My name is Dhara Mehul Dutia(Ganatra). Since childhood I am a devotee of P.P. Sadguru Anandyogesgwar Nilkanth Maharaj alias Sadguru Bhau Maharaj. We are fortunate to have Sadguru Anandyogeshwar Neelkanth Maharaj in our life since 1989. In last 30 years, my whole family (Ganatras) have got countless experiences (“prachitis”) of Sadguru Bhau Maharaj when He was in ‘Deha Swaroop’ till 2004 and even after He left His body. After 2004 when Sadguru Bhau Maharaj was in ‘Nirgun swaroop’, my family started visiting Anandyog dham (P.P.Bhau Maharaj’s Paduka Sthan) where every Sunday Arti/Satsang is performed.

This experience is about how through dream Sadguru Bhau indicated future seva that He wanted me to do and through P.P. Shradhaa Tai’s medium, I could achieve what Sadguru had indicated in dream.

I, with my family was very regularly attending ‘Aarti’ every Sunday and was taking part in all events of Anandyog Dham and I was doing my assigned seva as a ‘photographer’. In July 2009 Sadguru Bhau Maharaj came in my dream. In a dream - “There was a huge Natak hall. P.P.Bhau Maharaj was sitting in one of the chairs and was enjoying the show / play performed by devotees. I was sitting behind His seat diagonally and I was able to see His expressions, His laugh and the way He was enjoying the show. I could see my mom on stage and few devotees who were performing and calling me to come on stage and perform with them. But I did not go as I am too shy, I can’t even think of acting in front of public. So I refused and remain seated. Show ended; but in the dream itself I felt like I missed the opportunity to be a medium to make my sadguru laugh. I did not have courage to perform on stage but at the same time got the deep feeling that if my Sadguru is enjoying the play, then I should have performed on stage. And in the dream itself I promised myself that even if I don't like to do acting, I will never say "No" if next time I get such opportunity.” And dream got ended. After waking up, I kept thinking why I got such dream? What is the context.? I did not share the dream with anyone. But to my surprise, just in next 20 days I got the answer.

After about 3 weeks had passed of that dream and after Sunday’s Arti, P.P. Shraddha tai told me that "Every year we celebrate Sadguru Bhau Maharaj’s birthday here on sthan. But this year I wish to do something different." She told me that "I want people to know what Sadguru has done for so many devotees. There is a book which is already published ‘Sakshatkari Anubhuti – Part 1’ and ‘Sakshatkari Anubhuti – Part 2’ by Anandyog Dham. But not everyone has fond of reading. So if same ‘prachiti’ / ‘anubhav’ if we can tell people in form of some play/natak it will have more impact." There was nothing decided as in how grand that event can be done but just rough idea was narrated to me that time. P.P. Tai just said if we can perform in some hall and can invite all devotees of Sadguru then it would be really great.

And after a week I received email from Shraddha Tai where she had written program / event details and which 3-4 ‘prachitis’ / ‘Anubhavs’ are chosen to showcase / to be acted upon in a Play / Natak. Shraddhaa Tai had narrated one experience of a lady from Kolhapur who was devotee of Sadguru Bhau maharaj. How sadguru fulfilled all her materialistic wishes throughout her life and how her last divine wish of having a peaceful death at Sadguru’s Charan was also fulfilled by Bhau maharaj. After narrating the experience, Shraddha tai had written that "I want you to play the role of ‘Kolhapur’s lady devotee’ in the ‘Natak’ that we are planning to do on Bhau Maharaj’s birthday."

For a moment when I read email I thought, how come Shradhaa tai can choose me, when everyone knows, I can never speak or act on stage as being too shy. Why Tai wants to make such a big program flop by choosing a person like me who is surely not an actor, not having any such talent that extrovert people have.? And above all, I am Gujarati, I can’t even speak fluent Marathi and I can’t pronounce few Marathi words correctly. But after this 1st passing thought in mind, I suddenly remembered the dream that I had got just a month back where I had promised in the dream to myself that “If given a chance to act on stage, I will never refuse because I saw Sadguru enjoying the play so I would also become medium to make sadguru happy.“ I realized that Sadguru knows that if anything comes from Him as instruction / to perform as seva I will not be able to say "NO" ever. Sadguru already indicated in dream what He wants me to do.

So as this instruction came from P.P. Shraddha tai, I took it as Sadguru’s wish and I took this challenge ‘To act on stage’ which was next to impossible for me. Shraddha tai and Vikas Bhau had taken extreme effort to organize this play end to end. The play was organized in Dahisar’ in one of the reputed hall. With Sadguru’s grace, without fear I could do my act on stage so I was very happy. Many devotees could attend the play and celebrate Sadguru’s birthday. Shraddha tai got this divine seva done from normal people like us who had never performed on stage. I knew that I am not having such talent and I am not capable of doing such seva but through Shraddha Tai, Sadguru Bhau made me act on stage which I can not even think or dream to do.

There are many such ‘divine’ experience from 2005 - 2020 where I realised that though Sadguru Bhau is not in ‘Deha Swaroop’ today, but using P.P. Shraddha Tai and P.P. Vikas Bhau's medium, He is instructing me, He is teaching me life lessons to make me grow spiritually. I realised that Sadguru Bhau put me at feet of P.P. Shraddha tai and P.P. Vikas Bhau at Anandyog Dham so that we can learn ‘How to do Sadguru seva selflessly’. Sadguru wants us to learn ‘What should be our ‘bhav’ / intention while doing any seva. I realised how ‘Guru-tatva’ gets transformed from one body to another and continue to work and how today Sadguru Bhau maharaj’s karya is carried out on Anandyog Dham through P.P. Shraddha tai and P.P. Vikas Bhau’s medium.