I'am a Hindu & a believer of GOD | BHAGWAN like many of other believers of the supream power
though at some part of my journey in my life situations were such that any other believer of Bhagwan would have ended up with a disbelieve in him but more the opposite situations came more my believe in Bhagwan became firm & there came such a situation also where i found him in every thing, almost in every thing but for me this reliazation was a primary one which was not of that level that would satisfy me deeply though it was good at a basic level for anyone.
The days passed and the life moved on with little changes in my career.
I shifted to a new city far from my home close to my Atma (soul ). I joined a course that would help in my future life, i started attending it regularly as a part of my daily routine & the days & time passed on with many new things to learn. As a curious person i always welcomed new things to learn of my choice & interest.
The days were passing normally & i being a atma mukhi (self-conscious) usually talked to my inner Atma & Bhagwan while taking various decisions or suggestions in daily life. I have to take up at least two busses to reach to my destination where i was taking my course. The distance was such that it was not too near from my place to reach there & it cost me about RS 50/- to reach there. And in between all this came an incident in my Life that gave me a chance to check Bhagwan/God.
One morning while going to my destination i was getting late & was in hurry to reach the place as early as possible, i took the bus from my nearby bus stop & started travelling the bus was crowded as normal and was moving with its normal speed and after a long wait reached the stop from where i have to change the bus after getting down the crowded bus i have to walk a five minute to reach next stop to catch the bus. Soon i manage to reach there & started waiting for the bus to come. It was not the peak time in the morning but was enough for the crowd; it was the time between 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM and the crowd was waiting to catch bus for their office,college and other places soon the bus arrieved which i have to catch but the crowd was such that one could only hang at the door. As i was getting late & had to hurry with no option other than hanging at door like others did.
The crowd which managed to get inside the bus was lucky of which i was also one of them. The rest were left at the stop for the next bus to come. Soon the bus started moving & we crossed stops one after the other. There was a monthly & daily pass system along with tickets for the passengers. I had purchased the monthly pass for the whole month & it was just starting of the month. Soon the bus Conductor came asking for tickets/passes. All daily passengers usually buy Day passes so most of them when asked for tickets replied as "Pass" so did i but here was some problem with me, when i checked my back pocket for showing the pass i was shocked because it was empty.
I usually kept pass in my purse or in back pocket some times in my bag as every time you change the bus you have to show it, it was better you keep in easily accessible place, so it was in my back pocket.Till then the Conductor after giving tickets walked back to the front side of the bus.I then checked my next back pocket again & again but it was too late for me to recognise that my purse was either stolen or lost.As few days before only one of the passenger was also complaining that somebody in the crowd from the last stop has stolen his purse while he was getting into the bus.I recalled the incident & realised that i too have became the victim of same thing which i heard few days back.
Now i was in a thought that all my hurry has brought me a big worry.My purse was missing & i was more worried about the documents that were kept in my purse coz they were more precious than money.
Even though that day i had not carried much cash but i had enough cash & cards to deal with emergency conditions. I was just thinking that as i have caught the bus so i will reach the place but how will i return
back ? because bus-pass was also lost along with the purse & i had no cash in any of my pocket.
Soon my stop came & i got down from the bus , one thing was again & again worrying me that was how will i return back ? but there was one thought in my mind. I thought its said in Hindu religion that what so ever happens it happens for good also one thing which cameup in my mind was that as Bhagwan has put me in this trouble so, now he will only let me out of this trouble and this is the best time to test Bhagwan whether he will help me or not who has brought me into this mess.
Reaching the place where i have to, i got break from my work after one hour & i Quickly called the customer care of the bank to block my Card & soon they told me that they blocked it. I completed one task at the moment & few were still left & the main one of returning back. Meanwhile I was thinking of what safe options i have to deal this problem & i cameup with few answers & they were :
A - I ask for some loan from one of the person whom i believe to be known to me ( but they were not very well known,just similar to hi,hello like person) & can lend me some money & i will return them back next day though in back of my mind i was thinking that how should i approach them & what reason will tell them ?
