I MET SWAMIJI, IN JUNE 92, ONE SATURDAY AND FROM THEN ON I HAVE A NUMBER
OF EXPERIENCES WITH HIM. AS MY PARENTS WERE GREAT DEVOTEES OF THE LORD
. I WAS FORTUNATE TO MEET SUCH A PERSON, SO YOUNG IN LIFE TO TAKE CARE
OF ME.MY FIRST MEETING ITSELF MADE ME A BELIEVER OF HIM AS HE TOLD ME SO
MANY SMALL INSTANCES THAT NO ONE ELSE BUT GOD WOULD KNOW. I HAD GONE WITH
A FRIEND ON HEARING ABOUT HIM AND MY FATHER WANTED TO ACCOMPANY ME, SO
WHEN I WENT INSIDE AFTER FEW HOURS OF WAITING , HE ASKED ME ABOUT MY FATHER
WISH TO ACCOMPANY ME, HE TOLD ME ABOUT MY JOB WHICH I WAS TO JOIN THE NEXT
DAY AND I WOULD QUIT SOON. I QUIT WITHIN 1 AND HALF MONTHS.WHEN MY FATHER
HAD A HEART ATTACK HE TOLD ME YOUR FATHER WILL WALK ON TUESDAY. LIKE THAT
THOUGH HE HAD A MASSIVE ATTACK, HE WALKED ON TUESDAY,SEVEN DAYS AFTER HIS
ATTACK.
SWAMIJI HAD BEEN WITH ME THROUGH THE TRYING PERIODS AND THE HAPPY
ONES TOO. WHEN HE COULD NOT CONVEY IT TO ME, HE CONVEYED IT THROUGH MY
FRIENDS AND RELATIVES. ONE SUCH INSTANCE WAS I RESIGNED A JOB FROM ONE
COMPANY AND WAS ASKED TO JOIN A FIRM , QUITE SMALL. SWAMIJI ASKED ME TO
PROCEED , BUT THEN TOLD MY FRIEND THAT THIS IS ONLY A STOP GAP AND I WILL
GET A GOOD JOB SOON. AND IT SO HAPPENED I GOT THE JOB JUST ON THE DAY OF
MY RELIVING THE PREVIOUS OFFICE.
MY SISTER HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH HER MARRIAGE , THEN SWAMIJI TOLD US
NOT TO WORRY, SHE WILL BE TAKEN CARE BY HIM AND TOLD SHE WILL BE A TEACHER.
IT WAS A TIME WHEN HER INLAWS OBJECTED TO HER WORKING AND SHE WAS DEPRESSED.
WITHIN FEW DAYS SHE LANDED UP WITH A TEMPORARY JOB AND SHE DID HER B.ED.
NOW SHE IS A TEACHER WITH A GOOD SCHOOL AND GOOD SALARY AND HER DOMESTIC
PROBLEMS ARE SOLVED TO A GOOD EXTENT.
SWAMIJI HAD PREDICTED THAT I WILL BE IN S'PORE AND AMERICA AND ONE
DAY HE GAVE ME A LIST OF COUNTRIES AND ASKED WHICH I WAS INTERESTED. I
DIDN'T WANT TO VISIT ANY COUNTRY AS I WANTED TO BE WITH MY PARENTS, SO
I DIDN'T GET A PASSPORT EVEN, BUT THEN IN 1996, I WAS ASKED BY MY OFFICE
TO GO TO S'PORE ON DEPUTATION. NOW I AM IN MALAYSIA WITH MY FAMILY. ALL
THIS IS BY HIS GRACE.
