Guru's Devotion to His Devotees

Before being appointed by Shri Maharaj Ji as His preacher, one of the preacher Didi's used to spend most of her time in association of Shri Maharaj Ji. However, after becoming a preacher as all preachers do, she too had to travel all across the country to carry out her duty of disseminating the eternal divine-love-philosophy as professed by Shri Maharaj Ji.

Once she had back to back lecture series in different towns and cities that caused her to stay away from Shri Maharaj Ji for several months. During this period when Didi Ji could not physically meet Shri Maharaj Ji, a thought crossed her mind “whether there was any advantage in becoming a preacher?”. After all she had lost the privilege of Shri Maharaj Ji’s association after becoming a preacher!

One day, lost in thoughts of despair about not being able to get Shri Maharaj Ji’s darshan and association she was walking. As Didi Ji was going for satsang in a devotee’s home, Shri Maharaj Ji’s car screeched to a halt right beside her. Shri Maharaj Ji was seated in the front seat. Shri Maharaj Ji signaled to her to hop in. Shri Maharaj Ji gave her a ride to the devotees home. As she got out of the car, Shri Maharaj Ji sped off. Didi Ji was supremely delighted to see her Guru after such a long time. She assumed that Shri Maharaj Ji must be in town and so she finished off the satsang quickly. Then she hurried to the house of the devotee, at whose house Shri Maharaj Ji would stay whenever he was in town. Upon reaching their house, she excitedly asked “where is Shri Maharaj Ji?”.

The devotee was perplexed. He told her that Shri Maharaj Ji was giving a lecture series in another city hundreds of miles away. Didi Ji thought that the devotee was engaging with her in a friendly banter. She was convinced that Shri Maharaj Ji was inside the house as she had seen him barely 2 hours back. Upon inspecting the house, she came to the realization that Shri Maharaj Ji was indeed not at the devotee’s house and so she made her way to the houses of a couple of other devotees who would occasionally host Shri Maharaj Ji whenever He was in town. However, to her utter dismay, she did not find Shri Maharaj Ji anywhere. Whoever she told that she had seen Shri Maharaj Ji, thought she was disillusioned and confused.

Then by the grace of Shri Maharaj ji a realization dawned on her that “Guru never leaves his devotees alone; whether or not the devotee realizes the presence of the Guru, the Guru is always there with the devotee”. Shri Maharaj Ji had manifested himself in her city just to give her that life lesson.

Moral

​Our Guru is there with us at all times. Still, to get true benefit of Guru’s association we must engage in the constant practice of realizing our Guru's presence with us all the time.