Nov 10
The Master’s hand
A story… some sites claim that it’s fiction… i prefer to believe that it actually happened, if not with Paderewski, then some other great pianist 
…
Wishing to encourage her young son’s progress on the piano, a mother took her boy to a Paderewski concert. After they were seated, the mother spotted a friend in the audience and walked down the aisle to greet her. Seizing the opportunity to explore the wonders of the concert hall, the little boy rose and eventually explored his way through a door marked “NO ADMITTANCE.”
When the house lights dimmed and the concert was about to begin, the mother returned to her seat and discovered that the child was missing.
Suddenly, the curtains parted and spotlights focused on the impressive Steinway on stage. In horror, the mother saw her little boy was sitting at the keyboard, innocently picking out “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.” At that moment, the great piano master made his entrance, quickly moved to the piano, and whispered in the boy’s ear, “Don’t quit. Keep playing.”
Then, leaning over, Paderewski reached down with his left hand and began filling in a bass part. Soon his right arm reached around to the other side of the child and he added a running obligato. Together, the old master and the young novice transformed a frightening situation into a wonderfully creative experience. The audience was so mesmerized they couldn’t recall what else the great master played. Only the classic “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.”
That’s the way it is with Guruji… and God What we can accomplish on our own may not be noteworthy. We do our best, but the results may not be exactly graceful flowing music. But with the hand of the Master, our life’s work can be transformed from the merely mundane to the truly beautiful.
Next time you set out to accomplish something big, and things are not working exactly the way you wanted them to, listen carefully. You will hear a voice whispering in your ear, “Don’t quit. Keep playing.”
I emphasize the word “play”!
Have a lovely week!
Jai Gurudeva!
love
bawa
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OMG!!! Wow!! Fantastic!! Awesome!! Just amazing!!
Jai Gurudev!
Believe it or not! It works.. Don’t quit. Keep Playing!!! And moving away, this utter Playfulness has transformed my most responses from lust to love!!! And now, I rock!!!
Thanks Bawa.. Keep posting..and keep making our day, everyday!!!
Jai Gurudeva!!!
it was a lovely story bau:)
jai gurudev:)
Thank you bau….i needed to hear this…:) havent been able to paint for a week now…had a huge block…wil start today with this thought….
lots of love
vandana
Coool ..
A great week to you too ..
JGD!
excellent bawa… there can b no good example rather than this to explain how does our master play a imp role in our life….
too good… just brilliant….
jai guru dev
jatin
wow… u made my day bau
… though it’s night over here 
jgd!!!
Very very nice Bawa, loved the story
Especially the last part:
“You will hear a voice whispering in your ear,
”
“Don’t quit. Keep playing.”
I emphasize the word “play”!
And it made it clear what I need to do now at exactly the right time, when I thought I would “quit”:).
I dont understand bau how does this great things come up to you……!!!
simply superb, this is the second best which i liked after Monday morning
Thaks for sharing such a great story …ooops True Story
Jai Gurudev
Parth
Great analogy.
Beautiful Story
Jai Guru Dev
Beautiful!!!
Rajesh Bhaiya said once – if we can just keep our mind out of the way…divine’s job becomes so simple…:)
~ Ashwani.
thank you so much bau….wowww.. it seems like this this story was put up here.. just for me to read
….so that i dont quit… 
i will not quit now… i’ll keep ‘playing’ till the end and let guruji do the magic 
:)
JGD
very beautiful post.
jai gurudev
Jai Gurudev
beautiful….very beautiful bay…
especially d line…” dont quit.keep playing”
wow…loved it…
jgd…
Very very nice one…Hv a great week bau
Looks like this post was written for me exactly for today. Some work planned on the YES+ front over the weekend didn’t go fully as planned and I was wondering if I had done justice to what I set out to achieve. But maybe there is a reason why it went that way and I think I learned quite a few things along the way which I might have missed if everything went to plan. As always knowledge seems to flow absolutely when required in this path. Jai guru dev.
Dude…you come up with so motivating stories right at the moment when i am struck….n it takes me back to the track where i need to be…
Thanks for being there….
So true !
“dONT qUiT , kEEP pLaYING.”
