Sai Baba the Master

November 18, 2005

This narration, along with the miracle of his finishing his daily reading

of Nath Bhagwat had set Hemadpanth’s restless mind at ease. Now, in

retrospect, he had a thrilling revelation of his own better fortune than

even Sathe’s. Sathe saw and heard Baba’s instruction only in his dream, the

impact of which was less direct. But in his own case Baba’s grace was much

more tangible. For Baba, whose remote but sure control of events was

already proved by the episode of the Nath Bhagawat, had secretly impelled

Sathe to recount his dream-experience in his (i.e. Hemadpanth’s) presence

and thereby made his mind restless and eager for an instruction. Then he

was explicitly sent by Baba to Shama’s house to finish his daily reading of

the holy book and to listen to the invaluable and very apt account of Baba’s

leela given by Shama. Thus he received Baba’s instruction more tangibly

than did Sathe.

Some of Baba’s teachings were direct and explicit. We shall note a few

here. Abdul Baba says, “Baba’s practical advice to me was that I should not

sleep over my Koran reading. He said, ‘Eat very little. Do not go in for a

variety of eatables. A single sort of dish will suffice. Do not sleep

much!” obviously, it is not an easy piece of advice to follow and

occasionally Abdul had his slips. But Baba’s methods of correction were very

considerate and were positively encouraging. Abdul writes: “One night I was

tired and tried to sleep, holding my palms in front of me to rest my drowsy

head. Then Baba said, ‘Are you trying to see the moon?’ That night I fell

asleep and fell upon Baba and his gaddi (elevated seat) in that sleeping

condition. Baba gently stroked my feet, and I awoke. Next day, strange to

say, when I took water in my palms and looked, there was a big moon in that

water. It was 2 p.m. This was what Baba had spoken of. Baba’s blessings to

me were strange and sometimes concealed in abuse and violence. He had beaten

me and Mr. Jog many times”.

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