EIGHTY YEARS OF LOVE IN ACTION IN PICTURES - PART - 11

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The Kailas Committee

The late Smt. Sakamma used to tell this strange story that She

experienced. One day at her own Bungalow in Somewarpet, Coorg, when she was

engaged in worship, a servant disturbed her and announced that a car had come

into the compound and that the person inside insisted on seeing her

immediately. She was rather upset, but, nevertheless went out to find who could

take so much liberty with her time-table. She found in the car a tall fair old

man with a very reverend beard, sitting on a deerskin, his whole body bathed in

ash. And, she was struck by the age of ,the car too, for it matched the age of

the owner or occupant. The car was driven by a weak little boy in his teens and

Smt. Sakamma wondered how he could have managed to secure a licence or whether

he had one at all. The car had a name plate, ,on top, in front, 'The Kailas

Committee !'. She invited the old man inside ; did pranam ; placed a newly

plucked rose at his feet ; and offered him some fruits. He said that he would

not eat the fruits there; he said he did not cater to the tongue at all times

and all places . 'Jihvachapalya' was the word he used ; he wanted her to

contribute to the Kailas Committee and become a Member, by giving the donation

of a thousand rupees. She signed a paper in which the sum and her name was

already written ! and when she proffered the amount, the old man said, "Keep

this also with you. I shall come and take it later." With those words he kept

on the table the signed sheet and, getting into the car, he left the place !

The teen-age driver did his work remarkably well, for the car was out of sight

in a moment.

Years later, when she saw Baba in a house to which she had gone, He appeared to

her at one moment like the driver of that mysterious car and the next, like the

hoary occupant who took so much pains to make her contribute to the Kailas

Committee,and,then, asked her to wait with the cash in her own keeping ! And

then Baba surprised her by telling her, " Come on, give the Rs. 1000/- you

promised that day!" and describing in her presence the entire story, correct to

the minutest detail.

 

Erased sentences

Muralidharan, Station Director of All India Radio, was with Baba during his tour

of Kerala and tape recorded His speeches and Bhajans, without omitting a

syllable or a note. From these tapes a newsreel programme was prepared

depicting the ceremony when Baba laid the foundation stone for the Hospital for

children, in my native village of Trippunittura, when the Health Minister,

Wellington, presided.

He played that reel and felt happy, remembering that Baba, in his speech at the

Town Hall, Ernakulam, had promised to tour Kerala again after Sivarathri. He

had assured them that He would tour from Cannanore to Trivandrum and stay

longer in each place. When a friend came to his office a week later,

Muralidharan chanced to communicate to him the good news. Muralidharan said

that if Baba would not fulfil his assurance, he would take the tape containing

His promise to Puttaparthi, play it back to Baba, and 'challenge' Him.

The friend was thrilled by the confident tone of Muralidharan; he wanted to hear

the assurance in Baba's own voice, and so the tape was replayed for his benefit.

Wonder of wonders: those sentences were not recorded on that tape! The Telugu

sentences spoken by Baba and the simultaneous Malayalam translations of the

assurance spoken by me were not there! And to make the miracle complete, there

was no gap either! Source: Sathyam Sivam Sundaram (The Life Story of Sathya Sai

Baba)

"Your letter has not reached me yet; but, I have read it already. You posted it

to Madras, not knowing that I have come back here. I was near you when you

wrote it. Your mother must know be very much better: is it not?" This is what

Baba wrote to a devotee, some years back. He is Sarvantharyami; He is in all

places, at all times.

Our letter need not reach Him. Even when it reaches Him, He need not open it and read the contents!

One day, I happened to be in His room when the post came. When He dropped on the

floor one letter unread and unopened, some newly arrived person muttered,

"Swami, you have not read that letter. It may be some tale of misery". Baba

smiled and said, "No,No. It is a tale of joy, He says that a son has been born

to him; but, he is worried that the baby was born with frontal teeth." Then, He

told us the whole story with the envelope in His hand.

"A Vaisya couple from a village in Telengana had come on pilgrimage to

Puttaparthi a year ago; they prayed that they may be blessed with progeny. I

gave the man an apple and asked him to share it with his wife. He took it in

his hand and examined it. Finding some marks on the skin, indicating that it

might have been bitten by a rat or so, he asked me what it was, evidently

nervous about eating it. I told him that they both could eat it. 'Only, the

baby will have two frontal at birth. Don't worry.'

He has now written that the child has been born and, (Here, He tore open the

envelope, took out the letter and turning over the lines showed us the very

sentence) "he has asked Me whether any Santhi has to be performed, to alleviate

what he fears be a calamity!"

Looking at that sentence, we stood amazed, in the resplendent Presence of Bhagavan.

Baba is Sarvajna, Sarvasaktha, Sarvaantharyami.

( N.Kasturi, Sanathana Sarathi, June 1960)

Extract from Divine Discourse of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba on 12 August 1963.

.... Every Gopee had the highest type of Bhakthi in her heart. They saw only

Krishna wherever they turned; they wore on their foreheads blue Kumkum, in

order to remind themselves of Krishna. There were many husbands who protested

against the colour of the Kumkum, but they dared not wipe it off, lest harm

should befall them and the sacrilege recoil on them alone.Here Baba who had

filled his hand with petals of Mallika (jasmine) flowers pulled apart by Him

from garlands given to Him, showered the petals from one palm to another and

they fell in a cascade of blue gems. Even the gems they preferred were of this

type, blue, like Krishna. He showed the astounded gathering the gems He was

referring to. Each gem had Krishna's form in it, beautifully clear.... Sourced

from: Discourse of Sri

Sathya Sai Baba 12- 08 - 1963Courtesy: http://www..com/

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