Devotee's Experience - Contributed by Rama Banerjee, Kolkata

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DEVOTEE EXPERIENCE

 

 

‘He who loves Him whole heartedly, gets response from

Him at any time, at any place.’

 

I cannot clearly remember how and when I got a very

small clay idol of my beloved Sai Baba. At that time I

knew nothing about Him and placed Him in a showcase.

Today, I realize, the moment he stepped into my house

was surely the most auspicious moment of my life.

 

In the year 1998, Sonia, a very close fiend of my

daughter gave us a photo of Baba and the holy book

‘Sri Sai Satcharitra’. Since then we are showered by

His endless kindness and blessings. I have experienced

many incidents that cannot be explained by practical

aspects. From those precious experiences, one, I think

is unbelievable.

 

A relative of mine was preparing to go to Bombay. As I

came to know, I insisted that she go to Shirdi. I did

not know how much she believes Baba. I gave her an

idol of Baba and used to talk about Him and His

kindness when she was in distress. The day she set out

for Bombay, I felt very low.

 

I have a long cherished desire to go to Shirdi. I

don’t know when He will allow me to bow my head down

at His Holy Lotus Feet. I felt very low and wept a

lot. The next day I found a saffron coloured

multi-petalled chin rose has bloomed. It was the first

flower of that tiny plant. The flower was

exceptionally big and mesmerized me with its

brightness. I plucked it and placed it on Baba’s Lotus

Feet in my pooja room. It was 9 o’clock in the

morning.

 

All day I was very busy. At about 10 o’clock at night

I suddenly noticed that the flower was still as fresh

as it was when I plucked it in the morning. It was

paced in the dry surface at Baba’s Feet and it got the

heat of the candle that I lit under the shelf in the

morning and evening. It haunts me a lot. It is not

possible for a tender flower to be fresh for such a

long time.

 

I have a habit that when I wake up in the morning, I

first open the door of the pooja room and give my

pranam to Baba. As I opened the door I was astonished.

The flower was just as fresh as it was yesterday

morning. Tears came to my eyes. In my conscience as if

I heard – “I am with you; My abode is in your heart

and I am within you.” I was thrilled.

 

That day also the flower looked fresh. The next day at

about 9 o’clock that is after 48 hours, the petals of

the flower started drying up. Later I went to the Sai

Baba’s temple where the pujariji insisted I buy an

audio CD as I was asking him for another one. I came

back home with that audio CD which pujariji persuaded

me to buy. It was a VCD. The songs were picturised

inside the Shirdi Mandir and the surrounding areas of

the mandir. I was spell bound.

 

I asked my relative to bring Udi, Prasad and photo of

Baba. She came back to Kolkata and left her bag over

there in Bombay. But unexpectedly I got Udi, Prasad

and photo of Baba from another person who also went to

Shirdi at the same time.

 

As I am now unable to go to Shirdi, my generous Baba

has accepted my pooja and darshan this way. Deep in my

heart I consider all these incidents as His kindness.

He is omniscient – He is everywhere, I realize. He

surely sees all that we feel – all that we desire.

 

“OM SAI NATHAAY NAMAHA”

 

Rama Banerjee, Kolkata