Lets explore Shirdi - Dwarakamai

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HOOKS ON CEILING

Nana Saheb Dengle brought a wooden plank of about 8' wide and 5' in length

and gave it to Baba for sleeping. Baba tied this plank with old rags to the

hooks on the ceiling like a swing. After lighting four Panthis He kept them

in each corner of the plank. Baba The Yogi Raj' then slept on this plank.

Many people wondered, and tried to watch Him get up and down this plank, and

so, one day Baba broke it (Ref. ESS, Ch.X). Dasganu says, "The plank hung so

close to the ceiling that no one could sit upright, one could only sit on it

bending one's body like an arch. Yet this great Yogi slept on it"! (Ref.

Bhakta Leela Amrit, Ch.31). Devotees look with wonderment at the ceiling in

front of the "Nimbar" at these hooks.

"Meditate always on My formless nature, which is knowledge incarnate,

consciousness, and bliss. If you can not do this, meditate on My Form from

top to toe, as you see here night and day " said Baba to Dhabolkar (Ref.

ESS. Ch. XVII). Although Baba was surrounded by countless devotees, Shyama

and Mahalsapathi being His constant companions, yet none of them saw Baba

get up or get down the 'swing bed'.

"You thought, that I was in Shirdi, with a body composed of the five

elements and 3 1/2 cubics in length, and not outside of it. Now you see and

determine for yourself whether the person you see here now, is the same you

saw at Shirdi'1 said Baba to Mankar at Machindragada (Satara district) (Ref.

ESS, CH. XXXI).

"/ require no door to enter, I have no form or any extension, I live

everywhere, I carry on as the wirepuller, alt the actions of the men who

trust Me and merge in Me" said Baba to Megha.

Baba was/is Parabrahma. One without birth, body, age or death. He was, is

and will be with us eternally.

So how could they see Him in the 'Anima state' (formless)?!!

 

(Adopted from Ambrosia In Shirdi by Dr.Vinny Chitluri, this book can be read

at http://saileelas.org/books/ambrosiainshirdi1.htm and this book is a

virtual guide on Shirdi with

lots of rare photos on Baba)