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Light of Divinity

Even though I knew of Guruji’s grace, I could not receive his
darshan because I was posted at Srinagar and came to Delhi only
on short visits for official work. Fortunately, the next time I visited
Delhi, uncle conveyed the good news that Guruji was in Delhi and
we could go to meet him. We went to the Empire Estate sthan of
Guruji the same evening. It was quite late by the time we reached
there. The last round of langar was on and Guruji had gone to his
room for a while. We were asked to sit for the langar and were with
the sangat when Guruji walked out of his room. The first darshan
of Guruji, walking gracefully though unassumingly into the hall,
dressed in a black kurta is still fresh in my mind. He recognised my
uncle, observed us (first-timers there) and came to us. He asked
uncle to introduce us, and then gave us chhutti (leave) after telling us
to come to The Ranch (a farmhouse on the Gurgaon-Mehrauli road)
for his birthday.

First day and testing times

As luck would have it, the next day when I went to join my Delhi
office, I was told to go back to Srinagar on temporary duty as the new
in-charge had faltered on service and a customer had complained to
the regional office. I returned to Srinagar, unhappy at the prospect of
not being able to get Guruji’s darshan on his birthday, but confident
of meeting with success in my official duty as I had had received
darshan and Guruji’s blessing. I knew everything would go as Guruji
wanted it to. I went through the official duties at Srinagar and
Awantipur under tough conditions, remembering Guruji in every
adverse moment. The customer was more demanding than ever
before and used to push us around, attempting to substantiate his
complaint. I could have failed at occasions like this in the past but
this time it was different. There was an anchor I was holding on to
and remembering him during every rough hour.

Finally, after a month, the customer called me to his office and
in front of me made a call to our regional office, telling them of
the excellent service being received. He told them to ignore the
complaint. An appreciation letter was handed over to me. I knew
whose doing this was.

I returned to Delhi, looking forward to Guruji’s darshan. My family
had gone for Guruji’s birthday celebrations and had been regularly

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