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Light of Divinity

Taking a devotee through death’s door

Bakshi would come for the sangat in Delhi at least once a month.
One day Guruji called him and introduced him to two people sitting
close to him. There was talk about Bakshi’s father, who was some 85
years of age, yet hale and hearty; his eyesight was perfect and nary
had a toothache bothered him. Bakshi felt emboldened to tell Guruji
about an infection his father had on his right leg, affecting the area
from the knee to the ankle. Doctors had not been able to control the
infection or lessen the pain. Guruji asked Bakshi to relax and assured
him that he would take care of the situation. The great master added
that though doctors are not a great help, they also have to earn their
living.

As Bakshi was leaving, Guruji gave him a garland placed at his feet
by one of his devotees. Bakshi was to dip the garland in water and his
father was to bathe with the water thus sanctified. The garland had to
be disposed of in the nearest water body. Guruji’s instructions were
followed to a T. As expected, the leg pain went away immediately.

There was another far more significant effect. Bakshi’s father
became entranced with Guruji. When offered lunch or dinner, he
would tell household members that he had already had Guruji’s
langar. This told the family that the patriarch was mentally in
Guruji’s sharan even though he was physically present with them.
Soon, Bakshi’s father expired. He departed from earth calmly and
gently in the middle of a conversation with his grandchildren. It is
apparent with hindsight that Guruji had taken charge of the father’s
life in its latter stages and helped him go through the door of death
to his own everlasting abode.

A tractor benefits from grace

For a farmer, a tractor is almost like family. So when Bakshi had to
make the all-important decision of buying a tractor, he came and
asked Guruji which tractor he should buy. Guruji told his devotee
that he may buy any one, but not a second-hand machine. Bakshi
bought a Swaraj tractor with new accessories. In fact, the trolley
which they finally purchased was made of heavy metal and was the
first of its kind in their village. Since the tractor can plough fields
thrice the size of Bakshi’s lands, it is never stretched.

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