Difficulties and problems are part of our lives
Difficulties and problems are part of our lives. No one is spared. If we look at the lives of the Mahapurash of Ramashram Satsang, Mathura
Mahatma Shri Ram Chandraji Maharaj
His forefathers had a Jagir consisting of 500 villages. They were bestowed with the title of ‘Choudhary’ by the then rulers. But at the time when Mahatma Ji came into this physical world, there was hardly any thing left.
His father was Superintendent at Farrukhabad Chungi. But while Mahatma ji was still a young student his father left for his heavenly abode. He had to shoulder all the responsibilities of the family at a tender age. He had to give up studies and take up the job of a clerk at Farrukhabad Collectorate. (From ‘Mahatma Shri Ramchandraji ki Jeevani’ )
The family was a big one and in addition satsangis kept pouring in. With such a small salary that he got, it was difficult to manage things. Nevertheless, he carried on. The fact that financially things were quite difficult, is brought out by a tragic incident of Mahatmaji’s life narrated in the book ‘Saral Hriday Sant Shri Manmohanlal ji (Pujya Babuji)’. Pujya Babuji while leaving Mahatmaji’s house once gave a five rupee note to Mahatmaji’s daughter then a small girl. Mahatmaji noticed this and was not happy. He said ‘”You have to run a family. You already have to incur a lot of expenses. Why are you doing this?” Babuji could not muster courage to reply. Only tears of love and devotion rolled down his cheeks. Mahatmaji kept the money. The next time Babuji visited Mahatmaji, he said, “Babu Manmohanlal, you owed five rupees to that girl. She died and the five rupees that you gave were used to buy ‘kafan’ (clothes in which dead body is draped ) for her.” (Despite being in financial stress, he did not use the money given by Babuji to meet his family’s day to day expenses.)
Brahmlin Param Sant Dr. Chaturbhuj Sahai Ji
Though he was born into a prosperous family, he lost his mother at the age of 4.
It was 1914-1915. Jagatjanani Jia Maa had two children. Both died. Jagatjanani Jia Maa suffered from prolonged fever, which refused to go. In those days there was no cure for T.B. Guru Maharaj was in Agra Agra
Once I fell seriously ill. I had lost the hope to survive. The money that I had were all spent in the last few months. It was a difficult test for me. I wrote a letter to Guru Maharaj in which I narrated my situation and lack of money and requested him to come and give me ‘darshan’ before I died. Guru Maharaj did not come but he sent a letter which assured me and led me to firmly believe that I would not die, that these suffering had come with a purpose, and would go away soon. I began to suffer them happily. I was suffering them earlier too but now there was complete peace in my heart. The letter read as follows: “Got you letter, and came to know about your condition. I pray to God that he may make you free from all mental turbulence. Penury and ill health lead to spiritual progress. They should be considered to be God’s blessings. May God bless.” (From ‘Sadhana Ke Anubhav’)
Once our Pujya Gurudev faced an extremely difficult financial situation. He has described those days of penury in his book “Sadhana Ke Anubhav’. It was the year 1925. His income from various sources suddenly dried up. Neither was anything coming from outside nor was there anything available at home. Those who owed to him would give one or the other excuse instead of returning his money. He has stated that if one is a sanyasi, or a bachelor one can somehow pass such a time, but for those who have to support a family, things become extremely difficult. Literally, there was neither any money nor a grain of food at home. We can only imagine how difficult those days must have been for our beloved Pujya Gurudev and our Guru Parivar and how they passed those days.
Brahmaleen Paramsant Babu Manmohanlalji
Pujya Babuji’s mother suffered a nervous problem and became physically unfit for doing household chores. Pujya Babuji being the eldest among six children, had to look after all of them at home. He had to even teach them, cook food and also feed them. So he had a difficult hard working childhood.
In 1972 doctors gave him streptomycin injections. The number of injections were more than required. As a side effect, during Bhandara of Shahjahanpur in that year, one morning he found his legs were unable to carry his body. Despite continuous medical care, the portion below the waist remained paralysed.
In the beginning of 1976, Babuji ‘s eldest son Bhai Shri Radhemohanji suddenly left for his heavenly abode.
He suffered from a number of ailments in addition to the loss of strength in both his legs. But one could never make out that he suffered from any physical problems. He continued to look cheerful, face radiant, voice as sweet and loving as ever. If someone would ask him, he would say, “ tabiyat to bilkul theek hai, shareer sath nahin de raha hai; malik ka shukra hai, vah jaise rakh raha hai, khush hoon” (I am fine, but the body is not cooperating; God is very kind, I am happy in the way he is keeping me”. (From ‘Saral Hriday Sant Shri Manmohanlal ji (Pujya Babuji)’
Brahmaleen Paramsant Pandit Mihilal ji
When he was only 4 years old, his mother passed away.
He passed Hindi-Urdu-Middle course, did training and in 1918 joined as teacher in a primary school. With his meagre salary supplemented by income from selling ghee he would manage the family expenses. Despite poverty he would invariably serve guests happily.
In 1946, Guru Maharaj told Param Pujya Pandit ji Maharaj “Panditji if you want to progress in the spiritual field, you must resign from service.” Param Pujya Pandit ji Maharaj had been promoted to the post of Head Master only some time back after serving as Master for decades. The children were very young. There was no other source of income. It was a very difficult test for Param Pujya Pandit ji Maharaj. But he resigned from service in 1946 in obedience to the orders of his Guru. Guru Maharaj then asked him to open an ayurveda dispensary (Pujya Panditji was a registered Vaidya and had good knowledge of ayurveda). But there was hardly any income. Some satsangi brothers used to come and he would give them medicines free of cost. He would not accept any money from poor patients. And off and on Guru Maharaj would ask him to accompany him to various cities and towns in the country for attending satsang programmes. So the shop would be closed for such periods. One can imagine what great financial difficulty he would have faced in those days. But those who saw him during this period would say that there would be the same radiance on his face. He never told anyone of his difficulties. Despite financial troubles there was no let up in his service towards guests and satsangis who arrived at his residence.
Despite suffering from Hernia and high blood pressure, he kept on working day and night for spreading the mission of Guru Maharaj. But in 1976, the problem of Hernia aggravated and took a serious turn. He had to be admitted to a Nursing Home in Agra Agra
Sant Shri Om Prakash Viral ji
He was born into a rich family. They had lots of agricultural land and two mansions in the village. His father Shri Mukut Bihari Kulshreshtha, was Nayab Tehsildar.
When he was only 3 years old his father passed away. His widow mother some how carried on with small Om Prakash in her lap.
But after one year circumstances took an unfortunate turn and in 1927 when there was well entrenched purdah system in the society, circumstances forced his widow mother to leave the family home carrying the little child in her arms. To make two ends meet she had to join as a teacher in a Government Primary School
While recalling the days of his childhood Shri Viral Ji once said, “My life was like that of an orphan. There was no one to call my own. No one to take care of me, to love me. There was complete darkness – not a single ray of hope came from any direction. Of course, I had full faith in God.” (From ‘Viral Sanjivani’)
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