My True Gurdian, Guide and Rehnuma

I wanted to reach my customer's place before lunch time, where I was expecting an order, but due to very heavy traffic on the way, I reached my destination during the lunch break. The security person at the factory gate told me to wait at the reception and go inside only after the lunch break. I sat down at the reception and started imagining things and some how or the other, thoughts started coming to my mind, like, if I don't get this order, concerned person has gone on leave, competitor has given better price or the decision of the capital purchase postponed for a year etc. etc. And to divert my mind, I started reading a magazine which was lying at the reception, but I could not concentrate on it.

All of a sudden I was interrupted by some one from the back and when I look-up at the stranger, I simply jumped from my chair, oh my God, look who is here, the Unit Head himself standing in front of me; I came to meet him and his team for the order. He was looking at me and smiling, for few seconds, I was simply shocked and speechless, he asked me very politely "why are you sitting here at the reception, come to my chamber please?" 

Thereafter, he took me to his chamber and after Greetings, he asked me again "did you have your lunch, you must have left home early in the morning, isn't it?" And before I could answer his question, he came out from his chamber and took me to the staff canteen. I was offered lunch and when I asked him to join me, he said - "I already had my lunch, you carry on, we will have coffee together, alright."

Later, I met with his team members, but all said and done, in-spite of my best/sincere efforts, I could not get an order that day. I was told by the Purchase Manager that the proposal to buy the said machine has gone to head office for approval and budgetary sanction for capital purchase and they will release the purchase order and advance only after the due approval/sanction. I was not satisfied with their answer, but I was left with no option but to wait for some more weeks for the said order. They assured me that this order will be given to us, I must go home without any tension/worry and with peace of mind.

I was wondering, going back home without an order was not adviceable. And how to face my boss was a big question in front of me; because, I was over confident and have assured him that in this visit I will definitely get this order, due to my excellent customer relationship and my confidence level was above 90% for this client.

I was just wondering, how will I explain these things to my boss, and what excuse I will offer to him, I was dead sure that he will not buy my story of delay in getting this order, (which was long over-due). He will definitely ask me the basis of my so called confidence about this order and once again it's proven that I am not capable of forecasting and my judgmental skills are very poor. I have no option left but to leave this client for the time being and look for some other prospective clients for the order/s, so that I can achieving my yearly target, without fail.

After completion of my work, I was planning to leave, but then, I remember my host's invitation to have a cup of coffee with him. To be honest, I was not in the mood of having coffee. But at the same time, I wanted to convey my sincere thanks to my host for his warm hospitality.

Therefore, I visited my host, in his chamber with my sad/dull face and he immediately understood the reason of my sadness and said: -"you did not get an order today I know, but you don't worry, order is all yours, it will take some more time, because HO has raised few quarries, which has been answered, the revised proposal has been sent again and we are expecting an approval within next 15 days from head office, as soon as we get the approval will let you know, you don't worry and cheer up."

In between our talks, he opened his flask and poured coffee in two cups, (which were lying on the table), and he offered me, hot cup of black coffee, which he brought from his home for himself. Although, coffee has never been my favorite, but that day, I liked the black hot cup of coffee very much. I had witnessed his deep sense of care, concern, love and sincerity for the well being of his company, employees, vendors and customers, which was crystal clear, transparent and it has further made me comfortable and gave immense satisfaction to my soul and I left his office with peace of mind, because whatever he said to me that day was truth and only truth; which was genuine, pure, transparent and 24 carat gold.

28 years have passed since then, but even today, I very clearly and distinctly remember the taste, flavor and richness of that cup of coffee, because it was offered to me by my client with his love, care, concern and affection.

On my way back home, I explained to myself, I did not get an order this time, never mind, but with the grace of God, I have met with a perfect Gentleman, who is not only a good human being but also very decent, well behaved, down to earth and a highly professional Businessman with a human touch.

And to my utmost surprise, a week later, I got a telegram from the said client's office, in which they advised me to collect the order with advance from their office immediately.

This visionary with his determination, dedication, clear-vision, positive attitude, Midas touch and charisma has made him the top class business tycoon of Indian corporate world and he is holding the portfolio of "Managing Director" of  Rs. 3500 Crores plus empire, very successfully, in India today. 

I feel honoured and privileged to have him as my true Guardian, Guide and Rehnuma. The God has given me the best gift of my life, which I cherish with pride. I pray to my God Almighty (with folded hands), to bless him with his wisdom and all his dreams may come true, Amen!

With Prayers

Gurcharan  

I sincerely ask for your forgiveness

It has never happened in my life before, the people to whom I trust, believe, love and care the most today they are no more with me because they don't want me in their lives and all of a sudden I became a stranger and an outsider who is not wanted in their world and all the doors were closed on my face.

Today, while sitting alone at my cave/shell/home, I started rewinding my life from the begining, which I could remember very distinctly, clearly and properly; thereafter, evaluating each and every incident, episode, action, deeds of my past and trying to pin-point the route-cause of my mistakes, which has made my present life miserable, painful and hell.

But to my utmost surprise, I started trembling, shaking and shivering to remember the number of incidents which took place in the past were wrong/incorrect, which could have been avoided, and when I look back and see from today's prospective, they all seems to me, my wrong doings. But when I did those things at that particular point of time, they were not wrong; may be because of my childhood ignorance or sheer madness, I have done it, but that was my past and those deeds were done without any wrong intension, intent or motives, it just happened in that particular situation/incident which was beyond my control, and I just can not set them right today, inspite of my best intentions.

