I came to know of Guruji in March 2009, when my father's cousin brother and his wife had come over to see him. My father had been battling cancer since 2005. They had brought Light of Divinity, Guruji's
granth of blessed
satsangs, with them. After they left, my mother came into my room and during a casual conversation, she gave me the holy book. I was looking for a new book to read. Little did I realize that it was no ordinary book, but a truly divine book blessed by Guruji Himself.
After reading Light of Divinity for a few days, I began making a connection with Guruji. I have always been a non-conformist as regards religion and sects; I have believed from a very young age that there is one God and we all are His children. I have, however, right from first memory prayed to Shivji and chanted Om Namah Shivay to pay obeisance to the Almighty.
The first conscious connection that I made with Guruji happened in a dream: I distinctly remember that I flew down to Paris for some work, where I found myself standing in a huge grey castle and heard a voice saying '
Tenu Aana Te Payega' (You will have to come.) I could feel Guruji's presence in that dream, though I could not understand what it meant and who had called out to me.
I continued to read Light of Divinity and subsequently had repeated dreams - Guruji calling me. He kept saying '
Tenu Aana Te Payega'. I did not pay attention to these dreams and felt these were tricks my subconscious was playing with me. But from May to July 2009, everything I did led me to Guruji.
Towards the end of June 2009, I visited Jalandhar during a summer break from work . The plan was to stay with a college friend, and then go to Amritsar for a day to have
darshan of the Golden Temple. Driving from Jalandhar to the Golden Temple, I talked to my friend about my dreams of Guruji. The distance between Jalandhar and Amritsar is covered in an hour and a half. We lost complete track of time as my friend kept driving and listening to my experiences. Before we knew it, we were on a strange road. And the journey seemed to have only lasted for 40 minutes. Another 5 minutes spent looking for directions, and we realized that we had reached the Golden Temple-via a completely unidentifiable route. We rationalized that we had somehow gotten on to a short cut that reached the Temple without getting into Amritsar City. After darshan, we tried looking for the same path back to Jalandhar, but couldn't find it, which made us take the normal way back and that definitely took more than an hour and a half.
On our return to Jalandhar, I narrated my experience to my friend's mother. She told me that Guruji had a house (that is, the temple) in Jalandhar and recalled His blessing to them: when an infant, my friend's face had a protruding nerve, and Guruji had cured him. That evening, without even knowing that this was Guruji's
adesh, I was sitting in the Jalandhar Temple. We had
chai prasad there. Guruji's birthday celebrations were round the corner and the temple was being repainted.
After returning to Delhi, on July 7 my girlfriend (who was with me during the Jalandhar trip and at the Mandir) and I decided to go for a movie at Select Citywalk in the evening with a few friends. To our amazement, there was a huge celebration organized at the mall for Guruji's birthday. We reached the mall when the celebrations were coming to an end. My girlfriend went to see what was going on and was given a collage of Guruji's photographs by renowned photographer Raghu Rai. Ever since, I have had Guruji in our
puja room at home, and each day He looks over my entire family.
That same month, I visited a friend who had returned from England and narrated the satsangs. She smiled: the Guruji I was talking about was the reason she got admission in a prestigious London college. She strongly recommended that I visit the Bade Mandir.
For my girlfriend and I, all roads led to Guruji for the next few months. My girlfriend had darshan of Guruji in her dream where He said "
Kalyan Ho" (Bless you!) In fact, every place-be it a shop or a friend's house-spoke of Guruji's presence in the form of a photograph.
When we visited the Bade Mandir, I could feel the strong presence of Almighty Guruji. I realized I was truly blessed and prayed that He guide me in my journey of life. I prayed for my father's health and our well-being. I must confess that even at this stage, the non-conformist in me kept asking questions: How could God come on earth and pick who to bless? Why should there be any particular path that leads to Him? Shouldn't performing good deeds alone be sufficient to receive God's blessings?
In November 2009 I fell ill to a rare liver disease. High stress at work coupled with an extremely busy lifestyle may have caused it. Unfortunately, I could not visit the Bade Mandir during this time and could only seek Guruji's blessings a month later on December 15th-it was my birthday and I was there at midnight.
