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Light of Divinity

As we were parking our cars outside Guruji’s place, he came
out of the sangat hall and we all touched his lotus feet. Luna tried
to introduce me to Guruji. She only managed to say, “She...”,
when Guruji identified me by my name. He remarked that many
wrongs had been done to me. I immediately felt that he could be
omniscient.

Guruji made me sit to the right of his throne. He kept looking
at my forehead as if reading my karma—past, present, and future.
And he took no notice of all the big shots staring at me. For I was
hideous and my body and face swollen; my eyes were just slits.
For almost an hour I sat with him and could feel a divine vibration
around me. For the first time after ten years, I was at peace with
myself.

He then told me to have langar but, unaware of its importance,
I tried to sneak out of the gathering that was eating the meal. How
could I have free food, I thought. But Guruji could not be denied.
He told me a second time to have langar, so I did. Then he made me
sit on his left and asked me to press and massage his left hand. After
half an hour, he pressed my thumb with his. Around 60 per cent of
my ills disappeared instantly. After I had sat at his feet, he gave me a
sublime smile and said: “Keep coming here.”

That day he gave me hope. But, for six months Luna’s in-laws
kept me occupied. I sold them four kanals of land in Zirakpur, near
Chandigarh. During the time of registration, I felt I had been cheated
of Rs. 1.5 lakh. And, of course, I was unable to follow Guruji’s
command. After six months I went to Panchkula, but was told
Guruji had shifted to Chandigarh. I went there that very hour. As
soon as he saw me, he said aloud from across the hall that I had been
duped of Rs 1.5 lakh. His omniscience was at the front yet again!
Thereafter, Guruji gave me the silent treatment for two years. (Much
later, I read in the Shiva Purana the injunction that the guru should
test his disciple for two years.) But I kept on coming.

Two eyes on my wall

In a good mood, Guruji would distribute his photographs to
devotees, but he would consistently bypass me. I felt very hurt. But,
I obeyed him even though I was stubborn, having been the youngest
and most pampered among five sisters. I used to reach daily by 7 pm

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