|| Hari Om || For a long time I wanted to visit Leh-Ladakh. My close friend, Mrs. Jayashri Kardile’s son had arranged a tour to Leh-Ladakh and she asked me to join the tour. Initially I was in two minds but then finally my husband and I decided to go. The reservations were done and we had a get together on the 11th of July at her place.Our tour was to start on the 24th July 2010 from Mumbai Central. For all the shraddhavaans the month of July is very dear as Guru Pournima falls in this month. I wanted to give my name for seva for that day and it was then that I realised that Guru Purnima is on the 25th of July. Hearing this I was very upset. It had just slipped my mind to check the date of the Gurupournima. I asked Bapu to forgive me and with a heavy heart I set about the preparations.When we left on the 24th July to go to Mumbai Central by taxi from Borivali it was raining very heavily. We were worried whether we would reach on time. But by Bapu’s grace we reached on time and the train also left on time...

|| Hari Om || As I write this experience, I am reliving the moments. My heart is throbbing. One can imagine my state on the day it all happened. It was the 8th of May 2010. The day began quite like any other....but only till the afternoon. We did not have the faintest of idea about what awaited us beyond.I was doing my daily afternoon chores. I was about to put my two and a half year old son to sleep. Since he was in a mood to play and was playing I did not force him to sleep. That day it was very hot so I opened the windows.………and then a terrible thing happened, while playing my son fell from the window.  We stay on the second floor and I was alone at home.My only support was my Bapu. Looking down I was stunned and I could only shout out Bapu's name. Bapu! Bapu!My son was crying down. I ran down, picked him up and called my husband and briefly told him what had happened. We went up, I applied udi on his forehead, even put some udi in his mouth and stood in front of Bapu’s photo....

|| Hari Om || Our factory is at Silvassa (Diu-Daman) so I generally spend most of my time there; more so because I am responsible for the entire operation there. As usual this time too I was in Silvassa and after completing my work at night I was to leave next morning. As is my routine, I prayed to Bapu to wake me up in the morning.I woke up early and left Silvassa. The first one and half hour of my travel were smooth. However, after that my left hand started aching. Then there was burning sensation in my chest that culminated in pain. Initially I thought it was acidity so I took a break and sipped some water but there was no relief. I was at the wheel and was travelling alone.I realized that this was something serious. I was extremely restless and frightened. As a last resort, I prayed to the photograph of Bapu in the car and urged him to bring me safely home to Dombivali.I then started driving again. Eventually, the chest pain subsided and I drove safely for the next three hours. During...

|| Hari Om || It was November 21, 2010, the auspicious day of Aniruddha Pournima. By this date, I had completed writing 151 ‘Ramnaam’ books. Of these, I had already submitted 142 books and on the day of Aniruddha Pournima, I was going to submit the remaining 9 books.I left home at around 11 am to reach Mulund, the venue of the utsav. I had kept the passbook of Aniruddha Bank of Ramnaam in one of the Ramnaam books. As my train reached Kurla station, we started getting news that there was an accident at Vikhroli station due to which the trains were not moving ahead. We were stranded in the train for nearly one-and-half hours. No announcements were made about the status and no one there had any clue about what was going on.In the meantime, my sister, who had left for Mulund before me, telephoned me to inform about the railway accident and suggested that I should take a rickshaw to reach there.Accordingly, I got off the train at the Kurla station and walked towards the eastern express...

|| Hari Om || When doctors fail in their efforts to save the patient, it is the Sadguru who comes to our rescue. We ordinary men are entangled clutches of destiny. It is none other than our Sadgururaya who saves us from the clutches of fate. I would like to narrate one such instance from my life.My son Atul works with the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) also referred to as ST. It was all well until February 11, the day that we can never forget in our life. It was around 1.30 pm when two employees from ST came home with the news that Atul had met with an accident while on duty. A jack had fallen on his leg and Atul was badly hurt. My daughter-in-law and I immediately rushed to the government hospital in Shahapur. When we reached the hospital we saw that our son was lying on the stretcher outside the hospital and his health was critical. It was than we realised that it was not a leg injury but a fatal head injury.My heart sank. I was only chanting Bapu’s jap. The ...

|| Hari om || I offer a million pranam at the Feet of my Bapu who always keeps His word and stands by the bhakta. 'I shall never forsake you' He says and that is His word and reassurance. I am going to share the special moment of grace, of Bapu's care that I experienced in my life. I begin by offering my pranam at His feet.My husband works on the ship. The pooja, the worship that was being offered in the home was only out of fear and to perpetuate tradition. It was never done out of love and faith and so there was just no question of surrender or loving trust in God. In 1998 we even got to hear about Bapu from Sushmaveera Sarnaik along with the experiences she felt blessed with. But with the kind of mind set that we lived with, we did not come to Bapu. We postponed for one reason or the other. Perhaps it was not the right time for us or we had not received the 'call' yet.In 2002, we had to consult a specialist for my husband. Following the bone marrow test, he was diagnosed a case of ...

|| Hari Om || In one of the Thursday discourses, Bapu had praised the ‘Kalniyantri Shrimahakali’ (Shrimahakali who governs and controls Kaal or Time) saying – The Mahakali is darker than darkness. She always rules over the ‘adynata’ (the unknown). She has complete control over the past, the present and future. She protects us from calamities or danger that is unknown to us or is beyond our capacities of comprehension.On hearing this, I had thought to myself, ‘How would this Mahakali be? Will I ever be able to experience her grace in this lifetime?’ Little did I know that the moment was not far away.It was June 24, 2011. I was travelling like I do every day, to my college (Mahatma Gandhi Medical College) in Navi Mumbai. It was around 12.15 pm. Like every day, I decided to first chant the ‘Shubhankara Stavanam’and then start studying. As per Parampujya Suchitdada's instruction, I chant it five times in the day. I was about to open my books, when a truck rammed into our...

|| Hari Om || Bhaktas, who perform their daily duties and tasks and simultaneously remember the Sadguru are extremely dear to Bapu. He has come for such persons. Such people give themselves to Him along with  their dreams and aspirations. The Sadguru helps fulfill these.My name is Shankar Ganpat Patil. My village is Naandale in Raigad. I attend the Upsana at the Chincholi  Bunder  in Malad (West). As I have to work 12 hours every day, I try to be as regular as possible for the Upasana. On Gurupoornima and Aniruddha Poornima I take my entire family to seek Bapu’s blessings. My wife Sapna, and children, Suraj and Pooja, regularly attend the Upasana on Saturdays.I had built a house in my village around 15 years ago. In front of the house there was a small porch, but it had a roof made of tiles. It was my dream to convert this place into a verandah and build a proper ceiling of cement. But, my financial condition did not permit me to pursue this endeavor. Every day I used to pray to ...