P.S. Are you planning not to write for the entire week now ! Pls be sympathetic towards us !
jai gurudev bawa,
I was really upset today that i couldnt do my best.This is the perfect knowledge sheet ever for me.i was thinking about guruji as nothing was happening the way i wanted it to be and rightly today i saw this here.Thank you so much for this.i will definitely continue playing..
lov u bau!!
oh wow, too beautiful
Beautiful! Absolutely beautiful!
I am reminded of a brilliant quote from one esteemed pianist. (I don’t remember his name). He said, “The beauty of music doesn’t lie in the notes themselves, but in the pattern of silences amidst them.”
Jai Gurudev!
thanks bhaiya….
i really needed that
love n blessings 4 all.
jaigurudeva
a wonderful story and really touching. i will keep playing!
wow…. its really too exciting….. doing smthing gr8 n experincin d blessing of master makes the job so effirtless….
hey bau this was something i needed thanks a lot love u
just love ur blog bau.. love u..
Jai Gururdev Bau,
as usual one of the most fantastic stories with an even better interpretation!!!!
TOOO GOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!
beautiful bau
:)
love you soo much
jaigurudev
bau ,,, how do u manage to write the right thing at the right time ,,, the master is indeed playing alongside you
That took a lot of burden off my shoulders!
Jai Guru Dev!
And, yes! I too needed this right now !!
oh bau this is so beautiful
great inspiration bawa….jai gurudev!
Too good.
yeah bau …we all need this from u more often…. u r the best … need i say that ???????????
love ya
Its so inspiring!
Jai Gurudeva,
Wonderful……i needed it now…
thanx Bawa
i m in such a situation…all ican do is now to continue playing..
thanx Bawa
Dear Bawa..
Can u plz explain me why emphasis on “play”
Manchit
“if not with Paderewski, then some other GREAT pianist
…”hmmmmmm. Do I know the great pianist’s name???;)
Jai Gurudeva:)
needed that for instant healing n motivated me for the long run
Jai Gurudeva:)
Thanks Bau!
I needed this story just now!
I needed it for today….after my first intro talk :p
thanks fr being the msngr…..:)
15 down :O
this is really a very inspiring and touching story. Keeps us grounded and yet gives us the sweetest and the best fruit of our efforts…
Wow!
I have tears while reading this story BAU!
Thankyou for sharing this beautiful story.It has helped me.
I like you emphasising on the word “PLAY” very much!
The story in truely inspiring………
Love and gratitude!
hetal
so so so very beautiful bau, tells us how insignificant we are without gurujee, yet he has the genorosity to do brilliant things through us, makes me think how will i ever be able to repay(gurudakshina
) him?
love
jgd
Ahaaaa Bau!!!
Beautiful!!! you made my day!!!
Yes i am ‘Playing!!!’ and it works!
Love,
Manasi
Dear bawa,
how is it that at times where you are so confused and mechanical and despo in need of such messages, they always pop up,,, i typed in your blog and this sheet opened…..my eyes did not go on the details of the other posts… just this story and it has stuck… its been almost a month since i touched a drum….and guess wat i got home , didnt change went to my room took out my drum and started (9 PM in the night)….
U can guess wat would have happened after that
luv
ANIL
P>S – Please answer my question – How does this happen ?????
wow
awesome..and i loved it to death when you said you emphasize the word playing….you found the subtle beauty ..which made it so profound..
sheer genius. The truth in these words is beyond doubt! Everything is run by the master’s blessings!
Wow, Bau, re – read this one.
‘Tis overwhelmingly Beautiful.
Guruji is ‘THE’ One
Jai GuruDeva.
I can cry of joy !
Love you Bau!! Thank You! Jai Gurudeva!!
jai gurudev bawa,
truly amazing story of master’s grace. specially those words ‘Don’t quit, keep playing’. nice experience…
love you
wow….
thanks a lot bawa…
Simply beautiful!
I particualrly liked the punch line ” I emphasize on the word “play”!
I simply Loooooooovvvvvvvve this :
” Keep Playing !!! ”
Lovely Morning My Dear Bawu !!!
Jai Guru Deva !!!
So so inspiring..I am spellbound..Thanks a lot
Its Awesomeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
so loving..