Devotees Experiences Mrs.Manager part3

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My eyes have been giving me trouble constantly. On one

occasion while I was at Shirdi, they were greatly

paining me and water was freely flowing from them. In

such a condition I went and sat up before Baba. He

looked at me. My eyes ceased to pain and water. But

his eyes were dropping tears. The accurate diagnosis

of the disease at a glance was wondrous enough. Still

more wondrous was his curing deep seated organic

disease abruptly and suddenly without any visible

application of remedy or treatment. Scientists or

medical men may disbelieve this. But having actually

experienced it in my own case and in that of others

who came before Sai Baba, I cannot disbelieve such

cases and what is most pecu-liar-the drawing of

diseases on to himself by pure willpower.

 

 

One noticeable difference between Sri Sai Baba and

other saints struck me. I have moved with other

notable saints also. I have seen them in high Samadhi

or trance condition entirely forgetting their body and

course) effacing the narrow notion of the self

confined to the body; and I have seen them later

getting conscious of their surroundings, knowing what

is in our hearts and replying to us. But with Sri Sai

Baba, there was this peculiar feature. He had not to

go into trance to achieve anything or to reach any

higher position or knowledge. He was every moment

exercising a double consciousness, one actively

utilizing the Ego called Sri Sai Baba and dealing with

other Egos in temporal or spiritual affairs, and the

other-entirely superceeding all Egos and resting in

the position of the Universal Soul or Ego; he was

exercising and manifesting all the powers and features

incidental to both the states of consciousness. Other

saints would forget their body and surondings and then

return to it. But Sri Sai Baba always was in and

outside the material world. Others seemed to take

pains and by effort to trace the contents of others'

minds and read their past history. But with Sri Sai

Baba this was not a matter of effort. He was in the

all knowing state always.

 

 

It is not merely his power that endeared him to his

devotees. His loving care combined with those powers

made Shirdi, a veritable paradise to the devotees who

went there. Directly we went there, we felt safe, that

nothing could harm us. When I went and sat in his

presence,/ always forget my pain-nay the body itself

with all mundane concerns and anxieties. Hours would

pass and I would be in blissful unconsciousness of

their passing. That was a unique experience-shared, I

believe, by, all his real devotees. He was all in all

and the All for us. We never could think of his having

limitations. Now that he has passed away, I feel what

a terrible loss it is, as I can no longer pass hours

together in blissful unconsciousness of time and

affairs at his feet. We feel we have lost our soul;

our bodies alone are left to us now. Yet it would not

be true to say that he has altogether vanished. He is

still living now and we have ample proof of his powers

and protecting care in many matters of and on; though

the assurance we derive from these about his

continuance can never compare with the bliss we felt

in his presence when he was in the physical body.

 

 

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source:devotees experiences of sai baba by narasimhaswamiji