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finally discharged from hospital. The doctors were
amazed how someone with cancer has no pain and has
recovered so fast. Throughout his illness he never once
complained of pain and the doctors were shocked and
told us that such patients receive injections worth
lakhs just to subside the pain.
During his one and a half month stay at home he
continued to talk about Guruji visiting him with his
sangat. Not only Guruji, he now started seeing my late
grandmother and his own mother.
On one particular day, I am ashamed to admit, I
was too tired to even get up when Daddy instructed me,
“Make tea for Guruji and his sangat.” Unable to even
move my hand, I took advantage of Daddy's closed
eyes, thinking he couldn't possibly see, and said, “Yes
Daddy, I have made it.” “You call yourself a disciple of
your guru? You have not made the tea. You have lied.”
He said. Feeling ashamed I pulled myself out of the bed
to make tea for Guruji. Wanting to test my
grandfather's ability to see even with eyes closed, I put
the mug of tea in front of Guruji's photograph kept in
another room and prayed to Guruji to accept it. I then
went to my grandfather's bed and asked him if Guruji
had got the tea? “Yes now Guruji and his sangat have
got their tea.” He replied.
On another occasion Daddy told me his mother was
with him and that I should make tea for her. As I got
up to make the tea, he said, “She wants to have tea in
the pretty tulip mugs in the kitchen. She finds them
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