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He walks like a cloud..... Padmini Atal Muscat
We have been blessed to have Guruji visiting us in Muscat for the past 5 years or so. Whenever Guruji comes here he stays at the house of very dear friends of ours- Vandana and Mahesh Verma. Even though he has been coming here for so many years, and I have been practically living in Vandana's house when he visits, so that I can spend every available moment with him, I had never thought to call him home.
There was some kind of “block” which finally dissolved in January of this year when I plucked up the courage to invite him to our house for lunch.
I remember that day very well... It was the 17th of January 2007. We had been decorating the house for the last 2 days, in our excitement that everything should be perfect when he came. Red and white flower garlands (not real flowers- Guruji doesn't like to hurt them) had been hung up at the entrance, there was a welcoming “Toran” at the door; flowers had been put out to float in a blue painted bowl, and the piece de resistance was a big “rangoli” which we had made on the ground with loose powder in colours of red green and yellow early that morning.
Guruji arrived at about 12:30 pm in my car. I parked my car in the slot where I normally park and when we walked in, I escorted Guruji into the house from the path which leads in from the car shed. This way allowed us to skirt the rangoli as we walked in.
shantidoot messenger of peace
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