DEVOTEE'S EXPERIENCE - Contributed by Neeraja

[Guest guest]

The Day I Lost 'My Baba'!

 

I start each day with seeing Baba in my cell, wishing Him good

morning and kissing Him, singing His songs, and thinking of Him all

the time and doing His puja with Him on my mangalsutra.(one Sai

devotee from India sent me a small silver pendant of Baba to put on

a chain, and I added Him on my mangalsutra with a small gold color

safety pin).

 

I leave Him on my mangalsutra at His Lotus Feet of Palarathi Idol

(He looks so loving and handsome with a gold color kireetam and a

grand garland around Him) on my dresser when I go to work. He came

from Shirdi to come into our own house!

 

I have on my cell phone Baba's picture and I call my cell as 'my

Baba'. I take 'my Baba' everywhere I go. On last Rakhee day, I was

working; and when I was closing the register at Macy's, my mom

called me and I told her that I was coming out of work so I would

call her from the car, and being in a hurry to go somewhere else, I

put 'my Baba' on the counter and walked out, completely forgetting

Him. The time was 7 p.m.

 

As I started the car, I looked for 'my Baba' and couldn't find Him

anywhere, in my purse or in the car. I felt a sharp knife in my

heart and as if I lost everything, including my heart and felt a big

black hole inside, completely empty. I ran frantically into the work

place and started asking everyone if they saw my cell. Then I

remembered I put Him on the counter and ran there, only to find the

counter empty. I asked another employee if she saw my cell. She said

no. Then I saw two Chinese women walking towards me from the fitting

rooms, and one lady said to me, " here is your cell phone, I saw it

here and thought of giving it to someone " . My heart jumped a beat as

I looked at 'my Baba' in her hands, I took it and hugged her and

said: " may God bless you both " and went to my car. I started

thinking... I lost 'my Baba' and that Chinese woman took it knowing

it's not hers but Baba made her come back and give it to me. I

thanked Baba for coming back to me and opened 'my Baba' and kissed

Him. My heart felt normal...

 

At home my daughter was getting ready to tie Rakhee to her brother

and wore a saree and was looking for a safety pin on my dresser and

saw a small gold color pin and felt that was too small so she took

another regular sized safety pin from a box. When I came home and

after my shower took my mangalsutra to wear for His puja, I was

shocked to see He wasn't on my mangalsutra. Baba's pendant was still

on the dresser near His palarathi idol. I felt a sharp pain in my

heart and looked at Baba and said " Oh no Baba , You are not leaving

me, " and saying so I took Him and looked for the gold color safety

pin, and it was next to the idol and the pin was closed! I just took

Him and put Him back on my mangalsutra and went to do His puja.

 

I was thinking someone in my home wanted a safety pin so took out

Baba and took the pin but changed their mind and left it there.

 

Later during dinner, I casually asked my husband if he took the

safety pin holding Baba on my chain. He said no. I asked my son, he

also said no. But my daughter told me that she went to my room,

looking for a safety pin and took a big one but not the small one.

She also said she saw the gold pin next to Baba's idol at the same

time. I got curious and asked her at what time. She said exactly at

7 pm! Then it struck my matti burra, that at my work I lost 'my

Baba' at 7 pm and at home too He went away from my mangalsutra at

exactly 7 pm too! What can I say?

 

Neeraja, Texas, USA