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Light of Divinity

Making me a Chief Engineer

I retired as a Superintending Engineer in 1992 from the Punjab
Irrigation Department. During the course of service I was posted as
an SDO at Fazilka from 1964-68. Fazilka, as the crow flies, is only
four km from the border with Pakistan. On September of 1965, when
Pakistan attacked India there was confusion among the citizens in
Fazilka. As an administrator, I was required to transfer women and
children to near Malhout. The task was expeditiously done.

I also worked with the defence establishment, spending my time
with armymen in bunkers as the town was under shelling from
across the border. Though these duties were not expected of me as
a civil officer, I carried them out. For such services, the civil and
defence administration would give commendation certificates and
the Punjab Government out-of-turn promotions. Since the Punjab
Government was reluctant to grant me the same benefit, I went to
court, protesting against the discrimination.

When I met respected Guruji, he would always address me as Chief
Engineer although I had told him I had retired as a Superintending
Engineer. But he insisted that I would be Chief Engineer shortly.
Subsequently, the court accorded all service benefits to me. And, true
to Guruji’s words, the Punjab Government promoted me as Chief
Engineer through a notification in year 2004.

Guruji’s blessings have extended to all members of my family.
During the winter of 2002-2003, my wife and I were in Guruji’s
sangat at Empire Estate, New Delhi. We left at about 2 am and it was
biting cold. Yet my wife told me that she had been perspiring for the
last hour and a half with great pain on the left palm. Realizing that
something must be gravely wrong and no doctor would be available
at this time of the night, we drove back to Guruji Maharaj. He was
told about the problem. He took my wife’s hand in his and said:
“Where is the pain? There is no pain. Go, enjoy.” As soon as he said this,
her pain disappeared. The next day when we came, Guruji enquired
about her pain. That’s how kind he is.

In fact, in this era of materialism it is very difficult to find and
reach the divine sanctuary of a Mahapurush. The guiding factor that
distinguishes such a one from among the fraternity of saints can
only be found when one reaches his doorstep and sees with one’s
own eyes an unmatched personality, carrying the true message of the

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