Each one of us is in the very same situation. Any little accomplishment,
any little deed is always supported by the unseen hand of our Beloved Lord.
When I look back into the face of time, I find a rainbow of memories flashing
before me. There is one thing I never failed throughout. It is the presence of
Bhagavan, saturated by His Love. Every moment is filled with His omnipresence,
omnipotence and omniscience. However it is for us to recognize this truth A
couple of years ago, my parents along with my brother and I were taking a walk
down the shopping lanes of London where we intended to make our purchases. On
our way out one of the supermarkets, my father accidentally happened to put his
hand into his hand baggage and to our dismay he found all our passports missing!
We were initially panic stricken, but our faith in Bhagavan removed all
our fears. We searched all around the place, retracting our steps but there was
no sign of any of our passports. My father went down the lane making inquiries,
but none of them brought us anywhere close to our passports. My father finally
decided to register the problem with the police and started looking out for
police officer.
As he proceeded, a young Englishman whom he saw for the first time came
straight to him and said. "You must be looking for the lost and found
department. Sir it is right over there," and gave him some landmark. My father
walked into the office of the British cops, as he had been directed to. As he
opened the door of the lost –and found department, he saw the officer in-charge
just placing all our passports in a bag"Thanks God" His exclamation was enough
to inform the officer that those passports belong to us.
Nevertheless he looked at my father with a smile and asked, "Are these
your passports? The answer of my father in the affirmative seemed to delight
the officer and on being asked how the passports landed there, he said. "Didn't
you meet anyone on the way up?
My father said that there wasn't any one he met.But the officer was not
satisfied. He went on and said that the man who gave the passports just left a
few seconds before my father came in and he said that he was the owner of the
shop. My father just posed one last question on his way out with passports.
"How did he look like? The reply to the question was enough to throw us back in
our seats and start thinking. Every single description matched the splendor of
our Beloved Bhagavan and we were deeply thankful for all that he had done for
our family.
It was about nine months after that Bhagavan appear in the dream of my
father and confirmed His presence at London in a very unique way.The amount of
concern Bhagavan has for each of us in much more than what the word concern
literally means. The unfathomable ocean of His love goes far beyond our mind's
comprehension's. There is lot we students to learn from His actions, from His
words and lot to learn from His love.
We have to travel far beyond to be able to know actually how fortunate
each of us is to be with Bhagavan. What we see of Him today is a very minute
spectacle of what He actually is. Each one of us is on a long journey, "from us
to ourselves" and we are immensely fortunate to have our goal. Bhagavan as our
guide. And on this journey, it is my constant prayer to Bhagavan that He be
with us and guide us throughout so that I may be an instrument in His hands.
- From Talk given by Shri.Deepak a Student of Swami's University
