Tuesday, November 6, 2007

WIRELESS SHACK


In life , it is easy to tread a beaten path than venture into an uncharted road , because there is no risk of thorns or unknown danger on the way. This quality in men is popularly known as "herd mentality".In short , do what the next door guy does and one is safe ! We bhanaps are a typical example of followers of "herd mentality". It is perhaps in this context that our Parijnanashram Swamiji when talking about the Guru & laity relationship had said that , " Our people feel quite contented in having "dhoolbhet" and/or "phalamantrakshat" whenever they come to us. arring a few , they have no concept that Guru is meant to give "margadarshan" and even "Mukti" if one so desires. If at all they come to us , it is to seek solace regarding someone"s job or promotion or alliance or health etc.".

Swamiji"s vision was broad and all encompassing. In that sense , He was not a Guru of a particular community , but a "Jagatguru". He could not withstand human suffering and misery. Once , when He had gone to Panchavati at Shirali one evening , the weather was cyclonic and He saw a small boat with two fishermen struggling to remain afloat in vain and they drowned in the Arabian sea. He though to Himself, "If I could not save these two helpless fishermen , how can I save a "samaj" for which I have been ordained ?" Thus was born the idea of the Wireless shack. On a war-footing He enlisted the help of stalwarts like Shri Badakere Dutt , Shri Kallianpur Ramanand , Shri D.P.Row and Shri Dattu Sharma and set up a Wireless Receiver cum Transmitter. He scored a first grade and obtained a licence to operate as a Ham within 3 months , something which other people would have taken years to accomplish. His vision was to equip Shirali with a communication tool that could quickly call for help from anywhere in any emergency.


swamiji giving exam for getting the liscence of wireless shack-
Badakere Dutt mam played a major role in helping swamiji get a grade one liscence from government of india.swamiji were camping at Anandashram ,khar where dutt mam arranged for an examiner since it was not right for a great saint like HH swamiji to enter an examination hall.The examiner gave question paper and answer sheet to poojya swamiji.Swamiji immidiately started writing paper and completed the paper well before time which even experts and scholars couldnot do it.on reading answer sheet the examiner was shocked..swamiji had applied for grade 2 liscence but the answers were so well written that swamiji were awarded grade 1 liscence..It was indeed a great miracle..swamiji had great love for the wireless shack and the most favourite thing which swamiji had accquired.


HH Swamijis contribution to india in crisis.
During wars,when entire communication system of that time would come to a halt,HH Swamijis HAM and wireless set got secret messages and war like warnings which were immidiately sent to government of india which helped government take appropriate steps to save civilians.
Yet our community people tried in many ways to stop HH Swamiji from doing such great achivements.

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