One of many Guru Stories happened with me

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Jai Guru Dev,
It brings me lot of memories of how I became a part of one the happiest global family.
Though many Guru Stories happened with me and I feel blessed to experience such warmth from Guru Dev.
But I would like to share this one, which happened around 2 years ago. I did my part 2 with Guruji in Rishikesh ashram. I was in state of bliss and felt whatever will happen; Guruji will take care of everything. With the same thought, I made a mistake (in fact foolishness) of trusting someone and giving away few lacs of rupees. It was meant to be returned in one month’s time. While transferring this money to the person I prayed to Guruji and told him he only has to take care of what happens next.

I did not tell this to anyone including my parents, but this led me to feel gloomy all the time. Then after a while it was assured I won’t get this back after repeated tries to trace the person whom I gave money who was based abroad.
All my AOL friends were great support always. I could not hold it one day & told this to 2 of my close friend in Yes+. Later I told this to one of the teacher. In fact I was scared my parents may sense something wrong if I visit them. My friends would always push me to go my home town regularly and see parents.

I was working in an MNC in Delhi NCR then & getting paid monthly, but what I gave away was the savings, which I had saved in last couple of years. I had this habit of saving most of my salary and spending very little, this is how I ended up in saving good amount. I had kept this amount to pay my sibling’s academic fee for her master’s degree in Medicine.

So I started saving more and more from my salary to overcome the loss and making me more miserable. Though I kept in touch with my entire Yes+ group and was involved in organizing courses which made me closer to the divine. I mailed/called this person regularly in hope of getting money back. The phone number, his company website all turned out to be fake later. He was in touch with me initially and assured to return money, but this too seized after a while.

I prayed to Gurudev daily and sent many letters to him which was handed to him personally by friends. One of my friends even talked to him about me while he went to see him Bangalore ashram.
This all went for 8-9 months. I had accepted this situation by now. That I won’t ever get back even a rupee now. I felt this is due to my bad karma of previous birth or I really owed this money to this person from previous births.

Then one fine day, after office we all (yes+ guys) went to see Guru Dev who was visiting Delhi. There were people all around him. I touched his feet and told him in murmur voice “Guru Dev I am praying to you since quite some time now please answers my prayers”.

Next day it was Saturday but I went office to do some work. I checked my mail and got to know that I have received almost 60% of money back via western union. I was elated. I was happy but still not as happy as still some amount of money was stuck. I kept praying to Gurudev and kept doing my daily sadhana and volunteering for the courses.

Very next week Guru Dev was in Delhi again. I went to see him and I got a chance to hug him. This is it. Next day I got mail from a person who claimed to be friend of this person whom I gave money and some more money was transferred to my bank account. I checked my account and found it true. I was stunned and happy.

Though I couldn’t get whole money back still substantial amount was repaid. It could not have happened without the presence of master in life. I tried all from my side, called this person many times, mailed him daily but nothing happened. Just meeting with Gurudev changed all.
I know I made mistake but Guru Dev corrected it.
Thanks.

Jai Guru Dev
Shikha Sood



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Everything is taken care of

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Everyday is a guru story but this one is special. My siblings visited me to USA. In the same duration I had Upanishads course In LA. I thought I won't go. One morning I was thinking about my dream. After I got my head massage, I thanked the person and guess what, it was Guruji and he said "see you at Upanishads". There was no way I could cancel it. Last minute I got leave from work. I booked tickets for all 3 of us. I was worried what wil my brother and sister do when I am away for the course. He gave me the idea of local tour. My siblings had a blast. I wished that since they are here if they can meet Guruji but then there was no way I could drive them back to the hotel as I didn't have car and next day they had to catch the bus to go to Vegas. With his grace they could attend his lecture and see him; we found a family who were to drop them back to the hotel. I needed a ride to Vegas to join them at the final day of the course. The bus station was closer to the centre and someone out of blue came and dropped me there. We had an awesome trip. Guruji not only takes care of us but our family and friends too.. What else do u need ... M grateful to be in this flowing river of grace... :)
Jaigurudev

Gargi

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Guruji protected me

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Hello,

I am writing to share my Guru Story.

I was faced with a terrible problem at work. Some of my colleagues had gotten me into trouble and it was a very hard time. I was in very deep trouble and I desperately needed some help to get me past the stage. I had resumed Kriya after more than 2 years and felt a connection to my spiritual self. Just as I was coming to the center and realizing things were beautiful, I was had a rude shock of the incident at work.

