MY EXPERIENCE WITH LORD SAI (October 1983)

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MY EXPERIENCE WITH LORD SAI (October 1983)

I am a mechanical engineer running a small scale industry in Bangalore In

the year 1980 I had one of the worst experiences of facing partnership

problem with my business partner. My partner was insisting on me under the

pretext of his ill-health that he should be relieved from the partnership

immediately and at the same time he was demanding a good will compensation

of Rs One lakh twelve thousand (Rs 1,12,000/-) from me. I am a poor

engineer without any financial back ground and whatever little money I had

was already invested in the business. The only wealth I was enjoying was my

Shraddha (faith) on Lord Sai The industry was in a financial crisis having

heavy loans and liabilities all around. So a challenge was posed on me by

this problem, which seemed unsolvable in the beginning. If I do not concede

my partner’s demand, I would not get any more co-operation from him which is

all the more detrimental to the smooth operation of the industry. My

friends and well-wishers started advising me “BEG, BORROW AND STEAL BUT SOME

HOW ARRANGE FOR THE MONEY, PAY YOUR PARTNER OTHERWISE YOU WILL RUN INTO MORE

PROBLEMS IN FUTURE”. But then whom to beg ? How to borrow ? and what to

call ? I was keeping my finger crossed without knowing what to do .

 

During this trying period in the month of January 1980, a friend of mine

told me that he was planning a visit to Shirdi and asked me whether I was

interested in joining him since I was mentally very much disturbed, I

readily agreed to join him with the objective of restoring my mental peace

One night we landed in the great soil of Shirdi and next day after offering

my ABHISHEKA SEVA to LORD SAI I put two chits on the silver feet of SAI in

the Samadhi Mandir, One chit reading as “continue with the present partner”

and the other chit reading as “discontinue with your partner some how”. In

fact I was very much hesitating whether I should do this silly thing on the

great noble feet of lord Sai. Finally I thought that when I am HIS child

why to fear and I took the liberty of asking approval for my plan of action

from my father (Lord Sai) by these two chits. I put two chits on his silver

feet and took one of them. After coming out of the Samadhi Mandir I opened

the chit and read as “discontinue with your partner some how” . I read out

this to my friend, who was with me and my friend was not happy that I did

this silly thing at the feet of Lord Sai. My friend told me that in partner

and therefore some how I should continue with my partner and I should not

have put chits on the feet of Lord Sai etc . Yet this time I was firm in my

mind and I decided to think and act in arranging for the funds required to

pay to my partner as compensation. After all my father had given His

permission and I was sure that He would show me the path for solving my

problem provided I have the will to work hard in the right direction with

all the sincerity.

 

K. Vasudev

Bangalore – 560 058.

 

 

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

be

read at www.saileelas.org/magazines/SAILEELA/exp.htm