Sri Sri Stories
Being part of the Art of Living family, we see miracles happening every day in our lives. Whatever we pray for in our hearts immediately manifests with Divine blessings. This happens very fast when we have unshakable faith in the Master. My life is also full of miracles, but there is one special incident that I would like to share with you all.
I am a Software Engineer. I graduated in 2006. I did the Art of Living course in 2007. After that, my life has completely changed. Guruji sometimes says that when a person comes onto the spiritual path, he has to face many challenges in life. I too had many dreams to reach the top position in my workplace, which is definitely not an easy task to accomplish. I thought that since I was an Engineer, things would work out in my favour. But it turned out completely opposite. I was on bench for the first year and during this time, I didn’t get any technical exposure due to lack of on the job work experience, and then immediately
I was put onto complex assignments. Obviously, I failed to deliver as per the expectations. I changed many jobs but somehow none of them seemed very appealing to me. I then began to realise that I was not enjoying that area of work. I did not like what I was doing. I was not able to develop the passion for doing a technical job. I was in a real fix. I did not know what to do to earn a living. A few personal issues were also running behind in my mind since two years, and I was not able to come out of those memories. In all this, I kept praying to Guruji from the depth of my heart, telling Him, “You are my only saviour. I know you are there for me. Please don’t let me give up. Give me strength and make everything alright. You always keep saying that you are with me, now the time has come, please show me the right way. I need your support. Please listen to me. Give me an occupation which suits me and earns me a decent living. Please help me Gurudev.”
Then one fine day, I got an idea to apply for the position of Freelance Content Writer. Writing was something that always interested me, as when I was in IT firms, I used to write a few articles for my brother’s blog, and it would give me great joy. So I applied for the position; and that very night, at around 10 pm, I got a job opportunity to write articles for US/UK students. I was thrilled. I delivered articles on time and kept applying for other Content Writer job positions. People started considering me for their work. My prayers were answered☺
This is the first month that I am earning as a Content Writer. I had fixed an amount in my mind as my target salary. I feel blessed to share that my earnings have reached that level this month. It’s all Master’s Grace. One more miracle happened simultaneously. My mind has now become free from the bad memories of the past, and I no longer cry thinking of those memories. I feel so free and light with myself. I feel liberated.
Both these issues of my life have gotten solved by Guruji’s Grace. I am full of gratitude towards Gurudev. It has also made my faith way stronger. As a token of thanks I have contributed 10% of my salary for DSY. This is the least I can do for all the good that has happened to me.
For readers I just want to say a few words “Just have unshakable faith in Him. He is listening to all our prayers. He is taking care of us each and every minute. We are very very blessed to have Guruji in our lives. All other material possessions are temporary; they come and go, but that which is worth attaining in life is Divine Grace.
Jai Gurudev!
Aditi Gulecha
I would not attribute any one particular miracle to Guruji – rather, my coming into the Art of Living, my meeting the great Master, my change in perspectives of life – all that would be called the greatest miracle.
When I first did the Basic Course, it was purely out of curiosity. Curiosity paved the way for more courses, and each course facilitated a change in me. I, who would earlier never stand in a queue, was actually waiting for hours in a long line to meet Guruji. I, who would never compromise on my comforts, was actually willing to share a room with four strangers during the Advance Course; and I, who used to chatter ceaselessly, actually wanted to remain silent even after the Advance Course was over.
When I see an animal suffering, I feel the pain. When I see a child laughing, it reiterates my faith in humanity. When I sit down for prayers, I sometimes feel the tears trickling from my eyes. What was earlier taken for granted is now cherished by me with a deep sense of gratitude. This complete change in my nature is entirely because of the influence of my Gurudev.
What is even a greater wonder is that my entire family has done the courses and has emerged way happier after it. Whenever I face a problem, I just have to think of Gurudev, and the solution occurs!
Guruji does not pamper me. Rather, He guides me through life with a strict hand. And I come out the stronger one. I do not always get what I want; but I always get what is best for me.
