Existence (Asthi)

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Existence (Asthi)

There is no end to the glory of the Eternal father. It is ever flowing.

Many a holy person will take a dip in the holy waters of grace that flow

from His feet. They are not quite satisfied by the bliss they enjoyed.

They speak of Him and His leelas to others, who are interested and by

telling them to the deserving and devotional persons, they enjoy a

reciprocal happiness. That is why they are all considered by the Lord as

dear and near to Him and are always blessed by Him.

 

The following is one such narration of a bee's enjoyment, who felt the

sweetness of the nectar that flows from the Holy feet of Shri Sai Baba.

With due respect to his Holiness and with so much humbleness to all His

devotees, this heart and pen have become bold enough to submit a few

lines of the experiences of this humble being. Thanks to the management

of Sai Samsthan, who provided the best 'media' through which we speak of

Him together.

 

It was March 1977, when the accounts branches of the entire state were

busy with the completion of the transactions connected with the spending

of the Budget, the poor fellow, hereinafter termed as T was also engaged

in attending to his normal duties in his office.

 

When I was busy in this manner, we had to celebrate the Ugadi of that

year in this busy month. I was so happy in the morning, but I became so

unhappy in the evening when my wife suddenly developed shivering and

high temperature. I suspected it to be an infection in urine and the

next day before consulting any doctor. I gave her urine for culture test

and took her then for treatment, which was later confirmed by the

doctor. The result of the culture test also proved our doubt to be true

and the treatment continued under that Doctor, a qualified M. D,

During the treatment there were no symptoms of reduction of the disease,

but the unrest grew from day to day. The sun was hot. The children were

having examinations and I was busy in office, even on holidays and there

was nobody to attend to this sick lady in the house. The temperature was

being controlled by a particular medicine for some time; but when the

power of the medicine would become less, say for 4 or 5 hours later, she

again used to get high temperature. This continued for 15 or 20 days and

I had no time to give a second thought, since she was under the care of

a good doctor. Simply I was praying to Baba alone to give me relief by

giving her normal health and normalcy in the family affairs.

 

While it was so, one night (it was Wednesday) my wife woke

me up in the night at 3 a.m. or so and said, " One old man

came to me and gave me some lump to eat. I do not know what it

was; but I ate it. He said that I will be alright " . I replied to her,

" If it is so, you will be alright " and J asked her to sleep. I

always had a belief that He alone will change the position whenever

He feels fit. I had a confidence that it was He who gave her this

lump of medicine to cure her, who was almost neglected by me. After

five or ten minutes later, she woke me up again with the words: " I

have seen Sai Baba " . " When and which Sai? " was my question, as I

have two photos, one of Shirdi and other of Puttaparthi, one on the

side of her head and the other towards her feet, in reply to my

question she pointed out to Shirdi Sai. Then what

happened was my question. She said, 'He was grinding some-thing in His

masjid and I stood before Him leaning to the pillar before Him. He

addressed me in Hindi saying, " Aao beli, daro mat, baitho " . These words

gave me much confidence. I humbly requested Him to permit me to take

curdbath for which He said that I can take any thing I like " . I

told her that she cannot have any doubt and that she will have

anything she wanted as I cannot stop when permitted by Baba. She

slept a while. In fact she was provided with the dish she required on

the next day.

 

 

V. Narayana Rao

Hyderabad (A.P.)

(to be contd..)

(Source Shri Sai Leela August 1980)