THANKING EVERYBODY

February 20, 2007

Dear shri sunilji and all the respected members of our Guruvayur Group

Om Namo Narayanaya.

Thanking each of you for the moral support and condolences and enlightening advice to cope in my current situation.

As always , I trust that whatever happens ,happens for the best. Missing my dear mother a lot but my heart also tells me she is at the lotus feet of Lord Krishna and will always be there for us as a guiding light ,even though she is invisible to us now.

Maybe the lord was preparing me to handle this tragedy with diginity and grace, so he introduced me to this wonderful Guruvayur group. Reading the replies and advices , I really feel God is reaching out to me be peaceful in my mind. My two sisters and their families and their in laws and my own mother in law who has stayed back to help us come to grips with this tragedy - everyone has been so wonderful and caring that my father too is at peace now. We all have accepted it as God's decision and trust Mummy is happy there above.

Jayashree

"Sunil Menon" <menon_sunilguruvayur To: guruvayur Subject: [Guruvayur/Guruvayoor] Re: The lord is really mysteriousTue, 20 Feb 2007 04:14:53 -0000

Dear Jayashreeji,I am deeply saddened to read about your Amma. My sincere condolences.Please know that you will be in our prayers and our thoughts. Ourspecial prayers for your father to have a fast recovery. From my own personal experience in the past, I can understand yourgrief and all those difficult questions arises from such an incident.Philosophy or other explanations will not answer all your questions or reduce your grief. But, time will. Some incidents and things are beyond our human understanding. We all have to accept it. However, in the course of time, all your questions will be answered and you will realize the reason for the incident in retrospect. For the time being, you need to be talk to many people you are close to and need to go on with daily life. I know it is hard and tough, but what else we mortals can do in such situations?Also make sure that your father gets proper care. He needs company and need to feel the warmth of all your love at this critical juncture. Make him talk and grieve as well. Do not let him keep everything inside. A few months back a visiting Swamiji explained to me that we take birth to 'learn' and gather knowledge. Our life experiences - good, bad and shocking - all are nothing but a learning process for oursoul. It is an essential learning process in every soul's journey to Mukthi. We have to learn good, bad, happiness and sadness. And when we learn everything there to learn through multiple Janams, we become 'learned souls' and that elevate us to the next level of soul's journey towards Mukthi. According to the Swamiji, my mother had to learn suffering and we were to witness that as a part of our learning process. Dear Group, let us all pray for Jayashreejis mother and father and her family. We all are there for you in this tough time.Om Namo Narayanaya:Sunil.guruvayur , "jayashree_662001"<jayashree_66 wrote:>> Om Namo Narayanaya.> > I am posting after a long time.Well, the lord kept me very busy from > dec 20th onwards. my mother had a terrible fever and as a result lost > her memory for a few minutes. My son and me rushed her to a doctor > who also happens to be my classmate and friend. she advised us to > place mum under observation but my mum was not at all willing coz she > hated hospitals considering the fact that since 1992 my father was > being hospitalised for one reason or other. so far he has had around > 7 different major opertaions and was even completely paralysed once, > but due to his sheer willpower overcame even that and then purchased > a car and drove it around.my mum has always been a true companion to > my father and people in my area always tell that she is a savitri who > rescued my father from near death situations by being by his side > during his hospitalisations and reading Narayeenyam. Anyways,we did > not admit mother to hospital , but brought her home and followed the > medications given by the doctor. I only thought of Lord > Guruvayurappan and beleive me, in two days mother was okay and fine > and even went out to Kochu Guruvayur Temple at matunga here.But my > doctor friend still insisted that i take her to a neurologist for > check-up. meanwhile, my father too developed knee pains which were so > bad that the physiotherapist suggested that we meet a neurologist for > him.> > Therefore i took an appointment with a neurologist for both my > parents at hinduja hospital here. my mother came very reluctantly > after much coaxing from my son and husband and my dad. the > neurologist checked my mother and said to do an MRI scan of the brain > immidiately which we did. mother was so scared of the mri machine > that she pleaded with the technician to allow me to come into the > room and be with her.As she was so terrified , I told her to close > her eyes and think that she is standing in Front of Guruvayurappan in > the temple.Poor thing she did just that for the next 45 minutes as > she underwent the test.later when she opened her eyes she immidiately > told me to book for a 'kalabham chartal ' at Kochu Guruvayur temple > here. In fact she wanted it done on Feb 11th her wedding anniversary > and i did so.Three days later the neurologist phoned me saying that i > should come to the hospital immdiately as the MRI report showed that > mum had a brain haemorage.he wanted us to do a CT brain angiogram > immediately to decide whether to perform a gamma knife radiation or > brain surgery on my mum. i was shocked and could not even react but > decided to do the ct scan. Guruvayurappan heard my heartfelt prayers > because in the doctors own words -'a miracle had occurred' . there > was no trace of the haemorragge in the ct scan'. in fact the > neurologist asked us to leave the mri film and ct film with him to > show it at a conference 2 days later to other doctors.> > we were so overjoyed that i purchased sweets and offered to lord > guruvayurappan. there were two family weddings on jan 28th. and my > releived mother went out and purchased a costly saree for the > occassion.Evening of 28th she planned to go to my son's schhol to > watch him get awards for his good performance in ssc exams.however > the lord had other plans.my husband and son had gone to the airport > on jan 25th at 9.pm, to pick up my mother in law who was coming for 5 > days for the marriage.within 15 minutes i received a frantic call > from my father that mummy and he have got burnt and to come > quickly .i rushed to my parents home which is barely 5 minutes from > my house.dad was burnt and bleeding from the brow in his attempt to > save mummy whose sari had caught fire.mum too was burnt but she had > changed her clothes and was towelling her hair. i phoned a friend and > together we rushed them to a hospital. i was appalled to hear that > mum had 70% burns and dad around 20% burns. in a span of 12 hours > they were shifted to 4 hospitals and eventually my mother had to be > moved to an exclusive burns hospital as doctor felt she had good > chances, i looked after dad at one hospital and my sister, my mom at > other hospital. she was kept in seclusion as doctor did not want her > to catch an infection. she was doing fine but on the 10th day she > developed lung infection and was kept on a ventilator. we were > allowed to see her and as i sat with her the night i kept praying to > lord guruvayurappan to do only whatever he thought best for her.feb 5 > th, my mum passed away and feb 11th her wedding anniversary instead > of 'kalabham chartal' at temple we were flowing her ashes in the > banganga river.Guruvayurappa, only you know why all this has > happened.I remember though my mother was on ventilator she opened her > eyes when I reminded her of the kalabham charth. she kept staring at > lord guruvayurappan's photo which i showed her. I trust the lord is > personally taking care of her now. My dad's wounds have healed and he > is out of hopital . He has resigned himself to fate and we beleive > that whatever happened is only a test of our faith in the lord.people > all over attended mum 's funeral and helped us . everyone wondered > why such a simple caring and selfless person had to meet such a > tragic end, but certainly mysterious are the ways of our lord !>

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