HIS Birthday!

Finally I am starting my blog..with the note of HIS Birthday! :)

What a day it was! From my childhood I remember, the concept of Birthday party has been, a few friends, with birthday caps on their head, & the birthday girl/boy cutting the cake with claps and singing around her/him. But this day, 13 May was one day, we celebrated divine's birthday with not hundreds, but 'thousands' of people, singing melodious happy birthday tunes, dancing & having pieces of delicious 21 feet long cake in their watery mouths! :)

According to facts, there were 16000 people waiting in the Art of Living International Centre, Bangalore at evening 6pm to see Guruji cut his 55th birthday cake. There was satsang, and everyone was singing & eagerly waiting for him to arrive. I was sitting with my eyes closed during the satsang while there was a wave of different energy in the crowd, and I understood that Guruji is around ! He comes with a stunning charm, his sight from a long distance quenches thirst of many, his glimse can give you immense inner contentment & if he looks straight at you, just know that you are the luckiest one! :)

He came, waved us & sat in the King like posture as he does always. :) Since there was a live telecast, lot of formal book releases, & seva project accomplishments were announced. It took quite a while. We were all waiting desperately for Guruji to speak. His voice is so soothing, that you have to be cautious not to close your eyes while he is speaking, else you are asleep in a few seconds ..! And he said 'abhi thodi baat cheet kar lete hain '.. ( lets talk for sometime).."Na hum janme hain, na marenge, hum to bas yahin rahenge ( neither we r born, nor will we die, we will just remain here.. To live a happy life, there should be two things in life, dispassion at heart & service in action..Then life becomes a celebration. And if there is so much service happening around, then we can celebrate every single day! " He promised everyone to meet personally that day. A celebrity, live-telecasted on television, cut a 21 feet long cake, with 16000 audience physically witnessing the celebration & He said he will meet each one of us! so un-imaginable, isn't it ? He started with his darshan, & everyone started becoming restless. Satsang started, attempting to divert people from Sri Sri. :) Haha :) :)

We were made to sit in queues, and from in-between the two queues, Guruji was to pass by. Half an hour gone, he is still meeting people I could see from a distance, One-hour gone, people became more restless, and started dancing to channelize their energy. Those who met Him, proceeded for dinner. It was around 11pm at night now, He was coming towards us, and as usual, my heartbeat starts going up when He comes near. He came, looked at me smiled and looked around other people. After 3 hours of continuous darshan, in a messy crowd, everyone fighting to touch him, catch his attention in some way, climbing over him, trying to talk to him, His security people changed thrice during these hours, coz they were physically & mentally tired to handle the crowd hovering around Him, but he was as smiling as I saw him this Morning.. as fresh to see new faces, as if he is asking questions from his looks. He is trying to look over, who else has come to meet him. What have they brought on his birthday :) I was taken aback. Blown with the freshness & love that His appearance conveys. No wonder, why people run behind him and love him. He can't be a human for sure, no celebrity on his planet would meet each one of the thousands who come to see him. I was moved that night, to see Guruji "wanting" love from us. His eyes were there, on the devotees, without a blink searching for the LOVE that people carried for him. One thing I understood, even Divine needs love. Our love can make the Divine do anything, anything possible. :) Oh! We are so damn lucky! :) :) :) HAPPY BIRTHDAY GURUJI !!