DEVOTEES' EXPERIENCES OF SRI SAI BABA BY H.H. NARASIMHA SWAMIJI - PART II

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Sairam,

 

Devotees Experiences – Mrs.Manager,

 

There may be some who complain that even the ordinary talk of Sai

Baba was meaningless jargon. So it was no doubt to them and was

intended to be that. "Jaya Mani Jaisa Bhav, Taya Taisa Anubhav." But

those who were intended to be benefited by that talk would find their

full and vast significance. He did not want comforts to be provided

for Him. When the Mosque was sought to be repaired- it was first a

rumbling old dirty dilapidated building badly needing re-pairs, he

objected and put it off. It was by the devotees' insistence and by

their conducting the repairs at night when He was sleeping in the

Chavadi, that the reconstruction was pushed through.

 

Besides Upasani Maharaj, we met many noteworthy persons at Shirdi.

Radhakrishna Ayi, a Brahmin widow, was looking after the requirements

of Sri Sai Baba's Arati, etc. She ordered people to get things and

was held in great respect; when we went there in 1915 or so, Sri Sai

Baba told us to go to Ayi, and we went to her for accommodation. But

Ayi gave it on the strict condition that I should do all the manual

labour she might ask of me, I agreed and did the work as required.

Ayi related the history of my past life and had wonderful powers of

thought-reading and claire voyance. When some unusual order came from

Baba that such and such a dish was wanted, she would keep it ready

and supply it at once. When some message came for me, she read off my

mind the reply I wanted to give and gave the reply herself. She was

deeply devoted to Sri Sai Baba, and rendered great service to His

Samsthan. Yet it must be admitted that Ayi had a very sharp tongue

and many found her uncompanionable. But Sri Sai Baba put us there to

develop our power of endurance, perhaps.

 

Sri Sai Baba's methods of giving spiritual help to visitors were not

usual once. There was no Upadesh Mantra given. He never talked of

Yoga, Pranayam and Kundalini. But when anything went wrong to one

pursuing some Marga, he would come to Sri Sai Baba and would be

helped. There was a man who had practised Asan and Pranayam and the

poor man's system broke down. He was passing blood in his motions. So

he came to Sri Sai Baba and stayed. After a while his health was

restored during his stay at Shirdi.

 

 

-- to be contd

 

 

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