I had heard from friends that Guruji was going to be in Milan around the time of the incident. I live about 4 hours from Milan. I had not anticipated going. But at the last minute, I decided it was worth making the visit. Everything fell into place in the last minute and I made the trip. On the day of Guruji's visit, we left from our hotel for the auditorium where Guruji was scheduled to preside. We were accompanied by a set of Art of Living compatriots who were also in Milan to see Guruji. When we left from the hotel, it was pouring cats and dogs and no one was exactly sure of the route to the auditorium. I prayed to Guruji that the long Kriya session should not start before we got there. And remarkably, we found our way to the venue despite the rain. We were quite late and I'd prayed to Guruji that the long Kriya session should not start before we got there. This was granted :-) Before leaving for Milan, I'd prayed for an opportunity to have a one-on-one meeting with Guruji.

We started off our session with Guruji with some exercises. And there was a brief gap before starting the long Kriya session for us to see the restrooms in case we needed to do so. I wanted to use the restroom but half way through, I changed my mind and decided I would see if there was an opportunity to meet Guruji and speak with him. I went near the stage where he was seated and lo and behold, there was a small queue of people who were waiting to meet him. I was third in the queue and most miraculously, I got that opportunity of meeting him, just as I had prayed for. I briefly explained my problem to him and asked him whether everything would become alright. He just looked at me, smiled and didn't say anything. My other prayer was also granted :-) And then, it was time to start the long Kriya session. It was beautiful as is always.

An AoL friend of mine who is also a teacher, had told me that you can write down your problem on a piece of paper and hand it over to Guruji and he will take care of it. After the long Kriya, Guruji met everyone who had gathered there. I sought his blessings, passed him the piece of paper where I'd written down my problem and without hesitation, he accepted it. It was a very comforting feeling.

After returning from Milan, my problem briefly got worse and it was a stage where I couldn't do anything and I just submitted it to him. I was due to leave for America on official work the following week but there was so much uncertainty surrounding this visit and I had no idea of whether or not I'd be able to go. That same week, all of the problems were sorted out. If things hadn't gone well, I could've lost my job but truth and the Guru's grace prevailed. I came clean and everything was as normal as was before on the professional front. I left for America that week and had a long holiday before returning to work in the new year.

He protected me from what could have been the worst blotch in my professional life. I came out a bit shaken but with a number of lessons learnt. I was very reluctant to share the story for a long time because I feared that worse things might come my way. But the idea behind spirituality is to share positive experiences so that other people will feel inspired to adopt the path. This is the first post in the direction.

He's always there to take care of you - we need to remind ourselves of this sometimes.

Anonymous
Jai Guru Dev

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"He is always watching our lives"

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I and my Husband returned to India from states after living there for a year after our marriage. Ours is an arranged marriage. Only by living together we realized that we were two completely different individuals wanting very different things in life - so we had a lot of arguments and fights almost every day. Not that we dint love each other, but it’s just that our ideas, background, thoughts and lifestyles were in totally opposite directions. All this made me go in full depression and I kept thinking to myself (as we all do at different points in time) “why be this happening to me? It was planned to be perfect!” Anyway on returning to India I had this desire to meet Guruji and tell him of my problems (not that he isn’t already aware of it, but I just wanted the weight to be lifted from my heart). So I went to Bangalore and with a friend, went to the ashram. With some divine intervention I got to meet Guruji in his kutir with not too many people. I told him everything in the short time, he listened to me and then said don’t argue with your husband for the next two months. I was determined to follow him and marked the date of the two months ending on my phone- just to set a target that till this date “come what may” I will not argue with him.

The next few days I made a sincere effort not to argue with my husband so much so that I forgot about the target date.
One evening my husband came for work and was working on his laptop, when he suddenly came across a conference happening in Bangalore the next day and he wanted to attend it. So I accompanied him and we went to Bangalore for a day. We were staying at my relatives place. He went for his conference in the morning and I was to spend the day with my cousins but suddenly in the afternoon my husband called and said that the he has met the person he wanted to meet and so he is free now. Quickly I proposed him to show him a property on kanakpura road that my parents recently bought and then I told him we can also visit the ashram. Now my husband very reluctantly agreed to come to the ashram. We reached the ashram at around 7pm in the evening. At that time satsang was going on. Although Guruji was not in Bangalore that time, I was very happy just to be in the ashram with my husband. I showed him around a little bit and then we returned back to my relatives place as we were leaving Bangalore the next day. At night just before going to bed for no reason I looked at date on my phone THEN I SAW - IT WAS THE MARKED DATE ON MY PHONE FOR THE TWO MONTHS TO END. I dint even realize it but it was the exact date and I was at the ashram with my husband (with no plans of visiting Bangalore)! That’s when I called my friend who was with me when I met Guruji and is also an AOL teacher - I told him what happened to me which he only laughed and said " see I told you, he is watching all our lives, so you need not worry about anything at all"

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Divine Grace in Professional Life

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I am 26 year old man and am a part of the art of living family, from last 6 years.

