Short Satsangs Part 1

A collection of Short Satsangs (Part 1)

Dream blessings cure headache

I had been suffering from headaches that occurred two or three days every week. Painkillers gave no relief and the symptoms were pointing to a migraine. I had migraine attacks for nearly two months, when I had a vision of Guruji. It felt so real and divine.

In the dream, Guruji and I were sitting very close to each other. Guruji's hand (with OM tattooed on it) was on His lap. I suddenly put my hand over Guruji's hand. Immediately, I felt energy flowing from Guruji to me. The next moment, Guruji was forcibly pressing my Adam's apple. It flashed through my mind, in the dream, that I had touched Guruji without His permission, which must have made Him angry.

I protested: "Guruji, mera gala kyun daba rahe ho?" (Why are you strangling me?) "Main gala nai daba reya, tera sar dard theek kar reyan," Guruji replied. (I'm not strangling you; I'm curing your headache).

I have never had any migraine since this dream. Thank you, Guruji!

Tushar Chadha, a devotee

June 2020


HNY with Guruji

I had gone back home to India to spend time with my parents in the year of 2010. On a beautiful winter day, one of my friends brought me to Bade Mandir. There were only half a dozen people present when we did darshan. We sat in the main hall for a long time and enjoyed samosa and ladoo prasad too. Everything was serene, allowing the heart to overflow with natural love and bliss. It was a divine experience.

A few years later, satsangs began to be held in Los Angeles/Orange County, California, and we were blessed to be a part of them. Then on one New Year's Eve, my husband and I decided to bring in the year with Guruji. We started doing satsangs at 11:30 in the night, playing shabads in the room. A few minutes later, I felt a strong rush of air as if a door had opened. I felt I was dreaming and didn't open my eyes as; then I felt someone's hand on my head. I opened my eyes a few seconds later and my husband and I looked at each other. Both of us had felt the same gentle stroke. It was Guruji. It was a beautiful experience, knowing how He responded to our wish with His subtle presence. He is always listening and answering our prayers, whether we know it or not. Jai Guruji!

Akshita, a devotee

June 2020


Back pain subsides

My husband had been suffering from acute back pain, which had not healed despite two surgeries. Resultantly, he had to take a lot of painkillers every day just to work.

In year 2015, my friend introduced me to Guruji's satsangs. I went to them, and every time prayed that He take care of my husband. My husband's back pain started to subside around 2017. He still has tensive pain sometime, but by His grace, my husband does not have to take as many painkillers as before. In fact, there are days when none are required. Guruji has given me confidence and belief that there is a divine power who will stand by me and will take care of my worries always.

Shukrana Guruji!

Rolita Jain, a devotee

June 2020


Lost wallet is found

A few days ago, my husband and I decided to go out for a drive and to run errands. My husband took out the car from the garage and then went back in—we have a long driveway—to do something. He came back and we drove away. We were out for an hour. When we came back, my husband realized that he didn't have his wallet. He had put it on top of the car and forgotten it there. We panicked and drove to all of the places we had gone to, but no luck.

While returning, we prayed to Guruji to help us find the wallet. When we entered our house through the garage door, I felt we should check the main door to the house. Yes, the wallet was there, but how come? Our son had been at home; nobody had rung the bell or knocked at the door, and the wallet had been misplaced near the garage. Guruji had done it: He had put the thought to check the main door in my mind.

Guruji always comes to the rescue of His devotees if we call Him for help with all our faith. Our Guruji Maharaj is amazing; no words can describe the gratitude we feel for our Lord. He's there for all of us. No harm can come to anyone under His protection.

Sanjana Kaushik, a devotee

December 2020


Looking after my son

My son was working in Phoenix and he became sick with fever, cough, and a sore throat. It was the third week of March, when Covid-19 was making its presence felt. All of us were worried as he had gone to a concert recently. He had been in Phoenix for about 10 months and never had reason to go to a doctor. Now when he was ill, he could not go looking for them. My anxiety was rising as he had been ailing for a week and wasn't doing well. I wanted to go and check on him, but he forbade me.

