Guest guest Posted January 23, 2003 Report Share Posted January 23, 2003 BABA KNOWS ABOUT HIS CHILDREN Ramakrishna Ayi was anxious to direct society important people to Baba’s feet, and wanted to get P.R. Avaste, a retired Judge of Gwalior, to Baba’s feet. So, Mr. Rege tried to bring him over to Shirdi. Avaste had heard about Baba, but there were obstacles, which prevented him from going to Shirdi. Baba, on the silent prayer of Rege, helped Avaste to get over those obstacles. The way in which those difficulties were overcome, being very interesting, may be set out here. The first objection Avaste had to go to Shirdi was that he had already another Guru, a lady with a remarkable personality and powers, and going to see Baba would be Gurudroha towards her. Then Mr. Rege told him that Sai Baba was the same spirit as the spirit in all Gurus and, therefore, in that lady also, and he might therefore go to Shirdi and feel that the lady was in Baba. He agreed to go during Christmas of 1914. But there was a great obstacle, Avaste was very slow and allowed arrears of work to accumulate. So, he received orders that he should not avail himself of Christmas holidays unless the arrears were cleared off. Avaste then sat up and, in the first few days of the holidays, cleared off the work much to his own surprise. This was the evidence of Baba’s help. When they started, there was another and very unexpected obstacle. It was war time in 1914 and trains were commandeered. Going from Indore to Manmad, they had to pass Mhow, a Cantonment station. At that station, their train was commandeered. all passengers were asked to get down, and they also had to get down. The trip seemed to come to nothing. But Rege always had Baba in his heart. What happened? Just as they were about to get down, the Commanding officer came up and asked them to stay on, as their particular compartment was not going to be taken by the military, because it was too small and unnecessary. Obviously, it was Baba’s work and Baba avowed it when they reached Shirdi. Then when they were in the train, Rege went on all night with his chanting and bhajans, calling on Baba. When they reached Shirdi, Baba asked Rege, ‘Who is this Pissat, the crazy man with you?’ This proved to be a prophecy. Again Baba went on referring to Rege saying, ‘Look at him. He will not be content to come alone. He insists on others being brought.’ This again had reference to Rege’s desire not to start until and unless Avaste also started with him. Again Baba said, ‘They wanted to put my children out of the train. But I told the Commanding Officer, they are my children, let them come to me.’ This indicated how they were exceptionally allowed to travel by that train. Lastly, Baba said, ‘He gave me no sleep, last night. All night, Baba, Baba, was the cry around my bedside. ‘These four references showed that Baba was watching his children and using all his powers to influence all minds to favour their pious endeavours to be with him and profit thereby. Yet Avaste could not get over the idea that in having come to Shirdi, there was droha towards his lady Guru. To solve the difficulty, Rege sent up four flowers of Mogra, tied together with a string to Baba asking him to untie the knots. Baba smelt the flowers and sent them back saying that they should be untied at the Shala, that is, at Ayi’s residence. Again at the mid-day naivedya, Avaste concealed a ball of rice under the sthali he carried, and said to himself, if Baba accepts this ball as a pinda, then he would feel sure that his deceased lady Guru was in Baba. When Avaste went up, he stumbled and picked up some portion of the ball and went near Baba. Baba put out his hands and said, ‘Give it to me, I shall accept it and send it to the place you wish.’ Avaste got excited and said, ‘Hallo, My Guru is dead, and this person is living.’ And he got flurried. His mind lost its balance. He began to see Baba all round and behaved like a mad man, thinking that Baba was trying to kill him and practising magic against him. About midnight he was saying, ‘What? Have you got into the clutches of a wicked magician who is trying to ruin and kill me?’ Rege could not bear any more. He went up, stood near the Mosque and mentally prayed to Baba for relief. Next morning, when he went to bow to Baba, the latter said, ‘Take this man Avaste out of the gates of Shirdi’. When that was done, Avaste become normal again and lost his pissat qualities. Courtesy: HH Pujyasri B. V. Narasimha Swamiji (Vasuki Mahal Shri Shirdi Sai Baba Trust, Coimbatore-641025) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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