Utsavs at Bombay, Akola, Amravati

Guruji arrives in bombay on the 5th march! Just 2 more days and HE will be here! Wow!!

While I wait for him here is what all conspired to ensure i stay back in bombay to see him!

Leaving the ashram on 19th, I had no plans to stay on in bombay after the Yes!+ team meet end in 4 days.  Guruji had left for germay the same day. but what 4 teammeet days those were!! 2000 youth for the first time sitting together for 4 days got themselves drenched in sudarshan kriya and the supreme knowledge of the universe! yes 2000 , only youth !!! Bawa was flowing like rain on parched land! He was so free, so natural it was like a 40 people course!The crowd so well behaved, the place felt enchanted, all the way till the end of the venue, some of it spilling even outside! Dinesh was at his silent godly best! his free flowing hair and bright glowing smile mesmerized the crowd every moment of the event! Last day was vikram and fireworks!!What a blast the event was. It was by far one of the best AOL events I had attended, in a very short time! Guruji was not present there physically  but his it was a complete Guruji event! A total Jaigurudev!

The night it ended, Bawa and Dinesh left for Amravati. All of a sudden there was a lull after the storm! I wished I should also have gone to Amravati but Bawa had asked to go back to ashram and start of with yes!+ work in bangalore city. I had no reservation for bangalore and had no plans how or when i should leave from bombay. And in the night, at dinner we recieve a call from rashim hailing teachers to amravati!!! Baat ban gai!

 

I took the early morning train without reservation and landed up in amravati. the journey was an adventure in the sense that i travelled in a sleeper class boggie on an unreserved ticket!

Amaravati is a town of mother goddess. there is an ancient temple. the first place i went to as i arrived, took my bath , attended the last 30 minutes of Utsav, was the temple!! O what eyes the mother divine had! You must go there! those big eyes, that glowing face. it pulls you. its a town of devoted souls. I had no idea that the place has a temple which is the source of the town itself. Even at the event venue, the feeling that these people are so much in devotion was very strong. the faces of people have a gentlness about it. the girls there look like devis. The temple of mother divine explained the feeling!

The next day bawa asked me to goto Akola alogn with dinesh. And there too a crowd of about 1500 youth were basking in the glory of Utsav and grace of Gurudev! I walked around in different zones each with about 300 people. It felt like just 50 people once again! How amazing that such a large crowd of first timers was 100% with kriya. The whole atmosphere was serene and soothing.

We reached back amravati at 230 in the night!! and before that we visited a devotee's place where they had 2 turtles at home!! we had a great laughter session, of course this was led by me!! with my raw stomach-aching-with-laughter jokes!!! You missed it!

I will write more about the other days in second half of this story! till then good night! its 12 in the night for me!

love

Jai Gurudeva!

Ramnik