Where Is Baba - He Is Everywhere

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Where Is Baba - He Is Everywhere

By S. Muni

 

No matter what his caste and clan, lie

who remembers Sai Baba will always he taken care

of.......

- Sri Radhakrishna

Swamiji

 

This is

not a story or fiction but a real life situation in 1974 that happened in TlSCO-owned Hathibari Limestone

quarry in Sundargarh district of Orissa.

 

My

second son was aged five years then and on his way to the school had consumed a

few berries of a wild bushy plant which is very common in the mining area. On

reaching the school he had continuous vomiting and the school authorities sent

him home.

 

My wife

arranged for him to be taken to the TISCO Camp Hospital. It was a case of acute poisoning. His

condition turned grave as he started vomiting blood continuously. By the time I

reached the hospital he had lost his consciousness and was gasping for breath.

Doctors wanted to shift him to Rourkela - 32 km away for blood transfusion, if he

regained consciousness in the next thirty minutes.

 

The deadline of 30 minutes was a trying time for

all of us. My only hope was Lord Sainath. I prayed to

Him for His help. If my son survives the crisis, I vowed that I will take him

to Shirdi and offer a rose-garland to His Samadhi.

Otherwise, I will forget Sai Baba once and for all, I

cried bitterly.

 

The

clock was ticking and seconds grew into minutes. My pulse too was heating

faster. On a mental plane I was already at Shirdi

prostrating to Baba's Samadhi and seeking His blessings. As

the deadline of thirty minutes set by the Doctors was about to be over, my son

cried out " Where is Baba? " Doctors examined him and confirmed

that his body is warming up. They had a sigh of relief and told me: " Mr. Mani, your son is calling. " In Hindi, 'Baba' refers to

father and them though! Thai my son was looking for me. I told them that my son

is calling the Almighty Sai Baba who is everywhere.

 

The

recovery phase was very fast- My son responded to the treatment and became all

right soon. Everyone was happy at the outcome. It is indeed His grace and my

son had a re-birth.

(Source

Sai Padananda April 1992)