Guru and me

I was introduced to the guru by my mother. She told me this person is our guru, you take his guru mantra. I was in sixth or seventh standard back then. Not very religious and unaware of my spiritual side, I was not much keen about it. As an innocent teen who did not have any aim in life and didnt feel that any aim is necessary, I did what she said. Unaware of what my mother is gifting me, I took diksha of Shri Param Pujya Nana Maharaj of Indore. 

There was something very sweet about his personality. A smile extraordinarily splendid and contagious. His hands and feet extremely soft- like soft cotton ball. His expressions could calm an immensely agitated mind in seconds. His tej or what you call aura attracted me unknowingly. 

As a teenager I meditated on the mantra received at his place in Indore to gain my focus in twelfth standard. Just few months practice and astonishing results. I got 73% in Arts and was second in my college. I had lost the merit by a few marks. That was the first time I personally sensed his powers. 

Life has essentially been very nice, hassle-free. Maybe because I have constantly felt his powers rule the world I stay in. Like his daughter, he would fulfill all my needs without asking. Just to give a few examples-

• I used to close my eyes and look at his sweet image and then leave home. One day I was about to leave in a hurry without closing my eyes. Just before closing the door I hurriedly remembered him to realise I have forgotten my keys and bag.
• Whenever my mind wandered too much I chanted his name or meditated on his sweet image or chanted the guru mantra and things would change automatically.
• Whenever I meditated he would as if talk to me and tell things would be fine.
• The biggest example was the way he fixed our marriage. My mother struggled to get me married and somehow things were just not working. Either the guys rejected me or I rejected the guy. I didnt realise that I will be marrying my husband when we met for the first time. It was in the first family meeting that I came to know a distant aunt of my husband knows Nana Maharaj. And at that moment I knew this was the guy whom I would marry and there was no looking back thereafter.

Shri Param Pujya Nana Maharaj lost his body when I was in school. But his presence is still felt in every aspect of my life. From the time I get up in the morning till I sleep at night- he takes care of every little issue. 

So this guru poornima I want to thank (though thanking is too less for what he gives) him for his immense love he has showered on me. I hope I am able to increase his blessings manifold by a good conduct in this life.

Shri Param Pujya Nana Maharaj Taranekar