Page 46 - Surcharged With Divine Love

Guruji starts to show his
Presence in our Room

Each time I would go to Guruji, he would say
something to me like, “Last night you got up twice to go
to the toilet.” Or “This afternoon you had two
chapattis.” Or things like “Sukhi aunty, before coming
to me you wanted to colour your hair but since there
was no colour at home you first went to the market and
bought one, coloured your hair and then came.” We
would all wonder how he knew. “Not only that, then
when you left your house, Gill uncle (my grandfather)
forgot his watch so you turned back from the sector 36
roundabout and went back. Isn't that right?” asked
Guruji. “Yes Guruji, this is exactly what happened.” My
mother answered. I would often think as to how he
knew all the minute details but never got around to
asking him.

One morning Guruji called up home and told us all
to chant 11 'malas' of a particular path. He told us not
to use the prayer beads but to use 11 almonds to keep
track of the number of malas done and to use 108
black grams as beads instead. This path was to be done
at 2 am every morning for a few months. Needless to
say, I found the path extremely difficult to pronounce
and many times would fall off to sleep in the middle of
my chanting, only to be woken up and told by mom to

re-do everything. Every morning before starting my
prayers I would make sure to tell Guruji never to give
46 / Surcharged With Divine Love