By Madhuri Araligidad, India
“It will happen.”
To give readers some background, I begin by recounting conversations between my beloved Master Mohanji and me in April 2025. The story is a bit long with so many grace factors, but for now, I will keep it short and come to the point. My brother happened to meet Mohanji in Bangalore in April 2025. For various reasons, even though I was greatly anticipating this meet, I couldn’t travel, which disappointed me a lot and made me cry, as I was doubting my eligibility, my faith and devotion, etc., since I had been yearning to meet Mohanji for the past 5 years.
But I was happy for my brother who left for Bangalore for the meet. Sitting on my yoga mat the next day, I just connected to my heart, visualized Mohanji’s big photo in a beautiful backyard, and kept chanting the Mohanji Gayatri with intensity. Luckily, that day I had kept my phone beside me, unlike the other days when I don’t touch my phone until I get done with my yoga.
Guru’s call
After a couple of minutes, my phone rang and on the other end was my brother telling me that Mohanji would like to speak with you. This call and Mohanji’s will to speak to me made me realise the power of the heart. Then there was Mohanji on video call, asking me (smilingly), “He said you were crying a lot. Don’t cry ! This is also a meet right!? Be happy.” These were Mohanji’s words.
And I felt seen, heard, on a metaphysical level, with physical assurance. It elated my spirit immediately. Then I continued, “Mohanji, my mother, brother and I are recently trained in Kriya and would like to come to Shirdi in December for initiation only if you will and bless, followed by one more personal question. Mohanji said, “It will happen.” And at the end of the conversation, he repeated saying, “Be happy, don’t cry.”
In hindsight, I still wonder how I asked that question. It just came to my mind at that time. As December approached, I was a bit apprehensive about whether the trip would happen, since there were a lot of financial expenses on our end. I was reading about the Shirdi pilgrimage in WhatsApp groups. On November 2nd, I decided to check with the concerned people regarding Kriya initiation and e-mailed them.
On Thursday, 6 November, I visited the nearby powerful Datta temple and participated in palki (palanquin) seva. That night the email came, but I happened to read it on the next day, Friday, after coming back from the market, where I saw several photographs of Sai Baba in a blessing posture. It felt a bit unusual, and I couldn’t understand the blessing signs at that moment.
Once I was home, I checked my email with bated breath, read the message—and lo, there it was. The Kriya coordinator said that for Kriya initiates, there is no need for registration; they can come directly to Shirdi and be initiated by Mohanji. I couldn’t wrap my head around this. The next second, one ping came from the WhatsApp group, and there I saw a beautiful message with photos of Mohanji and Devi Mohan at the top. It said, “Even if my devotee is a thousand miles away, they will be drawn to me.”- Sai Baba.
I took it as a confirmation and also understood the blessing signs of Sai Baba in the market. That night, I slept like a baby with the winning feeling. This whole confirmation set a beautiful momentum for the pilgrimage. Just a couple of days after this confirmation, we happened to visit our family deity, and I expressed immense gratitude for the divinely confirmed Shirdi trip. Then, after final confirmation with the Mohanji Acharyas, I informed my family members.
I was surprised at the smoothness, such as their consent, willingness to accompany, etc. One day, my mother and I went shopping to buy Guru dakshina for Mohanji, and we boarded the auto. After a couple of minutes, my attention casually went to the right side, and I was surprised to see a photo of Sai Baba in a blessing posture. A beautiful confirmation of his grace and presence. The wait was beautiful till the Shirdi travel. My mind was filled with happiness after a long wait of 5 and 1/2 years. All this while, I used to keep myself updated on information related to Mohanji through WhatsApp groups, Facebook, etc.
The beautiful sharings on Facebook definitely enhanced my connection with Mohanji’s Consciousness, especially when I read Ivana’s (Mohanji Acharya) sharings. Her experiences are a treat to my spirit, making me aware of Mohanji’s different operating dimensions that mere mind and logic can’t catch. But lately, I’ve started feeling out of place and have experienced a lot of FOMO (Fear of Missing Out), since I haven’t met Mohanji in person even once. It had some impact on my emotional health as well. I felt neither hearth nor home at times.
I was also aware of my lineage karma, which substantially hindered positive things in my life, including meetings with Mohanji. I had to gracefully bear the brunt of my lineage karma with total acceptance and surrender to the divine until it got exhausted. It reminds me of Mohanji’s quote on karmic justice that says, “If something wrong is happening, karma will equalize it. If something right is happening, karma will reward it. Allow the karma to have its course. We are nobody to interfere.”
I am not sharing this to terrify anyone here, but to create awareness that if positive actions are done, karmic law will definitely reward. And through my lineage karmic experience, I would urge all the souls to keep doing right and positive actions that are devoid of greed and negativity so that your past generations (ancestors) move towards light and future generations live in peace, prosperity and with divine blessings.
I was also at the receiving end of some people’s criticism, judgments, unsolicited advice, etc. The fingers were pointed at me. No understanding, no compassion, because in this world, everyone understands only material success. They don’t see the sincerity and hard work of the person, so there is no empathy, let alone understanding past lives, lineage karma, etc. Before these experiences happened, Mohanji used to appear in my dreams, giving me signs that he was with me and protecting me. I could understand the significance of such dreams only after such experiences happened.
A short background story regarding the significance of this trip in my life. Despite being a Sai Baba devotee for many years, I couldn’t visit Shirdi after my first visit at 2.5 years old. The reason is that my mother had taken a vow that she would not visit Shirdi until one of her personal conditions was met. And Baba didn’t intervene in our free will until we both realized on our own why we couldn’t visit Shirdi despite being his devotees.
