Shri Sai Baba's Sweet Upadesha by Anil K. Rasal

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Shri Sai Baba's Sweet Upadesha

Thursday, the 1st November

1979, dawned as usual; but it ended unusually.

On getting up, I felt that I should meditate on Shri

Sai Baba's form. Accordingly He got meditation done through me. This pious deed

in the early morning set the tone for the full day.

 

After having gone through the morning preliminaries, I had a

strong desire to recite all prayers i.e. morning aartis.

I could have slept in the afternoon as it was a holiday; but Shri Baba wanted me to read charters 18 and 19 from His Pothi, wherein Shri Baba blesses Shri Dabholkar indirectly when

the latter is sad that while another devotee i.e. Shri

Sathe received Shri Baba's

blessings immediately he did not get them after long service. At this, Shri Baba directs him to see Shri

Shama, who tells him a story.

 

I waded through the pure currents of Ganges, as I call

the lines in these chapters, for every line in these chapters oozes the nectar

of pure devotion and purifies the reader. I felt Shri

Baba's invisible hand cleansing my mind of impurities. Whenever I feel

depressed, I bathe in the holy waters of these chapters and emerge fresh and

fragrant from here, Shri Baba, has

given out all that He wanted to say to His devotees through a story of an old

lady, who had undertaken a fast unto death to get the Guru Mantra. Shri Baba persuaded her with gentle words to give up fast and

eat heartily for He did not get any Mantra from His Guru though He had served

Him faithfully for 12 long years. He continued further that FJis

Guru demanded from Him only one point viz. endless attention on the Guru's

form. He gave this willingly. His Guru also demanded two pice

i.e. faith and patience. These two pice also He gave

willingly, Baba continued further that she too should do the same and He would

bless her. The story, brought

horns virtue truth to Shri Dabholkar that Shri Baba's grace

was available to everyone of those devotees who could place implicit faith in

Him & patience. Shri Baba's omniscience is

revealed to Shri Dabholkar,

who returns to Dwarakamayi in the blissful thought

that Shri Baba has already blessed him. Having

listened to this story Shri Baba gave him a handful

of sugar candy and told him that his life would be equally sweet if he

practiced full faith in Shri Baba and have patience

to reap the fruits thereof.

 

As I concluded my voyage through the Ganges, and

reached the shore of the chapters, an " inner voice " told me that " He would confirm that you are blessed this

day " . I closed the Pothi and went to balcony to

have a fresh breeze. While standing. I saw my friend Shri

Karnik standing in the balcony of his block. The

latter's presence reminded me of certain work which I had with him. I

immediately rushed down to his block. We both settled down for a long chat. As

I started for home, Shri Karnik

gave me a handful of sugar candy and told me that it was his Guru's prasad

which was equal to the prasad of Pandarinath of Pandharpur. I was wonderstruck at " Shri

Sai Leela " for as promised earlier, He confirmed that He blessed me thus

and ended my day with a sweet note.

Anil K. Rasal