would happen.
He grew afraid of wishing for the wrong thing!

What can’t Guruji do? In 1997, Rai had gone to Mumbai to get a
new passport on an urgent basis. While he tried to get a new one
issued, he found to his consternation that the old one that had a
valid US visa was lost. He was at his wit’s end. Imagine his surprise
when a gang member involved in the stealing of passports told him

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