Light of Divinity

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Light of Divinity the occupants were newly-weds headed for a restaurant that was a few kilometers down the road. I explained that this space was meant for parking sangat cars. The couple proceeded towards their destination. Within a few minutes they came back and enquired if they could have Guruji’s darshan. I was stunned: they were foregoing their night-out in favour of going to a temple where they would be having the darshan of a guru they had heard about just minutes ago. They enjoyed Guruji’s darshan and went back happy and satisfied. How Guruji pulls you!

Under Guruji’s protection When I started coming to Guruji, every visit had a special feel-good element. Guruji gives away many a thing; just one in that long list of his grants is his protection. The security you experience in Guruji’s refuge is unparalleled. Many experiences of mine prove this fact. We had barely been Guruji’s devotees for less than a couple of months, when I came down with high fever. Neither strong medicines nor a wet cloth on my forehead helped. Then suddenly my mom thought of Guruji’s photograph, which he had given to us. She asked me to put it in my shirt pocket. Within a few minutes, there was a dramatic dip in the temperature: it nearly reached the normal level. Once I had a terrible stomach-ache in college. It was followed by heavy vomiting and much worse. My friends took me home, by which time my parents had already left for Guruji’s sangat. Two of my friends decided to stay with me till their return. But with my condition deteriorating further, they called up Dad and took me to the nearest hospital. The doctor gave me two injections, prescribed some medicines and asked me to rest. But nothing worked. In the meantime, while taking permission from Guruji to leave immediately, Dad had mentioned my ailment. Guruji instructed Dad to ask me to have a glass of fresh lime. I did so and Guruji’s glass of lime water did what medicines and injections could not. I was normal by the time my parents came back. A few years later, I was again hit by a bad fever, which went up to 104 degrees Fahrenheit. The doctor was consulted but his medicines proved useless, and the tests were inconclusive. We changed doctors and medicines but nothing helped. Finally after seven such gruelling : 67 :


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