My Guru has given me the name Swami Aravindananda Giri Maharaj. I am from Aavahan Akhara, Chaudah Madhi, Bhairon family. Just like you have families, saints also have families. Just like there are communities among common people, similarly we also have Giri, Puri, Bharti and Saraswati.
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It is about 25 years ago. My last job was in Japan. Was a mechanical engineer. Used to do product branding work. Life was going very well. I had everything. It was a world of happiness. I used to travel around the country and abroad for my job.
Today the food is in this country and the next day in some other country. Sometimes America, sometimes England, sometimes South Africa. I have worked in big companies. One day something came to my mind that I left everything and became Baba. Left everything and came to India without telling anyone.
Swami Arvindanand Giri says that when he left the job, he did not even tell his parents.
I was born in an ordinary family of Haryana. Everyone lived in the village itself. They were poor only. I received my education while staying in the house of aunt Rajkumari Sharma. She was the most educated woman in the village. She was also the principal of our school. She used to do everything for me, teach, feed, explain. If he did not listen, she would even slap him. He made me very knowledgeable in my childhood itself. There was no pressure from parents.
After school, studied from Thapar College, Patiala. Parents had got mechanical engineering done with difficulty. Was good in studies. He spent almost all his working life abroad. Like everyone else, I also thought that there would be good money, marriage, children. Life will be spent happily.
I liked my work very much. However, now I have no regrets even after my retirement. Many accidents happened in my life. Who changed my life a lot. At last a trigger point came due to which I suddenly left everything. First let me tell you about an incident which had a deep impact on my life.
It’s about Japan. My boss was Indian. My relations with him were family. Had to go home. Whenever I saw him with his wife, I used to think that there cannot be a more beautiful couple than them in the world.
One day when I went to his house, his wife started saying that Arvind, now you will never be able to come to my place. I am going. I was surprised and asked, where are you going? So she said that your boss is divorcing me. I become so numb. I said that even if this happens, I will definitely come to meet you. You are like my mother. I have a different relationship with my boss.
I couldn’t sleep that day. Kept thinking about their divorce the whole night. Seeing their relationship, I became worried about my relationship, because I also liked a girl. The next day I went to my boss and mustered up a lot of courage and talked to him about the divorce. He told that the divorce is at the final legal stage. He also told me thousands of faults of madam. Just like last night madam had made me count thousands of faults of my boss. I felt as if my own house was falling apart.
I kept talking to both of them for several days. One day I went to my boss’s house and told his wife that you really want a divorce? As soon as she heard this she started crying. I felt there was still room in the relationship. Next day I told the boss that you really don’t want to live with madam, last night madam was crying. The boss kept thinking about something for a while, then I don’t know what happened, tears came to his eyes too. The next day I invited both of them to my house for dinner. Told madam that you will cook the food today. Meanwhile the boss also arrived. He didn’t know that madam would also come. The boss was surprised to see his wife.
We talked a lot while eating. Some issues were so deep that both of them ended up deciding to get a divorce. Both started living together again. After that he made me his son. My love brought them both together. This incident had a deep impact on my life.
I also wanted to get married. Wanted to live with someone for the rest of my life. I wanted to create a family. Although we think one thing, something else is written in fate. What I thought didn’t happen. I can’t tell you much about what proved to be the trigger point in my life, I will just say that I did not do anything wrong. I never cheated anyone, killed anyone and never went to jail.
Swami Arvindanand Giri says that I also wanted to get married and raise a family.
Yes, I was in love with someone and I loved her very much, but I left her and came to India. How does it feel when you leave someone without whom you cannot live? Something similar happened with me. I did not accept his culture and he did not accept mine. I liked India and its culture, but she didn’t.
I did not accept living with his culture in a foreign country. He had refused to come to India. I couldn’t understand what to do. Then I took the most difficult and tough decision of my life. I had to leave him in limbo.
I finished everything in one fell swoop. Resigned from job. Left him, left his country. Gave up the package worth lakhs of rupees and the life of luxury in a jiffy. Bharat called his guru that I am coming. Even today I miss him.
When I remember, I start praying to God. Even in bhajan, when I remember him, feel pain, start thinking, then I go to my Guru. If something makes me cry, I try to forget it. You know even sages cry, because sages also have a society. The household of sages is the biggest household. You have one house, we have thousand houses.
I didn’t tell my parents that I had left the job. Knew that this would cause a lot of uproar. After coming to India, he went straight to his Guru’s ashram in Rishikesh. Told them that I have left everything.
About two months passed while staying in the ashram. My parents came to know that I had returned to India.
Actually, my guru Sumit Giri Maharaj is also from Haryana. Perhaps, one of his disciples saw me in the ashram and informed his parents. Those people came to take me. There was a lot of persuasion, but I had already taken the decision. Eventually they left.
I had decided to remain a monk throughout my life. I never even remember my parents. Yes, I miss aunt a lot. Don’t know whether he is also alive or not.
To be honest, today I have undoubtedly become a saint. This time I have to undergo Naga Sanskar and I am very happy. God has given me everything. Still, sometimes I cry when I remember her. 25 years have passed since that time. Still, when I remember, I feel uneasy. Then I start doing some work. I start talking to someone or the other and keep myself busy.
After staying in Rishikesh for a few years, I started managing Guru ji’s ashram in Faridabad. Met thousands of people in these many years of Sannyasa. Everyone told their problems. As I listened, I began to understand the web of human relationships.
I can never forget an incident. Had gone to meet a friend for some work. He was in a corporate job. When he reached his house, he was preparing to commit suicide. He was trapped in some financial compulsion and the family had refused to support him. That night I brought her with me. Kept him with me for two-three months. Got a job also. Looking at him, I thought that what is the use of a family that leaves you alone to die. That too just because you don’t have money. I have gone through so many stories of the mess of human relationships that I feel it is best to concentrate on God.
Swami Arvindanand Giri says that after Kumbh, there will be emphasis on education work.
After Kumbh, I want to share whatever I have read and learned with others. We want children to be modern as well as spiritual. Working on library and school college to club religion and modern education. We are building colleges in Madhya Pradesh and Prayagraj. An offer has come from some Seth that Maharaj, I also want to build a college. In this way, after Kumbh, the work of education will be in full swing. We have a special plan for Mumbai.
(These Swami Arvindanand Giri has shared these things with Dainik Bhaskar reporter Manisha Bhalla)
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