Where Is Baba - He Is Everywhere By S. Muni

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Where Is Baba - He Is Everywhere By S. Muni

 

No matter what his caste and clan, lie who remembers Sai Baba will

always he taken care of.......

- Sri Radhakrishna Swamiji

 

This is not a story or fiction but a real life situation in 1974 that

happened in TlSCO-owned Hathibari Limestone quarry in Sundargarh

district of Orissa.

 

My second son was aged five years then and on his way to the school had consumed

a few berries of a wild bushy plant which is very common in the mining area. On

reaching the school he had continuous vomiting and the school authorities sent

him home.

 

My wife arranged for him to be taken to the TISCO Camp Hospital. It was a case

of acute poisoning. His condition turned grave as he started vomiting blood

continuously. By the time I reached the hospital he had lost his consciousness

and was gasping for breath. Doctors wanted to shift him to Rourkela - 32 km away

for blood transfusion, if he regained consciousness in the next thirty minutes.

 

The deadline of 30 minutes was a trying time for all of us. My only hope was

Lord Sainath. I prayed to Him for His help. If my son survives the crisis, I

vowed that I will take him to Shirdi and offer a rose-garland to His Samadhi.

Otherwise, I will forget Sai Baba once and for all, I cried bitterly.

 

The clock was ticking and seconds grew into minutes. My pulse too was

heating faster. On a mental plane I was already at Shirdi prostrating to Baba's

Samadhi and seeking His blessings. As the deadline of thirty

minutes set by the Doctors was about to be over, my son cried out " Where is

Baba? " Doctors examined him and confirmed that his body is warming up. They had

a sigh of relief and told me: " Mr. Mani, your son is calling. " In Hindi, 'Baba'

refers to father and them though! Thai my son was looking for me. I told them

that my son is calling the Almighty Sai Baba who is everywhere.

 

The recovery phase was very fast- My son responded to the treatment and became

all right soon. Everyone was happy at the outcome. It is indeed His grace and my

son had a re-birth.

(Source Shri Sai Padananda April 1992)