Over the months, my health showed no significant improvement; the doctors couldn't diagnose the problem. In September 2010, I had a terrible dream relating to Guruji and the Bade Mandir. I saw something so terrible that I cannot describe it to date. I was shaken up for days and felt my connection with Guruji had also been shaken.
My health deteriorated and the doctors found positive markers for an autoimmune liver disease. They suggested a liver biopsy. Despite my faith in Guruji having been shaken, He ensured that I would not even need to go through the biopsy. And, my autoimmune markers also came out negative.
Throughout the year of 2011, Guruji blessed me time and again with His divine presence. As in 2009, everything I was doing lead me to Guruji. I began listening to all the satsangs uploaded on Guruji's website; I prayed to Guruji; asked for His blessings to help me keep my faith; and sought His guidance.
Recently, I visited the Bade Mandir again. I could now comprehend the meaning of Guruji's words
Tenu Aana Te Payega.
Guruji recently gave me darshan. In a dream, some evil power was around me, making me helpless when Guruji appeared from the sky. He took a lightning bolt and hurled it at the evil power, instantly protecting me.
Now I find His presence in every place that I go to. On Diwali, while I was praying to Guruji at a
puja in my father's office, a Babaji who graces the occasion every Diwali, came in and said: "Hamare Guruji ka adesh hai ki tu bahut taraki karega. (It is Guruji's fiat that you will be very successful.)" Incidents such as this are now countless.
More than the experiences that I have had or heard of, my soul now completely feels connected to Guruji and it can clearly see that God is always looking over us and out for us. God has come to this world in the form of Guruji to guide us, protect us and make this world a happier place. Guruji is great and His methods are beyond the comprehension of our simple minds. All that I can say is that even before we come to know that Guruji is the absolute supreme power, He is already looking over us. He gives us darshan at an opportune time and helps us in our life's journey. Even if our faith in Him is shaken or lost, He still showers His unconditional love upon us and guides us back to His loving path. He is omnipresent and ever-so kind. I continue to pray to God, as I did since I was a child, by chanting Om Namah Shivay followed by Guruji Sada Sahay to seek His blessings. Jai Guruji!
The magical night of Guruji's Purnima
The auspicious day of Guru Purnima fell on July 3 this year. Though I have been going to the Bade Mandir since 2009, this year I wanted to attend a big function at Guruji's Mandir to celebrate His love for us. The plan was to go for Guruji's Birthday on 7
th July, but everything I did led me to Guruji on Guru Purnima.
It was a Tuesday, so my girlfriend and I wrapped up work and headed towards Guruji's Bade Mandir. Each time we are on our way to the Bade Mandir, I have a sense of comfort, protection and love, which I feel comes from the connection that we have with Guruji. The assurance of His love is the best feeling in the world. It makes everything worth it! All problems, big or small, vanish and are magically solved.
On Guru Purnima day, my only thought was to reach the Mandir and I directed my best efforts to that end. We wanted to thank Guruji for our existence and His kindness in giving us the opportunity to follow His loving path.
On reaching the Mandir, we realised that it wasn't just the two of us who had decided to dedicate that day to Guruji, thousands had come. We were joining a real celebration! Before I could enter the Mandir itself, I got an email regarding an ultrasound that had been taken of my liver. The report wasn't very good. I was severely disappointed because I had been troubled with this issue for over three years and things were not improving. I entered the Mandir feeling a little glum; however, I tried to keep my spirits up.
We entered the Mandir and, thanked Guruji for all that He had done for us. I especially thanked Him for giving me and my loved ones such a beautiful life. I prayed that He would bless me with the courage to always follow His path; for Him to continuously love me and guide me; and to give me the power to do all that He desires of me.
After the darshan, we went and sat outside the Mandir along with the
sangat, and were truly overwhelmed by the sheer numbers. We decided to leave right after the aarti. Despite us not waiting for the
langar, Guruji made sure we did not leave without prasad. While wearing shoes, a devotee doing
sewa gave us ladoo prasad.
