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form of Shivji. A friend of mine, sitting next to me in the
temple, suddenly started crying. She got up and ran
out as if not being able to see Guruji. It seemed very
strange to me as I had never witnessed anything like
this before. On being asked what is causing her to cry
like this, all she could say was that she couldn't look at
Guruji's eyes. “His eyes are shining so bright that its
blinding me. I can't see Guruji sitting on the aasan,
instead I see Shivji.” She said. I tried to calm her down
and each time I took her inside to sit among the sangat
she would start to cry again. Guruji called me and told
me to take her to his room and calm her down. “Guruji,
what is wrong with her?” I asked. “I have given her the
divine darshan of Shivji, but she is unable to bear it.
Not everyone can handle being given a darshan, people
can even go mad.” This is when I realized that it's easy
for Guruji to give darshan but it's not easy for us
humans to bear the impact of such an experience.

One day while sitting with Guruji, he told me “I
have blessed your grandfather with the darshan of
Shivji, next is your turn.” Needless to say I was on top
of the world. My grandfather was a saintly man and
never told anyone about his spiritual experiences. After
probing him for two long days he finally admitted to
having had the darshan and all he said was that it was
an amazing experience that cannot be explained in
words. Every day, after visiting Guruji, I would go home
hoping to have Shivji's darshan. I would clean up my
room which otherwise never got cleaned, thinking Shivji

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