I remember the struggle my husband and I had to go through when we were finding a matrimonial match for our daughter. For two years we struggled with different prospective matches that came our way. We had a certain vision of the type of boy we would want for our daughter. We prayed in earnest to Gurudev. Finally, when we had almost given up in despair, there came a boy in my daughter’s life – the complete opposite of what we had envisioned for our daughter! And yet, I noticed that my daughter had never felt so happy, so complete before. I had never seen my husband so satisfied in life. I had never seen my own parents feeling so fulfilled.
Eventually the two families communicated with each other, and my daughter got married last December. Through every step, I could sense Guruji’s guiding hand and His blessing. The biggest moment of joy came when we received a letter from the Bangalore Ashram with a message from Gurudev, blessing the newly-wed couple and congratulating us for our daughter’s wedding.
In the end, I can only bow down to Gurudev with the deepest gratitude, for not giving us what we wanted, rather giving us what we needed and what was best for us.
JGD
Roma Saklani
Hi folks, here goes my Guru Story! It was the December of 2009. Having been associated with the Art of Living for just about 4 odd years, I was very keen to do an advance course in the presence of Pujya Gurudev at Rishikesh.
Those associated with AOL would know how beautiful and serene the environs of Rishikesh are and what fun it is to partake in an advance course there…Guruji’s presence simply makes it the perfect setting for a spiritual sojourn!
I booked myself for the last of the 4 batches for the Rishikesh course which was to happen in February 2010!
With the excitement comparable to that of a child eagerly waiting to meet his mother after a long stint at boarding school, I reached Rishikesh a day prior to when the course was scheduled to start. Partly because it was quasi mandatory to register for the course a day prior and make the stay arrangements etc, but largely because I was keen and hopeful to meet Pujya Gurudev somehow and seek his blessings at least in a darshan line. (Given that there are thousands of devotees thronging to meet HIM at any point in time)
Guruji was to be busy in meetings in the city that day I was informed, hence I hadn’t got the opportunity to meet HIM. Also, by the time I completed all the registration formalities necessary for the course, finished satsang and dinner, it was around 10pm. I rushed to Gurudev’s kutir with the hope to seek his blessings and get a glimpse. I was aware that it was quite late in the evening but I was very keen to meet him as I had not seen HIM during the entire day.
As soon as I reached the kutir, I asked one of the volunteers if Guruji was still meeting devotees. Like he had informed the 25-30 other devotees waiting for darshan, I too was informed that Gurudev was busy meeting visitors with prior appointments only and given that it was already past 10 pm chances of Gurudev meeting devotees in a darshan line were bleak and that I should meet HIM at the course the next day. I tried reasoning with him that I had come all the way from Mumbai and was a teacher and if he could please permit me inside the kutir at least – but, he persisted and I was denied permission.
While the volunteer was doing his rightful duty, my heart sank. I could not believe that I would end up returning to my room that night without having sought Gurudev’s blessings during the entire day. Dejected and heartbroken, I dragged myself onto the promenade by the banks of the Ganges, from where I could catch a glimpse of Gurudev sitting on the 2nd floor balcony meeting visitors. Before I could realize, my mind started conversing with HIS, asking questions like, “what would it take me to see you tonight”.. “Do I need to know some influential teacher who could sneak me inside the kutir”… “Why do I need to go through multiple layers of people to meet you, my master”… With tears rolling down my cheeks, I just kept looking at HIM, from that distance, hoping for a miracle to make me meet HIM.
With no possibility of a meeting in sight after a 45 minute wait by about 11 pm, I dialed my mother from my cell phone to update her and get some consolation and started walking towards my room. Just as I was crossing the kutir, miraculously, the volunteer opened the gate and asked me to come in as he had received and instruction from Gurudev that he should let all those waiting for darshan to come in.
I could not believe my luck. With a spring in my step, I ran inside the kutir and settled myself in one corner of the huge balcony on the ground floor, where Guruji was coming to meet us. There were just 5 of us to meet HIM; a family of 4 and me!
As soon as he entered the room, he looked at me and smiled and my day was made. Little did I know that it was to be the most remarkable day of my ENTIRE Life!
