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How
the journey began
51 years ago
a 9 year old boy had a
question
This photo had
always been in our home and I had stood before it and prayed to it a
thousand times. But nothing like this had ever happened before. I
was 9 years old. One day when I was standing in front of Bhagavan's
photo ready to say my prayer and suddenly there was a question in my
mind.
Shankar Bhagavan is meditating
on whom?
In that one
question,
there were several
questions.
Who is higher than
HE?
HE is GOD. HE
has everything.
Why
does HE meditate?
What does HE
need?
The question excited me. It
energized me. I felt happy like I had found something
precious.
My father and I, we had a
great thing going. We were buddies. I could talk to him about
anything, ask him anything. He always explained everything in great
details. He had taught me how to do my own
thinking.
I thought about this
question for several days. Then I asked my teacher. He said, "Oh,
artists just draw pictures like that." That didn't satisfy me so I
asked the Pujariji at the Mandir. Somehow my question made him very
happy. He kept looking at me in a special kind of a way. I couldn't
understand that look but it felt warm and loving. Finally, after a
very long moment, he said, "Son, I don't know the answer. I'm doing
puja in this Mandir for all these years, but this thought never came
to my mind. You're still a small child and you have this thought.
You're blessed."
I was talking to other
people because my father had explained to me that discussing our
thoughts with other people helps our thinking. Anyway, when I sat
down with my father, we had a long discussion. He told me, "Hold on
to this question. Keep thinking about it. When you think, you will
come up with more questions. Think about the new questions and that
will produce even more new questions. Keep thinking. This is a never
ending quest. No one can ever understand everything. Some answers
you will find soon, some answers will take a very long time and some
answers you may never find. But don't ever give up. The thinking
will enrich your life. The more you think, the more you will
benefit."
It takes only one seed
to plant a tree
and no one can
tell
how many fruits that tree
will bear.
I am blessed that my father planted
that tree. As the tree grows, deeper go the roots. 51 years of
thinking and still hungry for more. Now the desire is to explore my
questions with others who may have taken similar journey and to
learn from their thoughts and experiences and in the process of my
own quest, to help others explore their
questions.
This is my
father
Shri
Haridas Thakersy Sampat,
my
best friend, my Guru,
my
source of inspiration and strength.
This is
me
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