The saving power of satsang T
HE word satsang means true or good company. It is beneficial listening. In Guruji’s durbar, everyone is a satsang carrier empowered by his will to deliver messages to those afflicted by grief. It is not surprising that those who listen to these satsangs find that they are being told about problems that they suffer from. Mr. Arun Sehgal, who had never had Guruji’s darshan, got admitted to a hospital and came to know that there was a blood clot in his brain. A devotee who knew Sehgal went to see him in the hospital and narrated some stories about Guruji. After this satsang, the doctors found that the clot had moved to a dead portion of his brain. On learning of this miraculous occurrence, the devotee told Sehgal that he had been blessed and that there was no need to worry. The patient, however, was dismissive. He felt that the clot’s movement to a benign area of his brain was a random occurrence, not a manifestation of Guruji’s divine will. The very next day a worried doctor came in and told Sehgal that there had been a serious development. The whole vein that led to the brain was potholed with clots and an angiography was required. The procedure, the doctor explained, was critical and further treatment would be even more so. The patient and his attendant family became frantic, and, at this critical hour, remembered Guruji and prayed for his grace. After Sehgal’s discharge, the family took to coming to Guruji. Finally, after : 64 :