I reached home and felt morose. I was tired and pensive. The test report was bothering me. I was questioning everything in life. I longed for Guruji's guidance. I was so upset, that for the first time in my life, I felt orphaned like a lost child. I fell asleep, tired, upset and nearly depressed. I felt the need for Guruji's immediate intervention and guidance.
That night turned out to be magical.
I distinctly remember a dream I had. I could hear birds chirp. I was sitting with Guruji and receiving some guidance from Him. I can't remember what He said to me. Guruji was showing me a path, a path ordained by Him. He gave me clothes (an orange
chola) to wear. He sent me home and I was extremely upset leaving Him. While leaving I looked up at Him lovingly and longingly. He simply told me to go home and assured me that He would visit me on Monday.
I then saw myself sitting under a tree close to my house with a pundit who was performing rituals while another looked on. They said I was ready. My girlfriend was asking the other pundit various questions. I was questioning my abilities to follow Guruji's path. At each step I was assured by my faith that I had it in me to succeed.
Next, I saw my family sitting outside our house around the dining table. I remember it felt like early morning. A telephone call came and my mother answered. A gentleman asked my mother whether "I had arrived" and whether "it was true that the one they anticipated had actually arrived." My mother was confused and passed the white cordless phone to me. I spoke to the gentleman, who seemed to be calling from a distant place. He informed me that his child was unwell. He asked me to take a yellow paper and draw a table with a blue pen. The ink spread and became green. He asked if I could understand the problem and I immediately told him that his son had thalassemia. I advised him to take his son to a doctor and make sure that the child doesn't bleed.
The man on the line wanted to know if I could cure his child or not. I gave a practical solution, offering to guide him to a doctor and requesting that he wait till Monday to see Guruji. (That was the day Guruji was to visit me.) The man seemed only interested in a quick cure and hung up abruptly.
In the next stage of the dream, it was about 7:30 in the morning. My family and I were still sitting outside; I had just taken the newspaper from the gate and was going inside the house to get ready for the morning. I was still wearing the clothes Guruji had given me. At that point, I heard my dad, mom and brother shouting, "Guruji is here." My heart jumped with excitement as I heard His voice from a distance. He told my brother: "
Ini jaldi thak gaya munda" (He has got tired so soon.) My brother, delighted, told Guruji about how eagerly I had been waiting for Him. I ran towards Guruji. He was coming down a slope near my house. I was running up to meet Him. Just then I saw my maternal grandmother and slowed my pace. I took her hand to take her to meet my God and Almighty. I asked her to walk slowly as "Guruji won't mind."
Then I saw Guruji, in an orange chola, in all His magnificence, smiling. As I approached Him, I took off the orange slippers that He had given me and bent to touch His lotus feet. He smiled and blessed me. Looking at my slippers, He lovingly commented, "
Mera shokeen puttar hai." He then asked my mother, who was standing next to Him, to give me the Kanchak money (Kanchak is the ritual performed on the day of Ram Navami) that He had given her, so that He could bless me.
I suddenly saw myself as a small boy, with long locks, gleeful and excited to see Guruji, whose face was emitting an amazing glow. He walked with my mother towards my house, while I followed what looked like His path.
It was then that I woke up, super happy and excited! I jotted down my entire experience at 8:00 in the morning of 4 July 2012. How lucky I was! I was grateful to God for allowing me the privilege to follow His loving path and for His guidance and protection that I have strongly felt since I was an infant.
I understood the meaning of Guruji's love that day. I understood how practical He is and how magical His ways are. He assures us of His presence everyday by not only allowing us to experience the magnificent world that He has created for us but also by making everything work out for the best.
He is so loving that He even reassures us of His presence, when we doubt! He is so great that He unveils life to us in a beautiful way. I feel His divine presence each day and I am proud that Guruji has chosen me like all of us, the, to be His children, whom He personally cares for and attends to.
Thank you, Guruji. Om Namah Shivay Guruji Sada Sahay. Jai Guruji!
