January 17th 2014 was a special day. A day which we had been preparing for the last three years and yet were unprepared for. It was the day we got initiated(deeksha). In case you don’t know what deeksha is.. it means to be accepted by a Guru and promising to lead a life on the spiritual path.
Though we knew that we wanted to follow this path, there were doubts. The main doubt being that were we fit? We had not yet finished reading the stipulated books and that added to our doubts. But Guru Maharaj was coming and it is the only time that we can get initiation here. But we had not filled our papers yet.
But when our Shiksha Guru(instructing teacher) called us aside and said that there was no time to doubt, this was the time that we had to take the step, we began filling the questionnaire.
And since it was as such a late decision, we got just two days to fill in the form and questionnaire. I was still in doubt when I went to give my papers. As I washed my feet before entering the temple, I met R, who said, ‘we were just talking about you’.
‘I hope you were talking good about me’, I joked
‘We are taking ‘aspirant*’ and it is only because of you’, she said.
‘ME?’, I asked.
‘Yes’, she said, ‘ you were our son’s teacher and he used to be so charged up to attend your class that we brought him regularly. He used to attend your class and we attended our class and got interested’.
I stood for a long time in that place. For the last two years I have been taking classes for children. Trying my best to get children attracted to spirituality by fun and games, I had never imagined that it would have such an outcome too.
If I needed a sign to affirm my candidature, this was it. I went inside and filed my papers.
A compliment gives joy, a compliment brings on a smile and a compliment gives confidence too.
Written for National Compliments Day at Write Tribe which was on Jan 24th. Thank you Vidya Sury, I didn’t even know that such a Day existed.
*aspirant- a promise to be on the spiritual path
U are doing a wonderful task indeed
Thanks Jaish 😀
A heart felt compliment gives immense joy. Love this feel good post, Bhagyashree:)
Glad about that Vishal 🙂
Compliments work as morale boosters….
Good luck
Yes compliments do boost the morale. Thanks Shelly
Compliments indeed make you want to walk that extra mile. Good luck! 🙂
Thanks Rekha
A pat on the back does wonders even to the slow and halting.But to a richly desrving person,it motivates to do better and more.Congratulations
Exactly 🙂 Thank you KP Sir
Smiles..smiless 🙂 You know Bhagya, sometimes you scare me…they path you have chosen and the way you are riding it makes me feel so good and takes me on guilt trips 🙂
Why do I scare you Latha. Is it bcoz you are afraind that I will renounce the wordly ways or (looking at your guilt) is it becoz you want to be on this path 🙂
Its a wonderful journey Latha…try it
It is because I want to be on this path and lazy to try to be there…may the lord have mercy on me..:(