As soon as the family of 4 had been met with, Guruji looked straight into my eyes and with a look that I feel meant, “I know what you have been up to!” called me towards him. Sheepishly, I made the 5 step walk on my knees itself and there I was, in front of Guruji. (Little did I know that the next 5 minutes would change my life)
With HIS voice full of concern, he asked me, “Tera naam kya hai?” (What is your name?). I said “Ameya Guruji”. “Tu kya karta hai?” (What do you do?) He continued. “Part 1 teacher hun Guruji, HSBC mein job karta hun aur jahan log bulaye wahan satsang karta hun.’ (I am a Part 1 teacher, I work in HSBC bank and I go for satsangs wherever I am called) I responded.
He smiled. “Guruji, aapse milne ke liye itne logon se permission kyun leni padti hai? Mujhe aapka direct access chahiye” (Guruji, why do we need to take so many permissions to meet you? I want direct access to you!) I blurted. He smiled and with all his love said, “Haan, haan, tumhe hamara access haina. Tum kabhi bhi aao..Tumhe koi nah rokega, main tumhe apne saath tour pe le jaunga, tum Jaina se secretariat mein baat kar lena“. (Yes, yes you have my access. Come whenever you want, no one will stop you. I will take you on tour with me, talk to Jaina in the secretariat) And he gave me a nice tight hug!!!
By now, my joy had no bounds, I was over the moon!!! While I had gone to the kutir to merely catch HIS glimpse, here I was, in HIS arms, with HIS commitment that I had his total access and also that I would be accompanying him on a tour!!! Thus, yet again proving that while we may have our own plans in life, the Divine has a master plan for all of us, which is a billion times better that all our plans!
While this may come across more of a Guru story than a miracle (although it is nothing short of a miracle for me), I have shared it here with a single simple intent; and that is to share and underline the fact that, HE is available for all of us in equal measure; He makes no distinction in what social strata we come from or what is our stature in the society! Whether we are rich or poor, young or old or wise or foolish. He seeks absolutely nothing from us to shower HIS unconditional love and blessings on everyone all the time.
In my opinion, all that we need to have is Faith, devotion and complete surrender!! Remember, this could be your story tomorrow!
Love,
Jai Gurudev!
Ameya
P.S: True to HIS word, He took me with HIM on a 35 day world tour in July/August 2010 and I do get to see him more often 🙂
This is Vinay Gupta from Mumbai. I did my first AOL course in March, 2008 & since then, I have not missed the Sudarshan Kriya even a single day. I kept doing more & more courses, & finally came the day when Gurudev made me a teacher, in 2012. I have already shared in the past, the Guru stories of those times, which are truly hair raising and beyond imagination.
I now come to the present situation of my life. Three weeks ago, my only child complained of experiencing excruciating pain in her abdomen. The pain was so severe that it was radiating to her back and rib cage. She was not in the state to eat anything, and even water that she drank was vomited out immediately. Owing to this terrible situation, we rushed her to the Hospital. But seeing my daughter in so much agony was definitely not easy for me. I was extremely worried and concerned about her health, and was hoping that it would all be ok at the hospital. We had no idea as to what the matter could be, hence got even more worked up. To help my state of mind, I had been chanting the Guru Mantra “GURU BRAHMA, GURU VISHNU, GURU DEVO MAHESHWARA, GURU SAKSHAT PARAM BRAHMA, TAT MAHESHRI GURUDEV NAAM” (GURU IS BRAHMA, GURU IS VISHNU GURU IS LORD MAHESHWARA (SHIVA) GURU IS VERILY THE ABSOLUTE TO WHOM I BOW DOWN.) repeatedly.
It was quite late in the night. The concerned Doctor, a Gastroenterologist, suspected pancreatitis, or colitis or abscess in the liver. Naturally, we were devastated on learning the same. We did not know how to react. All of a sudden, out of nowhere, to face such a complicated health situation was very painful for us. Next day the investigations began. An ultrasound was also conducted, where all was found ok, but a huge solitary gall stone was discovered in the gall bladder, and a severe case of infection was evidenced by the blood report. It was then agreed upon to operate the next day. Now suddenly, the Doctor wanted to do a C T Scan the following day, before the surgery. This C T Scan also happened, and all was found normal, but we were resigned to the situation that within an hours’ time, the operation would commence. All this while, for 4 consecutive days, I kept chanting the Guru Mantra.
