Sai Baba the Master - By E.Bhardawaj

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On November 30, the same sadhu wrote, “On Saturday, July 22 I wished to

pass the whole day in dhyana. I sat for meditation at 9 p.m., after dinner.

At 10.46, the Divine Mother appeared and said, ‘At dawn you’ll be blessed

with the guru’s prasadam!’ I asked ‘Who is my guru other than you?’ ‘Who

else! You’ll be graced with perfect darshan and prasadam of Sai Baba!,’ She

replied. I sat, my mind concentrated on the silent repetition of Baba’s

name. At about 2.20 a.m., I rested for a while, when I heard the gingling

sound of trinkets and I heard Mother’s voice, ‘Sit in meditation. You’ll

receive the guru’s prasadam!’ As it was night, I was a little scared.

Precisely at 3-30 a.m., suddenly the whole room was illumined by a

mysterious light. With the joy of expectation on one side and awe on the

other, I was chanting the name of Baba. Suddenly, I saw Baba standing

slightly to my right side. In order to check up whether I was awake, I

stirred a little. Baba smiled and said, ‘You, son of goddess Lakshmi, take

this!’, as he put something resembling udi in my hand. Dumb-founded, I kept

gazing on him. His eyes were a little red and awesome, but his face was

beautiful with a smile. He uttered something resembling Marathi and I could

not understand it. He smiled and said in Telugu, ‘Keep this safe in your

shrine of daily worship. When taken a little with milk, it will cure

diseases!’ I heard the noise of a group of devotees singing bhajans,

probably in Hindi. Baba had two alms-bags in his left-hand. The word nishta

appeared on one of them and saburi on the other. He threw the bags at me.

‘Always cultivate these two,’ he said. His right hand carried nothing.

Smoke, like that of incense, was passing up in front of him. With awe and

reverence I prayed, ‘Baba, I wish to abide always in the state of samadhi’.

‘It is not necessary to be so. Meditate for six hours in a day. Always

chant, ‘Om Saibaba’. That is enough. Whenever you encounter any obstacle in

dhyana, recollect this experience of yours’. A few minutes after, it seemed

as if devotees approached him for arti and he at once vanished. ‘Baba Baba!

’ I cried out and fell down. The whole room was enveloped in darkness. It

was 5-45 a.m., by then. The udi that Baba gave was intact in my hand”. On a

Thursday in 1975, one of my colleagues had introduced his guest, Mr.Raghu

to me at Vidyanagar. He spoke to me for a few hours and left. A few days

later, he wrote the following letter from Madras (dated December 10, 1975):

 

“Dear Sri Bharadwaja, on my return journey, When I was walking to the

coffee house in the bus stand at Gudur, a lady of about 50 years, wearing

ochre robes and holy ash on her brow, called me softly by name. I checked

up in surprise whether she found my name written on my books, but there was

none. She asked me for 30 paise for tea and said, ‘Are you coming from

Vidyanagar?’ I told her all about my trip. She said that my meeting you is

not accidental as I supposed, but was ordained and said, ‘Go ahead! Do not

stop half-way for any reason’. Ever since, I have been brooding over the

uncanny incident: ‘Who is she? How did she know my name? What did she mean

by saying that my meeting you was ordained? Who has ordained it?’… The same

night, I had a dream: I glided in the air to a city where, I was told, a

great saint has arrived. When I prostrated to his feet, he said lovingly,

‘You too do it formally? Recite the appropriate mantra while prostrating!’

After I did, I woke up and it was dawn. What a wonderful dream! The saint

with his beard and white clothes looked exactly like Sai Baba. My duty

henceforth is to devote all my time and energy for Baba. The Lord said that

before blessing His devotee fully, He would take away everything and there

is no doubt about it. I’ve resigned my job. I’m aware that before I reach

my goal, I will have to face much hardship… I wish to visit some sacred

temples and gain peace of mind. First, I wish to visit Sai Baba at Shirdi

and thereafter, Sri Swami Samarth at Akkalkot. I fully believe that Baba

will guide me aright… After sometime, I hope I would be able to come for

your darshan. Convey my regards to my friends. Yours, Raghu”. The bird of

Baba’s flock fled the cage?

 

 

(Source : http://www.saibharadwaja.org)