Good morning all I am Shalini and I have been practicing for the past 20 years.
It’s been a
year since I’ve shared my experience… I recall last year around the same time we were
traveling to Shirdi by road when I attended online Zadankai and I did share my experience,
and on the way back, we met with an accident, in which my mom was badly injured and I
broke hand and leg, we were pulled out of the vehicle due to fuel leakage on the road and it
was 47 degree and were the tar was melting and nobody came forth to help till ambulance
reached and I had blisters on my backside and feet though I was surrounded with people.
My mother was rushed by my son in another car to the hospital only to be declared dead on
arrival. Then followed a series of investigations for me and my aunty, my aunty was
absolutely all right but as I had broken my hand and leg, I had to be operated on. We could
not leave Aurangabad without my mom’s post-mortem which usually takes 3to7 days as this
was an accident case. My son had to make all these decisions on his own and he had the
wisdom to activate all my contacts and got the post-mortem done overnight and decided to
airlift me the next morning before an embolism set into my body which could be fatal for
me.
He was in touch with my friend who is a doctor and who proved to be my shotenszenjin and
organized my surgery at Apollo. So much so that he also came in the ambulance and
received me from the airport and organized everything till I entered the operating theatre.
Unfortunately, I could not be of any emotional or financial support to my son and he carried
out everything perfectly I could not attend my mom’s cremation and ceremonies because I
was lying in the hospital. This wasn’t the end as it was a long journey of recovery.
I was pretty jittery to share my experience as it reminds me of the accident even now, I was
scared but this practice is all about overcoming one’s fears.
As I mentioned earlier, the past year has been one of turmoil and struggle, both physical and
emotional. I could not attend any meetings so fellow members made it a point to a home
visit and encourage me and also organized all the meetings at my place and I am ever
grateful to them for that.
As people who know my past know my life has been full of struggles n obstacles which I
have overcome as faith gives u d strength n wisdom to fight. I overheard my near and dear
ones say they gave up on me and said that Shalini has been through so much in life but this
was the final straw, she won’t be able to pull out dis time as she had lost her mother and
her complete support system had collapsed. It was my mom who had taken complete
charge of my son and the house after my father and husband had passed away to enable me
to work.
I saw a lot of changes in people’s behaviour after I lost my mom. We have a lot of ancestral
property which is a joint property and my cousins and my uncle took advantage of me being
in bed and became very active n tried to sell of part of some properties without my
knowledge, they really strived hard and I was getting information from all over while I was
lying helpless in bed.
This probably gave me the inspiration to live and I rose like a phoenix from the dust because
my hard work over the years was being snatched away from me. It took me almost a year to
come back to normalcy to be able to walk and do my normal chores. Now, here I am in front
of you so, never give up and never give in because we are all true disciples of Sensei n we
shall n will emerge Victorious.
I am determined to strive for Kosen-Rufu n chant for one n all whether they are practising or
not to overcome their fears n problems. I also pray for more members in our district. Thank
you.
