SRI RAMA JAYAM.
Our kodi
kodi pranams to the one and only one God,
Our God, Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, Friend, Relative, GURU and EVERYTHING
TO US. – SHREE VIKRAMAN SWAMI, THE ULTIMATE – BEGINNING AND DESTINATION OF
ALL. None can tell the greatness of Guru
but the only thing we can do is to keep thanking our Guru, who is our God, for
accepting us, keeping us always in his fold, under his protection and showering
his incessant blessings always on us.
Swami says,
We
can see limited but God can see all, the past, present and future
Generally we keep asking God to give more and
more of things - materialistic. Little
do we realize the immense blessings he has already bestowed on us and keeps
blessing. The value of our Swami keeping his hands on our head and blessings is
not just limited to one time gain or for one birth. Once
he has kept his hands on our head that gets carried by us throughout our life
and lives too!! To explain this I would like to narrate here a small story
which I heard in Guru Gobind Singh Bhajan
cassette.
Once, a great king came to Guru Gobind Singh Darbar. When
Guru Gobind Singh saw him he smiled and greeted him by
saying “Dhan Guru Ramdas”
(Great Guru Ramdas). The
King was surprised for the Guru addressed only him in this particular
fashion. Throughout the satsang he kept thinking what could be the reason of Guru calling him “Dhan Guru Ramdas”. Seeing
the King deep in his thoughts, the Guru asked him what are you thinking (just
like our Swami ask). The King humbly
replied “Guru, you know the heart of
all, still you ask me. I was wondering the mystery behind you addressing me
like this.”
The Guru smiled and continued in his unique way
of telling a story that in Guru Ramdas Darbar there
were many devotees who would do service all day long. At the end of the day, they would stand in
two queues. One would be of the devotee volunteers who would want nothing from the Guru, they were
doing Nishkaam Seva
(Selfless Service) and the other queue would be of the devotee volunteers who
would take money for the services rendered by them. Guru Ramdas
would come and bless all in the first queue - volunteers doing Selfless Service
and then proceed to bless the second queue – volunteers whom he would bless and
pay also for their service.
Once while he was blessing the volunteers in the
first queue he noticed an old man standing there who daily stood in the second
queue of volunteers where he would give money along with blessings. Seeing the old man, Guru Ramdas told him very politely that he was standing in the wrong queue and to
please go and stand in the other queue where also he would come and give
blessings and money. The old man then told Guru Ramdas that everyday he stands in the other queue for
money. But
today someone mentioned to him that money, wealth, clothes all things would be
left behind by us but the blessings of Guru Ramdas will
be carried by us in all our future births and would be of help not only in this
world but the next one too!
The old
man told Guru Ramdas that
he is poor and has to feed family so everyday he stands in the other queue to
earn for his family. But today he did
not want money for the services he rendered for the day. He pleaded Guru Ramdas to bless him. Guru Ramdas
was moved by his sacrifice and prayers and he told him “Go Baba, God has
blessed you.” Saying this much Guru Gobind Singh stopped.
The
King still could not understand
the connection of the story with him. He
asked Guru Gobind Singh “Guru, I understood the story but I pray
to you to please tell me the link between the story and me.” Guru Gobind Singh closed his eyes, smiled and told him that
he was the old man of the story. He told
him to see how the blessings of Guru Ramdas have
been carried by him in birth after births, he has been enjoying all the
comforts and bliss of this earthly life and he has in this birth become a King
with hundreds of people serving him. Guru Gobind Singh further added, God alone knows how many more births will
the blessings of Guru Ramdas bear
fruits for you. ->.Such is the power of
Guru’s blessings.
Thanks Swami for blessing me to hear and
understand this story. It made me
realize the depth, true value and power of your blessings. Truly Swami, only you know since how many
births we have been associated with you and we have been enjoying the fruits of
your blessings every birth. We can only
join our hands and pray to you Swami, to please keep us always with you in all
our future births also. Just as Guru Gobind
Singh seeing the King addressed him as “Dhan
Guru Ramdas” (Great Guru Ramdas),
Swami, it is our humble request to you that wherever we go, may we be addressed
similarly “Dhan Guru Vikraman
Swami” (Great Guru Vikraman Swami) and be known by your name only. Our identity itself becomes Your Name. May
your name always prevail in the world for ever and ever. All the worldly things will leave us at the
time of death. The only thing that we
carry with us will be you, your thoughts, your blessings and your name. Bless us all Swami with this grace.
Swami
pervades all living and non-living things and is omnipresent.
When we pray sincerely, we can see, with Swami’s
blessings even so called non-living can start talking and communicating with
us! We have installed Webshots program on our PC and have
collection of Swami’s photos saved in the PC.
