Beautiful Little Child

Guru started painting very soon after I became a disciple. On many occasions when Guru was painting thousands of works of art at one sitting, he would share the experience with his disciple-children. Often Guru would paint in the basement of his house with a group of girls taking each painting, placing a number on the back and then framing them in a cardboard matte frame. Guru often spoke about his paintings as having unique souls. Each one was his creation, his special child. One night I was working on matting Guru's paintings when I came to one which I admired very much. I was inwardly saying, "Oh, this is Guru's most beautiful little child." Guru had been sitting in silence painting. As I was having this thought, Guru suddenly said, "Oi, you people you don't appreciate my paintings enough. Now look at this one ‘Australia' (the name Guru often called me in those days) is working on. How beautiful it is!" I held up the painting for everyone to see and inwardly thanked Guru for so graciously letting me know that he is aware of our every thought.

Sipra (Adelaide)