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Deepti was really enthralled by the beauty and charm of nature's bounty spread far and wide in the valley below as seen from the Gurushikhar peak. It was cold on the peak and they had to leave because they did have winter clothes. They reached their hotel late at 4.p.m. Their hotel room was overlooking the clean bluish waters of the famous Nakki lake of Mt Abu. They took tea, relaxed for an hour and left for the International Headquarters of Brahmakumaris.
The spokesperson or the guide, a lady in thirties took them around the campus, the grand buildings, the small and big meeting and meditation rooms and halls. Here again it was display of huge sums of money on concrete and stone. They met the head Brahmakumari and other senior members of the order. Deepti expressed her desire to know about the institution.
The guide took them to a splendidly furnished visitors' room where a young lady spokesperson of the organisation was already busy talking to an American couple. The guide told them that the time given to the foreign visitors would be over soon.
The young lady Brahmakumari after seeing off the earlier visitors greeted them with her captivating smile and said in her refined and chaste fluent English, "I am Ratna Brahmakumari. I am sorry for the five minutes delay. They were very inquisitive and wanted to know everything about us."
Brahmakumari, “Our founder Shiv Baba started the organisation with one main objective of bringing peace and happiness to people suffering from mental and physical agonies mainly because of their own negative thoughts and emotions. Shiv Baba was a human being like us and was a very prosperous jeweller. He retired from business and engaged himself in spiritual pursuits. He could connect himself with god, the fountain head of peace, happiness and purity. He got enlightenment and decided to guide suffering humanity to get rid of their problems and sorrows."
Deepti, "How did he connect with god?"
Brahmakumari, "He did it through meditation; connected with god in paramdham the permanent abode of god and all souls, got charged with abundant energy flowing from god, got enlightenment and established this institution of Brahmakumaris for the benefit of one and all."
Deepak, "Where is that paramdham located? There is no such place observed by our powerful telescopes which have been able to see far distant galaxies and quasars. Our space probes going around searching life anywhere have not yet come across life so far."
Deepti, "It may be mere imagination. All of us sometimes have weird imaginations and some people try to translate them in reality by continuously imagining and it becomes an obsession and if they have money power, intellect and tact they start convincing others also. This spreads by its multiplier effect. Anyone can sit and imagine any such thing or place and will visualise it in his mind and find himself there.
Deepak, "What is the meditation technique in brief?"
Deepti, "We too are equally anxious to know about your organisation which you have so meticulously advertised that it has gained fame all over the world. Please tell us about the objectives and basics of your meditation techniques."
