Brindavan Darshan, 22nd Jan 06!

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Report from a Devotee

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Dear Brothers and Sisters,

 

SaiRam. I drove to Brindavan this morning in anticipation of having

a glimpse of our beloved Lord. I reached there by 8:15AM. Already

all the parking places were taken. I wondered at the advances in

information technology - which has taken the news of Bhagawan's

arrival late yesterday (7:45PM) to so many people! Of course, also

the love of devotees for Bhagawan, which made them descend in

thousands on this Sunday. I find a parking place at some distance

after the ashram and run to the Ashram. Already, the inside of

Ramesh hall is full, on both ladies' and gents' side. I had to find

a place in the extension near the Saraswathy idol. I seated myself

and started my eager anticipation of seeing the living loving God in

physical form after a gap of six months. The make shift shamiana

that protects from the Sun during the Summer is not there. So the

Winter Sun is beating down. Within no time he started to scorch! But

we braved that and almost ignored it. As I sit there and wait, I

recollect all the past darshans I had here. The extension has been

elevated, Bhagawan comes in a car for darshan... these are only some

differences, but then the same joy, the same anticipation is here.

That is enough to sum up HIS divinity.

 

Time ticks and ticks in what looks like a long wait, made even more

so by the Sun! It is 10AM and the lights on the stage glow, much to

our joy! Soon the music fills the air. A beautiful naadaswaram

rendering of a Ganesh bhajan fills the air. We are all attention and

soon Bhagawan comes on to the stage on HIS moving chair. Oh, how

beautiful! It's almost like life's longing fulfilled. Much as I keep

listening to Swamy about the need to not limit HIM to HIS physical

form, there is this absolute joy and this sense of totality about

HIS darshan. Soon Omkar starts and the bhajan goes vande uma

nandanam gajananam........ We all sing chorus in great joy. Next

Saakshat parabrahma sai... and so on... Bhagawan sits and seemingly

enjoys the Bhajans. Must be! The great distance and the glare beat

me completely and I am just deriving bliss from the fact that I am

in the visible range of the avatar of our age! Swamy sat for a bit

longer. About 10:45AM, HE signalled for aarati. HE spoke something

to the boy who offered a rose. Aarati was done and Bhagawan went

back to Trayee.

 

It is such a nice uncertainty drama that HE seems to be playing! HE

came after Pongal, supposedly for the anniversary celebration of the

Superspeciality hospital, of which there was none, HE went back and

then came again within a day! Hopefully, HE will be here for some

more time and give us some more darshans.

 

SaiRam for now.

 

 

 

--

Ramesh Sistla

Ph.D.

Bangalore, India

 

 

 

Source: sreebhagawanuvacha/