This was during Gurudev’s recent visit to the Boone Ashram in U.S., in Dec 2014. One day, during an argument, my twelve year-old son said “Nobody loves me”. I told him, “Daddy and I love you”. He still looked dejected. So I said “When you feel like that, remember Guruji loves you”. He said “But Guruji does not even know who I am!”.
At Boone, we’d attend the Satsangs at evenings. Guruji spent a lot of time during those five days, answering questions and giving knowledge.
It was the last day. My son, daughter and I were sitting at the Satsang in the audience, in the second row. Guruji’s shawl was brought by someone, and draped over His seat. I pointed that to my daughter, and said – “See! That means Guruji is about to arrive”. Hearing this, she became agitated, and said – let’s run to the side door (he always entered from there). I said “It’s okay. We’ll just stay here”. She said “But I wont even get to see Him. There will be so many people around Him!”. In a couple of minutes, Guruji came through a different entrance, and walked right past us. She was very happy, as it was so unexpected!
Guruji sat on the stage, in His seat. Bhajans were being sung. My son was getting very bored. That day, Guruji was looking at everyone in the audience, and closing His eyes every now and then. He usually meditates while the songs are being sung, but not so that day. I told my son to keep his gaze on Guruji, as He was looking at everyone with so much love.
My son then asked me softly as to why the musicians would keep repeating the same words and lines over and over again! Everyone else was swaying and enjoying the bhajans. I told him “One needs a certain state of mind to enjoy the bhajans”.
After several minutes passed, it was question time. Guruji answered the first two questions that were read out. Then, all of a sudden, He changed subjects. He started talking about repetition. He said that when you keep repeating something, the right-brained people don’t mind, as they are in love. But left-brained people are logical, they like getting to the point. He said when left-brained people come, they will get so bored (He touched His head), and will not come back at all! (The audience was laughing). “Right-brained people enjoy as they have transcended the words, they’re not listening to the words anymore.” He addressed the musicians and very lovingly, asked them to remember to keep changing the lines, and the songs. He said “Use a timer or something, so you know you’ve repeated so many times”. He also said – “Choose songs that are simple, so everyone can understand” (In fact, my son had asked me the meanings of some of the words earlier).
That was it! My son was stunned 🙂 . He was wonder struck. How did Guruji know his question? My heart was overflowing with love and gratitude that Guruji actually paid attention to us in His mysterious way. Thank you Sri Sri 🙂
These incidents have brought a beautiful transformation in our lives. They were gifts from our Satguru, and made my son realize that the Master truly notices everyone.
Jai Gurudev!