Then Guruji stepped in. A high school friend, who lives in the Midwest, called after a long time. We talked about the kids and their well-being, and on hearing that my son needed to see a doctor, she said that she had friends in Phoenix, who had gone to school with her doctor husband. "If you want I can send you the names," she offered, "and ask them to see him as soon as possible."

Soon my son had his medicines and was better. Guruji had arranged to have him healed when no one could.

Vineeta Sehgal, a devotee

December 2020


Faith wins over obstacles to satsang

We wanted to host a satsang at our place and, with Guruji's blessings, it was set for October 2016. I planned to embroider Guruji's chola, with decorative borders, myself to drape over His gaddi. A few months before the satsang, I got dark, pointy spots on my hands and arms. They were painful and itchy, and my right arm was in agony. A few friends said it was shingles—which has a long and painful recovery period—and the doctor confirmed that I would recover in less than half a year.

That put me in a dilemma. I had already begun work on the borders of the chola. How could I complete it if my hands did not recover? I managed to take out my sewing machine and give it a shot. However, my machine, fairly new, would not work. The date for the satsang was coming close but the pain in my arms was unbearable.

I spoke to Guruji about it in prayer, asking Him how I could embroider His chola if I had shingles. That night I slept at 11 and woke up to a fragrance of roses at 2 in the morning. My room filled with that aroma for a few minutes.

I found that with Guruji's blessings I was slowly able to complete the chola by hand. After a few days, the spots started disappearing and within four weeks I was cured. Guruji had healed me in a month. With His grace, we hosted a very successful first satsang.

Manju Wadhwa, a devotee

December 2020


Trust your Guru

I had been working for my company for over 19 years. One day I came back from vacation to learn that the company was merging with another, with operations moving to San Francisco. It meant that people who couldn't relocate would need to leave. It was devastating, not just for me, but for others who had been a major part of the company and of its daily operations. This job was my only source of income, and I was feeling low. I would tear up, because I had no idea how I would pay bills and take care of finances.

One week later, I dreamt of Guruji. He was sitting in an auditorium, where a satsang was going on. Outside, children were playing in the street and I was playing with them.

One of the sangat members asked me, "Why don't you come upstairs to do darshan?" I went to see Guruji, wearing a white chola. He looked directly at me and told me to give my hand to Him. As I did so, He marked two dots on my hand with vibhuti and told me: "Guruya te vishwas kitta kar" (Trust your Guru). I woke up from the dream, and since then my finances have been taken care of even though I still don't hold a job. I have no stress or depression. I know He is there and will guide me all the way through to success.

Rachna Wadhwa, a devotee

December 2020


Guruji, so soft, pure and loving

After associating with Guruji in year 2012, I began going to satsangs regularly. Since then Guruji has channelled His immense blessings through dreams, which have of course benefited me in the real world.

One of these darshans occurred after a satsang, at night as I slept. I saw a huge ground with devotees sitting on it. I arrived at the sangat venue in a car and then saw Guruji coming towards me. He was very young and wore a white safari suit. I felt scared even as I walked towards Guruji to touch His feet. He took my name and I came closer to Him and touched His lotus feet—so soft, transparent, and pure. He put His hand on my head and I began crying, saying, "Guruji, Guruji". At that point, my dream darshan ended.

It was so real that I was sobbing like a baby when I woke up. I felt such love from Him as I have never felt and which I was longing for my entire life. That was the best feeling I have ever experienced, and I relive the beautiful moment every time I think about it.

Thank you, Guruji, for showering so much love.

A devotee

December 2020


Go with the flow

Ever since we've come under Guruji's sharan every day seems to bring bliss. We have no reason to complain or worry about anything with Guruji by our side. We merely have to let go of our worries, stress and anxiety, and go with the flow.

A case in point, is our recent kitchen remodelling experience. We had been wanting to remodel our kitchen, which is from the eighties, for many years but never had a chance to do so as we were raising our kids. A few months ago, my husband and I sat down and during casual conversation agreed that a few areas in our house, especially the kitchen, needed renovation.

