I am … Because You Are
I was….Because You Were
I will be…Because You Will Be….
…Always Within Me
Have you ever wondered that our life is like a beautiful story? And like every story has an author behind the scenes, our life is also beautifully woven together by someone invisible and something powerful. Someone that resides within all of us, that makes us the character who we are today and helps us move closer to the divine by guiding us every moment of our lives.
This post is for all those who’ve felt that invisible guiding force at some point in their lives and who have tasted the ‘nectar of divine love’ that leaves one craving for more….more love, more gratitude, more ecstasy and more to life!
My story with my Guruji (my author) began many many years ago but the curtain was raised on a cold winter day in 2011, when Guruji called me and my family to his temple, fondly called the Bade Mandir. It was probably time for me to meet that invisible magician behind my story.
I only have faint memories of the day when I walked into the most beautiful and blessed temple for the first time and absorbed all the exuberance of the place, not realising even once that this would be the day that would change my life forever.
A few months later, I went again with some hesitation, and then again after a few weeks with some conditions and then yet again after few days with some expectations.
They say you find magic when you are ready to believe and you meet your divine when you are fully ready to receive. And when the divine unveils itself, all your accumulated ego and logic of the past fails miserably and the only thing that wins is your faith and complete surrender.
So while my mind was still trying to reason out, there was something happening which was way beyond my control. Before I could realise, I was happily cruising in an ocean of love, a love that was no ordinary. Every look at Guruji’s Swaroop (picture) was making me go weak on my knees and I was finding myself talking to him, confiding in him, smiling with him and crying with him at every given opportunity. His magic was working and not just on me now, but also on my husband, my son and other family members. We all felt his blessings and love in our own unique ways that are hard to put in words.
And while he was alluring us all with his little external gifts of love like flowers, pendants and langar prasad (blessed food served in Bade Mandir), little did we know, that these were his unique and simple ways of redirecting us inwards and helping us realise our true divine power. It was like someone was cleansing our lives and saving us every moment from the ill effects of our daily and past karmas (deeds). Everything that was happening felt a part of a bigger plan, a plan that was carefully crafted by the master himself.
With every visit, our faith was getting bigger than our fears and our hearts were becoming warmer. Every Friday, me and my husband would walk into the Bade Mandir with a mind full of questions and fears and walk out with our faces gleaming with pure joy and our hearts full of content and gratitude. We would anxiously wait for every Friday to immerse ourselves into Simran (Divine songs and prayers) and Sewa (A task performed without any expectation)
There was no denial, no hiding. Every question had an answer, every problem had a solution. We knew that a divine power was taking care of every aspect of our life. There were days when we felt our world would crumble, when it seemed our professions were at risk and when nothing in life went as planned or desired, but through all those bright and not so bright days, we never felt alone. One sign from him and our biggest of problems seemed no more than some tiny puddles of rainy water.
We knew there was one thing that was constant in our life – it was this divine love and an unprecedented strength we were getting from him and his Bade Mandir which is like a true Sach Khand (a place of union with God). Guruji’s aura and blessings were overflowing in the Bade Mandir and just like curious little children, we would crave for more and more.
We were so busy in absorbing the aura of Bade Mandir and his daily blessings that somewhere probably we started taking it for granted. And then suddenly one day, in March 2020, the world came crashing down due to the global pandemic and the doors of Bade Mandir had to close for public indefinitely (something which none of us were prepared for). We suddenly felt that life came at a standstill and we didn’t know how to live without our father, our Guru Maharaj.
For two years, life completely changed, every home became a Mandir and Satsangs became a way of our life. As if Guruji was teaching us all to get close to each other like never before. Sangat grew manyfold and so did Guruji’s blessings.
He taught us that life is beautiful in all its colours and even the darker ones, they’re here for a reason. His grace continued to keep us safe at our homes and his love gave us the strength to fight our daily battles during the pandemic.
July 2022, and here we are, much more stronger, much more grateful, much more peaceful and much more determined with all the new dreams that he has manifested in our lives in these last two years. It’s only surreal to think of how life has come a full circle with Guruji’s blessings and how he never left us alone… not even for a single day, not even for a single moment!
Guruji is with all of us, all the time, because once the divine decides to unveil its magic, it never leaves us alone. His blessings are Sampoorn (complete) , Sarvatra (at all places) and Samaan (equal for all). And we humbly bow down our heads and thank him for accepting us for the way we are and for guiding us every step of the way. For he undoubtedly is that invisible power and that magician, who has beautifully rewritten the story of our lives forever.
Jai Guruji 🙏🏻
A Daughter… A Devotee .. A Seeker of the Divine!
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