I owe everything to my poor but religious and loving parents who had migrated empty handed from Pakistan during partition. We were regular in attending kirtans and satsangs anywhere close to our place where we stayed and everyday would read Bhagwat Gita, Shrimad Bhagwat, Sukhmani and I respected each and every religious and holy book as well as the Gurus. But even after the years of this, ‘something’ was missing in my life but I could not figure out what. I continued attending satsangs of various Gurus at various places and I would say that only because of their blessings I am here on this path. Gurudev has rightly said that your previous Gurus have prepared you to come on this path.
From childhood, I had the problem of severe headache and migraine and I became addicted to pain killers. This led to a miserable, drug addicted life. Because of this disease, I took many wrong decisions in my life including hurting my angel like parents. The drug addiction became so severe that everyday I had to take 1-2 strong painkillers like ‘Saridon’ to relieve myself of this pain. During the Art of Living course itself in September 2005, my headache was completely gone and so was my addiction to the pills and drinking tea.
JGD
Niharika Shirolkar