[Following section added March 2026]
T20 blessings bring cup of love to father-son's heart as India wins
I have shared a deep connection with Guruji for many years, and honestly, it feels as though I have spent lifetimes resting in His heart. Since 2009, I have been blessed to write several satsangs detailing my beautiful experiences with His Divine Grace. After undertaking an entire journey with Him, it is now abundantly clear to me that Guruji is the One Universal Consciousness and Force powering the entire cosmos. He acts through various forms, situations, and masters, regardless of the words we might use to describe Him.
My family's connection stretches back to the 1990s when my parents met Him while Guruji was putting up at Greater Kailash, Delhi. He showered His blessings on my family and me from 2009 to 2014. Then my path seemingly swerved, creating a space meant for soul-searching. In hindsight, it feels as though Guruji admitted me into His beautiful divine kingdom only to push me out to learn exactly what my soul desired and needed to learn.
After a long gap, He returned to my life through a series of dream darshans beginning in 2009. Four years later, in 2023, I was blessed with another divine vision that clearly revealed His Majesty and constant guidance over my eternal being. As in 2009, these repeated darshans brought a profound realization of His absolute protection and grace. Words often fall short, but He clearly showed me that He is at the helm of all spirituality and is Himself the One Supreme Lord.
The purple lightning: A sign in Berlin
Guruji also returned to my conscious mind to pass on a crucial message to my closest friends and spirit family in Berlin. They, along with their son, were facing a challenging time, and I intuitively asked them to place a photo of Guruji inside their home. Though I was insistent, they were hesitant. However, my dream visions happened again, and Guruji sent them undeniable signs. I was resolved that they establish His
swaroop soon.
My friend, a professional artist who works extensively in printing, asked me to select a photo for him to print and frame. As he went to print the swaroop, I intuited that a physical sign from Guruji would manifest—and told him so. Indeed, when the print emerged, a magnificent, organic purple lightning bolt appeared directly over Guruji's head, gracefully fading at both endpoints. The entire process of choosing the swaroop and the profound effect Guruji had on them is a beautiful satsang in itself.
A shield against the storm: Mother's healing
Our Guruji is most benevolent, and He firmly re-established Himself in our lives just as my mother received a cancer diagnosis in 2024. He welcomed us back to the Bade Mandir with open arms, making it clear that He had called our family back to bless us once more.
Facing such a devastating illness is an incredibly difficult battle, but Guruji's boundless grace fundamentally shifted our reality. I can say with absolute certainty that Guruji's love turned my mother's cancer treatment—which would otherwise have been an arduous mountain to climb—into a puny molehill to fly past. We were immensely graced by Him as mother fought this formidable disease.
The cosmic game: Setting the stage
The experience Guruji has commanded me to share is the mystical orchestration of how He took my family to the 2026 T20 Cricket World Cup Final in Ahmedabad, enabling us to be part of India's victory. My 5-year-old son and I share a deep bond over watching and playing cricket. We were following the tournament passionately, hoping for India to retain the trophy.
During the Super Eight stage, I felt a sudden, spontaneous push to book flights to Lucknow. I had intended to stay at an accommodation associated with Papaji, a disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi, but ended up selecting an Airbnb instead.
The mystical undertones began the day before my flight, right as the India–South Africa game was taking place in Ahmedabad. While prepping to watch, a cherished Guruji bracelet I wear became stuck in my sports jacket. Later, in an entirely separate incident during the game, the photo of Guruji fell off the bracelet. These two distinct incidents portended something significant. The Ahmedabad match went poorly; India got hammered by South Africa, putting us in a tough spot where every remaining game became a must-win. Notably, Axar Patel had been omitted from this game, and Sanju Samson wasn't starting.
Lucknow synchronicities and the semifinal miracle
I flew to Lucknow as scheduled and glued the bracelet picture back in place. I felt Guruji's guidance continuously. At the entrance of the building housing my Airbnb, I was greeted by three back-to-back shops displaying beautiful swaroops of Guruji—one even wrapped in a beautiful chola. These swaroops were a clear blessing and message. I did
pranaam, knowing Guruji had brought me there.
