The past two years have brought Guruji's blessings in my life to the fore. In May of 2021 I was staying in our village with my father. When I returned to Delhi I had Covid symptoms, while my father tested positive in the village. I was scared: I had communicated with Guruji mentally and He had been telling me for a month that I would get Covid. If I had Covid, I said to Guruji, I should be sent back to the village. Guruji managed affairs such that I went back and, as it turned out, tested positive on the 18
th of May.
I went to the doctor in great fear, internally praying to Guruji, beseeching Him that my oxygen saturation level not come down. When the level was checked, it was at 100%. At the village, I couldn't bring myself to drink the water as it tasted different and I wondered how I'd gulp down my medicines. From the very next day, without my initiating it, bottled water was available at home. My health began improving soon after.
Soon after Guruji told me, "
Tu tan negative ho gayi" (Your [Covid] result is negative). So I asked my uncle to get my Covid test done, but he wanted to defer the test till we left the village. Since there was a Covid test camp the very next day at the village, I got myself tested–and the result was negative. It was the 27
th of May; Guruji had made me well in a week! My father too tested negative after some days, and Guruji granted him good health. Guruji had looked after everything and listened to all my prayers.
Blessings in the classroom
Covid meant that my Class XII classes took place online for the entire year. Guruji had told me that both my terms would be offline and that I should study. In response, I had requested Guruji to take care of my studies. I didn't understand anything during the online classes, but had full faith that Guruji would do the best for me. People thought that I would not pass. Before the result came out, Guruji told my sister: "
Tu aiven dardi rehndi si, aa vekh teri gall ban gayi hai." (You fear for no reason; what you wished for is done.) When the result came out on 22
nd July, I got a respectable 67%.
There is no way I could have got such marks without Guruji's grace. Guruji was with me throughout my studies. One day, when I was doing Physics work in the lab, I felt a bit sad and dizzy. I mentally told Guruji that I was not feeling well. Our school premises are in a Gurudwara, where
kadha prasad is made every day. Students get it only on special occasions. That day prasad was distributed in class. The woman who was giving out the prasad came up to me and said: "Aaj tumhare liye specially layi hoon."(I have brought the prasad for you specially.) I knew it was Guruji who was signaling His presence and taking care of me.
I wear a pendant with Guruji's
swaroop on it. In July of 2022, it broke, and two days later, I dreamt of a bull chasing me down outside my school, saying I will kill you. I pleaded to be spared, and the bull turned into a woman. I repeated my entreaty to the woman and begged to be allowed to go home. Somehow, I escaped. That same day, my sister dreamt that she answered a phone call on my behalf with the voice at the other end of the line telling her that I had died. In her dream, my sister came to see me and found that I was fine. Later, Guruji communicated to me that He had blessed me with a new life and asked me to wear His locket.
Guruji holds my hand in and out of college
I had to apply for the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) in 2022 to pursue studies after Class XII. The CUET was set to take place in two slots. I was slated to give the exam in the first slot, but there was a technical glitch at the exam centre and I was in the second slot. Guruji was behind the postponement because I knew I wouldn't have cleared CUET in the first slot. At the exam centre, the seat on my left was empty; all the rest were occupied–this signalled to me that Guruji was present. I hadn't studied for the exam, but Guruji came to my rescue and I cleared the exam. Then the Delhi University first list showed I had got admission in the first round of the allocation. I knew with my whole heart that my admission would not have been possible without Guruji.
In November of 2022, I began attending college, bussing to the campus. I was waiting for the bus one day and was getting late for class. I took a rickshaw. My phone was in my hand and I was repeatedly checking time. One person on a nearby bike scolded me, cautioning that my phone could easily be snatched from my hand. The following day I got to know that a classmate's phone had been stolen on the road I frequented. Guruji's opportune warning had saved me.
Soon I began using the Delhi Metro. It was a challenge for me to get on the escalator at the subway stations. The junctions had pathways with both escalators and stairs. On the first day my father was with me and I used the stairs at a junction. When I began travelling on my own, I could not find the entrance which had both the escalator and stairs at the junction where I changed trains. Every day I used the escalator after taking help from passers-by. Those who helped me were exceedingly kind and never made me feel dumb. Then I took courage and mentally told Guruji that I will not ask for help. I will hold Your hand and go to the escalator. I found I could easily use the escalator easily since that day. Thank you so much, Guruji Maharaj, for always helping me. After I could use the escalator, I found the junction which had the stairs and the escalator both.
