Guru Purnima Travelogue

07-28-2002, 05:50 PM

Guru Purnima Travelogue

International Siddhashram Sadhak Pariwar organized Guru Purnima this year
at Omkareswor sponsored by Guru Pariwar of Madhya Pradesh Siddhashram Sadhak.

We were blessed by the presence of Param Bandaniya Mataji and Guru Trimurti
on the occasion.

Since I did not come across or met any of the ISSP group members, I have
been wondering if anyone else in this group has the same urge as I do to
meet each other and exchange views. I would think that it is about time
that we all of us use this opportunity to meet each other at Shivirs or
before or after. For us from a far away place like Nepal the travel to the
Shivir site itself is an adventure inspired by the crave of getting a
glimpse of The Lotus Feet.

Preparation takes weeks if not months to get booking on the railways as
there is no booking facility from Kathmandu nor any place in Nepal to
access Railway bookings. That is if you know where exactly you are going
and which is the shortest best route to go. Scanning the Railway time table
book to determine the train took me more than a week until I found the
route via Bhopal the easiest. Then accessing the Railway info on the rain
on the Internet was fun to find many more facts.

Conclusion: There should be a hand out prepared by the Organizers to give
direction. May be printed with the ad on the MTYV issues. Not just
Omkareswor bus stand ke paas...

The number of participants willing to go always fluctuates causing
confusing. At one stage we decided to rent a bus and got the permits from
the Embassy but were forced to discard the plan as the bus owner fled from
the scene after all the preparation. 19 Sadhaks from Kathmandu ( three
cancelled their plan at the last minute by not appearing on the gathering
spot) and 3 from Palpa were finally able to cross the border on the 20th of
July with no (train/bus) confirmed bookings for the further journey. As
usual, we depended on Param Pujya Guru Dev's intervention. We realized that
He was there to bless us as always when we got +22 seats confirmed for the
next day morning on the train leaving Gorakhpur for Bhopal.
Motto :- Look back and you will find what HE has been deciding what you
achieve. Do not dwell in Vain believing that you are doing this or that.

Traveling in a group of +20 in the same compartment gave us many
opportunities to discuss things and to do Guru Aarati in the mornings and
evening collectively. The group represented about 10 districts from Nepal,
a great opportunity to meet brothers and sisters from many different part
of the country on a different country soil and being able to exchange views
was the most fruitful part of this journey segment.
Discussion results:- We must pray to Guru Dev to grant us at least One
Shivir every year so that the mushrooming Semi/Pseudo Gurus can not exploit
the new comers. Palpa came forward to host the next Shivir IF Guru Dev so
granted.
Motto:- Motivation required for all Guru Bhais and Bahans new or old.

Once we reached Bhopal we decided to take a bus, therefore took three
wheelers to the bus station. There was this luxury bus leaving for Indoor
waiting for us. It is otherwise unthinkable to find 20 plus vacant seats
but we got it and slept all the way to Indoor from the time of departure
(mid night 21st night) till we reach Indoor around 0530 in the morning. We
used the3 facility room at the Indoor bus station to freshen up before we
boarded the MP roadways bus leaving for Omkareswor. In two and a half hour
we reached a spot in the middle of the jungle which was a very pleasant
surprise to find it as a Shivir Sthal before reaching Omkareswor. A
perfect Shivir spot to do Sadhana, I thought.
The organizers had all the logistic facilities made available by the time
we arrived in the morning of 22nd July. Must have been a very hard work to
arrange Tents, Stage, Decoration, Water supply, floor coverings,
electricity (with back up generator) food stalls, toilets (of course fewer
than required) etc. etc. The list will go on. I had no choice but admire
the efforts of the organizers for an arrangement so well made!!!
Motto:- There is nothing impossible for the motivated and devoted Sadhaks.

Guru Kripa hi Kevalam
Guru Kripa hi Kevalam
Guru Kripa hi Kevalam

bishnu