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18th December 2008 - Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
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As Swami had moved towards Yajur Mandir
yesterday, He had said not once but almost 5 times, "I will give photos tomorrow."
Every word that the Lord speaks itself is the Truth it is said. What then to speak
of His promises? The morning seemed to be a test of Shraddha and Saburi , as Shirdi
Baba would put it, for the devotees from Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. In the
evening, at about 5 pm, Swami came out in the chair. |
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As He moved through the ladies side and then
through the students, He seemed so full of anticipative energy. The Lord is pure
reaction, reflection and resound. If the devotee exhibits great excitement and
anticipation to meet Him, He too mirrors those feelings. There was a huge block of
blue scarved devotees from MP and Chhattisgarh waiting in great eagerness for this
would be their last darshan as a group. Swami halted in front of them and spoke to
their group leader and then, all of a sudden, made a decision. He decided to move
through the devotees and bless them. |
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Wading through them, Swami went about collecting letters and speaking to some here and there. At one point, He waved His hand and materialised vibhuti. That He distributed to at least 10 people. There was hardly any space to move but He said that He wanted to move through them. And thus it was that for about ten minutes, Swami moved through them showering Love and Grace. Every face was beaming with the joy of seeing Him and touching Him and at the same time of being seen and "touched" by Him. Having completed that, when all assumed that Swami would proceed along with the remaining darshan rounds, Swami called the head and told him to pull out all the participants of yesterday's drama. He said He would give them the promised group photos! There was a surge of thrill that swept through all the blue scarves. |
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Once the participants had been separated, they could not arrange themselves where they were seated. So the students vacated an area in the centre of Sai Kulwant Hall and the photo session got scheduled there. Swami sat sweetly amidst the participants and told them all to look towards the camera. After the men, Swami called Abhas and gifted him with a personal picture. Then Swami told the photographer there that if the gents moved, the ladies too could sit arrayed around Him in the same place. According to that wish, soon in the same place were the ladies. The smiles and joy were however the same. Swami then moved through the students into the interview room. |
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He came out soon with clothes for the two protagonists of the drama. Gifting them the clothes, He added to their joy by giving them prints of the photos taken minutes before! With the Lord, when it rains, it showers! Moving to the Bhajan Hall where the Bhajans were going on, Swami moved down the aisle in His chair and gave sarees to a lady and three of the bhajan singers to give them as gifts of Love to their mothers! After bhajans, He received Aarthi at 6 pm. |
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