first meeting

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Dear Krish,You caught me unaware in making me recount my first meeting with Baba. As Baba always says that he is an intangible experience and not something measurable, so also is my first meeting with baba and the subsequent interactions that I have had with him ( rather he has blessed me with )It was the day after Baba's birthday of 1997 and a day before my birthday that I actually stepped into , beasant nagar with my mother (Dr.Vijy). At that time I was perfectly spoilt teenager having no regard for values or anything that matters. The reason why I visited Samaratchana.... no guesses I was there to drop my mother and pick her up and while sathsang continued I was booogeying at the beach.

Nevertheless I had my own reservations about God-men and Baba managed to break that during our first informal meeting itself but that was that I had no major impact and life was as usual, meanwhile my mother, sister and dad had become regular at Samratchana. But whenever I visited samaratchana, Baba used to give special attention and I enjoyed it thoroughly much to the envy of my family. ( Now looking back I realise how Baba has worked with me or is continuing to work with others by stepping down to their requirements. He had applied a Shaolin style approach to me.... if you know what I am talking about.. shaolin style teaches to to absorb the force of your attacker and convert his energy to your advantage. Precisely what Baba did with me, He let me take my own course but ensured that my course eventually reached him)Enough of deviation now let me come to the phase where Baba stepped in and officially initiated me into his clan.

As I had mentioned after my meeting with Baba, life continued as usual but there was always a thought about Baba at the back of my mind. Things changed from bad to worse for me bad friends, relationships, studies everything was becoming bleak for me and I started feeling lonely adding to this I started becoming sick very often.Despite having parents for doctors the diagnosis took long and I was bed ridden for several weeks. It was during this time that I started reading Baba's books and started listening to musings from my mother and sister. this started happening during Nov - Dec 1997. One evening my mother brought home a coconut which was blessed by Baba to be used for removing drishti for me. That was done that night itself and the very next day I had recovered as mysteriously as I had become ill. The first puja that I attended after that was the mandala pooja at neelankarai ( we had shifted to neelankarai when Baba

moved from b'nagar). after the pooja I started attending the nithya homam in the morning as I had nothing better to do. At the same time I also started observing the activities hapening in Samratchana. Baba alwasy mentioned that He could be contacted better by speaking to him in our mind.One night after Satsangh I wanted to speak to Baba and ask him to guide me through a new lease of life but for the first time I felt he purposely avoided coming near me that night. I was disappointed and as I lay pondering on bed about what had happened I got reminded about speaking to him through prayer and through thoughts. Having conveyed what I wanted i went into a blissful slumber and what happened next changed my outlook of Baba forever...It looked like evening and I was ready to go to Samratchana with my mother, as she was getting delayed I started walking. ( we stayed in the lane just opposite to the neelankarai police station) As I reached the

main road for some reason I walked towards ellai amman temple rather than going towards . At the entrance of ellai amman temple I saw Baba standing with some women, seeing him there i hastened to meet him but I saw him pointing to me and saying something to one of the lady there. He seemed to leave in a hurry even as I reached the temple. I was a bit angry thinking that Baba saw me come and still he left and as I turned to leave, the lady whom Baba spoke rushed to me and said that Baba has asked you to sit in the temple and recite this mantra. When she said the mantra I could hear it as if it was being said in a loud speaker. Turning around I saw no trace of my mother so I decided to sit and tell the mantra.I can still recollect that I was able to hear the mantra in Dolby effect as long as I was reciting it, As I kept reciting I saw a horrible Ghoulish looking figure jumping out of me and standing in front of me and as I shivered in

fright I was also able to see a Trisulam going from my forehead and destroying him. the whole time i was able to listen to the mantra in stereo sound and as this happened I stared crying uncontrollably. When I woke up I realised that I was in my bedroom and i was sitting and crying and the whole sequence was a dream. To top it all the mantra that I heard and recited in the dream had clearly vanished from my memory I didn't recollect one word of the mantra after I woke up.I couldn't control my excitement and eagerly awaited to meet Baba in the morning and share this with him. when I told him about the whole incident he acted as if he knew everything about it and said that the mantra was for your soul and not for the body, you got what you asked for.the rest as they say is history.........from that time on I have spent some the best time of my life with Baba, staying in Samaratchana Neelankarai (day and night) being woken up in the morning

