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Light of Divinity

Not even those you most dearly love and cherish can take your
pain even if they wish to relieve you of suffering. Your father, mother,
friends, relatives, children, none of them can do so. The Satguru can
even bestow life on you and only he can be truly yours. A stanza
from the Ramcharita Manas puts it aptly:

“More prabhu tum guru, pitu, mata,
Jaaun kahan tazi pad jal jata.”

My Lord you are my Guru, father and mother
Where else can I find solace but at your feet?

My niece is cured of depression

My niece Bhavna who lives in Jaipur was in very bad shape. She had
been admitted to a local hospital and was in the D1 list. My sister
called me up while I was driving to Guruji’s at Empire Estate. She
was in tears, but I had no opportunity to tell Guruji of the problem.

After most devotees had left, Guruji sat down in the hall and
began saying that he was not feeling well. I felt that since Guruji was
unwell, he should not be told anything. But I was surprised when
he started describing Bhavna’s symptoms to me. He told me to get
a particular medicine from the All India Institute of Medicine, New
Delhi. It was one o’ clock at night and I returned in an hour with the
medicines in hand. Guruji told me to throw these in the dustbin and
asked me to take my wife to Jaipur for a day and return.

In the morning, I rang up my sister and learnt that Bhavna was
a little better and would be discharged by evening. Though her
problems had disappeared, Bhavna was still depressed. The next day,
my wife left for Jaipur. As soon as she met Bhavna, Bhavna became
cheerful and got over her depression. The change was there for all
to see. Subsequently, my entire circle of close family members and
relatives felt Guruji’s blessings on their lives.

Guruji is a Mahapurush, a divine being. When I would take a walk
along with Guruji, the Mahapurush’s divine body would exude a
rosy fragrance from the sole of his shoes. If you sat in the sangat
hall with him and surrendered yourself to him, your body would
start exuding the fragrance. Such is the effect of his aura; so great is
the gap between mortals and their immortal guru. The Satguru is, as

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