Amazing experience on Janmashtami day

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Om SAI Ram.

 

Koti Koti Pranams at the lotus feet of Shri Sadguru Sainath Maharaj.

 

Just 3 or 4 days before Janmashtami ( August 27, 2005) I used to

get visions of Shirdi Baba with a bluish face that of Shri Krishna.

I was longing to have Baba's darshan by some means and was

wondering

how could it happen in a city in USA. He is sarvantharyami, knows

and sees everything.

 

It was Saturday, 27th August 2005 Janmashtami day. My wife and

myself took our 4 year old son for a class and from there we went to

the mall in our city Laurel. As usual we were shopping and my son

wanted to eat some French fries. We went to the food court at the

upper level and my wife got some French fries. Then our son and

myself sat in the dining area and my wife went to another store in

the mall while we were eating.

 

My mind started pondering over janmashtami and was longing to see

Shri Shirdi Baba on that day and I was really imagining whether he

can visit that mall at that time. That thinking was futile according

to my human knowledge. I turned around and was talking to my son,

about his school which starts Monday 29th.

 

All of a sudden, a man with grayish hair stood in front of our

dining table. I couldn't imagine where he came from. He had two

plastic bags and a packet of Marlbaro cigarette pack in his shirt

pocket. He bend down to me and blessed my son by keeping his palm on

his head and said, `I am poor, can you spare me a dollar'. I

was

dumbfounded. Of all the place in USA a man begging for money inside

a mall. My thoughts immediately went to the desire I had to see

Baba's darshan. Was it him? Yes it was. It was not coincidence. I

took my wallet out and there was no cash. I felt really bad. The old

man said he can wait to get the money from me. I told him I need to

use an ATM to withdraw cash and give it to him. But I can't leave

my

son there. So I called my wife on her cell, and told her about the

situation. She was in a shop near the food court. Meanwhile, I asked

the man where he is from. He said `Pakistan'. Wow! She came

and I

showed the man to her. Before I can say, she removed her purse and

gave him 2 dollars. He asked me if I was American, I said

no `Indian'. Then he smiled and took his bags and walked

down the

stairs and he was gone.

 

We were still pondering. I have never seen or heard about an Indian

or Pakistani beggar that too in a mall asking for money in USA.

Saranam Saranam Guruve Saranam. It was none other than Sadguru

Shirdi Sai Baba.

 

We pray Shri Shirdi Baba for all of us to keep the peace in the

world.

 

Om Sai Ram,

 

Murali Krishnamurthy

Laurel, Maryland USA