by Baba, we used to have coffee and watch the RAJ TV program together and then he would get back to his room. We would attend to any work that was there and then I would go home, get ready and be back in time for the counselling session. spend the entire day with Baba observing how he deals with people..... lunch would be at the fag end of the day and Baba would call us to share his lunch which used to be brought by Deepa ramachandran.....I also had the priveledge of driving for Baba for sometime, ( I took my license for the sole reason ) Thanks to N.C.Sangeetha's trusted Maruthi 800. I have accompanied Baba alone to Kaligambal temple, and we used to drive to vengaleri during the weekends at night. It was a thrilling and exciting experience driving alone with Baba at night from Neelankarai to vengaleri.... He used to sleep and joke saying dont bump anyone else he has to give them compulsory moksham ....Travelling with Baba is the

best way to learn and appreciate his divine and mortal acumen.... I have been blessed by Baba such that I had the opportunity to travel to Kailash / Manasarovar with him (that was like attending a full time MBA at IIM) and to most other important temples in India.....I can still remember the trip to Shirdi, pandharpur etc.. after reaching Shirdi we completed the darshan and launched ourselves in the rooms (it was a fairly big group, elders, children etc) At around 11 in the night the group of boys who went to kailash got a secret call to board a waiting sumo.... in the dead of the night we got packing and boarded the vehicle and guess what the last passenger to get in was Baba himself.... We took of to triambakeshwar and Nashik and joined the group next day....( There were some angry faces we had to deal with but it was all a part of the game) All this while I had completely forgotten my studies.... it was almost a two years since I skipped

college. One fine day Baba asked me to go back to college and complete it and start looking for a job. I did that and here I am.........Home to office and back, I have joined the usual bandwagon.. but with no regrets because as Baba says look at everything as an experience and enjoy the moment and what it has got to offer rather than trying to see what would become of it.According to me I guess the honeymoon phase is over, it is like the old corporate joke, recruitment week at is over for me It is time I started delivering results that Baba expects. I am trying and hope it turns out well...I have attached a snap which was sent some time back by vicki i think... I feel this photo brings out the essence of what we folks need to be thinking about..... and how our actions must unfold....Thanks for your patience......Shankaram Shiva Shankram

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Prashant

Good,Keep contributing more to the Group.Ask Prabha also to share her

experiences.

Sam K

 

, prashanth krishna

<prakrish9111 wrote:

>

> Dear Krish,

> You caught me unaware in making me recount my first meeting with Baba.

>

> As Baba always says that he is an intangible experience and not

something measurable, so also is my first meeting with baba and the

subsequent interactions that I have had with him ( rather he has

blessed me with )

>

> It was the day after Baba's birthday of 1997 and a day before my

birthday that I actually stepped into , beasant nagar with

my mother (Dr.Vijy). At that time I was perfectly spoilt teenager

having no regard for values or anything that matters. The reason why I

visited Samaratchana.... no guesses I was there to drop my mother and

pick her up and while sathsang continued I was booogeying at the beach.

>

> Nevertheless I had my own reservations about God-men and Baba

managed to break that during our first informal meeting itself but

that was that I had no major impact and life was as usual, meanwhile

my mother, sister and dad had become regular at Samratchana. But

whenever I visited samaratchana, Baba used to give special attention

and I enjoyed it thoroughly much to the envy of my family.

>

> ( Now looking back I realise how Baba has worked with me or is

continuing to work with others by stepping down to their requirements.

He had applied a Shaolin style approach to me.... if you know what I

am talking about.. shaolin style teaches to to absorb the force of

your attacker and convert his energy to your advantage. Precisely what

Baba did with me, He let me take my own course but ensured that my

course eventually reached him)

>

> Enough of deviation now let me come to the phase where Baba stepped

in and officially initiated me into his clan. As I had mentioned after

my meeting with Baba, life continued as usual but there was always a

thought about Baba at the back of my mind. Things changed from bad to

worse for me bad friends, relationships, studies everything was

becoming bleak for me and I started feeling lonely adding to this I

started becoming sick very often.

>

> Despite having parents for doctors the diagnosis took long and I was

bed ridden for several weeks. It was during this time that I started

reading Baba's books and started listening to musings from

my mother and sister. this started happening during Nov - Dec 1997.

One evening my mother brought home a coconut which was blessed by Baba

to be used for removing drishti for me. That was done that night

itself and the very next day I had recovered as mysteriously as I had

become ill.

>

> The first puja that I attended after that was the mandala pooja at

neelankarai ( we had shifted to neelankarai when Baba moved from

b'nagar). after the pooja I started attending the nithya homam in the

morning as I had nothing better to do. At the same time I also started

observing the activities hapening in Samratchana. Baba alwasy

mentioned that He could be contacted better by speaking to him in our

mind.

