I met baba ji next time in 2009 in Hyderabad. Luckily IIIT got the opportunity to
organize sammelan in that year. During sammelan, in one of the Goshthis, Babaji was
answering the questions of audience. I did not want to ask any question, I just wanted
to feel his presence. He asked everybody, “कुछ अच्छी बात बताओ”, then, I told him that I
started reading his books. Immediately he asked me “कितना समझे हो और कितना जी रहे हो?” I
was totally shocked. Then he asked me, “और कुछ अच्छी बात बताओ.” I could not speak
anything after that then he only told me, “जीने पे ध्यान देना.” And in another goshthi I
asked him, “Can we take shivirs while we are in the learning stage?” Somebody sitting
very near to baba explained to him the same in different words. i.e., “without
understanding fully, can we teach this” for that baba became very angry on me and
said, “दिमाग मे गोबर भरा है।” And later he said, “बेटा जीने पे धान देना है। किताब पढ़ना और शिविर लेना अध्ययन नही है। शिविर से माहौल बन सकता है, असल बात तो जीने में है.”These “words of Baba” left indelible mark on me.
Pradeep Ramcharala
This is a real story,an excerpt from the book “Saanidhya” first published online in 2020.
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