On my second night, during the England vs Pakistan match, I miraculously secured three final tickets from an online queue of tens of thousands. At that stage, India reaching the final in Ahmedabad was a hard probability requiring complex permutations. In my heart, I was completely aware that something divine was at play.
The divine orchestration continued upon my return to Delhi. South Africa convincingly beat the West Indies, and India defeated Zimbabwe. It was in this encounter that India brought back both Axar Patel and Sanju Samson, who opened the innings. From here, their absolute brilliance carried India forward. Simultaneously, an extraordinary shift happened: Sri Lanka miraculously stopped Pakistan from advancing, ensuring the final would remain in Ahmedabad rather than moving to Sri Lanka.
During the virtual quarter-final against the West Indies at Eden Gardens, Samson played a record-breaking knock to secure a win. His post-game celebration—dropping to his knees to pay obeisance to the Almighty—pointed my heart straight to Guruji. Through Guruji's grace, this cricketing moment merged perfectly into the spiritual realm.
Two days before the India–England semifinal, a client (and fellow devotee) noticed my Guruji bracelet. Her daughter mentioned that, in accordance with satsangs she had listened to, a breaking bracelet signifies it has absorbed something untoward, indicating Guruji's protection. As if on cue, on the evening of the semifinal, I felt unwell and exhausted.
India started brilliantly, posting a massive 253, aided by Samson after he was dropped early by Brook. An easy win was assured after Brook and Jos Butler were dismissed. However, the match suddenly turned, and England began hitting boundaries at will. Though I rarely ask Guruji for anything, I found myself tense, praying in my heart for Him to somehow make us reach the final for my excited son. The match shifted again with Axar Patel's brilliance in the field. India pulled off a heroic, close win to enter the final. I felt a clear blessing, knowing Guruji was looking after the team's fate.
To my amazement, before sleeping, I heard a lady devotee share a satsang about how her young son had prayed before a swaroop that India win the 2007 World Cup. Her child reported that Guruji's swaroop came alive and said, "
Le mein bhi kush, teh tu bhi kush… le jita diya India ko." (It's done, I am happy, and you are happy... I have made India win.)
Into the finals, with healing and victory
The night before leaving for Ahmedabad, I was gripped by severe illness and fever, barely able to walk. The extreme fatigue made me doubt taking the trip. Yet, when it was time to fly, I felt a powerful wave of energy and an assurance from Guruji that I must take my family.
Upon checking into our hotel in Ahmedabad, the fever and severe body aches returned. Knowing I couldn't attend the match in this state, my attention was drawn intensely to the bracelet from which His photo had previously fallen. That reminded me of the negative impact it was absorbing on my behalf. I was assured that Guruji had brought me here and was overseeing everything.
The day of the final, while I was still weak, Guruji's invisible hands assisted us. A fellow hotel guest offered us his taxi drive to navigate us through the capacity crowd of 120,000. I desperately needed this to manage walking to the stadium and my 5-year-old. Amazingly, as soon as I sat in the taxi, my persistent body ache and fever vanished entirely. The gentleman, a highly experienced spectator, became an instant friend and guided our steps all the way to our seats comfortably.
India won the final convincingly. Seeing the pure delight in my son's eyes, I recognized the immense gift Guruji had given our family and all of India. By that night, my energy was fully restored.
The final sign
The following morning, I awoke to find that Guruji's photo had detached itself from the bracelet again—it was now lying perfectly on the bed. During the hustle and bustle of walking miles through a crowded stadium the night before, a loose photo would have fallen and been lost anywhere. Guruji ensured it detached safely in bed, a profound reminder of His loving presence and protection in every moment. The timing—after witnessing the win—was a clear message that He oversees everything imaginable.
As if to cement this truth, Guruji entered my son's dream that very morning, blessing him in the form of Ananta Ji, a disciple of Bhagwan Ramana Maharishi. My son recounted the entire dream to me, driving the message home.
I immediately felt commanded to share this satsang, narrating it to the best of my ability with my head resting at Guruji's Lotus Feet. At the end of it all, I want to simply say: 'All is Guruji.' There is nothing outside of Him!
Sumeher Bajaj, a devotee
March 2026