>

> One night after Satsangh I wanted to speak to Baba and ask him to

guide me through a new lease of life but for the first time I felt he

purposely avoided coming near me that night. I was disappointed and as

I lay pondering on bed about what had happened I got reminded about

speaking to him through prayer and through thoughts. Having conveyed

what I wanted i went into a blissful slumber and what happened next

changed my outlook of Baba forever...

>

> It looked like evening and I was ready to go to Samratchana with my

mother, as she was getting delayed I started walking. ( we stayed in

the lane just opposite to the neelankarai police station) As I reached

the main road for some reason I walked towards ellai amman temple

rather than going towards . At the entrance of ellai amman

temple I saw Baba standing with some women, seeing him there i

hastened to meet him but I saw him pointing to me and saying something

to one of the lady there. He seemed to leave in a hurry even as I

reached the temple. I was a bit angry thinking that Baba saw me come

and still he left and as I turned to leave, the lady whom Baba spoke

rushed to me and said that Baba has asked you to sit in the temple and

recite this mantra. When she said the mantra I could hear it as if it

was being said in a loud speaker. Turning around I saw no trace of my

mother so I decided to sit and tell the mantra.

> I can still recollect that I was able to hear the mantra in Dolby

effect as long as I was reciting it, As I kept reciting I saw a

horrible Ghoulish looking figure jumping out of me and standing in

front of me and as I shivered in fright I was also able to see a

Trisulam going from my forehead and destroying him. the whole time i

was able to listen to the mantra in stereo sound and as this happened

I stared crying uncontrollably. When I woke up I realised that I was

in my bedroom and i was sitting and crying and the whole sequence was

a dream. To top it all the mantra that I heard and recited in the

dream had clearly vanished from my memory I didn't recollect one word

of the mantra after I woke up.

>

> I couldn't control my excitement and eagerly awaited to meet Baba in

the morning and share this with him. when I told him about the whole

incident he acted as if he knew everything about it and said that the

mantra was for your soul and not for the body, you got what you asked for.

>

> the rest as they say is history.........from that time on I have

spent some the best time of my life with Baba, staying in Samaratchana

Neelankarai (day and night) being woken up in the morning by Baba, we

used to have coffee and watch the RAJ TV program together and then he

would get back to his room. We would attend to any work that was there

and then I would go home, get ready and be back in time for the

counselling session. spend the entire day with Baba observing how he

deals with people..... lunch would be at the fag end of the day and

Baba would call us to share his lunch which used to be brought by

Deepa ramachandran.....

>

> I also had the priveledge of driving for Baba for sometime, ( I took

my license for the sole reason ) Thanks to N.C.Sangeetha's trusted

Maruthi 800. I have accompanied Baba alone to Kaligambal temple, and

we used to drive to vengaleri during the weekends at night. It was a

thrilling and exciting experience driving alone with Baba at night

from Neelankarai to vengaleri.... He used to sleep and joke saying

dont bump anyone else he has to give them compulsory moksham ....

>

> Travelling with Baba is the best way to learn and appreciate his

divine and mortal acumen.... I have been blessed by Baba such that I

had the opportunity to travel to Kailash / Manasarovar with him (that

was like attending a full time MBA at IIM) and to most other important

temples in India.....I can still remember the trip to Shirdi,

pandharpur etc.. after reaching Shirdi we completed the darshan and

launched ourselves in the rooms (it was a fairly big group, elders,

children etc) At around 11 in the night the group of boys who went to

kailash got a secret call to board a waiting sumo.... in the dead of

the night we got packing and boarded the vehicle and guess what the

last passenger to get in was Baba himself.... We took of to

triambakeshwar and Nashik and joined the group next day....( There

were some angry faces we had to deal with but it was all a part of the

game)

> All this while I had completely forgotten my studies.... it was

almost a two years since I skipped college. One fine day Baba asked me

to go back to college and complete it and start looking for a job. I

did that and here I am.........

>

> Home to office and back, I have joined the usual bandwagon.. but

with no regrets because as Baba says look at everything as an

experience and enjoy the moment and what it has got to offer rather

than trying to see what would become of it.

>

> According to me I guess the honeymoon phase is over, it is like the

old corporate joke, recruitment week at is over for me It

is time I started delivering results that Baba expects. I am trying

and hope it turns out well...I have attached a snap which was sent

some time back by vicki i think... I feel this photo brings out the

essence of what we folks need to be thinking about..... and how our

actions must unfold....

>

> Thanks for your patience......

>

> Shankaram Shiva Shankram

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