Book Review - My Baba - the loving God.

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Book Review

My Baba - the loving God.

 

Author: - Sri M.S.B. Prasad.

 

Materialisation of Vibhuti, nectar, kukum, haldi, rings, lockets ,

gold chains, pictures, idols - Swami (Putaparthi Sai Baba) says

these are very trifling things, just His `Visiting cards'. But to

the fortunate devotee receiving such tokens of the Lord's Grace they

are inmensely precious, for the simple reason that they carry with

them the love of their beloved swami. They are blessed pieces and

bless the receipient too! Like the philosopher's stone, they

transform base metal to precious gold (Bangaru) says the write Sri

M.S.B. Prasad of the book `My Baba - the Loving God'.

 

The writer narrates many such visiting cards experienced by him. A

saunch devotee of Saibaba, Chinna Lakshmi had a long discourse with

the writer in June 1974 in which she implored him to turn away from

temporal pursuits and to seek God.

 

In March 1999 he was asked to get a message from Chinna Lakshmi of

what Swami told her about him , but he couldn't get it till 1st

December 2001. The message ran thus - `That prasad, M.S.B. Prasad.

You remember, did I not tell you about it in 1978 that he would

ultimately come into My path ? Now you see, it all came out

correctly. Find out from Prasad himself whether it was all true or

not. `It continued that this Prasad was born into a family which

worshipped Kaala Bhyrava Swami. It was because he was cruel to a dog

in his previous janma. He knew about it through the naadi reading in

1970s. He got it read in connection with his elder daughter

Lakshmi's marriage. `He is doing much service to Swami (He was

translating Sai Vrata Kalpa). Tell him, `Santhosham'. I am watching

everything. I will ever be with every one of you. I am always with

you'. Swami had perfectly imitated his voice and his style of

reciting Telugu verses. Chinna Lakshmi was perplexed when she heard

it, since she had never known his particular fondness for the

Kannappa episode from Dhoorjati. Swami has the thus revealed it all

and also unravelled the mystery of his dog " Tommy Rao. "

 

There are many such episodes which describe how Swami speaks, how

swami decides, how swami heals , how swami guides and so on. What's

special about this book is, it has an introduction to any topic, its

details, its corelation with some other incident and the writer's

analysis of the situation. For instance aftesr describing a

miraculous incident Tejaswi getting a visa, Sri Prasad sums it up

this way - The Tejaswi episode and Swami's message to him

demonstrate one thing clearly. What happens to a human being and his

progress through life follows on pre-ordained lines depending on his

actions-past and present. At the same time, he is also given some

room for acting according to his free will. This is where he has to

reflect, exercise vivek, Jnaan and elect the shreyas path instead of

the preyas path.

 

The highlight of the writing is the all pervading Swami's message is

all pervading in the book. To quote just one example of Swami's

message - `Swami is already by her side. the devotion of any man is

also like a tax on me and I have no pay it off when the right time

comes with such superior devotion as his (Prasad's), he can be

assured for life that nothing will ever go wrong. His daughter will

be back home in the next two days - Swami had pulled her out of

danger. Even now Swami is sitting next to her, Blessing Swami'.

 

One thing I can vouch safe is that while reading the book, I did not

feel it as a mere book but I could feel the vibrations in it. It is

a garland of miraculous experiences and one can feel the living

presence of God. God speaks to us in many ways is proved in many

ways by the devotee Sri Prasad.

 

Name of the book - My Baba the loving God

Written name - Sri M.S.B. Prasad

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