And what followed was a much needed miracle. ! I did not want my my daughter to go through the intense operation and was constantly praying her situation improves and knew there would be some alternative to the operation and that she could be cured. Suddenly, the Doctors junior came running towards us just before the operation, saying, to our amazement, that the operation had been cancelled; and that we could seek discharge immediately. I could not believe what I had just heard. What a relief! What a blessing
But the story does not end here. The very next day, a very close friend and a devotee, Divesh Sharma, rang me up and informed me that there was a cure for my daughters’ health problem, and that the gall stones could be dissolved by Ayurveda / Nadi Pariksha.
It’s so beautiful to experience the love and care of a Master!
Jai Gurudev
Vinay Gupta
It was my 19th birthday. As most other people, even I had plans for the big day, and was looking forward to the celebrations. On my birthday night, owing to the bad behaviour of my very close friend, I got very upset and I cried almost all night. And then, all my birthday plans got cancelled, which made me even more upset! I was just so disheartened and dejected.
Half the day passed, and I was at home, crying and sulking, as it was my birthday and I wanted it to be special! I was feeling very terrible. I knew not what to do. I made a small prayer to Gurudev, pleading Him to make everything alright, for the rest of the day was still left, and I wanted a miracle to happen.
And all of a sudden, out of nowhere, my mother received a call from my uncle, who is an Art of Living teacher as well. He excitedly informed her that Guruji was in Delhi, and He had a flight to catch in a while, so there was a good chance of Him giving Darshan to the devotees before leaving. On hearing this, I got extremely happy, bought my birthday cake and went to Vasant Vihar, with the hope of meeting Him. As we entered, the room was full with people. I quietly went and sat in a corner with my mom and dad. Bhajans (devotional hyms) were going on. I sat patiently, yet there was a bit of anxiety in my mind, as Gurudev had a flight to board, which meant that He would have to leave the room soon. I prayed and hoped that He would meet me well before leaving, especially as it was my birthday then. We waited for almost 2 hours, but I was losing hope with each passing minute!
And then suddenly, the moment arrived. Guruji started walking towards us. On seeing Him, I ran with the cake in my hand and went and stood near Gurudev. He was looking directly into my eyes. I can never forget that look of His. He saw my birthday cake and said, “It looks very tempting.” He then took a knife, cut the cake and said to me, “First you eat the cake, and then I’ll eat.” Slowly He picked a piece, looked into my eyes for almost 10 seconds, continuous, and then placed that piece of cake on my hand. He then took another piece and ate it!
WOW! I was on cloud nine. I truly could not have asked for more. Getting the opportunity to spend your birthday with your very own Master, that too so closely, was nothing short of a Divine blessing. I had tears of gratitude in my eyes. I am so grateful to Gurudev for giving me the Best Birthday ever.
I also took back a small learning from this experience. I realised that whatever happens, happens for the best. I was sulking during the first half of my birthday as all my plans had fallen through, but now I feel that there was no point in being sad, as it was all meant to happen so that I could celebrate my special day with my Guru! Always have the faith that it will all fall into place by the end. Don’t worry, be happyJ
JGD
Lehar Juneja
After I did my Yes!+ course in March 2011, I was waiting to do an Advance course. I got the opportunity to do the course in December 2011 in Mumbai. I thought it would be nearly impossible to stay in silence for those 2-3 days. Plus, I was suffering from a knee injury so sitting for meditation all day long seemed like a task. However, the course was perfect and Guruji made sure that I faced no problems. The course transformed me completely.
I did my second advance course in May 2012 in the Bangalore Ashram. The whole trip was a miracle in itself! I had gone three days prior to my course, on Monday, with a few friends with the intention of spending more time with Guruji. However, a day before we were to leave we found out Guruji was leaving the Ashram on the day we were to reach. I was disheartened but happy that at least I will be in the Ashram. When we reached and unpacked, we immediately went next to his kutir with the hopes that he had not left. Within a few minutes, Guruji came in the car from outside and we got to take his blessings just before he left. He satisfied us totally by meeting us, even if it was just for a few seconds. He did not return to the Ashram till Friday and our course had begun on Thursday.
