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chest. I was unconscious for a couple of hours. When I opened my
eyes, I was in the ICU of the Research & Referral Hospital with my
wife and a few relatives at my bedside. I felt my end was just around
the corner. My wife and daughter rushed to Guruji in the evening.
After listening to the episode, he paused for a few seconds and then
gave my wife prasad, which I ate the next day in the ICU. My wife
then gave me a photograph of Guruji and placed it under my pillow.
Even though I was delirious, whenever I gained consciousness I used
to think only of Guruji. Sure enough by the grace of Guruji, I was
discharged and advised bed rest for a fortnight. But I went straight
to Guruji on the evening I got discharged. He blessed me and said:
“General Kapur, new life, go!” On the way home, I told my wife that
by the grace of Guruji nothing would happen to me.

Narrating this event reminds me of a conversation that took place
between Guruji and me on the first day I had his darshan, in March
1999. Within just a few minutes, he beckoned me to his side with
his finger and asked since when had I known of him. I said that it
was as early as 1995. He gave me a naughty smile and asked me why
I had not visited him then? I was tongue tied. I could not muster
enough courage to reply. Guruji looked at me with a scintillating
glow in his eyes. I sheepishly replied that I thought it was due to
my destiny. Guruji then said that had I come earlier, I would have
reaped more benefits, but the time was not just ripe for me at that
point in life.

The lesson I learnt was that one can seek Guruji Maharaj’s blessings
only when the time has come, which is governed by the karma of
our previous and present births. But a visit to him opens the door
for us to enter the kingdom of divinity!

In December 2005, after attending the sangat one day, I fell
seriously ill and was rushed to the RR Hospital with severe
pneumonia. I had a shooting headache and my entire body was in
acute pain. The fever had climbed up to 104 degrees Fahrenheit
and was reluctant to come down despite intense medication. Even
though the deputy commandant at the RR Hospital was a close
friend of mind and I was getting the best of VIP treatment at the
ICU, yet pneumonia was proving to be an indomitable enemy.

Yet again, I sought the divine blessings of Guruji, who for me
provides the safest escape route from grave misery and pain. I clearly
remembered that while I was recovering from the pneumonia at RR

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