Guest guest Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Sairam,Devotees Experiences - Rao Bahadur S.B.DhumalEmboldened by His love, I used to write to Him and Sri Madhava Rao Deshpande would read my letters to Him and communicate His replies to me. In some cases, even during His lifetime and in all cases after His Mahasamadhi (1918 October) I addressed my queries to Him mentally or by prayerfully placing chits (or casting lots) before His portrait and I invariably got His answer showing me what was the correct and safe course for me to follow. I invariably followed His advice - however much it might run counter to "common-sense", "medical opinion", "rules of prudence" etc., and invariably discovered that the path chosen for me by Baba was the safest and wisest.HYGIENE, ETC.I have lived in this ancestral house of mine in the main road of Nasik, all my life. When plague broke out and dead rats were found in the house, I wrote to Shirdi for Baba's direction before moving out and left the house as soon as I got His reply. As I am ever under His protection and doing nothing without His guidance, I felt perfectly safe in remaining in the house till I got His reply. He has said that at every step He was guiding me. I knew He was guiding me - I had implicit faith in the truth of His words. He knew everything that was happening or was to happen at Nasik or in any other place and would not allow any harm to befall me while I was placing this childlike trust in and reliance on Him. During all these twenty nine years of such reliance, there is not a single instance in which such protection failed or such trust found misplaced.After receiving Baba's reply, I moved to a bungalow at Nasik. But the same night a dead rat was found near the bed of my brother's son at the bungalow. Again I sought Baba's advice by letter whether I should move away. The reply was in the negative. And contrary to the rules of prudence and wisdom of medical experts and laymen, I kept on living with my family at the bungalow. No harm befell us. Later, dead rats were found in the servants' quarters, in the houses, in the neighbourhood, and lastly, in the well from which alone we had drawn all our supply of water for drinking, cooking etc. At this. I wrote "at once to Baba for permission and in anticipation of its arrival which I considered as certain, I packed up all our things and carted them off to this our house in the Bazar Street. I went to the house and was just trying to unlock the front door, when a postal letter from Shirdi was delivered to me. That conveyed Baba's reply to me, "why should we give up (i.e.,change) our residence?" I adopted this advice without question or demur and went back immediately to the infected bungalow and lived in it. (As for water. I took the precaution of avoiding the well and getting all our water from the river Godavari) This further apparently risky and foolhardy step of reoccupation did not result in any harm to us. There were times during the Plague Season when there were 14 or 15 deaths per day due to plague in the town - and despite that fact Baba bade us stay in the house in town and we were all safe. - to be contd Devotees can read this book from the Book Section ofwww.Saileelas.org/books/exppart2.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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