On discipleship and giving

(Learn to give from flowers - see how they greet one and all with smile...)

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 But one look at them and I had my own doubts. What is it that I was missing? What did they gain through this entire exercise? Why did they do this and that too so regularly? So many questions and yet no answer! Couldn’t ask them or could I?

Next two days also flew past the same way. I was there all along and yet couldn’t see them receive anything different or substantial. Infact, they didn’t even get to spend much time with  her. She was busy with her works and she kept going out for long spells of time and when she was present, most of the time she was in her room.

And yet, these three behaved as if all this was but natural – they never made it obvious that they had come from such long distance and that they weren’t treated well. Why I didn’t understand!

They went about their routine for full 5 days and left on 5^th day late night. Our Guruji didn’t even come to bid them good bye and yet they were joyous and were actually planning for their next trip and stay.

When they were bidding me goodbye I couldn’t stop myself any more and burst out abruptly “why did you both come and what did you benefit from this stay that you are thinking of coming again?”

“We didn’t come to receive something here. We came only “to be” with our Guru. We really envy you guys here. You can spend so much of time with her. Lucky you!” replied Vaibhav smiling.

 “And who says we didn’t receive? We received ‘her presence’ through the very air she breathed! We received the joy of doing ‘little nothings’ like scrubbing, cleaning etc for her. We received ‘her presence’ and ‘lost ours’ here. Couldn’t you see how happy we were? How peaceful we all were? That was not us but ‘her presence’ that moved through us. 

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