Posted on: 29 Oct 2022
[By Shri Shri Diwakar Rao]
I Came to know about Swami in the month of October or November of 2021 through Bharath Krishna. It’s been around 1 year Since I came to know about Shri Datta Swami. If I talk about my initial days of myself, I was just a normal person without any interest in Spirituality or God and full interest in non-vegetarian food.
It was 2017 when I resigned from my first job after 1 and a half years of experience. I was working in one of the public sector units on contract basis. After that I started preparing for the GATE exam which is useful to pursue higher education or to get a permeant central govt job. I spent next 2 years on the preparation of GATE exam alone and gave multiple attempts to get a better rank but nothing worked out. That 2-year duration was very hard because there was no source of income. I was making some money through tuitions in the evenings for my monthly expenditure. Gradually I lost hope as well as confidence in GATE exam also. In order to come out of that unstable mental situation, I started to do meditation, study different spiritual books, follow YouTube spiritual Satsang’s organized by different spiritual communities under their guru’s presence. After seeing devotees bliss, which they attained through their gurus, I had prayed multiple times to an invisible God to show me my guru also. However, I haven’t received any immediate answer. During this same time, I had realized that killing animals was a sin and made multiple attempts to stop consuming non-vegetarian food but couldn’t succeed in any of them.
After 2 years, I joined DRDO as a research fellow. There I met Bharath Krishna as he was staying in the same quarters as mine. Bharath introduced Datta Swami to me by sharing different miracles experienced by different devotees and gradually introduced me to other devotees of Swami as well. I started reading Datta Vedam and attending this weekly Satsang’s also. After a certain period of learning this Divine Knowledge from Swami, I realized that this knowledge is very logical and flawless. It is also addressing the biggest problem of our time i.e., religious conflicts by correlating the various teachings from all religions in order to unite them. I never came across anyone like Shri Datta Swami Who is speaking the truth behind different religions like this. I felt very happy because finally I found my guru. Gradually I realized that He is not just a guru but He is Satguru, the Human Incarnation of God Datta and I felt infinitely blessed that God himself came as my Guru. With the help of Swami’s teachings, I succeeded in quitting the non-vegetarian food as well which I could never accomplish with my self-effort.
Even the DRDO job was on contract basis. So, I have to get a new job before my contract period gets over. In DRDO, most of my work was related to project management activities. Due to that I was unable to learn the required technical skills in order to get a good job in the private sector. I was worried about myself as all my colleagues were applying for jobs through different online portals. I had not even prepared a proper resume by that time but it didn’t bother me much as I was spending my time in reading Datta Vedam book. At the same time there was a blind belief in my heart that swami will sort out this job issue.
Finally, one evening I prepared my resume and started applying through different job portals. Due to constant worrying about getting a Job I was not able to concentrate on spiritual knowledge properly. I also prayed to Swami and asked for His help in getting a job. I stood Infront of Swami’s photo in my house and started talking like this “Oh Swami, getting a job in the design domain is very hard for me, I can adjust even in the simulation domain also, no problem Swami, You can give me a job in simulation domain also”. For your information there are 2 different domains I can choose as per my professional exposure. One is the design domain and the second is the simulation domain. In the span of one and half months, I received calls from 6 different companies for the interview and 5 companies offered a job too.
I would like to mention about one particular interview experience with TATA. During the first round of technical interview the interviewer started asking questions about one specific simulation tool which I didn’t know really. I have listed 4 different simulation tools in my resume to grab the attention of different companies. But actually, I knew only one simulation tool. I had not answered most of the questions as I was having no idea about them and the answers given by me for remaining questions were wrong. 80% of the interview time, it was only the interviewer who was asking questions and all that I did was simply to hear them and answered with the words “I don’t know”. Now you can understand my poor performance during the interview. But somehow, with Swami’s grace, they cleared my 1st round of technical interview and scheduled 2nd round of technical interview for me which I had never imagined that it will happen. But 2nd round was also a big hurdle for me as I literally didn’t know what he was asking in the first round of technical interview itself, then how could I possibly clear 2nd round of technical interview? It was impossible for me alone to do it but with Swami’s grace they even cleared my 2nd round of technical interview. In that interview they just asked some general questions about my family and passing some suggestions for my future marriage and wife. After 3rd round of HR interview they selected me for a Senior Design Engineer job in simulation domain just as I requested by standing Infront of Shri Datta Swami’s photo. I was happy with the salary they offered as I was expecting exactly the same amount and I didn’t negotiate much as getting a job for my poor professional skills is very difficult.
After I joined TATA, I started to develop interest in the design domain and I also came to know that the salary they offered me was comparatively low. After 1 week of the job at TATA, I received a call from a France-based R&D MNC company located in Bangalore. This job role is purely about the design and development of new products which they are planning to launch in the near future. All 3 rounds of interviews happened well and offered around a 60% hike compared to the Job I was doing at TATA and around 125% hike compared to DRDO which was my previous job.
Initially I was afraid to resign from TATA because I felt I will never be able to reach the expectations of the France-based MNC. I had very low confidence in my professional skills. Later I met Swami in Hyderabad and asked whether to join this new job or continue in TATA itself. Swami clearly told me that I will be able to handle the new job in MNC company and I can resign from TATA. With Swamis’ words I got confidence and resigned from TATA and joined the new company with little fear in my heart. But after I joined, I started to feel comfortable and started liking the environment and also the job in the new company.
This France-based R&D MNC is a very big company and this type of organization generally never considers persons like me with no significant professional skills. I got this job only due to Swami's grace and Unimaginable Kindness irrespective of my deservingness. In the span of 3 months Swami changed my professional life completely and His Divine knowledge helped me to come out of unnecessary worries and tensions in daily life.
Thank You Swami. You have given a great opportunity to an ignorant soul like me by allowing me to directly interact with You and learn Divine Knowledge from You.
Jai Guru Datta Jai Sri Datta Jai Prabhu Datta.