I did my Yes! + In Hyderabad in 2006 (the first one held in the city). I was just an intern during that time.

In 2009, I turned professional and joined as an employee with a leading MNC. The work schedule was rigorous and demanded plenty of time to be spent in office.
I am by nature a very ambitious person. I like to succeed and prosper and strive hard to do so. Not meeting expectations at work really pulls me down.

It so happened that due to hindsight I committed some really grave blunders in one assignment in 2011. The blunder I committed was serious and one that it used to give me sleepless nights. As a result of which I started suffering from palpitation. My manager was more or less pissed with me. I vowed not to commit similar errors again.

I was then very regular with my kriya and did it every day without fail. I had a nagging thought that I would suffer the consequences by way of a bad appraisal or a bad rating. This was in March, 2011. A month passed into two and two into three and three into four. I never saw any adverse impact affecting me!

I served the same manager for the same assignments throughout the year. 2011 turned to 2012 and I was even promoted to the next level.

I really owe it all to Guruji and his grace. His words guide me in depressing times and he makes sure my rough times are cushioned with minimal impact.

He is there for his devotees and also for others always!!

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Meeting Guruji @ Airport

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This incident happened in the month of Feb 2012.
After a long wait, I got a call from AOL HR to join one of Guruji’s co. I was called to Bangalore to meet the team. The day I was to leave Bangalore to go home for relocating to Bangalore I got the news that Guruji too was leaving that day for Gujarat. But I had no clue about when Guruji would be leaving. I left the ashram with a wish in my heart ‘kaash’(I wish), I get to meet Guruji at the airport once. 

I arrived at the airport well in advance and checked in. Since there was time in hand I was wandering around the shops. I then noticed 3 - 4 guys in white dress and it immediately clicked me Guruji take a small group along with him. I went near them to over hear and see if they were from AOL… and THEY WERE. I asked one of them is Guruji also coming now, which they affirmed. I was so glad and overwhelmed. It was a wish a few minutes earlier I made and he heard it … to fulfill it. I was eagerly waiting to see him once, closely, with no-one to push me back. While waiting, I heard the arrival announcement of my flight. I thought I would take the chance. It was a little over 10 minutes, I was waiting for Guruji to arrive and there … the boarding was announced. I asked them to check how long it would take Guruji to reach. One of them made a call to check and said “10 minutes”. I was feeling miserable. For the first time got a chance to see Guruji closely, talk to him if I got a chance and here I was waiting for Guruji with the airline announcing the boarding procedure, starting. I still wanted to take the chance till the airline announced my name to board the flight. I was looked at the watch and it was past 10 minutes. While I was looking left and right to see if Guruji is coming, I heard one of the ladies from the group call out to me “there he is … for whom you have been waiting to meet”.

I saw Guruji walking towards the security check, escorted through the VIP check point. I was so excited and almost jumping to see him, that Guruji made a sign with his hand to me, asking to wait. The moment he crossed the check point I dropped my baggage, slippers & ticket, gave my blackberry to one of the members to take a quick snap while I go and touch his feet. I bowed to touch his feet. He stood there. Then I got on my knees to touch his feet with my head at his feet. He stood there. I was there in that position for over 40sec. He stood there. Then someone from behind tapped me as there was another gentleman waiting to take his blessing. So I got up. Then I walked with Guruji and spoke to him… “Guruji I want to be with you. … “, and as he does, in a soft and sweet voice said “haan haan” (Yes-Yes). By that time I had forgotten that they were boarding for my flight and some 15 minutes or more had passed. One of the members from the group reminded me that my flight would be leaving. I ran towards the gate.

Then the 2nd miracle happened. 20 minutes after the boarding was announced I reached the gate thinking that everyone would have left and I may have missed my flight. When I reached there I saw a long line. I was now sure that I had missed my flight and that they had announced the boarding of a 2nd flight for which these passengers were waiting in the queue. Still to see if I could convince them to allow me if the plane had not left I walked up to the gate to speak to the crew. I was trying to giving them a good story so that they let me through, when one of the crew members asked for my ticket and after checking it said, “We are sorry for the inconvenience. There was some fault in the flight engine because of which we have not started the boarding. We are boarding now.” GOD!! Couldn’t believe that. I then thought that I would try to see Guruji once more in the lobby. But then I stopped and thought, Guruji had already made the flight to delay its boarding by 20 minutes after announcing that the boarding had started, so that I could take a close ‘darshan’(Glimpse) of him… and that now I should not overdo it. I decided to stand in the line and board the flight. I safely reached Aurangabad via Mumbai in a mesmerized state after meeting Guruji so closely. It was like a dream come true.

