OHM GURUBYO NAMAHA

SINGAPORE DEVOTEE

(To protect the privacy of the concerned the names have been changed)

Mr Senthil decided to go to Thapovanam and was about to leave his home. Then his phone rang up. One of his friends, one Mr. Selvam  from Singapore called Mr. Senthil. From the tone of the speech of Mr.Selvam, Mr.Senthil felt something amiss. So he mentally decided to postpone the trip to thapovanam and listen to his friend. Mr Selvam was in a dejected mood and was telling Mr.Senthil that he has lost interest in living as he is facing so much of problems in life and nothing seems right. Whatever he does goes wrong and he could not bear the pressure and ridicule of others. He intends to commit suicide and before that he wanted to talk to Senthil. Mr Senthil pondered over this and calmly requested Senthil to wait for few days as he is going to Thapovanam and he will talk to Selvam on his return and sought assurance from Selvam that he will not do anything till such time he talks to Senthil. Mr. Selvam somewhat cooled down by now promised so. Then Mr. Senthil left for thapovanam. On reaching thapovanam he strightaway went to the Adhistanam of Gurunathar and prayed for Mr. Selvam. That night he stayed back and performed poojas next day and left thapovanam the third day.

After reaching his house he called Mr. Selvam. When Mr. Selvam answered Senthil could discern a marked difference in his voice.  Selvam started telling Senthil that he has changed his mind and will face the problems with renewed vigour and promised that he will never ever talk about suicide therafter. Senthil was very happy at the turn of events and enquired about how or what changed the mind of Selvam. Selvam replied “ on the night i spoke to you i went to bed confused and dejected. I was completely down and don’t know when i went to sleep. In my dream a sanyasi with jadamudi and a temple gopuram appeared and told me that all my troubles are over and thereafter that sanyasin will take care of him  and the dream ended. Next morning when i woke up i vividly remembered the dream and felt refreshed and a new strength in me with my mind cleared of cobwebs. Hence i have decided not to commit suicide and face the life’s challenges” . On hearing this Senthil told Selvam about his prayer to Gurunathar and probably Gurunathar may have come in his dreams. If that is so Selvam wanted Senthil to send the pic of Gurunathar immediately. The only pic of Gurunathar Senthil had was this pic  looked somewhat like this. i.e. the pic of Gurunathar in Jadamudi only. This he forwarded to Selvam. In another five minutes Senthil received another call from Selvam who was crying over phone telling Senthil that this was the same sanyasin who came in his dream and assured him that the trevails of Selvam is over.

The Aradhana of Gurunathar is being celebrated in the tamil month of Margazhi and we one set of devotees will be doing service during aradhana period. During that time we used to assemble in the ashram around 3.30 am and will be chitchatting (mostly about Gurunathar) till the office is opened. During one such morning  one Mr. Ramanathan  who was a devotee having the fortune of being close to Gurunathar was telling me this story.  He told me that Senthil was his friend and he briefed Ramanathan about this incident . Office opened and we dispersed.  Sometime around 10.00 am a couple came to me asking for the whereabouts of Ramanathan. As i could not find him immediately i introduced them to Mrs.Ramanathan and came back to the office.  Shortly after sometime Ramanathan brought them to me and told me that the girl was the sister of Selvam and the couple are here to perform pooja on behalfof Mr. Selvam.  Then I understood that you need not be a devoted devotee of Gurunathar to take care of you and a simple prayer by any one known to you is enough for Gurunathar to shower his grace.

JAI SADGURU

BHOLO SADGURUNATH MAHARAJ KI - JAI