Lifetime filled with Grace

Jai Gurudev,

My name is Ved Prakash Gupta. I was born on the 7th of November, 1951, at Delhi. I did my Bachelor of Technology-Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, in1973 and MBA, HR from IGNOU in the year 2000. I then joined the Department of Telecommunication,(DOT) Government Of India as a Class-I Officer in the year 1974 and retired in April, 2011, as Principal General Manager(Elect), (equivalent to Add Secretary to Government of India), Head of Electrical wing of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited(BSNL), Corporate Office, New Delhi.
The begining of my journey at the Art of Living:
In the November of 1999, I got a VVIP pass for attending a Satsang with Sri Sri at Chatarpur, New Delhi. I thoroughly enjoyed the Satsang, His childlike entry, His movements, enthusiasm and expressions. In an answer to a question, are you GOD? He said,” Yes I am GOD”, and after a long pause he added “All of you are also GOD”. That was a revelation and Aho moment for me!
Next week, my friend who gave me the VVIP pass, requested me to do the Basic Course. Since I was posted at Ahmedabad, as Chief Engineer(Electrical), Department of Telecommunication, Government of India, at that time and was also living alone, I agreed to do the Course, provided it was taken in Hindi or English. So after talking to my then teacher, Ms Dhwani, a young 25 year old Architect, I joined the course. To my amazement, though she said that she would talk in Hindi, she started teaching in Gujrati, as most of the participants were Gujrati. Inspite of the fact that I was not able to understand Gujrati, I had a wonderful Experience of the ’Sudarshan Kriya’, and My Journey with Art of living started on that day. The Kriya had blessed me with a calm, composed and conflict free mind as it’s after-effect!
At that time I had huge targets to achieve for installing telephone exchanges in rural areas and most of the time, I was firing my team members for not successfully achieving these targets. Within just 3 months of the course, there was a huge shift in me. I was no longer firing my colleagues, and they too were pleasantly surprised about my changed behaviour. We were now able to accomplish all our goals in a joyful, stress free manner. Things just started moving smoothly, all falling well in place with the right effort, all thanks to the Sudarshan Kriya benefits!!!

Since the last five years, I am a full time faculty with the Art of Living, and since 2003, I have been teaching AOL’s Basic Course on Voluntary basis for General Public, Government officials, Jail inmates, DE addiction Centre Inmates, employees of Small and Medium Enterprises, Police, Army and Para Military Forces, Women from weaker sections of society and Youth Leadership Training Program’s for the youth from Delhi Slum areas. I am also a Guru Puja Pundit and a Blesser, now.

MY GURU STORIES:
I have had several amazing experiences since ‘Gurujis’ presence in my life. I would be delighted to share a few of them with you all!

1. Chaotic Car Accident: On 1 July, 2014, I was returning after a meeting with some youth about ’Youth Leadership Training Program’, and suddenly I found that 2 children came in the middle of the road out of nowhere, and in my effort of saving them, I smashed my Toyota Etios on the backside of a stationary truck at the opposite side of the road at Andrews Ganj, New Delhi. Front Bumpers, Bonnet, Right side Doors, Wind shield, Dash board, everything was completely damaged. With great difficulty I could even come out of the car. And then the realisation dawned. The car was completely damaged, but by Guruji’s Grace, there was not even a scratch on me. It took 25 days for the Toyota workshop to repair the car.
“You do HIS work and HE takes care of you”.

2. Grand Daughters’ premature Birth: On the 28th of September, 2009, Dushehra day at around 6.30 pm, my daughter in law prematurely (less than 7 months) delivered twin baby girls in a small Nursing home at Chennai. Doctors at Apollo Hospital Chennai told us that the delivery would be complicated through an operation. There was nothing we could do then, apart from having faith, and so we prayed and surrendered the matter at His Lotus feet. And it was only by Gurudev’s Grace that it turned out to be a normal delivery. And to our pleasant surprise, both of them are now very active, energetic, and enthusiastic, even though their very chances of survival were bleak at the time of their birth. It’s all Divine care. They now listen to all of Guruji’s talks very attentively:)
“HE takes care.”

3. Daughter’s fracture : My daughter, while studying in a medical college at Belgaum, Karnataka, fell from a bike and fractured her right leg. It was a grave injury. I got a call at around 12.30 midnight from the hospital, and the Doctors took my permission in order to operate upon the fractured leg. Two screws of the length 80 mm each were inserted to hold the bone erect. Next day, when we reached the Hospital at Belgaum, the Doctors informed us that it was a very serious case, and that my daughter may not be able to sit on the floor, crossed legged, throughout her life. We all got extremely worried. It was a major issue. But soon enough, with all our prayers and by Guruji’s Grace, within a years time, she could not only sit on the floor, but also do Pranayama in ‘Vajrasana’. Doctors were amazed at her speedy recovery, and the screws were also taken off after 5 years.
“HE can do anything”.

Thank you Gurudev for everything. I am so very grateful to you for being my true care-taker! Truly blessed to meet You:)

JGD
Ved Prakash Gupta