Love you Guruji.
Romi Bhattacharjee

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My Guru Story: Immediate answer to my Prayer

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I was heading to World Culture Festival in Berlin. My flight was due to arrive in Berlin around 22.30 pm at Schönefeld airport, which is slightly remote from the city of Berlin. I was travelling alone and had planned to use public transport to reach the hotel. So I had called the hotel in advance and got the directions. The route from the airport to the hotel wasn’t straight forward; it involved quite few changes from train to trams.

At the airport before boarding the flight, I realised that I had forgotten the paper where I had the directions of how to reach the hotel. So I called the hotel from the airport and this time the directions I got were vague. I was feeling a bit uncomfortable and had to just rush and board the aircraft.

When I reached Berlin, the airport was pretty much abandoned as it was getting rather late at night.I again asked for the directions at the information desk in the airport and stepped out of the terminal building to catch the train. The train station wasn’t immediately visible so I asked a couple of people who couldn’t help. Now I was feeling really uncomfortable, especially when I wasn’t quite clear on the directions. So a deep prayer came up from within; “Guruji help! I’m feeling uncomfortable having to travel by my own using public transport!”

I moved on and asked a gentleman. He asked me where I was heading. I showed him the address of the hotel and he said he lived close by this place. He told me that he had come to the airport to drop his wife, who was going to Turkey to see the family and he would be happy to give me lift. I was totally flabbergasted! Normally I would never trust a stranger but I got a feeling that I could trust him. So I followed my gut feeling and accepted the offer. He kindly gave me lift to the hotel door! I’m convinced that this gentleman’s help was immediate answer to my sincere prayer to Guruji.

Jai Gurudev
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Wow! What an amazing grace!!!!

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My heart has got filled with tears of gratitude and my life filled with abundance of grace. My family and I were struggling financially for over 2 decades. My father was in 50 Lakh rupee debts. My sister was not finding a soul mate. My immigration status in us was unstable. My bosses and supervisors had suppressed me and depressed me. I had anxiety all the time. My father debt kept on accumulating 1 percent per month. These problems seemed like they were never ending.

But since 2006 something in me got pulled out towards Guruji and I began my devotion in him. My faith began to build day by day. My sadhana was religiously regular. I started taking more courses. Started reading and listening to Guruji’s knowledge. Started thinking of him every moment and started surrendering to him. Lot of changes came in me. I became stronger on my good virtues and the bad ones literally disappeared. My devotion, prayers, sadhana, sat sang was always with me.

My depression anxiety totally vanished. I became super confident happy and ready to face worldly challenges.
The biggest miracle happened, after I did my Gurupurnima blessings course in 2010 in US. All the desires and worries I had, slowly were getting fulfilled and solved. I was never happy in my 17 yrs job life. I always felt that I am so deserving and smart but I was always got exploited. But my guru is the greatest. My job was lost and I started on my own business. Then the shower of grace has always been on. Today my father’s debt is nil in 2 yrs and on top of it he has money. My business is going good. My sister is married. So we have everything now.
But the most important thing is that I have my guru with me and my sadhana and devotion. And that's what will continue. I live u Gurudev.

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My Guru Story

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After reading so many guru stories, I am inspired to write my own.

It was last year 2011. We were living in Estonia. I am a designer by profession and during those days I was feverishly working on an assignment for my father. The work required use of computer mostly. I used to work all night and had all my data stored in my laptop. But to my misfortune one day my laptop stopped charging and it went out. I was in total panic mode. I tried every possible way to charge it but it would not. There was imp data I wanted to send to my father in it and my father was depending upon me. If it was India I could have got the laptop repaired but in Estonia it was impossible.

That night I was sitting with my laptop in my lap and prayed to guruji, if it would work only for once I would send all the files to my father and that's it. I prayed and prayed and prayed and while I was praying I tried to charge it once more....and to my disbelief it worked! Not just for an hour but for the whole night. I not only mailed him all the files but finished all my pending work in the night. The laptop never worked after that day. :)

Thank you guruji :)

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Vibha

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