Winning elections and an internship by His grace
The divine presence has always been around me, even in college. The college premises have a Hanuman Mandir, which makes me feel very blessed. Seeing it the first time was overwhelming as since childhood, I have a connection with Hanuman-ji. I used to ask for things I wanted from Hanuman-ji.
In college I stood for department elections along with three other, more capable candidates. Most students preferred the other candidates, but when the poll results came out, I was the shocking winner, elected as the first-year member of my department's society. Students wondered aloud how I won because nobody voted for me; I know it was only Guruji's vote that made me win. A year later, I again stood for elections for the post of secretary. I didn't even ask students to vote. I reasoned that if victory was good for me, Guruji will grant it and if not, Guruji won't. By Guruji Maharaj's
kripa, I won. Thank you, Guruji!
In my second year of college, I began looking for internships. I joined an NGO, but left it on Guruji's
hukum. Other internships I applied for did not work out. I would get shortlisted for the interview but not get selected. I felt demotivated after facing a spate of rejections and stopped applying. I have always prayed to Guruji to not give me things that take me away from Him, and that He grant me only that which leads me to Him. So I invested faith in my belief that Guruji would grant me an internship whenever the right time came.
I applied for another internship, and the company gave me a task which Guruji made me complete. At the subsequent interview, I was selected! I am thankful to Guruji because I know it would not have been possible without Guruji's grace. I soon realized that I was not able to devote much time to Guruji because I had become busy. I felt guilt. Guruji made me realize it was His grace that had given me tasks I had to pursue, so I should continue doing them as Guruji's
sewa. Now I always keep talking to Guruji about everything and do my daily chores with a sense of His presence.
I can't ever thank Guruji, but Guruji knows my heart. I am grateful to Guruji for all the things in my life and thank Him for always being with me and taking care of me. I am sorry to Him for all the mistakes I have made. I realize I am no one and I am not doing anything. Guruji is the doer. I request Guruji to guide me to the path that leads to Him. I am nothing without Guruji. As the song in praise of the Lord has it:
Karte ho tum, Guruji, mera naam ho raha hai, Aapki kripa se sab kam ho raha hai. (You are the doer, Guruji, yet my name is a taken / Your grace takes care of all my affairs.)
Thank you so much, Guruji, for everything, and sorry for my mistakes. I love you, Guruji. Jai Guruji!
[Following section added July 2025]
He is always there, and my heart turns to Him
I entered 2024 very disturbed. My personal life was a mess and I couldn't focus on studies and exams. I shared my feelings with Guruji, hoping for a response. The following day, when I went to college for an exam, my friend, who is also a devotee, gave me Guruji's bracelet. I froze for an instant, but was happily grateful to Guruji Maharaj for listening and for being there for me in ways I cannot comprehend. This sign of grace was repeated a year later when I was perplexed over some decisions and asking Guruji for guidance. I was wondering if I was taking the right course of action. I again got a bracelet from my friend. I was so overwhelmed.
His blessings can reach us anywhere. I have been wanting to go to a Mata Vaishno Devi temple near my college ever since I have been attending classes, but timings are such that I could not. One day while going from college to the metro station, I was in a rickshaw along with another girl. The rickshaw stopped for a bit near the Mandir and a person come up to me with a
samosa as
prasad. I was lost in sad thoughts over a happenstance, and it took me a moment to realize that the prasad was for me—then the rickshaw puller moved on even as I asked him to wait so that the other girl could get prasad too. My mood lifted and I could only thank Guruji for showing His presence.
Later that same year, in November, my friends and I decided to participate in a hackathon. Our team got selected and had to stay put at the venue, an auditorium. This meant a night stay, and I was very excited as my family was allowing me to stay away for the night for the first time. But, as the coding teams got introduced, I got bored and grumbled about it to Guruji. Then last year's winner came on stage and began his speech with "
Radhe Radhe." That got my attention as it meant an auspicious start. Moreover, our room was on 7
th floor and my room number was 707. Guruji's grace was overwhelming, and the whole hackathon turned out to be a wonderful experience.
