Searching Questions And Fulfilling Answers

A child is like a sapling. In the

beginning, as he establishes a

foothold in this world of adults

he spreads his branches out

wide in all directions. He

questions about and everything.

‘Why this?’

‘How does that work?’, ‘What is

over there?’. He does so hoping

to reach the sky which of course,

is the answer to everything.

In his innocence he doesn’t

realise that the sky is still well

beyond his reach. If his questions

are not answered with love and

patience, we make break his

tiny, fragile branches, and his

eagerness to learn about life and

understand ‘Why?’.

With a broken spirit the

child grows up to be a man with

little eagerness in life. He has no

branches, thus disabling him

from reaching out to others, and

most important, he has no shade

to protect the next generation of

saplings from the scorching sun

which is the bad in our society.

Swamishri always has time for

children. Not just to play with

them, but also to guide them

and teach them. His answers

reflect patience and concern.

He takes them seriously

because he takes thefuture

seriously. And so, through his

answers we can see him -

‘Sowing the seeds of our future...’

Seven year old Nilkanth Parekh asked the following questions whilst Swamishri was walking on the terrace of the Bombay temple...

Nilkanth : Show me the true form of Shriji Maharaj. You are His form too, but you’ve come with a different face.

Swamishri : That’s only because we bring whichever one is required at the time!

Will I see this (Swamishri’s) face in Akshardham?

Swamishri : Originally they are the same. Here it seems different, but originally they are both one.

Many people want you to take them to Akshardham. Why?

Swamishri : We have come just to take people to Akshardham.

So then why did you tell me ‘No’?

Swamishri : When did I say ‘No’? I said it’s not time yet. When our faults are destroyed we will be able to go.

(22 May 1986, Bombay)