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On Sat, 29 Nov 2025 at 21:58, 'N Sekar' via KeralaIyers < [email protected]> wrote: > > > N Sekar > > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > *From:* N Sekar <[email protected]> > *To:* Kerala Iyer <[email protected]>; Narayanaswamy Sekar < > [email protected]>; Suryanarayana Ambadipudi <[email protected]>; > Rangarajan T.N.C. <[email protected]>; Chittanandam V. R. < > [email protected]>; Mathangi K. Kumar <[email protected]>; > Mani APS <[email protected]>; Rama (Iyer 123 Group) <[email protected]>; > Srinivasan Sridharan <[email protected]>; Surendra Varma < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, November 29, 2025 at 07:42:48 PM GMT+4 > *Subject:* Fwd - Bhakthi of a different kind > > *The Empty Chair* > > Once, a young girl approached a Saint and said, “My father is quite ill. > He is unable to get himself out of bed. Would you mind coming over to our > house to meet him?” > > “Yes, I will indeed come,” replied the Saint. > > When the Saint came to the house, he saw the sick and helpless old man > lying in his bed with his head resting on two pillows. > However, he also noticed an empty chair next to the bed. > > “It appears that perhaps you were anticipating my arrival?” the Saint > asked the old man. > > “Oh, not at all. By the way, who are you?” the old man inquired. > > Introducing himself, the Saint said, “Seeing the empty chair, I assumed > you had an inkling I was coming.” > > The old man said, “O Saint! If you don’t mind, please close the bedroom > door.” > > Slightly alarmed at the request, the Saint did > go ahead and shut the door. > > The old man spoke, “In fact, to this day, I have not disclosed the secret > behind this empty chair to anyone; not even to my daughter. > > To be honest, my whole life, I never understood how worship is actually > done. Even though, I made a point of daily > going to the temple, I never really understood anything. > > About four years ago, a friend of mine came to visit me. He told me that I > can pray to God directly. > > He advised me, “Place an empty chair in front of you, faithfully imagine > that God Himself is > sitting on the chair in front of you and talk to Him in exactly the same > manner as we are now talking to each other. He listens to our every > calling.” And when I followed his advice, I liked it very much. > > Ever since then, I started talking to the Lord for two hours at a time. > > However, I used to be very careful in making sure my daughter didn’t see > me doing this because if she did, she would have thought I had gone crazy.” > > Upon hearing such tender feelings of the old man, tears of love and > emotion began to stream from his eyes. “You are indeed practicing the > highest kind of Bhakti,” the Saint sighed. > > Placing his hand on the old man’s head before leaving, the Saint said, > “Keep your true devotion going.” > > The Saint returned to his ashram. Five days later, the old man’s daughter > came to see him, and told him, “My father was extremely happy to see you at > our house the other day, but he passed away yesterday morning. Just as I > was leaving for work the other day, he called me up, and kissed my > forehead. His face was gleaming with peacefulness; his eyes were teary. > But, > when I returned home from work, my eyes met with a rather peculiar sight – > He was sitting on his bed, but his head was on the chair as though he had > it on someone’s lap. > > The chair was empty as always. Would you please explain why my father lay > his head on the empty chair?” > > Upon hearing the news of her father’s passing, the Saint began to cry > bitterly and pleaded to the Lord, “My Lord! When my time to leave the world > comes, I too, want to leave in the same way as did the old man. Please do > grant me my wish with Your > Grace.” > > Moral: If we wish to leave the world while in the lap of our Guru / God ( > even if its an imagined one ) we must realize His presence everywhere at > every moment, for someday, we shall be blessed with the desired boon of our > human life – the treasure of Divine Love.🙏🏻 > > Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer > <https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=US_Acquisition_YMktg_315_SearchOrgConquer_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=US_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100002039&af_sub5=C01_Email_Static_&af_ios_store_cpp=0c38e4b0-a27e-40f9-a211-f4e2de32ab91&af_android_url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yahoo.mobile.client.android.mail&listing=search_organize_conquer> > > -- > On Facebook, please join https://www.facebook.com/groups/keralaiyerstrust > > We are now on Telegram Mobile App also, please join > > Pattars/Kerala Iyers Discussions: https://t.me/PattarsGroup > > Kerala Iyers Trust Decisions only posts : https://t.me/KeralaIyersTrust > > Kerala Iyers Trust Group for Discussions: > https://t.me/KeralaIyersTrustGroup > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "KeralaIyers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/keralaiyers/1477129823.1800608.1764433704393%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/keralaiyers/1477129823.1800608.1764433704393%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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