Never Letting Go!
On an afternoon padharamni trip with Guruji in Brisbane, Australia, Venis Maharaj was one of the few people to take Guruji's laabh in the car. Going from place to place, Guruji gave everyone listening special laabh, ranging from topics of praise to topics of improvement. Everyone had their hands folded and listened with pure joy to Guruji's speech.
Venis Maharaj, being on padharamni seva was responsible for various things, ranging from preparing the aarti at people's houses to fixing the Santo's slippers for their departure into the car. Going from house to house, things would become hectic on certain occasions.
Arriving at one of the houses, however, there was a series of stairs that needed to be climbed to reach the front door. Knowing that Guruji often holds people's hands when climbing stairs, Venis Maharaj offered his hand so that he could partake in this particular seva. Guruji grabbed his hand and walked alongside him up the stairs towards the entrance of the house.
As they were making their way to the top, Guruji stopped in the middle of the staircase. He looked towards Venis Maharaj and made a gesture towards the hand he was holding.
"We have grabbed you now, and we are not going to let you go. Just make sure you don't let go either."
Wow. What a wonderful statement for Guruji to make while in the presence of everyone. Guruji was showing his immense Krupa (grace) that he has showered on everyone in Karan Satsang. Maharaj and Motapurush have held our hands throughout our time here on this Earth and we should never ever let their hands go, because, without them, we are nothing.