Sai Baba the Master by E.Bharadwaja

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Abdul Kadir visited Sai Baba in 1915 and stayed at the takia. One day when

Baba came there on his stroll, Kadir begged Baba to give him fakiri (i.e.,

the inner state of a true fakir or sadhu) as he wanted to become a saint.

Baba at first dissuaded him; but when he persisted, Baba flung his closed

fist towards Kadir, as though he was flinging something invisible at him.

Thereafter, Kadir’s manner and talk had completely changed. He gave moral

advice to people and behaved like Baba, sometimes abusing them in veiled

language. Sometimes, picking up a stone, he threatened to throw it at

someone. His manner grew more and more unmanageable. This went on for a

month and a half and then Baba met him at the frontyard of Dwarakamai and

saying ‘Lav bale, idar’ drew his closed fist towards himself as though he

were taking back something from Kadir. At once Kadir got back his original

state of mind. He stayed on for two more weeks at Shirdi and then with

Baba’s permission, went to Pune where he set up a beedie shop near Baba

Jan’s margosa tree. (Babajan was an old moslem lady, a great saint and the

first guru of Sri Meher Baba). It is evident that Abdul Kadir was not yet

ripe for what he had asked and so Baba gave him a taste of it and took it

away.

 

The case of Kusha Bhau illustrates how Baba drew some of the misdirected

souls to himself and saved them from spiritual ruin. Kusha Bhau found a

guru in one Datta Maharaj who trained him in yoga. He used to press his

guru to teach him black magic which yields some lesser super natural

power. The guru had to yield to some extent and teach him cetain mantras.

Henceforth, Kush Bhau practiced the same intently and wore an iron bangle.

He could utter a mantra and produce sweetmeats mysteriously, out of

nothing, and distribute them to folks. He was forbidden from eating the

same himself.

 

When Kusha Bhau was twenty two, his guru decided to retire into solitude

in the Himalayas and took him along up to Delhi, there he instructed his

disciple to resort to Sai Baba of Shirdi as his elder.

 

(To be contd....)

 

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