It was our lack of awareness and the conditions we put in place that had blocked the visit. Hence, we totally released this condition and yearned to visit Shirdi. This time, the door opened for us to receive the grace through this trip. By now, I had completed reading “Autobiography of Avadhoota Nadananda” part 1 (Mohanji has written a forward to this and highly recommends it to sincere seekers).
Travel to Shirdi
Before the trip, we had to make all the arrangements, such as booking travel tickets and aarati tickets for the Samadhi Mandir. Everything went smoothly. On December 19th, we boarded the bus at midnight. Just a couple of minutes before boarding, we saw an M sign on the back of an autorickshaw. Logical mind may not regard such signs, but I would like to mention such moments here, taming my mind. On the 20th, we had a wonderful darshan in Shirdi covering all the important spots.
In Dwarakamai, after having darshan, we wished for teerth (holy water). Suddenly, we found an empty water bottle. We grabbed the bottle and got the teertha filled. It was definitely a moment of grace. It saved a lot of time by avoiding the search for and the need to get an empty bottle. Then, as we were coming back, there was a metal box with holes where Udi was kept. We wanted to procure a good amount of Udi. One gentleman slightly tilted the metal box and helped us procure Udi.
Then I experienced a couple of moments of kindness, such as when I was sitting in front of Gurusthan, I saw a lady telling her small kid to collect Neem leaves from the tree, which were slowly falling due to a mild breeze. It occurred to me that I should also collect some in that way. In this process, her kid collected a couple of leaves, and she saw me trying to collect, so her male companion happily gave me a leaf, and the smile on the lady’s face was selfless and genuine. Later, I could collect a couple of leaves.
Mentioning such moments is necessary here because nobody would care about anybody in such a rush. Then we lined up for the Dhoop aarati in a long queue. As the queue moved forward, my attention turned to an aggressive verbal argument between two parties happening beside our queue. The people seemed quite educated. But this kind of attitude disturbed and disappointed me. And that time, I immediately recalled the significance of the IVM (Inner Victory Movement) challenge. Aggression, violence, egotism and all such related behaviour are the worst human expressions. A positive shift in attitude is much needed in the current times.
After a couple of minutes, in the parallel queue, I saw a cute toddler blowing kisses at people for no reason. His lightness and purity brought me back to a positive state. Then we participated in a beautiful Dhoop aarati. In the evening, we went to Baba Iyer’s restaurant. I had heard a lot about this selfless devotee of Sai Baba and how his ancestors came to Shirdi. A long time back, when I was looking at the photos of Mohanji from his travels, I had spotted Mohanji with Baba Iyer. So once we reached this restaurant in Shirdi, we noticed many photos of Baba Iyer getting awards and recognition for his work. And there was a photograph of Mohanji with Baba Iyer! I felt pleasantly surprised to have a look at it.
Kriya Initiation
The next day we went to the St. Laurn hotel at the given time. In the lobby, I met Dr Sheetal and Piyali, who both made us comfortable. This time-space junction point felt like a divine orchestration that made sure we felt at home. After a peaceful wait and chat with Meeta (Kriya coordinator), we lined up for the initiation. Before lining up, I went near the Lord Ganesha idol in the lobby and got prasad as the priest had just finished doing puja rituals. I felt blessed before heading to the initiation.
Meanwhile, Prof. Michael and Dragan from Serbia motivated us and cheered us up with their gestures. When my turn came, I gently kneeled. Mohanji started the process, and my mind was in a thought-free, surrender state. After opening my eyes, Mohanji gave me the purest, gentle smile. I spontaneously said, “Thank you, Baba (Mohanji), Love you, Baba (Mohanji)!” Mohanji responded with “Love you!” Since we were not encouraged to touch his feet at this time, I just had a glance at his lotus feet while getting pictures taken.
Once everything was over, we were given prasad as per Mohanji’s words. On my way back from the initiation room to the lobby, I met Mohanji Acharyas Subhashree, Rekha and Nikunj. I felt these were not moments of mere coincidence but a divine orchestration so that I could express gratitude to all these souls who helped me in the journey from Mai Tri healings to Kriya training.
As we headed back to the lodge near Dwarkamai, I was engulfed by silence. I felt I should bask in the silence for the next couple of hours, but had to nod and respond unwillingly when my family members were talking to me. Since our room was next to Dwarkamai, I took the opportunity to go back and visit Dwarkamai with my mum. There, my attention went towards one gentleman who kept his spine against the sacred pillar/post. I felt I should put my spine against it since I was just initiated.
After requesting the gentleman, he gracefully scooted over, making enough space for me to lean against it and chant. This was a divine moment, since Baba had made Mohanji touch his head to this sacred pillar when he visited Shirdi in the earlier days. On our way back home, the bus driver said that this particular service had opened in our city just a month before. Another grace factor! In its absence, our travel to Shirdi would have become quite difficult. This entire pilgrimage was a big reminder for me about the power of Mohanji’s words and his grace. Baba’s darshan in Samadhi Mandir and physical darshan of Mohanji have brought a subtle shift within me.
Mohanji, I sincerely yearn for empowerment and liberated existence at your lotus feet. My spirit is silently yearning for higher and highest frequencies where there is oneness, joy and unconditional love. No amount of money can buy that except your grace. May your grace keep filling my spirit with peace, happiness and joy. Because I know you are my ultimate well-wisher.
|| JAI BRAHMARISHI MOHANJI ||
Edited & Published by – Testimonials Team, 26th February 2026
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