From pain to bliss .... !! (Part-1)

Some three months back, i picked up a bug or may be it was a permanent resident of my body and chose to show up now that i was fatigued of travel. 

As i was in the middle of a tight course schedule, an instant relief medication felt necessary. I ended up taking a series of antibiotics, about four times as and when the symptoms appeared and re appeared until it got complicated :(

On the day of Dussehra, as i celebrated victory and blessed everyone around, health, prosperity and peace, little did i know that i was going to get bed ridden for next two weeks. The dear bug attacked again and this time really really hard. 


But now, i was determined to not to take anymore antibiotics. And so i did.  Ayurvedic doctors started treatment.... treatment not on the symptoms but something that would work on the root cause. 

Symptomatic relief was not a promise. So, what followed for next few days is lot of crying in pain and praying for relief. But, one day when i couldn't take any more i prayed to Guruji and decided to give in. 
Back to antibiotics :(




Just then, i was guided to Pitaji.*
Pitaji, as he is lovingly called is Gurujis father. A well known scholar, Pitaji lives his life by the scriptures. At an age of 88, he just wants to be useful. He wants to serve. He wants to give.....and so he does. He has dedicated his life to service of humanity.

R. S. Venkat Ratnam

Once in a while we would see him in satsangs and I always thought that having children like Guruji and Bhanu Didi, Pitaji must be now enjoying a comfortable happy retired life :) Retired from Seva too :)
Little did i know (actually i should have known), Pitaji is still taking care of some 450 poor women from about 30 villages in North Karnataka. He provides to them not only vocational trainings, but markets their products, help them become self reliant, help them start small savings accounts with the Indian post office etc etc......!! 






............keep reading for more :)

*Acharya Ratnananda, for books check: http://www.flipkart.com/author/acharya-ratnananda/