B - I ask form the people who were working there
C - I call my friend who stayed 1 hour away from there & he provide me some money so that i may return back but this option i considered was not good & was avoidable else not to use such option, if used then in very urgency situation.
So the time passed and soon it was the time for me to return back so firstly i decided to try the first option with those whom i considered to be known, so i called one of them who were on their way back to their residence & he stopped & came close to me and i firstly started talking about his work of how he was doing,he told few things about his work & i carried out the talks such that it dosent give a sense that if i'am approaching him for my selfish work we talked for a while & i didnt got the courage to ask him for a loan and ended up with bye.
At the same time i saw one more person enjoying his food with one of her friend & i thought he might help me but again at the back of my mind i was thinking that for little amount why should i beg & downgrade my image in front of an unknown person so again i dropped the idea of begging money from him. I moved forward few couple of steps and again thought how would i return back home ?
After moving little distance i once again remember that there is one friend whom i know quite well than others who might help me out & luckly he came on that day & i saw him from a distance so i again returned back & called him up when he became free with his work. Now again i talked with him very normally so that he do not get the sense of my meeting as selfish meet so i started talking with him about his work and why he was not coming to work regularly ?
He told me that he is leaving the job & came here to clear out his salary & other dues. In his talks i found that this was his last day there & he will not come from tomorrow onwards, so with this talk i concluded that if i take some money from him then it would be difficult for me to return it back because i didnt knew where he lived in the big city & again he will not come back so i had no option other than saying him bye happily.
And one after the other some ideas came across my mind At same time one more thing that came into the mind was how it would be if i travel without ticket in bus & i will explain the incident to the bus conductor,he might make me get down the next stop but in this way i might cross few stops.but this was a risky idea coz in an unknown city you dont know how the other person will react, so this idea was also dropped & in the back of my mind a intense feeling was going that of lets check my luck and test Bhagwan.
One more option that struck my mind at that time was lets approach walking towards home though it was too far but kept this as a last option or to be used wherever needed.
Finally with no options left i made up my mind to try testing Bhagwan & his will whether he will help me or not. So with all this in my mind i questioned myself that what could be a good solution for the problem that i'am facing ?
I again questioned myself that what a helpless man can do if he has no money ? there are many poor people in India who deal with this kind of problem everyday in life so how do they manage all this situation ?
there must be something that i'am not able to see at the moment , i again questioned myself that there must be some way to get out of this situation because everybody is not gifted with silver spoon in mouth,with car,with bike,with cycle with bus fare etc etc.
How in the old days people use to travel when they dont have any of these facilities neither much money to spent on travelling neither those lucky ones would have a bullock cart in a place away from his home town
so some pictures & stories came across my mind that how those people who were out of their home & had nothing with them, travelled & completed their journey.
One or two such stories i had read in my school days. one was of American President in his childhood days when he left his house & family to join a school for poor children,in his way he begged for lift in waggons & worked at various places to survive and at the end he succeded to reaach his destination.
Similarly Swami Vivekanakd had to reach parliament of the world's religion from India to Chicago where he dealt with many difficulties he had to complete his journey and he completed.
So i concluded that taking lift can be a way to reach my home, i reached the stop from where i generally took the bus in normal days. I also thought that this will also be the test of this big city that how helpful are the people living in this big city, i stand in one side & started raising my hand towards two wheelers for Lift but all this was not so easy as i thought it to be.
My all the exercise of begging lift went to a complete waste i did all this for about 45 minutes and non of the vehicle stopped for giving me lift, i changed my positions here & there so that it can assure that i was not standing at a wrong place.
With this exercise one thing was confirmed that people living in this big city are not helpful they are busy in their own work they dont bother for anything. that's many accidents on the roads happen in the country & nobody comesup to help hence many people die in road accidents in India.
