Whitefield- After Darshan

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After Darshan of our beloved Swami, I was feeling sad that Darshan lasted

slightly more than half an hour, wondering why Swami had to leave so early etc.

I crossed the heavily trafficked road and arrived at this roadside coffee &

sandwich place, shared a greasy table with this Indian gentleman. In course of

our talks I discovered to my surprise that the Indian gentleman was suffering

from an incurable illness. So I asked him has he been praying to Swami for

cure? Yes, I do pray to Bhagawan to heal me and have been praying from last

several years. Aren’t you disappointed that Swami has not cured you? Don’t you

doubt God? he replied, dear sai brother, Bhagawan is committed to my full

recovery as human being what you are associating and concentrating about is my

body and not “I”. Brother, I believe that many things we cannot see or

comprehend are still part of God's plans for us. My wall of affliction has

become a door to devotion. Brother, No matter what your circumstances are, no

matter how difficult and painful, there is a way to look "through" the problems

and "see God". Brother, I am not saying that it is easy. It may be a difficult

journey, but we can make it because Bhagawan is involved in the process of our

transformation. Brother, For me it is state of mind and not statement of my

body, here is a story “The Two scrolls” that illustrates the state of mind bit

- A traveler walks down a path holding a scroll of paper in each hand. Every

few minutes, the traveler stops along the way and unrolls one of the scrolls.

“The whole world was created for me,” reads the first scroll. After reading

this message, the traveler walks with

pride, taking long strides on the journey, enjoying each step, paying little

attention to the world as it passes by. After a while the traveler stops and

unrolls the scroll in the other hand. “I am from dust and will return to dust,”

it reads. Suddenly the traveler begins to shuffle along the road in a state of

despair, head hanging to the ground, despondent until the next time that the

scroll in the other hand is read. Brother, do you get my point now?

 

I must admit the story hit the bull’s eye and I was just about to open my mouth

and say “Yes, I do get the point”. But before I could get the words out of my

mouth, the gentleman enquired you are Christian are you not? Also, this time

before I could say yes or no! He uttered, Do you suppose the leper of Matthew

8:2 would have came to Jesus if he'd been in perfect health? What about the

blind man of Luke 18:35?...

 

Swami’s timing was spot on again!, I was feeling blessed and could see through

the illusion of Maya the glory of God and His care for us. Somehow, Swami

placed this Indian gentleman on the same table so that “He” could teach me one

more lesson of life, suffering and glory of God. I was not sad anymore that

Darshan lasted only + half hour. The Darshan of Swami never ends, it is our

physical vision that ends the Darshan. Swami is with us all the time. Let us

all have Faith in that Omnipresent God who is always with us everywhere.

 

I LOVE YOU SAI

 

 

 

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