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Chapter XXII

Rescues from Serpent-bites - (1) Balasaheb Mirikar (2) Bapusaheb Booty (3) Amir

Shakkar (4) Hemadpant - Baba's Opinion Regarding Killing of Serpents.

Preliminary

How to meditate on Baba? No one has been able to fathom the nature or the form

of the Almighty. Even the Vedas and the thousand-tongued Shesha are not able to

describe it fully; but the devotees cannot but know and look at the form of the

Lord, for they know that His Feet are the only means of their happiness. They

know no other method of attaining the supreme goal of life, except meditating

on the Holy Feet. Hemadpant suggests an easy way of devotion and meditation as

follows:-

As the dark fortnight of every month wears out gradually, the moonlight also

wanes in the same degree and on the newmoon day, we do not see the moon at all,

nor do we get her light. Therefore, when the bright fortnight begins, people are

very anxious to see the moon. On the first day, the moon is not seen and on the

second day also she is not clearly visible. Then the people are asked to see

the moon through an opening between the two branches of a tree, and when they

begin to see through this aperture eagerly and after concentratedly, the

distant small crescent of the moon comes, to their great delight, within their

ken. Following this clue, let us try to see Baba's Light. Look at Baba's

posture, how fine it is! He is sitting with His legs folded,the right leg held

across the left knee. The fingers of His left hand are spread on the

right-foot. On the right toe are spread His two fingers-the index and middle

ones. By this posture Baba means

to say, as it were-if you want to see My Light, be egoless and most humble and

meditate on My toe through the opening between the two branches-index and

middle fingers-and then you will be able to see My Light. This is the easiest

means of attaining devotion.

Now let us turn for a moment to Baba's life. Shirdi had become a place of

pilgrimage on account of Baba's stay. People from all quarters began to flock

there, and both the rich and the poor began to be benefited in more ways than

one and in some form or other. Who can describe Baba's boundless love and His

wonderful natural knowledge and His all-pervasiveness? Blessed is he, who could

experience one or all of these. Sometimes Baba observed long silence which was,

in a way, His dissertation on Brahman; at other times He was

Consciousness-Bliss Incarnate, surrounded by His devotees. Sometimes He spoke

in parables, and at other times indulged in wit and humour. At times, He was

quite unambiguous (clear) and at times He seemed enraged. Sometimes He gave His

teachings in a nut-shell, at other times He argued at length. Many a time He was

very plain. In this way, He gave varied instructions to many, according to their

requirements. His life was,

therefore, inscrutable, beyond the ken of our mind, beyond our intellect and

speech. Our longing to see His face, to talk with Him and hear His Leelas was

never satisfied; still we were overflowing with joy. We can count the showers

of rain, encircle (tie) the wind in a leather bag, but who can gauge or measure

His Leelas? Now we deal here with one aspect of them, viz. how He anticipated or

forestalled the calamities of His devotees and warded them off in time."Gurur

Brahma Gurur VishnuGurur Devoh Maheshwar;Gurur Shakshat ParambramhaTashmai Shri

Gurur Veh Namah"May the Merciful Sri Sai Baba always shower His grace on us and

our families and remove our problems and anxieties by giving us all - strength

, goodluck, success and happiness with peace of mind.Sai bhakt,Deepa

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