To our surprise, the following day our kitchen leaked from the ceiling. Above our kitchen is the master bath, and a pipe had a crack. This left us no choice other than to get started with the process. We were amazed at the timing of this incident and knew that Guru Maharaj was orchestrating events. We thanked Him from the bottom of our heart.

We pray and ask Him to be by our side for this lifetime and all the lifetimes to come.

A devotee

December 2020


When grace flits in butterflies

In this time of lockdown and social distancing, it's surprising to find that my divine connection with Guruji has grown deeper every day. Listening to satsangs, Gurbani and reading His words has given me clarity and guidance. Prayer is immensely powerful, and it's the means of communicating with God.

One day I received a devotee's video message that showed a brown butterfly, its wings edged with white, flying around his house in Montreal. It was drinking honey water out of a bowl. The image stuck.

I mentally talked to Guruji about that butterfly and how beautifully it manifested His presence. Two days later, I was sitting in my backyard, still amazed about that butterfly when I saw a butterfly of the same colour and size in our backyard. It flew over me. I was so happy with Guruji's leela. I went inside and thanked our Guruji for His immense love and also told my husband about it. I prayed that He also bless my husband with such a sign of His presence.

That evening as I made tea in the kitchen, my husband was in the backyard. Suddenly he saw a shade fall on the ground and looked up to find a brown butterfly, which flew over his head! We felt so blessed. Mere Meet Guru Dev – Satyam Shivam Sundaram.

Anju Juneja, a devotee

December 2020


Guruji saves my investment

In the middle of year 2019, I invested in property in another state. The purchase went fine, but the new tenants reported significant water damage a couple of days after living in the house. The outgoing sewer line had backed up and damaged the floors and walls in many rooms. The whole sewer line was damaged and would cost tens of thousands of dollars to fix. That meant the tenants would be deprived of basic housekeeping and hygiene. On top of it, we could not start repairs until the insurance company investigated to see if they should cover the costs. The process could take weeks.

I was in a bind. I did not know what to do or how to fix the damage, and I was feeling especially bad for the tenants. Our insurance investigator was not helping us at all. I prayed hard to Guruji to help us ensure that everything could get back on track.

Soon things turned around. We were assigned a new investigator, who was extremely helpful and concluded that the problems and damages weren't our fault. He expediently finished his probe and approved the cost of the repairs. Second, our tenants were understanding and reasonable, and cooperated with the repairs. Third, we found technicians who were good at the repair work and worked reasonably fast. Moreover, Guruji taught me an important lesson about diligence regarding property matters. He helped save me from a calamity.

A devotee

December 2020


Child gets birthday gift from Him

My six-year-old daughter has a special bond with Guruji. Guruji Maharaj gave her darshan during His birthday week of year 2019 and invited our family to His celebrations. My family then attended Guruji's birthday satsang. We all had delicious langar at the satsang, and Guruji blessed every one. At the satsang I took a few photographs. To my surprise, when I looked at the pictures at home, I had Guruji Maharaj's darshan on one of them.

My daughter benefited hugely from her association with Guruji. She had issues with digestion and frequent stomach-aches, which had stunted her growth. Within two weeks of the satsang, it was found that Celiac disease was the root cause of her ailments. After following a gluten-free diet for a year, the lining of her intestine healed completely without pain or discomfort.

This year Guruji came in her dreams on her birthday and blessed her lovingly. She told us that she saw a yellow and red peacock beside Guruji Maharaj; the bird ate langar prasad that had been prepared for the satsang at our home. Guruji also gave pink sparkles to my daughter as a birthday gift and advised her to use them whenever someone was sad in the house. Then Guruji danced with her. She was really happy and excited!

With His divine grace she is happy and growing up well. As a mother, I can't thank Guruji enough for blessing my daughter. I have wholeheartedly surrendered my daughter to Guruji and thank Him for taking her in His refuge now and forever.

