On Giving and Discipleship

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I was surprised to note that they seemed to share an untold and unseen vibe with our Guru. She never said a word, yet they knew what she wanted and did exactly that. They even u understood when she wanted them to stop and did just that. They never did anything for their sake – it seemed. I felt that they were doing what our Guru wanted. They didn’t impose their love or presence on her. They just were there to be available to her needs and wants.

Their very presence had built an air of pleasantness in the entire place. I never experienced it before nor could I understand it for what it was. All I knew was that we all drank of it and were thrilled and felt satisfied and full.

Our Guru didn’t do much of talking these two days. She would come and sit for say an hour or so and talk randomly on any topic. The trio would simply sit and listen. They never questioned or said anything. They just listened. Looking at them I thought they listened as if their life depended on what she said. I was bit amused at that.

 At times our Guru asked them to talk and then they would talk about their experiences and journey. But, whenever they talked though they never mentioned much, the talk seemed to revolve around our Guru. I usually get irritated at people who ‘act hooked by their Guru’. I’ve seen few of my relatives and friends talk in the similar way about their ‘Guruji’ and it only irritated me – always. But here nothing of that feeling came by. No. not because it was ‘our Guru’ but it wasn’t idolatry or flattery that they were resorting to!

What surprised me most was that these two came all the way from Europe and yet did not demand her time, talk or presence. They never once made a huge cry of their NRI status et al.

They never were restless when she didn’t speak or show up. They never for one impose their stay on her. On the contrary, they made themselves  inconspicuous. That really was amazing. It seemed as if all that they had come to was to do the scrubbing, cleaning and cooking. Did they spend so much of money, time and energy just to do this? I wondered. I thought they were fools to waste their precious time and especially money this way.

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