MY FATHER PASSED AWAY IN 1998 AND IT WAS SO LOW A MOMENT FOR ALL OF
US AS MY MARRIAGE WAS 2 MONTHS LATER, WE WERE IN UTTER TURMOIL AS ALL FINANCES
WERE MANAGED BY HIM AND WE WERE VERY NEGLIGENT INSPITE OF MY FATHER'S INSISTENCE
THAT WE ALSO TAKE CARE OF IT. AFTER THIS I MET SWAMIJI, AND CRIED TO GIVE
ME THE STRENGTH AND ASKED HIM WHY HE SHOULD DO IT TO ME, WHEN HE WAS GUIDING
US ALL ALONG. HE TOLD IT WAS TIME FOR FATHER TO ATTAIN MOKSHA AND OTHERWISE
HE WOULD HAVE BEEN LAID UP.MY FATHER KEPT WORKING TILL HIS LAST DAY AND
DIED PEACEFULLY WITH FEW SECONDS OF SUFFERING, AS SWAMIJI WOULD ALWAYS
TELL HIM. LATER HE CAME HOME AND BLESSED ALL MY MARRIAGE ARTICLES AND MY
FATHER'S PHOTO AND TOLD MY FATHER WILL COME IN MY DREAM AND BLESS US AND
HE DID.
SWAMIJI SELECTED MY HUSBAND FOR ME AND KEPT TELLING THAT THIS MARRIAGE
WILL MATERIALISE, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS POSTPONED FOR 3 YEARS. I HAD SOME
WORRY THAT MY HUSBAND DID NOT BELIEVE IN GOD SO MUCH, THEN SWAMIJI TOLD
THAT HE IS A GOOD MAN AND SWAMIJI(GOD) LIKES HIM, HE IS BETTER THAN OTHERS
WHO BELIEVE IN GOD AND DO BAD THINGS. SO I DID NOT LOOK BACK AND SEE THE
TRUTH NOW. SWAMIJI HAS BEEN ALWAYS SUPPORTIVE OF HIM AND ASK ME NOT TO
FIGHT WITH HIM. GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING. I HOPE WITH HIS GRACE , I WILL BE
HAPPILY MARRIED EVER AFTER AND HE WILL ALWAYS GUIDE US.
RECENTLY WHEN I HAD PROBLEMS WITH GETTING A JOB, I CALLED SWAMIJI,
HE SAID NEXT TIME YOU CALL YOU WOULD HAVE A JOB AND WITHIN TWO DAYS I GOT
A JOB. I HAD DIFFICULTY IN GETTING A VISA AND SWAMIJI SAID NOT TO WORRY
, MY VISA IS BEING PROCESSED. I FEEL IT IS ALL DUE TO HIS GRACE AND GOODNESS
OF MY PARENTS.
THOUGH SOMETIMES WE ARE SO TENSE THAT WE MAY THINK HOW IT WILL HAPPEN,
SWAMIJI'S WORDS ARE ALWAYS TRUE, WE MAY NOT HAVE UNDERSTOOD THE FULL MEANING
AND REALISE IT LATER.
SOME MORE INCIDENTS IN MY LIFE WERE
1)WHEN I HAD VIRAL FEVER AND IT WAS SO SEVERE AND HOT ALL AROUND
ME, SUDDENLY I FELT A COLD HAND ON MY HEAD. I THOUGHT IT WAS MY MOTHER
AND OPENED MY EYES. I SAW A HAIRY WHITE HAND, WHOSE WAS IT BUT GOD'S? MY
MOTHER CAME RUNNING ON HEARING ME CALL AND MY FEVER REDUCED AND SUBSIDED.
I HAD SEEN ON SOME OCCASSIONS WHEN I WAS SICK SAIBABA AND RAMANA MAHARISHI.
SWAMIJI ALWAYS TELLS GOD COMES IN MANY FORMS AND HE HAS SHOWN ME EVERYFORM
IS THE SAME.