Shikha Kaara, a devotee

December 2020


Dream darshan is harbinger of first home satsang

My family was going to host our very first satsang in our home and, naturally, I was excited. I wanted to do the best for Guruji and considered different options for the decorations, prasad and shabads. But I kept getting messages from devotees to keep the satsang simple.

My niece and her family in Canada had told me that they wanted to join us for the satsang at home. The day they arrived, I had an early morning dream darshan where Guruji told me, "Le main aa gaya han." I distinctly remember Guruji wearing a silky grey chola. I woke up, went to sleep, and then woke up again. Since Guruji had given darshan I rushed to my puja room, where I bowed to Guruji. That satsang day, Guruji really did come and we basked in His presence and positive energy.

Now that we are staying at home because of Covid-19, we have the opportunity to listen to many satsangs. It is amazing to hear divine experiences, most of which we might not have had a chance to know about. Everything happens with Guruji's grace, which gives us so much positive energy. Thank you so much, Guruji. Please keep blessing my family and me always and hold our hands.

A devotee

December 2020


First-timers find their car

In 2019 by grace of Guruji, I got a chance to visit Guruji's durbar at Chhatarpur while not even knowing the name of the place. We went on a Thursday evening. We parked our car and were waiting for the shuttle that would take us in when we asked a person what the place was called. He told us—Bade Mandir.

After we came back from the Mandir, we couldn't recall which side of the road we had parked our car on. After searching for some time, we felt discouraged and told a sewadar, who was directing the traffic, that we are having trouble finding our car. He asked us to keep trying, adding that he would arrange a shuttle for us to help us find our vehicle. We continued searching, but couldn't spot our car.

The sewadar organized a shuttle. Inside the shuttle we told a devotee that we were looking for our car. He told us that he knew where we had parked our vehicle. He was, in fact, the same person we had spoken to while going into the mandir. Immediately he had the shuttle stopped next to a car. It was our car! That was how Guruji took care of us.

A devotee

December 2020


Healed and healthy

I recently had a weird rash arising out of a gynaecological problem. None of the medicines helped. It'd just keep in check as long as I applied a topical cream and took oral medication. Three weeks ago, I listened to a satsang where people shared their experiences of getting cured thanks to Guruji's blessings. As I talked to another devotee of Guruji, she told me to seek His blessings by taking my problem to Him.

I prayed to Guruji 'ab aap hi dekho' and soon the rash cleared. Guruji blessed me with good health. I am very grateful to Him. Shukrana, Guruji.

Ritu, a devotee

December 2020


Towards surrender

For quite a while I have been battling issues. They had been dragging on for a long time with many stumbling blocks on the way. Somewhere in this journey I had left it to Guruji to do whatever He desired and whichever way He wanted to take these. When people talked about absolute surrender I could not fathom what it meant and entailed. A couple of weeks ago I was on a social media site and suddenly saw Guruji's swaroop. A poster popped up and it said that the time had come for everything to settle down before the month ran out. And it all fell into place by June 26th.

I was not able to find that social media post again. People often mentioned in their satsangs that there are signs which one needs to recognize. Now I am beginning to understand how to receive the signals and also getting the meaning of total surrender. It's a journey with Guruji and each one of us has his own journey.

A devotee

December 2020

Camera snaps show darshans

We were at Chinmaya Mission in Irvine where Guruji's birthday celebration was being hosted in year 2018. The Mission precincts had been hired for the celebrations; later, we were to go at a family gathering in the evening. As we came out of the venue, I realized I hadn't taken any pictures of the beautiful durbar of Guruji. Far off from the entrance door I clicked a few pics.

That night during the family get-together, I wanted to see the photos. I thought of how devotees got darshans of Guruji in the form of Aum or of different deities. I zoomed into one particular photograph and saw Guruji's swaroop formed on the close-up of a balloon. My husband confirmed that he could see it too, as did my daughter. I was in tears as I had asked Guruji for darshans and He had immediately fulfilled my wish.

I still have those swaroops saved in my camera roll. Since then Guruji has given many darshans. I am blessed to be in Guruji's sharan since 2016 and to be a part of His guru parivar.

Rosy Dang, a devotee

December 2020