Each day the program will select a photo at random from the collection
and display it as wallpaper. Sounds so simple, Right. Yet it can be most communicative and
unbelievable with Swami’s grace. I give
below few instances
:
15.01.06 – Sunday. Karishma
was back from school and while having lunch she was talking to me about one of
her friends who had lost her mother a year back and now she had fallen into bad
company and lost interest in studies. Karishma had tried her best to bring her out of it and
make her study but failed. While she was
telling me about her, in my mind I was telling Swami are you listening to
this? See where this girl has
reached. At such a crucial stage, she
will lose a year in studies and her life is ruined. After few minutes the wallpaper changed and
it was now Swami sitting on the chair in Sindhi Ceremonial Hall Pooja. I was shocked to see the
photo for exactly what I was telling Swami,
are you listening Swami to this and there he was sitting on the chair
and his sitting position was exactly like as if he is listening to you. I just could not believe this. That photo is unbelievable the expression and
posture everything was an answer to my mental talks to him.
16.01.06 – Monday. I was listening to Swami’s bhajans and then came Happy Birthday Song.
I recollected the way Swami came dancing beautifully in Astoria Hall
Birthday Pooja on in 2003.
I just said in mind Swami which photo will you select for Wallpaper
today. Maybe the Pooja in Saleh Bin Lahej
Hall, where you wearing your birthday dress long jacket, and I had in my mind
one particular photo. I forgot this and
later in afternoon I was thinking today is Monday
Swami will your murti where we have decorated you as Lord Shiva will
come as wallpaper today? As usual 3:00pm
the wallpaper changed and it was close-up of Swami’s face in one Pooja in Saleh Bin Lahej
Hall. I was little disappointed as
Swami’s murti had not come. Later in the evening I was telling
Karishma about today’s wallpaper selection and saying so
I went to the photo gallery to check on the photo and show her which one I had
in my mind in which I thought he was wearing the birthday dress. When I did so what did I see? The photo that I had in my mind, in that
Swami was not wearing the birthday long jacket but a similar colour jacket and the photo that actually came as wallpaper, Swami was
wearing the birthday long jacket which I had asked him in the morning!! Not only he heard my talks and selected the
photo accordingly but also made me clear my confusion about his dress and photo
by making me go through the photo gallery.
I was happy that though I made mistake in the dress and photo but Swami
did not and in fact corrected me!!
17.01.06 – Tuesday – Today while offering food to Swami I
thought what Swami today is Tuesday – which wallpaper will you give today – Ganpati? And truly indeed, when the wallpaper changed it was Ganpati Bappa Moraya on the screen!
19.01.06 – Thursday – Today we had to go to St. Joseph
School for written test to be given by Divya
to get admission for Std. 1 in that school.
We all prayed to Swami to please be with her and all kids appearing for
their entrance test. When the wallpaper
changed it was Swami sitting on chair in Rina’s
house and Divya standing in front of him. At a glance I could not understand Swami’s
message. But when I looked at it again I
realised and understood his reply. We wanted him to be with her and with this
wallpaper Swami showed us that indeed today he was and is there with Divya!! For in that photo only Swami and Divya
are there. There is another photo of
Swami and Divya in our photo album but in that Swami is sitting
and Divya standing besides him. Swami had selected the correct photo Divya standing in front and Swami behind her rightly as he says I am always
behind you!
01.04.06 – Saturday. I was thinking why this time Swami did not
come to our house to light lamp and when I switched on the PC the wall paper
for the day chosen was of the first time when Swami had come to our house to
light lamp and before leaving blessing me and Divya!!
This photo had been selected for the first time by the PC. In my mind I said
swami thanks for blessing me and giving me the reply. Still I was contemplating on this thought and
working in the kitchen. I had finished
grinding something and had tied the wire of the mixer and was doing some work
at the extreme other corner of the kitchen.
Suddenly I heard some noise – the plug of the mixer had fallen down and
I could feel swami’s presence. There was
cool breeze – chilling rather to say. My
kitchen is not so cold normally but that full day the kitchen was so cool and
calm. I could literally feel presence of
another person in the kitchen. I thanked
Swami and thought Swami had it not been that I was your devotee and knew your
ways of showing presence, in ordinary circumstances, if similar thing would
have happened, it would have scared me to the core. But for now, I am thoroughly enjoying every
millisecond of this presence of yours with me.
15.05.06 – Monday. Poornima
and self were talking on various miracles experienced by grace of Swami and she
reminded me of the 2 two coins that I had found in our house during November
21, 2004 and I said yes I had got shraddha
and saburi from Swami.
