"Are you Happy Now?"

One day Divyam visited Swaminarayan Dham with his family. While visiting the Anadimukt Pithika for Darshan, he met his old friend, Akshay Bhudiya. 

Divyam said, “Jay Swaminarayan Akshay, since you live so close to Swaminarayan Dham, you probably get Divine labh regularly; Guruji's darshan! His discourses! His divine presence! Right?”

Akshay said, “Yes Divyam, here we get labh of Guruji's Divine presence very frequently; it is so amazing.” Let me tell you about a recent incident that occurred with me. Previously, when I lived in Vasna, I would wake up at 5:00 in the morning, take a bath and go to our Vasna temple to do pooja. After the pooja, I would do Mangla Aarti Darshan at 6:00. Gurudev Bapji used to get really pleased with me. I recited the Mangla Arti in the microphone everyday when I lived in Vasna. This made Gurudev Bapji even more pleased upon me. Then, according to Guruji's wish, we moved to Swaminarayan Dham. Here, I still came to Mangla Arti daily but I hadn't gotten the labh of reciting the Mangla Arti in the mic since since it is the Gurukul balmuktas who do it. So I would stand beside the balmukt who sang Arti, looking at the microphone and hoping to get a chance to sing. 

Whenever Guruji came to Mangla Arti, He would look at me and understand my feelings. In the evening, I would go to the Sant Ashram for Kirtan Bhakti and Cheshta with Guruji and P. Sants.

One day Guruji looked at me and said, “Akshay Maharaj recited Mangla Arti everyday. In Vasna but doesn't get the chance to do so here since there are Gurukul balmuktas. When Gurukul balmuktas aren't present every Sunday, Vinodbhai sings the Arti. Now, that labh must be given to Akshay Maharaj. When he stands beside the balmukt who sings Arti, We feel heartbroken, thinking, what if Akshay Maharaj feels hurt being refused to sing the Mangla Arti! So, from now onwards give him a chance to sing every Sunday. Akshay Maharaj, are you happy now?!”

“This is how Guruji understood my feelings without me uttering even a single word. Even a mother cannot understand such trivial emotions.”

Divyam said, “It's astounding how Guruji understands everyone's emotions! Guruji is Guruji! The true mother of everyone! No one can compare to Him!”