Saleel Pulekar

This must have been in 2003 or 2004. Guruji had stayed back in Mumbai at Sangeeta Jani's house in Juhu. We went there to catch him the next morning before he could leave for the airport. Around a couple of hundred of us were huddled in the drawing room eagerly waiting to get a glimpse of him. Though the huge 5-storey house has an elevator in it, Guruji came down by the staircase. Heads turned around, some stopped singing the bhajan they were singing, for some others the tempo of the bhajan increased and yet a few others just shouted, "Guruji!" I could notice that he had just taken a shower. He looked like a freshly blossomed flower with the morning dew drops still sparkling on it. As he walked down, the bottom of his white veshti (dhoti) gently caressed the staircase. His glowing face, radiant like the Sun was partly hidden in his long hair let loose, still a little wet. What a sight that was! A hair brush in his right hand was finding its way through the dark black tress...

About a week back in the satsang in ashram, a man shared his story of how Guruji had helped the delivery of his son. He and his 7 month pregnant wife were travelling in train. Somehow his wife developed some complication and broke water. The doctors said that the wife needs to hold the child for 36 hours (not sure how many hours). They said that delivering the child could be fatal to the mother and the child. Incidentally the man had carried Guruji's photograph with him and felt that a miracle would happen. He gave his wife the photograph and told her not to worry and that he knew that a miracle would happen. The child was born with his lungs not fully developed. The mother was safe. The child was out in the ICU but survived and is now 9 months old. The man thanked Guruji for his grace. He does his kriya regularly and ensures that he does as much seva as possible. Once, in a Part 1 course which I was attending, someone asked Bawa, "In art of living do you believe in miracles?...

I accompanied Darshakji to two hospitals on 14th evening (almost 24 hrs after the bomb blast). The premises of the SMS (Sawai ManSingh) hospital was full of people, police, press, and lots of scocial groups. The RSS was the most active. They were the first ones to reach immediately after the blast. Very efficiently they had prepared thier own data of the victims, their family memebers, address etc; so well that the hospital authorities and govt was also using that data! We also referred to the same and visited few patients. Darshakji gave healing. We visited another hospital where we got miraculous results. An old lady on wheelchair was able to stand up within 10 min of healing!! The atmosphere was so depressing. There was so much pain everywhere, physical as well as emotional. On our return we got the mewa of seva - Guruji called up Darshakji to take an update of the situation. It was a blessing to hear his voice. Love, Jai Gurudev Saleel