A day before the course, we went to Sumeru Mantap to do our kriya. Now, I am very scared of dogs and there was one there, chasing after a parrot. Trying to forget about it, I started doing my Kriya. I was still doing the pranayam when I felt something fluttering on my lap and I couldn’t help but open my eyes. The same parrot that the dog was chasing was now seated on me! Fearing that the dog would follow suit, I yelped a little and got up. Two of my friends heard me and obviously opened their eyes too. We sat there for a while and just as we were to start our Kriya again, the parrot showed up and sat next to my friend. We decided to simply do our kriya somewhere else in the ashram at some other time that day.
On Saturday, we were in silence and we came to know Guruji would be taking a meditation session with us in the Yagnashala. After he took the meditation, he was speaking to all the course participants and he said, ‘Nothing, not even dogs or birds can stop you from doing your kriya. It is all a state of your mind.’ This left me in shock! It is truly unbelievable how HE knows about everything that is happening to you. Along with this, there were several instances that took place during that one week in Bangalore that reassured my faith in him and how he is always there to take care of everyone and get us on the right path.
-Saloni Gajjar
It was Holi and I had planned a celebration in the evening with friends. But when I returned home after work I saw a fire engine standing in front of my house. All my neighbours had gathered at the spot. As I climbed the stairs, I saw that the door was broken open and the house was covered with water, sand and ash.
Firemen told me that the fire was due to leaking gas cylinder and high phosphorous content in the air. There was no major damage because it was detected early. I thanked God that there was no damage to life or to any important thing. My entire evening and night went in dusting and mopping.
Even after that, the house looked abandoned. I went into my room and sat near Guruji’s chair (a chair that I have kept for Guruji, with His photo on it & peacock feathers behind the photo). I started complaining that my entire evening was spoiled and that I didn’t want this to happen on Holi. My mind was filled with doubts and disappointment.
Suddenly, my doorbell rang. It was my landlady. She asked if everything is set right and told that it is nothing but a miracle that we are saved from the otherwise deadly fire hazard. She then explained to me the course of happenings before I entered the house that evening.
My landlady, who always returns from work after 8 pm, had returned home at 3 pm that day. Within 5 minutes, a fire was discovered followed by a bursting sound. Firemen were called. They reached in no time. Coincidentally there was an electrician at the doorstep who put off the fuse. A neighbour unscrewed the door lock and the door was opened without any effort.
My landlady rushed into each room to check if something important has caught fire. And when she opened the door of my room, she could see Guruji on the chair gesturing that He is taking care of everything. Automatically she had bowed down to Him and the fire was put down in minutes. Miraculously, all the important things which were on the way were untouched by fire.
She said that she felt His presence and there was no second thought that He was the one to save us all that day. My eyes were filled with tears of gratitude and a strong faith bloomed from within. I ran to my room and realized that the beautiful pink silk cloth which I had put on Guruji’s chair had folded back and had been covering the peacock feathers all this time during the fire, protecting them from burning. This way Guruji had preserved even the petty peacock feathers which I had offered with love.
“Kaam-dahan” (Burning of Manmatha) is a ritual followed on Holi in many places. My heart was sanctified by this “sanshay-dahan” (burning of doubts) and Holi was a perfect day chosen by Him for it.
JGD
Sowmya
JGD
As I write this story, I truly hope that it inspires many more to do more and more Seva!
I passed out of Stephens with sour memories – my friends had left me and my career was nothing to boast of. I wanted to meet Guruji so that He could give me some guidance and I would get out of my mess, the mess that was more in the mind. There were too many things that I desired, but my hands were empty. I knew not what to do and how to do. I was a lost soul then. Finally, I decided to meet Sri Sri at the Ashram during Navratri. But what followed was not something I had planned or wanted. Guruji constantly ignored me. He just did not look my way. I wondered why. I had tonnes of encounters with Him, but all in vain. Forget talking to me, He did not even look at me. All my questions were unanswered, all my confusions doubled.