Now i got tiered & was feeling exhausted to ask for anymore lifts while standing under hot Sun i had lost my hope that taking lift will help me, i was thinking that now i have no choice other than walking.
The point at which i stopped all my efforts of begging anymore lifts at the same point something happened that was unbelievable.
I had completely removed my eyes from the traffic passing by me, I was standing hopelessly watching the other passengers who were taking their bus & going away.
All this didnt took much time & to my surprise suddenly a man with a bike just stopped in front of me i had no idea who he may be ? after stopping the bike he removed his helmet and asked for an address where he wanted to go and to my surprise he wanted to go to a place from where half of my journey would be completed. listening at the back of my mind i thought i will try all my chances to take lift from him
i said yes i know the place and told him to go straight without any turn, he asked how far it would ?
i said it would be atleast 10-12 kms not confirmed there were many overbridges in the path which when i told he became a bit confused so as he was ready move i polietly asked him that if you dont mine & have no problem than you may give me lift & i could show you the exact place where you want to reach. he agreed & gave me liftt for that half way of my final destination.
Now i was happily moving & thinking that when i was begging for lift nobody stopped & see the power of Bhagwan he did everything for me & took out of this problem which i was thinking that it cant be solved,
some will call this co-incidence but co-incidence is such that he has to go where i had my half way stop, but this was not a co-incidence for me Bhagwan send me his messenger to drop me there so that i can complete my remaining journey from there.
Soon i reached the place & he was also happy by reaching there, leaving him i moved for my next lift & this time also i had some problems in stopping bikes so i adopted a different approach , i approached at a traffic signal where all the traffic used to stop automatically so i talked to few standing there & one bwcame ready and he was also struggling to find an address for a PG i didnt knew much about it but i told him a place where he might get some PG's . He dropped me in the middle as he had to go to other place so i get down there & managed to get another lift from there & this lift dropped me to a distance of 3-4 kms away from my house but i was happy that at last i have reached to a place from where i can walk easily on my foot to reach by home.
This incident really Passed the Test of Bhagwan and his presence!
though at some part of my journey in my life situations were such that any other believer of Bhagwan would have ended up with a disbelieve in him but more the opposite situations came more my believe in Bhagwan became firm & there came such a situation also where i found him in every thing, almost in every thing but for me this reliazation was a primary one which was not of that level that would satisfy me deeply though it was good at a basic level for anyone.
The days passed and the life moved on with little changes in my career.
I shifted to a new city far from my home close to my Atma (soul ). I joined a course that would help in my future life, i started attending it regularly as a part of my daily routine & the days & time passed on with many new things to learn. As a curious person i always welcomed new things to learn of my choice & interest.
The days were passing normally & i being a atma mukhi (self-conscious) usually talked to my inner Atma & Bhagwan while taking various decisions or suggestions in daily life. I have to take up at least two busses to reach to my destination where i was taking my course. The distance was such that it was not too near from my place to reach there & it cost me about RS 50/- to reach there. And in between all this came an incident in my Life that gave me a chance to check Bhagwan/God.
One morning while going to my destination i was getting late & was in hurry to reach the place as early as possible, i took the bus from my nearby bus stop & started travelling the bus was crowded as normal and was moving with its normal speed and after a long wait reached the stop from where i have to change the bus after getting down the crowded bus i have to walk a five minute to reach next stop to catch the bus. Soon i manage to reach there & started waiting for the bus to come. It was not the peak time in the morning but was enough for the crowd; it was the time between 8:30 AM - 8:45 AM and the crowd was waiting to catch bus for their office,college and other places soon the bus arrieved which i have to catch but the crowd was such that one could only hang at the door. As i was getting late & had to hurry with no option other than hanging at door like others did.
The crowd which managed to get inside the bus was lucky of which i was also one of them. The rest were left at the stop for the next bus to come. Soon the bus started moving & we crossed stops one after the other. There was a monthly & daily pass system along with tickets for the passengers. I had purchased the monthly pass for the whole month & it was just starting of the month. Soon the bus Conductor came asking for tickets/passes. All daily passengers usually buy Day passes so most of them when asked for tickets replied as "Pass" so did i but here was some problem with me, when i checked my back pocket for showing the pass i was shocked because it was empty.
