Spiritual Experiences

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Spiritual Experiences

 

Om Sai Ram, I went to shirdi for the first time way back in 1980 when

I was a kid. The memories are still fresh in my mind. Shirdi was

different from what it is today. It was very easy to get Baba's

darshan those days. Hence we used to visit the mandir 4-5 times a day.

 

In September 2007 I had a strange dream. I dreamt of myself riding a

bicycle on a highway. I was dragging the bike on the road pondering

if God was present and if so would I be able to see Him . A fakir

appeared from behind me and asked me to for bhiksha. I handed some

coins to him. He then turned towards a house on the left side of the

road and I immediately followed him.

 

The fakir and I entered the house that was filled with Shirdi Sai

Baba's photos. I moved from one room to another to see some more

photos when a voice came from behind " Are you Rakesh? " . I was

shocked and went back to the first room and replied in the

affirmation. There was a saintly man over there who pulled a photo

which was under a garland on Sai Baba's photo.

 

The photo was a childhood picture of myself. The saintly person

said " He had kept you in his heart since you were a child " . There

were also two small girls. The main door of the house had the

name 'Kodama Raju' written on it with which the dream came to an end.

 

I found the strangeness of my strange dream come true. Baba's ways

are inscrutable!

 

My wife and I went on a trip to Mysore after about ten days of the

strange dream that I had. We decided to use my bike as the mode of

transportation. In the course of our trip we visited Sri Rangapatna

which was about fifteen kilometers ahead of Mysore. In Sri Ranga

Patna, we visited an orphanage run by Sathya Sai Baba trust. The

orphanage is known to be famous for the miracles of Sai. We visited

the mandir in the orphanage where I found loads of vibhuti formation

on Sai Baba's photos and also the continuous flow of nectar from

Baba's amulet. The mandir was actually the conversion of two rooms

for the purpose of worship with a lot of Baba's photos.

 

A small girl then approached us and handed some nectar as prasad

which was amazingly tasty. We then proceeded with our journey to

Mysore. We also made a second visit to the orphanage on our way back

from Mysore when another small girl gave us the prasad.

 

On reaching home in Bangalore I found the strangeness of my strange

dream come true. Baba's ways are inscrutable!. I would just like to

conclude that " Baba loves all and keeps everyone in his heart. "

 

Kobe, Japan