2)WHEN I WAS GOING TO S'PORE I CALLED SWAMIJI AND TOLD HIM WHEN HE
WAS IN DUBAI. SWAMIJI TOLD ME "SWAMIJI IS WITH YOU .DON'T WORRY AND ALL
THRO' MY STAY THERE HE WAS THERE TO HELP ME IN VARIOUS FORMS . THE HOUSE
OWNER WHERE I WAS THE PAYING GUEST WAS LIKE A MOTHER TO ME COOKING AND
HELPING ME OUT. YOU CAN'T SEE LIKE THAT IN S'PORE AND I WAS LUCKY B'COS
GOD WAS WITH ME. WHEN I CAME BACK SWAMIJI TOLD ME THAT THE LADY WAS GOD
IN THAT FORM.
3)ONCE I HAD TO GO TO AHMEDNAGAR FROM MY OFFICE , SINCE IT WAS IN A
REMOTE AREA NO ONE WAS INTERESTED AND IT WAS MY TURN, SO I TOOK THIS
AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND GAVE MY CONSENT. ON MY RETURN I WAS AT PUNE
STATION AT AROUND 6 O'CLOCK AS THERE ARE NO PROPER BUS SERVICES FROM THIS
TOWN AND MY TRAIN WAS AROUND 11O'CLOCK AT PUNE. BUT THE PLACE WAS FILLED
WITH NOTORIOUS AND "BAD" PEOPLE ALL AROUND, IT WAS A BIT SCARY, SUDDENLY
ONE OLD MAN CAME AND STARTED TELLING THAT HE WAS KANCHANA GOWDA AND HE
WILL STAY BY ME TILL I GET INTO A TRAIN. I WAS PRAYING FOR ALMOST 2 HOURS
SEEING ALL THINGS GOING AROUND ME, WITH MY BAGGAGES AND NOT KNOWING WHICH
PLATFORM THE TRAIN WILL COME , I HAD TO STAY IN FRONT OF THE STATION MASTERS
ROOM .THEN THE MAN STARTED TALKING ABOUT GOD AND I FELT THE SAME PEACE
I FEEL IN FRONT OF SWAMIJI. WHEN HE WAS GOING AFTER ONE OF MY FRIEND LANDED
UP THERE . I WAS JUST LOOKING IF HE MIGHT DISAPPER. AS I WAS SURE HE WAS
GOD.
I CAN ONLY TELL YOU ALL , BUT THE FEELING WAS GREAT. GOD COMES
TO HELP HIS DEVOTEES IN MANY WAYS. ONLY WE HAVE TO BELIEVE HIM. BUT AS
WE ARE NOT SUCH TRUE DEVOTEES WE WAIVER AT TIMES . ONCE SWAMIJI SAID "
YOU ARE THE KITE , BUT THE THREAD IS IN MY HANDS", SO FAR SWAMIJI TAKES
CARE OF US , WE WILL BE IN GOOD PATH . HOPE MY EXPERIENCES WITH THIS GREAT
AND YET SIMPLE SWAMIJI WILL HELP ALL KNOW MORE ABOUT HIM.
HIS SIMPLICITY IS GREAT, WHEN HE USED TO STAY NEAR RAJARAJESWARI TEMPLE,
I USED TO GO EVERY THURSDAY TO PRAY THERE, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO DISTURB
SWAMIJI IN THE MORNING. BUT I USED TO LOOK AT HIS HOUSE . ONE DAY HE WAS
STANDING THERE AND CALLED ME "WHY YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE ME?". HE AND AUNTY
USED TO TREAT EVERYONE AS THERE OWN CHILDREN AND THAT IS A RARE GESTURE
FOR SUCH GREAT GODS.
THERE IS SO MUCH TO WRITE BUT LET ME STOP IT FOR NOW AND BY HIS GRACE
I HOPE EVERYTHING IS O.K AND PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR ANY UNKNOWN ERRORS.HOPE
BY HIS GRACE AND GUIDANCE WE ALL WILL BE HAPPY ALWAYS.
JAI SRI RAM,JAI VIKRAMAN SWAMIJI
RAJASREE JEEVAN
MALAYSIA
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