I usually kept pass in my purse or in back pocket some times in my bag as every time you change the bus you have to show it, it was better you keep in easily accessible place, so it was in my back pocket.Till then the Conductor after giving tickets walked back to the front side of the bus.I then checked my next back pocket again & again but it was too late for me to recognise that my purse was either stolen or lost.As few days before only one of the passenger was also complaining that somebody in the crowd from the last stop has stolen his purse while he was getting into the bus.I recalled the incident & realised that i too have became the victim of same thing which i heard few days back.
Now i was in a thought that all my hurry has brought me a big worry.My purse was missing & i was more worried about the documents that were kept in my purse coz they were more precious than money.
Even though that day i had not carried much cash but i had enough cash & cards to deal with emergency conditions. I was just thinking that as i have caught the bus so i will reach the place but how will i return
back ? because bus-pass was also lost along with the purse & i had no cash in any of my pocket.
Soon my stop came & i got down from the bus , one thing was again & again worrying me that was how will i return back ? but there was one thought in my mind. I thought its said in Hindu religion that what so ever happens it happens for good also one thing which cameup in my mind was that as Bhagwan has put me in this trouble so, now he will only let me out of this trouble and this is the best time to test Bhagwan whether he will help me or not who has brought me into this mess.
Reaching the place where i have to, i got break from my work after one hour & i Quickly called the customer care of the bank to block my Card & soon they told me that they blocked it. I completed one task at the moment & few were still left & the main one of returning back. Meanwhile I was thinking of what safe options i have to deal this problem & i cameup with few answers & they were :
A - I ask for some loan from one of the person whom i believe to be known to me ( but they were not very well known,just similar to hi,hello like person) & can lend me some money & i will return them back next day though in back of my mind i was thinking that how should i approach them & what reason will tell them ?
B - I ask form the people who were working there
C - I call my friend who stayed 1 hour away from there & he provide me some money so that i may return back but this option i considered was not good & was avoidable else not to use such option, if used then in very urgency situation.
So the time passed and soon it was the time for me to return back so firstly i decided to try the first option with those whom i considered to be known, so i called one of them who were on their way back to their residence & he stopped & came close to me and i firstly started talking about his work of how he was doing,he told few things about his work & i carried out the talks such that it dosent give a sense that if i'am approaching him for my selfish work we talked for a while & i didnt got the courage to ask him for a loan and ended up with bye.
At the same time i saw one more person enjoying his food with one of her friend & i thought he might help me but again at the back of my mind i was thinking that for little amount why should i beg & downgrade my image in front of an unknown person so again i dropped the idea of begging money from him. I moved forward few couple of steps and again thought how would i return back home ?
After moving little distance i once again remember that there is one friend whom i know quite well than others who might help me out & luckly he came on that day & i saw him from a distance so i again returned back & called him up when he became free with his work. Now again i talked with him very normally so that he do not get the sense of my meeting as selfish meet so i started talking with him about his work and why he was not coming to work regularly ?
He told me that he is leaving the job & came here to clear out his salary & other dues. In his talks i found that this was his last day there & he will not come from tomorrow onwards, so with this talk i concluded that if i take some money from him then it would be difficult for me to return it back because i didnt knew where he lived in the big city & again he will not come back so i had no option other than saying him bye happily.
And one after the other some ideas came across my mind At same time one more thing that came into the mind was how it would be if i travel without ticket in bus & i will explain the incident to the bus conductor,he might make me get down the next stop but in this way i might cross few stops.but this was a risky idea coz in an unknown city you dont know how the other person will react, so this idea was also dropped & in the back of my mind a intense feeling was going that of lets check my luck and test Bhagwan.
