My mother's experience of Sai. Part 3

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Dear Devotees,

This is the third and final part of the series about

my mother's (Smt.Bharati) experiences.Here it is in

her own words.

 

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The Introduction and The induction to Sainess

 

Dear Readers,

I sincerely thank you for your

patient reading. To go back,during 1995-96, I was

working as a branch manager in a nationalized bank.

One day in Feb 96, a Sardarji came to the branch and

enquired about our chief manager, who was not

available then. This was the same Sardarji, I noticed,

who came to the branch on an earlier occasion for him

on some matters like prophesy and horoscopes etc.

These things did not appeal to me, for discussion

during office hours etc and this was my idea. So when

he approached me again, I told him so and insisted

that I’m busy. He however asked me ‘Why are you so

angry?’. I felt that work comes first. Then he told me

‘You will not be in the same branch, you would be

leaving soon’. This struck me because already I was

under orders of transfer and was to be relieved that

very day. Further he told me few more things about my

life, my children etc. He also advised me to visit

Shirdi and Mantralayam. The first Shirdi visit

materialized in 1997 only.

 

I have been very lucky, for without

my knowledge, I was being fully taken care of by Baba,

who right through 1996 till day is allowing, allotting

very little of pain and misery while He is bearing the

brunt of all the ‘sins’ committed by me. He has

condensed and compressed my Prarabdha by over 90%. The

fact that I’m alive and kicking is due to Shri Sai’s

grace and grace alone- during the bad phase I’ve

passed through. He was always there before but I

didn’t have such ‘buddhi’ to recognize HIM. I must

have done some good in my previous janma atleast. He

has given me various experiences. I’d like to share

one more of these.

 

During Oct-Nov 99, we had

planned to visit Bangkok, to my brother’s place. Like

a stupid person with half knowledge I was wondering

how to leave Sai at home and in India. After reaching

Bangkok, we were busy going around visiting places. On

the 3rd day or so, we visited the King’s palace etc.

For lunch, we were to go home but due to rush/ traffic

jams, we were stranded on the roads only for a long

time. Suddenly, my brother told the driver to take us

to a famous restaurant for Indian food. The driver,

knowing little English,nodded his head, and through

cuts and swirls took us to a nearby place and insisted

on our getting down and walking down a few yards, much

against my brother’s protest who wanted a star hotel.

We walked on and came to a small hotel run by an

Indian and no sooner than I pushed opened the door, lo

& behold –I just saw Sai in the pooja mandir –on a

small shelf fixed on the wall. Is it not the chamatkar

of Baba who was saying ‘I am already there- much

before your arrival’? The hotel’s name was also ‘Sai’

only.

 

In narrating these incidents, I

may appear pompous.To some, these may look trivial.

But looking back one can correlate our experiences

with the devotee’s experience in Sai SatCharitra.

(SSS). For eg

 

1) Akshintas on Megha-28th Chapter.

2) Baba giving visions of devotees favorite gods etc.

3) Shyama’s pilgrimage to Kasi, Gaya etc where Baba

said “I will be there before he reaches”.Chapter 46.

4) Baba through Sardarji, giving Prerna to visit

Shirdi- etc “I have my agents everywhere”, Baba said.

 

 

All these are relevant more so in my case,

because I can say, without any hesitation that I was

very arrogant with independent views etc. And how my

attitude has changed slowly under the guidance of Sri

Sai. The seed of devotion is sown by the various

benevolent acts of Sai but how I nurture that seed of

faith and protect it from the winds of arrogancy,

jealousy, greed etc and how I water the seedling with

devotion and perseverance is upto me. For my one small

step towards HIM, He has taken so many steps towards

me.

With this prayer, I end.

 

Forgive me Sai, for all the good things I did not do,

and for all the bad things I am doing. Please take me

to be thine and thine alone and guide me.

 

With Sai’s blessings to all.

Thank You.