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Light of Divinity

Hardly had my words reached Guruji that I was fortunate enough
to have his darshan and be graced—on my first visit to him—with
the presence of his lotus feet on my hands. It seemed to me then that
Guruji was saying:

Mam darshan fal param anupa
Jev pavn nij sahaj sarupa

Supremely unique is the fruit of my darshan:
Beings glimpse the simple, unchanging
form of their self

This is the touchstone of Mahapurushs: in their presence even
common folk can immerse themselves in the rain of bliss that
practitioners of severe austerities are denied after lifetimes of
penance. Guruji can see into our hearts and, it is my belief, he
gives us what we ask for without our telling him. There is a caveat:
our wishes are granted only if they are beneficial to us. The saints
have proclaimed that God’s name is like the wish-fulfilling tree, but
there is a distinction between Guruji and the wish-fulfilling tree
(kalpvriksha). The kalpvriksha gives the pleader whatever one wants;
Guruji gives what is beneficial.

That Guruji took birth in Punjab is also significant. In ancient
times, Punjab was known as the Saraswat Pradesh. Maharishi Vyas—
who elaborated the Vedas, condensed the 18 Puranas (considered
to be mythological tales) wrote the Mahabharata and the Brahma
Sutras—and saints of great stature have blessed the soil of the region
with their holy presence. This great and ancient tradition of the
knowledge of the Absolute was, in this Kal Yuga, given a renaissance-
like push by Shri Guru Nanak Devji and Shri Chand, who both took
birth in the Punjab and lifted the great mass of oppressed humanity.
Guruji is doing the same now—that is my belief.

There are many revered preachers in the world. But just knowledge
and that too delivered through impressive words does not help
humanity. One cannot banish darkness through mere mention of
light—and it is irrelevant whether the words glorify the sun or the
humble lamp. What is required is one inside whom light burns and
who can, through a feat of sympathetic spiritual combustion, kindle

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