That day the wallpaper in our house changed in the afternoon to Shridi Baba photo wherein on top was written Sai Darshan and on each side of Baba’s photo was Shraddha
and Saburi written and at the bottom Sarvasya
Sharanam – Complete Surrender. To my knowledge I have put in my PC photo
gallery 3 photos of Baba. Any photo could have been selected of Baba
itself but the one bearing Shraddha and Saburi (the words, the conversation we had
earlier that morning) only that was selected showed Swami’s – God presence.
24.05.06 - Wednesday. Since
last week it was in my mind to change the Swami murti
from Shiva Roopa to his self where I put crown for Swami but had
been unable to do so. Today also I could
not do till late morning however thought before I keep lunch I will do it and
when I got up to go to Pooja room to do the changes it was
also time for the wallpaper on the PC to change. I told Swami I am going to room to change
your roop now, you change here and let me come back and
see which photo you have selected for the day.
While I was busy changing Swami and putting the crown for him, I got
call from Poornima and after talking to her when I came to hall to
keep cello tape back. I notice the wallpaper had changed. The photo chosen was Lord Krishna showing his
Vishwaroopa to Arjuna
in the battlefield. Any Roop is Swami’s Roop, he is in all and all in him that was his reply to me.
03.06.06 - Saturday. Wednesday evening onwards Divya was giving us lot of trouble in learning and was going completely
blank. We were facing severe problem in
attempting to teach her and were very disturbed on it. Saturday morning also I was praying to Swami
to please shower his grace on her. Whenever I approached Swami to bless Divya for her studies he just kept quiet.
Why!! Swami please brighten up the Vidya
in Divya!!. Afternoon
when the wallpaper changed, Swami gave his reply. It was the photo when Swami had come to our
house to light lamp on 10.02.2003 and he was blessing putting kumkum on Divya’s forehead!! Could I ever ask for a more clear
answer from Swami!! He answered my prayers by blessing Divya
and showing me through the wallpaper!! There are 2 more photos in the album of Divya and Swamiji on the same day in one Swami is sitting and Divya is standing next to him and in the other Swami is sitting and Divya is standing in front of him. The latter photo was selected by the PC
on the day Divya had her entrance test in St. Joseph School for 1st
std. i.e. Jan.19th. This photo
and the one selected for the day could have been interchanged on the dates it
appeared but then the reply from Swami would not be perfect for on that day.
Our prayers to Swami on that day was to please go with Divya
and today it was Swami please bless Divya.
Not only this in the third photo Divya is standing next to Swami also
could have been chose but perfect photo for perfect date was chosen. How
compassionate, loving and considerate is our Swami, our God. I wonder Swami, can we ever match even a drop
or a dot of the love and compassion you have for all.
03.09.06 - Sunday. After coming back from my
morning walk, I had switched on the PC and waited till the main screen
comes. When I came and sat to check
mail on the PC I saw the yesterday’s wallpaper once again and I felt Swami’s
face was so serious and stern. Mentally
conversing to him Swami at least little smile should be there on your face this
is not good, I manually gave the command to PC to change the wallpaper and was
so so happy to see the new wallpaper. Swami was sitting squatted on the chair in
one Sindhi Ceremonial Hall pooja and was dancing. His face was
bright WITH A BROAD SMILE. Exactly what I wanted. It is so amazing and thrilling Swami, the
conversation with you when done, we get replies from you in any
form. Even the inanimated things, so called non-living things
speak volumes. I enjoy every bit
of this wonderful conversation that I have with you my God.
Rightly enough it is said in one bhajan by Swami, that those whose head carry the mark of Lord Vishnu’s
footprint, are saved from this world’s sorrows. This we have realized and
experienced with your grace. After
coming into your fold Swami, one thing we all have noticed is that, wherever we
go, be it temple or anywhere, we receive a special treatment. It is as if your stamp, your name has been
marked on our foreheads which though we cannot see, others can see very clearly
and hence provide us with special attention. Not only this Swami, we have the
firm faith that, Swami – our Lord Vishnu, it is your blessings hand and your
Lotus Foot prints on our head that will take us across this bhavasagar safely to our real abode, our destination that
is Vaikuntha. Jai Shree Vikraman
Swamiji Ki.
Our kodi
kodi pranams again to you Swami and we ever seek to remain at your sricharan, in your heart, in your prayers and
in your service always. Our prayers are to you only Swami to keep us always
with you in each birth.
Lovingly yours,
Vaneesha Sherwani – JK, Vaneesha,
Karishma and Divya – Abu Dhabi. (Part 3)
SRI RAMA JAYAM.