One more option that struck my mind at that time was lets approach walking towards home though it was too far but kept this as a last option or to be used wherever needed.
Finally with no options left i made up my mind to try testing Bhagwan & his will whether he will help me or not. So with all this in my mind i questioned myself that what could be a good solution for the problem that i'am facing ?
I again questioned myself that what a helpless man can do if he has no money ? there are many poor people in India who deal with this kind of problem everyday in life so how do they manage all this situation ?
there must be something that i'am not able to see at the moment , i again questioned myself that there must be some way to get out of this situation because everybody is not gifted with silver spoon in mouth,with car,with bike,with cycle with bus fare etc etc.
How in the old days people use to travel when they dont have any of these facilities neither much money to spent on travelling neither those lucky ones would have a bullock cart in a place away from his home town
so some pictures & stories came across my mind that how those people who were out of their home & had nothing with them, travelled & completed their journey.
One or two such stories i had read in my school days. one was of American President in his childhood days when he left his house & family to join a school for poor children,in his way he begged for lift in waggons & worked at various places to survive and at the end he succeded to reaach his destination.
Similarly Swami Vivekanakd had to reach parliament of the world's religion from India to Chicago where he dealt with many difficulties he had to complete his journey and he completed.
So i concluded that taking lift can be a way to reach my home, i reached the stop from where i generally took the bus in normal days. I also thought that this will also be the test of this big city that how helpful are the people living in this big city, i stand in one side & started raising my hand towards two wheelers for Lift but all this was not so easy as i thought it to be.
My all the exercise of begging lift went to a complete waste i did all this for about 45 minutes and non of the vehicle stopped for giving me lift, i changed my positions here & there so that it can assure that i was not standing at a wrong place.
With this exercise one thing was confirmed that people living in this big city are not helpful they are busy in their own work they dont bother for anything. that's many accidents on the roads happen in the country & nobody comesup to help hence many people die in road accidents in India.
Now i got tiered & was feeling exhausted to ask for anymore lifts while standing under hot Sun i had lost my hope that taking lift will help me, i was thinking that now i have no choice other than walking.
The point at which i stopped all my efforts of begging anymore lifts at the same point something happened that was unbelievable.
I had completely removed my eyes from the traffic passing by me, I was standing hopelessly watching the other passengers who were taking their bus & going away.
All this didnt took much time & to my surprise suddenly a man with a bike just stopped in front of me i had no idea who he may be ? after stopping the bike he removed his helmet and asked for an address where he wanted to go and to my surprise he wanted to go to a place from where half of my journey would be completed. listening at the back of my mind i thought i will try all my chances to take lift from him
i said yes i know the place and told him to go straight without any turn, he asked how far it would ?
i said it would be atleast 10-12 kms not confirmed there were many overbridges in the path which when i told he became a bit confused so as he was ready move i polietly asked him that if you dont mine & have no problem than you may give me lift & i could show you the exact place where you want to reach. he agreed & gave me liftt for that half way of my final destination.
Now i was happily moving & thinking that when i was begging for lift nobody stopped & see the power of Bhagwan he did everything for me & took out of this problem which i was thinking that it cant be solved,
some will call this co-incidence but co-incidence is such that he has to go where i had my half way stop, but this was not a co-incidence for me Bhagwan send me his messenger to drop me there so that i can complete my remaining journey from there.
Soon i reached the place & he was also happy by reaching there, leaving him i moved for my next lift & this time also i had some problems in stopping bikes so i adopted a different approach , i approached at a traffic signal where all the traffic used to stop automatically so i talked to few standing there & one bwcame ready and he was also struggling to find an address for a PG i didnt knew much about it but i told him a place where he might get some PG's . He dropped me in the middle as he had to go to other place so i get down there & managed to get another lift from there & this lift dropped me to a distance of 3-4 kms away from my house but i was happy that at last i have reached to a place from where i can walk easily on my foot to reach by home.
This incident really Passed the Test of Bhagwan and his presence!
