Daaji’s day started as usual. He met the well-known Indian cricketer Ravi Shastri in his office in the stage building at 9:15 AM. He interacted briefly with him and his partner, Br Vijay, from Mumbai and gifted him a signed copy of The Wisdom Bridge. Ravi Shastri shared with Daaji his plans for training girls for the women’s cricket team and the scholarships planned for this initiative. He also offered to open two training academies in Chennai and Hyderabad for the training. Daaji met a young couple with a baby boy and named the child Shubham. Daaji took Ravi Shastri on a short tour of the area from his office to the conference hall, showing him the complete Bhagavad Gita and Sahaj Marg literature engraved on stone. Thereafter, he went to the concluding session of the programme for High Court judges of the state of Telangana on the Art of Mediation and Negotiation in Dispute Resolution Process: Concept and Technique of Meditation, organised by Telangana State Legal Services Authority Hyderabad. There, he conducted a short meditation session from 9:39 AM to 10:09 AM. After this, he posed for a group photograph with all the judges and Ravi Shastri, and he interacted with many of them on his way out.

He reached home along with Ravi Shastri at about 10:30 a.m. There, he spent some more time with him and also showed him the short video of Phil Jackson and the Chicago Bulls:   Daaji told him about the world-class badminton courts facility created at the Heartfulness International Sports Centre at Kanha. He then took him on a tour of the complex, showing him the various sports facilities there and also the different parts of the ashram. He showed Ravi Ji the hydroponics and forest area at Gokul Point and gave him various leaves and fruits to smell and taste. Ravi Ji was amazed to see everything. It was a most fruitful visit, with discussions on various areas of common interest between them. After sending him off, Daaji went for lunch. At lunch, he mentioned that the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh was keen to start the programme at Omkareshwar with the ladies. He affectionately invited Pratima Ben to join him and remembered the talk given by her in the year 2000, which had drawn huge rounds of applause. He then went to prepare for his departure for Indore. Before starting for the airport, Daaji asked for a few copies of Basic Heartfulness Practises to be kept along to present to airline staff.

On the way to the airport, he directed a brother practitioner to manufacture two new beneficial drugs that would be developed and marketed by Heartfulness as per a business plan. He started for the airport at 12:48 PM and arrived there at around 1:30 PM. After the security check, he did some shopping and met some practitioners and their young children. The flight took off at 2:36 PM, and on the flight, Daaji took a picture with the air hostesses on their request and gave them the books of Basic Heartfulness Practises, inviting them to come to Kanha. The flight landed in Indore at 4 p.m. On his way out of the airport, he was welcomed by many practitioners who had come in large numbers to receive him. Also there to receive Daaji was Shri Vibhash Upadhyay, Vice Chairman of the Jan Abhiyan.

Despite the scorching hot summer that had been prevailing in the city of Indore for the last few days, Daaji’s arrival was like the harbinger of blessings from the rain gods, as welcome showers poured down from the heavens, bringing the temperature down considerably. He left for the Indore ashram and reached there in about 45 minutes. Seeing the welcome showers, he shared that during the one crore sittings programme in MP, we all should give the suggestion that Babuji’s grace is raining down upon all and that all are developing cravings for Brahma Vidya. A brother practitioner spoke about the number of trainers who had registered for the programme. Daaji suggested the procurement of RVs, keeping in mind the needs of travelling trainers, especially from overseas. He also suggested that those who have been imprisoned for a short term of one to two years could be deployed for afforestation projects as part of their service requirements for the prison term to be served and inquired about their numbers. This could be a revolutionary step in rehabilitation measures as well. While entering the ashram, Daaji observed that many plants were not doing well in the nursery and asked for them to be looked after better. He went to the cottage and offered Prasad. After distributing it to those present, he spent some time meeting practitioners. He then saw the initial Omkareshwar project plan and inquired about the mean sea level of the place. While going through the report, he suggested that along with the names of the plants being used in the plantation at various locations of the project, their historical significance from various spiritual texts should also be indicated for ease of reference. He then rested for about ninety minutes but still felt drowsy. Giving the analogy of his granddaughter, he shared about her sensitivity to sleep needs.

Later, Daaji conducted a meditation session from 7:02 PM to 7:34 PM in the meditation hall. Thereafter, over dinner, he mentioned that Babuji used to say that meditation has to be done with full attention, like the cat waiting for the mouse. After dinner, many practitioners came to meet Daaji, and he patiently listened to each of their issues and offered his guidance. He then went to rest after a long, full day.