If You Look Up to Me, I Look After You (April 1986) - Col. G.N. Gopalkrishnan

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IF YOU LOOK UP TO ME, I LOOK AFTER YOU (April 1986)

 

I want to narrate this Sai Leela which took place recently in my case

through which Baba reaffirmed the eternal truth of His saying "If you look

to me, I look after you".

 

I had received a letter of notice from Sai devotees of Vijaya-wada that

they were organising a "Akanda Sai Nama Sapthaha" from last week of Dec. '85

to first week of Jan. '86. They had through this letter invited every Sai

devotees to join the Sai Nama Sapthaha and also to contribute financial help

to organise and conduct the Nama Sapthaha.

 

My first impression when I read through this notice was that what a

wonderful way it is to sing Sai Nam as the year passes out and to enter the

New Year. I thought there cannot be anything better to do during the New

Year eve than to join such a most auspicious endeavor of doing Sai Nama

Sapthaha. This will be far better than the normal New Year eve revelries. I

also knew that I could not join the Sai devotees of Vijayawada as I was

stationed far away from there. Therefore I resolved that what I could do to

join this auspicious endeavor was to send a Money Order and I should be

contented that way in joining the Sai Nama Sapthaha.

 

Lo! our Samartha Sad Guru Sri Sai Nath cannot forget His devotees. On 1

Jan. '86 Sri Sai Nath gave His darshan to me in the form of His picture in a

beautiful date calendar. One of my subordinate officer belongs to Gadkhal

(Kasoli). He had recently gone there and also visited the Sai Mandir there.

In a most surprising way he walked into my office on 1 Jan. '86 to convey

the New Year greetings and wonder of wonders he gave me a Sai Natha's

picture calender, My pen is feeble to describe my feeling when I received

the Sai calender on the New Year day itself, I humbly thought "Baba how I

longed to join in your prayers of Nama Sapthaha on the New Year eve and how

you have reciprocated by coming to me in the form of a picture calender of

yours".

 

As narrated in chapter III of Sai Satcharita, Baba one day after the noon

Arti gave the following advice "Be wherever you like, do whatever you choose

but remember this well that all what you do is known to me". I can only say

this with humble pranams at the feet of Sai Nath that Baba heard my thought

and reciprocated immediately. Shri Sai thus proved to me the eternal truth

of His saying "If you look up to me, I look after you."

 

Col. G.N. Gopalkrishnan

Srinagar 190 004.

 

 

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