I returned to Delhi with utter sadness. A week later, I went for a YES!+ follow up session with Atika didi. While she was inspiring all the young YES!+ folks to do Seva, she quoted Guruji, stating that if we did His work, He would take care of our work. I felt those words were only for me, as though it was my Masters’ message to my situation. From that very moment, I adamantly decided to give my prime time to His work, with the hope that He would take care of me and my career.
I soon realized that I was already a part of the UTSAV team (a special YES!+ Program, planned to be organized on a huge scale), and that year was an epic year for all the volunteers , for we witnessed a massive change in Delhi. 5000 youth had experienced the YES!+ program. It was a big achievement. The mere sight of watching the new participants’ blossom in knowledge, itself, empowers you. It makes you realize that you are much more than your desires, you are much more than your mistakes, YOU are LOVE! It is a beautiful feeling, trust me.
I then realized that I was simply addicted to Seva. It gave me this high that I had never felt before, and I definitely did not want to let go. I wanted to drown myself in my Masters’ work. And so, I continued on this path for the whole year. I did five Advance courses, I did the Blessings course and assisted many teachers. The whole year passed blissfully. And in the end, I had grown immensely, and all my erstwhile miseries had probably dissolved somewhere. I was a new person, so strong, so confident, so empowered.
I still remember, my IIT-JAM paper was just 20 days away. But I had not prepared enough for it. I was lagging way behind, as compared to the other students. According to my tutor, I was 9 months behind schedule (Students usually take a year off only preparing for this competitive paper). But I never panicked; I simply accepted my situation and decided to give it my 100% for the next 20 days till the exam.
What happened in the examination hall was truly thrilling, and the results were even more amusing, for I had passed my examination with a rank of 81. It was unbelievable.
That year was truly a year of fulfillment and enrichment, not because I made it to IIT Delhi, but because all my bitterness had turned into pure love, all my anxieties and desires had turned into surrender, and the knowledge had dawned upon me that I am here for others, all the skills that I have, are for the service of others. The real secret of happiness is that it comes back to you a hundred times more, once you begin to share it with others. It’s a simple law of nature.
I can never forget how the year had come to a beautiful end. I was sitting besides my Master, enjoying the chocolates given by Him and keenly listening to Him speak. He often says that we usually do what ‘we want’ to do, but what ultimately happens is ‘what HE’ wants, BUT, the day we begin to do what ‘HE’ really wants us to do, then what ‘we want’ will automatically begin to happen. Try it out☺
Jai Gurudev
Shreya Saklani.
This is probably my biggest Guru story after which my faith on Guruji has grown immensely. I was on my way back from home to SSU (Sri Sri University). I was wearing a new flannel and had kept my wallet with around 1500 Rs along with ATM and pan card, among other things. I stay in Kolkata and we usually travel by the metro. I was on a crowded metro and it was the rush hour with people traveling back home. When I got up from my seat to get off the metro, my wallet fell off unknowingly. It was only then that I realized that it had fallen when the metro gates closed but I could do nothing. Me and my father who was accompanying me informed the station master and he told us that he would get back if he comes to know of a lost wallet. Meanwhile I had a train to catch to come back to Cuttack, SSU in about 25 minutes. My father maintained his calm and withdrew some money from the ATM to hand it to me and put me on a cab to the station. I reached the station on time to catch the train and was strangely in a cheerful mood (happens only in the Art of Living). I knew that we rely on miracles and not just believe in it. I even updated a status saying that I rely in miracles and not just believe as I had faith in relation to this incident.
Next day my dad got a call to come and pick up the lost wallet. The person who found it actually saw my gym Id which had the number of one of the trainers there. So he called the trainer asking if he knew me and told him that he found my lost wallet. The trainer in turn called up my friend who was also from Kolkata Yes plus and a member in the same gym, who in turn informed my mom.
I had told people that I would get it back the very next day somehow with everything intact and that is what happened!!
