MY EXPERIENCE OF THE BLESSINGS OF SRI SAI BABA (April 1987)

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MY EXPERIENCE OF THE BLESSINGS OF SRI SAI BABA (April 1987)

Impelled by what I happened to read in Sri Sai Leela magazine, I give below

a brief account of my experience of Sri Baba's blessings when I was in a

state of restlessness and confusion.

 

Approximately 30 years ago, I had an opportunity of visiting Shirdi and

having darshan of Sai Baba. A Gujarati lady who happened to be a friend,

took me along with her relatives. Earlier I had absolutely no idea at all of

the great saint of Shirdi.

 

When we reached, there was not much crowd and we could stay in the Samadhi

Mandir itself in a room attached to it. This enabled us to attend 3 arties,

namely kakad, noon and night arties. From that time onwards, I have been

having full faith in the grace of Sai Baba.

 

After our return to Bombay, some times I have taken part in Sai Bhajans in

the neighbourhood. A few years later, I visited Shirdi with my parents.

 

In 1979, I had the greatest blessings of Sri Baba through a dream.

 

My husband, the late Sri K.P. lyer, suffered from a severe illness for

about six months which made him feel very uncomfortable owing to the

swelling both in the abdominal region and legs. Being himself a religious

and God-fearing person, he suffered patiently with the realisation that it

was due to his past karma. At this hour of difficulty in the family, my

daughter's marriage was somehow fixed to be celebrated on the 17th November,

1979, although I was least prepared on account of my husband's illness. As

matters thus stood, one day my husband called me and affirmed that the

daughter's marriage should be celebrated as fixed despite the odds in the

family.

 

This desire and stand of his threw me into a state of confusion and dilemma

as to what to do and where to proceed from without the husband's help in

such an important matter. With worry deep-set in my mind and prayers to the

Almighty for his guidance and hope, I retired to bed one day and possibly

would have slept a little. Suddenly, I had a dream in which I saw the Great

Sri Sai Baba with a garland of white flowers in his hand, blessing me and

assuring me that everything would pass off well.

 

I woke up immediately and felt a fresh energy in me and a great relief

mentally.

Drawing strength from his blessings, I began the necessary preparations for

the marriage and the happy function went off as scheduled. Surprisingly

enough, my husband got better and even climbed up to the 2nd floor to

witness the holy function, with someone's assistance.

When the newly married couple was away from Bombay on their honey-moon trip,

I took a vow that I would visit Shirdi along with my daughter and her

husband for darshan. Despite our earnest wishes for the better, my husband's

condition took a turn for the worse and he passed away peacefully with the

contentment that his daughter's marriage was well celebrated with the

blessings of Sri Baba. His soul actually departed on an ekadashi day which

fell on a Thursday, too. Who can escape the effect of past karma after all?

But, yet, if we live a good and moral life and surrender ourselves to the

gracious feet of Sadguru like our Baba, we can be quite sure of mental peace

and contentment against all odds in our life.

 

In March the next year, we went to Shirdi again with my son Chi. Krishna,

my daughter and her husband and performed abishekam to Sri Baba's moorthy

and adorned him with our humble chaddar. This gave us mental peace. I always

felt over-whelmed whenever I looked at the statue of Sri Baba as he !:ad

appeared in the same posture in my dream to bless my daughter's marriage.

Again after my son's marriage also, we visited Shirdi and obtained Sri

Baba's blessings. My grand daughter, Sow. Jyothi too evinces keen interest

in hearing the leelas of Sri Baba, which must be due to His Grace only, we

believe.

 

May He continue to bless one and all for peace and bliss.

 

Smt. Sitaiyer,

Bombay.

 

 

 

(The experiences of Devotees as published in Shri Sai Leela Magazine, can be

read at www.saileelas.org/magazines/SAILEELA/exp.htm April 1987)