The Guru in Selva
Selva was our classmate for the last three years of our under graduation in Computer Science Engineering.
Lots of us enjoyed his sense of humor. He made the whole class roar with laughter. Few teachers did get annoyed. They didn’t understand his humor!!??!! :). He was one of the reasons why we enjoyed going to the classroom. He made us laugh so much.
He had a mind of his own. If he feels its right, he did it. He made people around him happy. As Guruji[Sri Sri Ravi Shankar] says, “When you have happiness, you give happiness to others”. You can give only what you have. Selva was a open book. He always solved our problems. When we were in trouble, he stood right next to us. It was like, why worry, Selva is here. He made us surrender our worries to him even without our knowledge. There was trust. And he built it. There was happiness because of the surrender. He was a natural. You can be yourself with him. He thought us not to pretend in life.
He was matured beyond his age. Words he said 13 years back makes so much sense now. He was not afraid to tell somebody when they were wrong. He always said, “Naalu peeru nammanaala vaaldhanga’nu irrukanum; oruthan ketaan’nu irukka koodaadhu” means people should live because of us no one’s life should get spoiled because of us. Don’t know where he picked it from. But when he says that, he meant it and that made so much sense.
He was a son, a brother, a friend, a father, a guide, a yogi, a guru. Did he knew he was a guru? He was the first one to ask me, ‘“who are you?”. Answer the question and you will know yourself’. “Who am I?”
When Guruji was talking about, surrender all your worries to me and go back with a smile and happiness, relate to the same surrender Selva made us to do 13 years back.
My inspiration, My Guru: Selva Kumar.
So grateful to my guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, who made it possible to see the guru in Selva
Jai Gurudev.
Lots of us enjoyed his sense of humor. He made the whole class roar with laughter. Few teachers did get annoyed. They didn’t understand his humor!!??!! :). He was one of the reasons why we enjoyed going to the classroom. He made us laugh so much.
He had a mind of his own. If he feels its right, he did it. He made people around him happy. As Guruji[Sri Sri Ravi Shankar] says, “When you have happiness, you give happiness to others”. You can give only what you have. Selva was a open book. He always solved our problems. When we were in trouble, he stood right next to us. It was like, why worry, Selva is here. He made us surrender our worries to him even without our knowledge. There was trust. And he built it. There was happiness because of the surrender. He was a natural. You can be yourself with him. He thought us not to pretend in life.
He was matured beyond his age. Words he said 13 years back makes so much sense now. He was not afraid to tell somebody when they were wrong. He always said, “Naalu peeru nammanaala vaaldhanga’nu irrukanum; oruthan ketaan’nu irukka koodaadhu” means people should live because of us no one’s life should get spoiled because of us. Don’t know where he picked it from. But when he says that, he meant it and that made so much sense.
He was a son, a brother, a friend, a father, a guide, a yogi, a guru. Did he knew he was a guru? He was the first one to ask me, ‘“who are you?”. Answer the question and you will know yourself’. “Who am I?”
When Guruji was talking about, surrender all your worries to me and go back with a smile and happiness, relate to the same surrender Selva made us to do 13 years back.
My inspiration, My Guru: Selva Kumar.
So grateful to my guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, who made it possible to see the guru in Selva
Jai Gurudev.
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