Brindavan News - 03-05-2004- Brother Ramesh

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Brindavan News from Brother Ramesh.

 

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With loves from

 

Deepak Bharwani

 

Dear Brothers and Sisters, SaiRam to you all. It was a week day today. But

never looked like one at Brindavan. Perhaps today was a holiday for some

people. I reached Brindavan by 6:30AM and found a place in the 'fortune

tokens' line. There were 20 odd lines formed and would go in to the SR Hall,

depending on the token number they would pick. I had an option to take a place

in any of these. I made a mistake here. Instead of leaving it to Swamy, I took

up a place in the line that would pick the token first. The flawed thinking was

that, this line has the maximum chance of picking a good number! I conveniently

ignored it for the moment that even the chance of picking a huge number were

equally bright! As it turned out, our man picked a 20+ number and we watched

line after line entering the SR Hall! Lesson: In matters pertaining to

spirituality, use the heart, not the head! Swamy was kind enough to put me in

the SR Hall. I took up a place closer to the right aisle by 7AM and the waiting

began. But not for very long. At 7:10AM, the music started. 'Tu pyaar ka sagar

hai' instrumental welcomed the Ocean of Love. Bhagawan was here, much

earlier than usual! In fact, the seating arrangement was not complete by then

and everybody scurried for a vantage point as soon as the music announced the

Lord's arrival. As usual, Swamy got down at the Ladies' side and started

walking. HE stopped a few times, spoke to devotees, received letters, made

Vibhuti and made everybody happy. Now HE reached the boys and the birthday

boys had blessings. Having done that, Bhagawan turned right and walked on the

central aisle. As HE made Vibhuti for someone, immediately the kerchief was

passed on and HE wiped HIS hand and moved on. Sitting at a distance of about 10

feet or so, I could read Swamy's lips as HE asked some people ' Where from' and

'How many' and if the answer is too feeble to be heard, HE would just lean a

bit forward and give HIS ear! Oh, how beautiful this sight is!! Toyota Prius

is catching up by now! Now it came near Swamy and the door opened. At the end

of the hall, Swamy boarded the car and it went past Saraswathy and took a right

to go to Trayee through the hostel avenue. Darshan over by 7:30AM! If this is

not 'Love MY uncertainty', what is? Wiser devotees generally looked at me with

pity and amusingly when I used to ask, what time Swamy comes for Darshan! Today

explained why they wonder thus! If somebody arrived at 7:45, expecting Swamy to

come at 8AM, he/she would be in for a shock! Today's darshan was short and

sweet. To catch a glimpse of that Divine Form from whatever distance is indeed

a mark of HIS grace and nothing else. As Swamy declared once, the gist of which

is, 'A day will come when people will just see ME as a flash of orange light

from a very great distance and feel themselves blessed to have had a glimpse of

ME'. I must say, I had a very good darshan by these standards. Jai Sai Ram.

Ever At HIS Lotus Feet Ramesh Sistla