After deep thinking/evaluation, I have come to the conclusion that we are simple human beings and God has made us a social animal; in this life we keep on making similar mistakes again and again intentionally or unintentionally, but in real life the wise-man is he who learns from his mistakes and move forward. But if he starts compiling life's all wrong doings and living with it, then one day he will find his life itself a bundle of mistakes and the true essence of life will be gone with the wind.

Therefore, I have decided to ask for their forgiveness in your presence (you be my judge), from each and every person/s, who came into my life since my childhood, and I am sure and confident they will accept my sincere apology and they will excuse/pardon me once and for all, which might have hurt them very severely, since the scares of my sins were so deep that it hurts them even today.

Oh my lord, I beg of you and ask for your forgiveness for all my wrong doings, mistakes and deeds. Instead of giving them my love and affection, I have hurt them with my selfish act of arrogance, high headedness and ruthless behavior. Therefore, I pray to God Almighty with my folded hands, please make the life of each and every person/s, (who came into my life, as a friend, family or stranger), comfotable, smooth, trouble free with your blessings and give them good health, happiness, wealth, joy, fame, love; all their dreams may come true; and make them so powerful that nobody can hurt them, in this life time, again, Amen! 

With Prayer

Gurcharan

The witness of my sins

Whenever I don't get a sleep, I simply go out on the terrace and start thinking about the past incidents which makes me worried, disturbed and impatient. It makes me very low and sad and my heart starts weeping and gradually my eyes also gets wet with tears and I don't know for how long this continues.

All of a sudden I start communicating with someone who never came in front of me, He has never shown me His face but He has got a very sweet and at the same time very deep voice. He started communicating with me in my language, which I speak, whether it's a Bengali, Punjabi, Hindi or English, he responded in the same language with a very clear and perfect pronunciation.

I put forward my reasoning's, logics and justifications for my deeds. He listens to me quietly but He never accepted a single answer for my deeds, instead he started proving me wrong with facts and figures. I sometimes wonder, how he knows every things and that too in the right perspective without missing even a single link and incident.

Still I am not convinced with His reasoning's and I say the same thing to Him with full volume of my voice, spirit, force and arrogance. But He never gets angry, upset or disturbed with my selfish, greedy and negative attitudes and He starts explaining to me the incident from the third angel, which never came to my mind earlier.

Oh my God, what I have done, what will happens to me now? As usual, I started criticizing, cursing and shouting at myself and on my stupid deeds. All of a sudden the tears starts flowing again, uninterruptedly, my voice get chocked and I sit down on the floor. I don't know for how long I cried that night, there was nobody on the terrace  to console me or make me quite.

But I do have the witnesses of my sins with me that night; the moon, stars and the dark, deep and a very long night. I felt as if they were also crying with me and making me realize about my mistakes apparently and also putting an envelope of my guilt on my deeds.

And all of a sudden, I saw a bright thin red ray on the eastern part of the sky and the Sun God was planning to fill the sky with his broad smile, bright light and warm atmosphere, which will further boost our moral and we will again start doing our routine works as usual, which may be good, bad or ugly, we don't know.  

With Prayers

Gurcharan

  

  

The real Angels of my life

I have been blessed with lots of love and affection of my parents, guru, well wishers, friends and many unknown but good souls who simple came in my life blessed me with their wisdom and went-off without asking for any favour, help or support. In the past fifty years of my life this miracle has happened not once or twice, but several times and every time I used to think that, may be, this would be the last favour I am going to get from them; but I was repeatedly proven wrong by my God Almighty and his Kripa (blessings) continued to bestow on me and I was simply astonished, surprised, speechless and shocked to see my Lord's uninterrupted flow of Karishma, Kripa and Karuna.

I have met them at many places which include the ashram, airport lobby, burning-ghat, book stores, church, corporate offices, client's place, gurudwara, hill stations, hotel lobby, library, mandir, mazaar, market, park and river-bank. They all were from different age groups, characters, colours, caste, creed, customs and sex and they have always tried to answer all my questions, solved my puzzles and shown me the road-map to move ahead in this life. To be honest with you, they have also taught me to face the situation up-front and with clear, unbiased and opened mind. They have been the real source of my existence and inspiration of my eternal journey.

It's also true that they were not at all like: Acharaya Shree Rajneesh, Master Chari, Shri J. Krishnamurti and Shri Shri Ravi Shankar. I have not seen my God Almighty, but yes, I have seen his chosen Angels who are beautiful, great, wonderful souls, with full of life, having smiling face, always offering their unconditional affection, blessings and love. I used to get the glimpses of my God Almighty in their personality, I also knew for sure that my eyes are not accustoms to see my Lords in-person, but yes, I was certain and convinced that they were my true Angels and when-ever they came in my life, I got new lease of life which is very precious, precise and priceless for me.

Even today, when I remember the faces of those good souls who came into my life, did good job for me and left without leaving their impression, foot-print and signature. They have became a part of my daily prayers, I remember them with my mind, body and soul, offer my prayers, which is full of gratitude, love, respect and trust, because they were the real source of my life. 

At the end, I pray to God almighty that He must bless them all with his wisdom, love and affection and where-ever they are today, they should always remain there as my true master, guide and angels, amen!   

With Prayers,

Gurcharan