Catharsis in Vrindavan
Throughout the better part of the year, I had been trying to persuade my parents to go to Vrindavan, which I had been wanting to visit. My parents were reluctant, and I left the matter in Guruji's hands. Year 2025 came and with my parents' permission, I went for a trip with my friends to the city of Lord Krishna. We had a wonderful
darshan with Guruji's blessings.
We also wanted to have blessings of the saint, Sri Premananda Maharaj. However, we did not know at what time he was giving public darshans. By the time we decided to go to the gathering, we were quite late and had to run to make it. I was not able to keep pace with my friends. A bicycle rider came behind me and encourage me to continue, saying, "
Daud, laali, tere darshan reh jayenge." (Run, dear girl, otherwise you will be bereft of darshan.) The bicycle rider made me run up to where darshans were taking place even though I had to stop in between due to breathlessness. My friends helped me, but I could only glimpse Premananda-ji from behind. Then the time was up. I was upset because I had thought to myself that if I'd see the saint, I'd take it as having Guruji's darshan.
I wanted to have darshan the following day, but my parents stubbornly wanted me to return that day. However, our bus got cancelled and there was no option but to take a morning train. We stayed back in a hotel and went for darshan during the stipulated time. Thankfully by grace, I had the saint's darshan: He looked at me for a second—and that was enough for me.
The entire build-up to the darshan had made me very emotional. The day before, I had been on the verge of leaving Vrindavan in tears. That made me cry openly, though I have never been one to let go of emotions easily. My friends were very kind and tried to console me, but my grief, held back for long, couldn't be staunched.
Back at home, the normal routine reasserted itself. I, however, could not understand why I had been unable to control my tears. Guruji Maharaj told me that though I had tried hard to pretend that I was not hurt for nearly a year, He had let all the bottled-up emotions come out. The darshan set-up had been a trigger. I was very grateful to Guruji because it was really needed.
Guruji manages my internship, and graces me with His presence
While in the last year of college, I started applying for summer internships with no success. Lack of motivation would have got the better of me had I not got two interview calls on the 12
th of May, 2025, both from places where my friends were interning. At the first company, three of us went for the first interview; I had no luck. At the second place, what little hope I had was lost when I saw that nearly 20 people had turned up. I told Guruji that I wanted to return.
The first round had a written aptitude and logical reasoning test, to be followed by an interview. I could see others going for their interviews after 20 minutes or so, while I was twiddling my thumbs for nearly an hour. I was irate and decided that I'd leave the venue if I was not called in the next 15 minutes. Guruji told me to wait and be patient.
Soon I was through and my interview went well, but I surmised that I did not have a good chance. The office seemed to have high standards and talented people were in the reckoning. I was called for the next round, this time with a manager and then asked to wait. I was curious till the HR round came up and I was shortlisted! I was being given details of the internship, including the joining date. I was speechless and thanked Guruji Maharaj for this incredible turn of events.
I had to manage both end-of-semester exams and the internship, which was from 10 in the morning to 7 in the evening, simultaneously. Exhausted one day, I told Guruji that I hoped my manager would take a day off so I could look forward to unsupervised work. But my manager came and I told myself to stop complaining and get on with it. During break-time, there was happy news: My manager said she had to be out for a couple of hours. Four hours later, my manager called to say she could not return and I should work on my own. How Guruji fulfils my silly wishes, always helping me out!
And then He shows me He is there. I was on the lift to the ground floor from my fifth-floor office building. Bent over the phone, I looked up only when I wondered why the lift had not reached the floor, only to see that the 14th floor-button was lit. The lift doors opened at that floor—and I glimpsed a big swaroop of Guruji Maharaj at the reception! I was overjoyed that Guruji was with me. I felt so blessed.
At present, I have become too busy and don't get much time alone with Guruji. When this hits me, I feel like crying; that I am going away from Guruji; and then Guruji shows me His presence. He demonstrates that He is with me at all times. He nudges me to remember His name always, not just during particular situations.
I just can't thank Guruji via words or actions. They will never be enough. Guruji, you are always in my mind and heart. I love you so much. You are everything to me: All my relations, all my bonds are with you. Guruji Maharaj, please be with me always and make me the person you want me to be. Keep me humble and close to you.
Jai Guruji!
Ayushi Bhati, a devotee
July 2025