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An Unusual Way of Showing Grace |
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At
Church Lane, Sudhir Mukerjee once showed Baba a calendar from Lucknow
depicting Hanuman deep in meditation of Lord Ram. Seeing it, Maharaj
said, "Hanuman ji is absorbed in meditative bliss and so
am I. Get it framed tomorrow and keep it in the nearby almirah
[cupboard]." I suggested that the picture
be placed there the next day accompanied by the recitaton of the Sundarkand
and the Hanuman Chalisa.
Baba agreed and leaving the task to me, asked me not to tell anyone
about it. It is not clear how and from where many people gathered there
on that auspicious occasion since it was not publicised in any way. The
bhandara lasted until midnight.
After this celebration
I longed to have the same calendar to provide a focus for worship. I
looked for it in vain in Allahabad and again when I went home to
Lucknow. One day my nephew saw the same calendar in the house of Dr.
Har Narayan Singh, a lecturer at D.A.V. Degree College in Lucknow. My
nephew asked Dr. Singh to give the calendar to me, but Dr. Singh said,
"I myself am a devotee of Hanuman. I cannot part with this picture of
my deity." That night Hanuman ji appeared in Dr. Singh's dream and
ordered him to give his picture, the calendar, to me in the morning. He
also told him that the outcome of my worship would also accrue to him.
The next day while I was reading the morning paper in the living room
of my home, Dr. Singh arrived and introduced himself to me. He gave me
the calendar and told me about his dream. Thanking Dr. Singh, I was
overwhelmed by Baba's grace. I understood that my desire was not hidden
from Maharaj and that it was he who gave darshan
to Dr. Singh in the form of Hanuman. After all, he himself is Hanuman.
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