It was 22nd Sep,I clearly remember. We had returned from BITS Pilani the very same morning after attending the last day of YES!+ (Art of Living Workshop for Youth).After doing the fun n masti when I came back to my Hostel, I was not at all feeling pleasant. I felt so bad, discontented about something.Never felt so restless n feverish before.So,I missed my college that day n luckily,classes didn't happen also :) In the evening time,I was talking to my friend Surbhi and she told me that she would be going to Gujarat for a week to meet her father as very few classes were happening.She suggested me to go to my hometown as it had been quite a long time that I went to my home.Suddenly don't know how..idea of going to the Ashram came in my mind.Saleel Bhaiya, Vishal Sir, Rohit Bhaiya, Nitin Bhaiya had asked me so many times to come to Bangalore Ashram which is the International centre of 'The Art Of Living' for Navratri celebration.
But that was the day when my Desire became Intention. So,I told her that I'll be going to Bangalore.She told me to go only if my parents allowed.So I lied :) I told her that my parents have already agreed n I asked her not to tell anybody else.For the first time in my life I felt that Guruji was calling me n I should go without giving it any second thought.So I started packing my bag.I went to Warden Ma'am n told her that my Grandfather wasn't well n I needed to leave urgently nxt morning for bangalore.She gave me leave.I am really sorry that I lied to her and so many other people but I had made up my mind and nothing in the world cud stop me then.The very next morning I went for ticket booking n got 85 in waiting.Still my Sankalpa was very strong. My friends dropped me at the station the very same evening and my ticket status ws 8 in waiting.
At 9pm,the train started moving.I was feeling a little insecure..How will I spend the nxt 40 hrs in this train?But still the Faith was there :) People of the compartment in which I was sitting were going to Shirdi.They were really very helpful n caring.They had booked tickets for their small kids also.So they gave me an entire berth to sleep. Guruji always says "Have faith.Know that everything is being done for u.U r being taken care of" I was feeling so grateful n blessed..I was actually living in knowledge for those moments.The rest of the journey was so blissful.Felt like I was travelling with my own family.The chit-chat session,eating together,laughing together...n so many things :) Everything ws goin so smoothly when suddenly my phone rang n to my horror,it was my Mumma's call.The Train was at some station.I quickly picked up the phone n started talking normally to her.Suddenly we heard a loud announcement "Kripya dhyan dijiye..."."Where r u ???" was her next question."Mumma,I came to drop one of my friend to the station".I answered spontaneously.Mind..right here..right now really helps.. :) God!!! I was saved. So.the journey continued n I felt a lot of things during those 40 hours.Excitement of what next,what next..Fear of reaching safely..Doubt on everyone including myself..Gratitude n Love for people around me..n most importantly,Faith in my Guru... So on 25th Sep at 1:30 pm,I reached Bangalore stn.Ashram is 36 km from there.I came out n started looking for an auto but cudn't find any.I told Guruji "Poore raaste problem nahi hui..Ab aisa karoge kya??".Suddenly,one autowala came from somewhere n asked me where I wanted to go.I told him "Sri Sri Ravishankar Ashram".He said,"Achcha..Guruji ke ashram jayengi". I was so happy to hear this....I was just one hour away from my destination :) What happened next???? To be continued......
At 9pm,the train started moving.I was feeling a little insecure..How will I spend the nxt 40 hrs in this train?But still the Faith was there :) People of the compartment in which I was sitting were going to Shirdi.They were really very helpful n caring.They had booked tickets for their small kids also.So they gave me an entire berth to sleep. Guruji always says "Have faith.Know that everything is being done for u.U r being taken care of" I was feeling so grateful n blessed..I was actually living in knowledge for those moments.The rest of the journey was so blissful.Felt like I was travelling with my own family.The chit-chat session,eating together,laughing together...n so many things :) Everything ws goin so smoothly when suddenly my phone rang n to my horror,it was my Mumma's call.The Train was at some station.I quickly picked up the phone n started talking normally to her.Suddenly we heard a loud announcement "Kripya dhyan dijiye..."."Where r u ???" was her next question."Mumma,I came to drop one of my friend to the station".I answered spontaneously.Mind..right here..right now really helps.. :) God!!! I was saved. So.the journey continued n I felt a lot of things during those 40 hours.Excitement of what next,what next..Fear of reaching safely..Doubt on everyone including myself..Gratitude n Love for people around me..n most importantly,Faith in my Guru... So on 25th Sep at 1:30 pm,I reached Bangalore stn.Ashram is 36 km from there.I came out n started looking for an auto but cudn't find any.I told Guruji "Poore raaste problem nahi hui..Ab aisa karoge kya??".Suddenly,one autowala came from somewhere n asked me where I wanted to go.I told him "Sri Sri Ravishankar Ashram".He said,"Achcha..Guruji ke ashram jayengi". I was so happy to hear this....I was just one hour away from my destination :) What happened next???? To be continued......
