Arul Ashram a monastery in working towards a mission, a mission of giving peaceful deaths to the unfortunate, abandoned ones, a mission of giving shelter to abandoned children, a mission for a good cause for Society- I always owe my Life to Arul Ashram and Fr. Dominic... I was one of the first student to step into Arul Ashram and that was in the year 1998... Thats when Arul Ashram was opened officially !! I still remember those day when it was a deserted place... It was so peaceful - The ambience in the Arul Ashram is serene as suitable with its name 'kindness."
When i was studying in Pondicherry University i was known for my short temperaments and that had put me into trouble and that lead me to the Vice Chancelor with a showcase notice... It was Fr. Dominic who sat with me through the midnight and made me understand the importance for the term named Patience.... That is when he led me to the path of being Kind and helping those needed people.. I took over the charge of a Volunteer assisting one American Named David at Shanti Bhavan - a Peaceful Home for HIV infected Patients-- It is a place which shook by beliefs about deaths i saw death through other people's eyes and i witnessed many deaths in front of me... It made me understand how cruel the society is and how illiterate they are....
Working with Arul Ashram also gave me the oppurtunity to face the hardship in lives, it made me realize that life is not a joke and i have to take it seriously, i had to work to my goals, it was truly a self realization process that i went through. It also taught me how cruel society can be... there was an incident which was like bolt from the dark... Me and Milkie takes the body of a AIDS patient to a graveyard the the Undertaker who was supposed to dig the Graveyard was reluctant as he came to know that the reason for the death is AIDS and the panchayaat was also against doing the same... And we had to dig the Grave ourselves !!
Fr. Dominic is the man who has inspired me a lot when it comes to the energy level at his age the energy level that he has no one can match it ... An MBA Graduate himself he set and guided many youngsters through the right path and Releigion was never an obstacle for him and he treats everyone the same...
And even today when i get an oppurtunity to visit Pondicherry and Arul Ashram i never miss it...
I miss that place a lot ~!!!
i really inspired by the work which is being done by Fathers.i pray for all the patients those who are severly suffering of Aids. dont worry we have God who heals "i am ur God who heals"{exodus:14:26}. i am realling making my plans to come there. May God bless ur work. thank u.
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