About two years ago, I used to listen to the Mahishasura Mardini hymn, a sacred eulogy to Goddess Durga, regularly. Then I had a dream vision of Guruji: He was sitting on a majestic stage, attired in purple, and a
satsang was going on in His divine presence. In front of Guruji, priests from Ma Vaishno Devi temple were trying to sing Mahishasura Mardini. But no voice was coming from their mouths. I got very excited as I wanted to pitch in. I raised my hand like a school kid, and excitedly said: "Guruji, I will sing; I know the words for the chant!" Guruji smiled and nodded for me to come. Thrilled, I sat by a harmonium and tried and tried to hymn the words—but no voice would come out of my mouth. Every time I tried to open my mouth, it was filled with
saag prasad from Bade Mandir. I looked at Guruji, and He started laughing!
Another dream vision came to me on the first day of Navratri in September 2019. Guruji was walking very quickly, and I, along with three or four devotees, was trying to follow Him. He entered a room, and then sat on His
gaddi. We all surrounded Him intently. Guruji asked me: "What is 3 squared?" I replied: "Guruji, 9." Then Guruji said: "Navratri!" One
sewadar then started walking towards Guruji and all of us with a huge
swaroop of Goddess Durga.
Yet another time, my dream vision was of hundreds of gurus from different spiritual paths. Next to their image was written in bold letters:
One Deeksha (initiation). The image of all the gurus then converged into the image of Goddess Durga. Next to Her swaroop was written: One Shakti. Durga Ma's image converted into a female form that looked like Goddess Parvati (Lord Shiva's consort), and next to Her swaroop was written: One Love. One Deeksha. One Shakti. One Love.
As the motif of one
shabad goes:
Awwal Allah Noor Upaya, Kudrat Ke Sab Bandey / Ek Noor Te Sabh Jag Upjeya, Kaun Bhale Kaun Mandey
Anshuman Chadda, a devotee
December 2020