My life changing moment
It was perhaps the 24th of April. My father had done my forefather's Shraddh karma on the 4th of April on a Sunday. I had high hopes that finally I would be free of the misery that had befallen me over the months. Some of the leftover puja samagri was also unused. About midday, Guruji ( as we all fondly called him) called me on my mother' cell. I had begun to eagerly await and anticipate for his calls during those times. He was perhaps one of the only sole people who comforted me during those hellish times. I even used to get startled at sounds thinking it to be the ringtone. The call had come after a lot of days, perhaps for the first time in April. Nor had I visited or met him for a long time. As soon as I held the phone, he told me that he is doing a special pooja for me for 10 days ( or some other number) , and I would greatly benefit , and i should do meditation by chanting a particular mantra. As soon as he chanted the first syllable of the mantra, something changed with...