First morning darshan at Brindavan

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Sairam!

 

Thought I would add to the account of the very first morning darshan that the

Lord gave at Bangalore yesterday.

 

Thursday crowd waited with abated breath to have a glimpse of the Lord's dear

form on April 1st morning. We had all assembled for the token queues, our

particular ladies' row came the 11th, we got a seat in the second row of the

second block with a clear view of the stage & also the steps on the left side,

from the Lord's chambers, leading to the central lawn. We prayed, chanted

Gayatris, eagerly looking forward to the sweet meditation on the moving bright

light of bliss that our Lord is. As part of the local crowd we were all waiting

to have His darshan before proceeding with the worldly duties He has allocated

to us for this life. Then came the doubts when clock ticked past 6.45, 7.30, 8

to 8.45...& the ensuing dilemma - whether we should wait in patience to have a

glimpse of our Lord or to return to take up our duties. One second our mind

would say 'You be here and He will take care of your work', another second it

will go monkeying like 'People trust on you to do your part & the job at your

office is also Sai-work'...Reached a decision to wait till the Bhajan starts -

agreed that we would get up & leave at the sound of 'Ganesha Sharanam', if He

did not bless us with His presence by then. Kept asking Him whether He was

testing us. Kept praying to Him requesting Him not to...At 8.55 AM ignoring the

lesson that came to the mind, one that He oft repeats, i.e. to 'be patient', got

up and came out of the hall, out of the main gate and we hardly proceeded a few

steps on the road that two of His students in white uniform came running in the

opposite direction calling out straight to us "Bhagavan has come" - ran we did -

back through the gate, into the hall - to catch the beautiful sight of the

Sai-Deepam in full glory on the stage. After the long wait, the quick run, we

paused to catch breath & let the refreshing waves of His darshan wash over us.

We had lost our earlier place and had to be content with the last row from were

we had to peep and peer to have fleeting darshans of the dear Form amidst the

sea of heads...& pondering over our lack of patience to wait just 2 minutes

more! His divine test, indeed! And there He was - beaming directly at us,

happily, naughtily as though He has made an April Fool out of us - our hearts

were overflowing with divine bliss & love. Watching Him immersed in the bhajans

was a treat, as always. After Aarati He turned towards us and gave a single

abhaya hasta and before the tide in our hearts could subside from the effect He

gave a compassionate abhaya hasta with both his hands!

 

Then it was "Narayana Narayana Om" and with the light in our hearts recharged,

we returned to the world to take up our duties. And as we know - He took care

that when we returned, the world hadn't missed us one bit & it was smooth

drive-into the routine lives & as usual we ended up wondering about when our

faith would triumph over our mind & manage to hush up our minds when it keeps

repeating the word 'coincidence' to us whenever we come face to face with His

miracles!

 

Do have a day centered in Sai, friends...in contemplation on Him in the Sai-lence of our hearts...

 

Sairam!