A GIFT OF THE DIVINE - DIVINE CHILD
We live a life of slumber. And we ‘live’ in such a deliberate and methodical fashion that we fail to realize we are not fully awake. We ask God to grant our petty wishes at all stages of life- from high scores in an exam to a new car and even grandchildren! In this wheel of desires, we get irrevocably stuck, till it dawns one day that there is more to life. There is a purpose to our time on Earth and we are born for a reason higher than which we are aware of. By the time we accept this, we are so entrenched in our ways that it is difficult to see beyond ourselves and raise our consciousness. Put simply, we want more out of life but don’t know the how or why or when of it. It can demoralize you and make you unhappy. Unless, you have a Guru to come to your rescue, like we did. Thank you Divine for always being there!
To make the above abstract more concrete, here is our story. My husband and I didn’t want a child for the first three years of our married life in Mumbai. We were settling down in new jobs and wanted to build a nest egg for the future. Ironically, when we did decide that we were ready to welcome a baby into our lives, we could not do so. Yes, life is strange! It was very disturbing to learn that there was no medical reason that prevented us from having a baby. Of course, we were aware that because of our age and the stress of our jobs, it would not be possible for me to conceive quickly. So when the doctor put me on medication to boost my fertility and speed up the chances of having a baby, we were confident the treatment would be successful.
The treatment started, and the first year we were buoyant, full of hope and patience. The second year, our doctor took us off the medication in the hope that our bodies would get a ‘break’ and bounce back, so I might conceive naturally. We were still hopeful, but a little less patient and a little more worried. I was thirty two years old and did not want my baby to be subjected to any complications due to age related factors. The third year, we began losing hope and grew desperate, as neither time nor medicine had healed our bodies. Dejection, frustration and depression were becoming our constant companions. If nothing was wrong, why couldn’t we have a baby?
Our only hope left was Divine Intervention, so we turned to the Divine Colonel, who never turns anyone away. I was shocked to hear His first sentence. “There is no need to have a baby just for the sake of having a baby!” It felt as if a mountain of age-old, rigidly held beliefs had just crumbled. He, was saying this, when almost everyone around us would ask us differently about ‘the baby’! “When are you having a baby?”; “Why haven’t you started a family?”; “Is there anything wrong?”; “It’s high time we had grandchildren!”; “Don’t you know your body clock is ticking away?”
His second sentence stunned me even more. “If you really want to have a baby, why don’t you ask to be blessed with a special baby, a gifted child?” At first, I was confused. I didn’t understand what he meant by a ‘special baby.’ Aren’t all babies special for their parents? He said, “It is easy to have a baby. But why don’t you ask to be blessed with a Divine Soul as your Baby?”
Our Guru was rousing us from our slumber, our almost meaningless life until then. The Divine Colonel was guiding us towards a greater purpose, a higher consciousness, and in a way we had never imagined. He was connecting us to The Divine by bestowing us with a Divine Soul when all we beseeched him was for a baby.
Pranav, the ‘Divine Gift,’ just completed 365 days on Earth with us.
He may be ‘Om, the supreme prayer’ and the omnipresent universal sound. For us, he is our son, and very special, so we call him ‘Divine Child.’
The Divine had planted the Seed in our hearts, minds, bodies and souls. It was up to my husband and me to bring it to fruition. A funny analogy comes to mind. It was as if Guruji had presented us with a magical wondrous rocket, which was a marvel and a work of art, perfect in every way. But it was up to my husband and me to launch it! Once it took off from the ground, it would fly like a brilliant shooting star that it was created to be. After all, it was a Divine Rocket!
The rocket took off. Beautifully. From the first moment to the last. It was fuelled with positive thoughts, positive energy, prayers and patience, all of which drew upon our faith in the divine Divine Colonel.
Yes, you could call it a miracle. Pranav being born to us is an Act of God, a Blessing from Maa. Because of Guru’s Grace and Divine Intervention, a Divine Soul flew down to Earth to be with us and has stolen our hearts forever. Is life different for us after Pranav’s birth? In every happy possible way. Pranav is a constant reminder that Divinity has touched our lives. That we are connected to Guru and God who guide us in fulfilling our life’s purpose. That faith can move mountains and miracles happen.
You may wonder after reading this that it sounds so easy to have a child, when for three years and for no medical reason we were unable to. The truth is, it is. All he asks of you is a grain of faith. Faith in the Divine, in Divinity and in Divine Intervention.
Jai maaguru
By parents of Pranav.
