I was returning home after a very fulfilling Community gathering at our One Design Studio. People told me that I have always spoken of a place like this, where different people can come together. And people feel they can belong. I was just revelling in the silence and feeling of fullness on this Full moon night. Magic seemed to be in the air.
The auto driver, who was an elderly guy, covered the short distance between the studio and my home, silently too. As soon as he stopped in front of my building, and I was about to give him the fare, he suddenly said, “ Aap pe yeshu masi ki kripa hai. – “ You have the grace of Jesus Christ”
I was taken aback, and pulled from my reverie. There was no conversation at all. No context. Nothing. Out of the blue he said that. Wanting to know more and linger this encounter….. I asked him why did say that…how did he know.
He paused , turned and looked straight at me, he had grey, kind and watery eyes…Because I am also Jesus, he said matter of factly.…pause…and so are you he added …Christ is in everyone. Jesus was awakened to it, we can also do that.
I had no words…I knew I was encountering and meeting …Jesus. I felt it in the soft insides of my bones. I had NO doubt that he was.
What does one do..in moments like this. I was reminded of Deepika , a year or so ago, a street girl who prayed to geejus for my son when he was in the hospital with Covid. and his miraculous recovery an discharge 3 days before he was supposed to be come home.
Of this young man , during the first wave, who suddenly had a different look in his eyes and a changed voice, who said the universe has sent him to take milk in this very moment from me.
How does one hold these ..blessed moments
I asked this kind man his name. Shobnath, he said and smiled. We both didn’t want the moment to end.. so I stood there. He then told me, he was coming to this place after very long. He said, 18 years ago he had come to this Mount Mary church, it was a very windy day, and as he stood praying and about to light the candle, he said, he spoke to Jesus and said , If you are here let my candle light in the first strike. And It did. And ever since then, he has been a follower of Jesus Christ.
We both looked at each other, joined hands and left.
I felt as If I carried the very real spirit of Jesus back. I was having very unsettled last couple of days, and my spirit was churning… and somehow I was reassured. I KNOW the universe has my back
I am feeling extremely grateful for being held in these very visible and invisible ways.
When we ask in faith we are given in abundance.
I remain in awe of the moving universe. And grateful.
Let my candle light. I prayed.