The person who found my wallet could have easily taken it, without anyone knowing it. I was somehow calm and knew that only the best will happen with me. Guruji is my source of strength and confidence, even in the most difficult of situations and most stressful times, I know my savior – our beloved Sri Sri will always protect us.
Jai GuruDev
Mayur
This is a very special guru story for me. I was in my 5th semester electronics and communication B.E under graduate course in Bangalore university. I did my first AOL Basic course in my 3rd semester and ever since was spending time in ashram doing seva and exploring the new world of AOL in my life. I was also an active sportsman and was captaining my college cricket team, playing 1 division league for my club. I got selected to represent Bangalore university in swimming and captained the Bangalore university softball team, and there are Guru stories in their own right which I’ll share later. I had 800th rank in CET and was selected completely on merit in engineering. Though I had represented the state cricket under 16, my good grades in studies ensured that I take the best course in one of the best professional colleges UVCE. This made me reduce my sporting activity, but thanks to the techniques of AOL I regained my full potential in sports and studies while in my 5th semester which was blossoming in all aspects.
I was missing many classes due to my sports activities but luckily was getting the attendance as I was representing on behalf of my college and university however I was still missing out on important classes. This story is about the electronics lab subject. We had a practical lab class every week with around 20 experiments. I had missed almost half of that. Though some of them could be understood and learnt outside the lab, some of them were very complicated circuits and needed special connections and settings to get the output. The most complicated of them was the staircase waveform generator on the oscilloscope which I missed. The exams were nearing and I had to prepare for the practical exam. I chose to prepare those experiments where I was present and a few more which I could understand. But towards the end I didn’t have enough time and was not in a position to prepare all 20 experiments. The staircase generator was left out but I had enough confidence since I had prepared around 15 and I would get one of them. The previous batch went into the exam hall and generally only few experiments are given and we got to know from the previous batch that staircase generator was included. I got a little demoralized but didn’t have enough time to study that so I was revising the others still hoping that I’ll get the other ones. A friend passed by and showed me the complicated circuit of the staircase generator which I just looked for a second but continued revising my other experiments. It was the turn of our batch now and I walked to the hall and picked up a chit from the box and to my shock I got the staircase generator experiment which I had left out. I didn’t know what to do, I froze and sat at my desk helpless. Some of my classmates who were actually bright, had attended the class and took lab tuitions too also failed to get the output in the exam. I got really helpless and tried digging in deep into my photographic memory to see if I could flash the image of the circuit I looked at for a second some time ago. I scribbled some circuit, started setting up the circuit board with basic settings, but had no idea how to proceed. Time went by and we had only half an hour remaining. I sat there completely utterly helpless and went into a deep moment of surrender and letting go when I went into a deep state of meditation and a heightened awareness dawned on me instantly.
I opened my eyes and the big mind had taken over. I felt my hands moving in intuitively and continuing with the connections on the board, there was this presence which I felt so strongly guiding me and I was there confidently with a smile going ahead with my hands moving on their own making connections which I was not aware of. Suddenly ten minutes prior to the finish time, the staircase waveform appeared in the oscilloscope miraculously and I have no idea to this day as to what connections I did and how did the stair wave appeared on the screen. I immediately called the external invigilator and he was very happy with the output. He asked me to take readings and submit the paper. I not only passed but got a distinction in the subject. There was no way humanly that this was possible. This was my Guru story which reinstalled my steadfastness towards Guruji and my faith in him. I realised he is just waiting for us to allow him to guide us, all we have to do is let go and surrender. Let him paint the world through you. May you be a hollow and empty instrument for his grace to express. I bow down to my Guru who has continued to guide me on this path. By the way, after that I made sure I studied well and passed out engineering with distinction and was the first student in my college to get placed in my dream company.
All we need to do is, work hard and put in the effort. The best will come to us, there in no doubt that with the lovely grace and blessings of our beloved Sri Sri – our true companion and care taker in every situation of life we will always emerge smiling, cheerful, happy just like a true winner. Lucky to have Sri Sri in my life.
Jai guru Dev.
Sampath Reddy
