Can you help, Sir? - omniscience Shirdi Sai Baba -

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Om Sri Sai Ram

Om Sai Jai Sai Jai Jai Sai

 

Can you help, Sir?

 

Is it necessary to go searching everyone for help when keeping faith

that "Baba will provide" is all that is required? Belittling

unsolicited help or suspecting situations favorable during the hour

of need is perhaps limiting Baba' omniscience because Baba manifests

himself in several ways and in several situations to help the

distressed. At the same time, raising unnecessary outcry over every

hurdle big and small is not a hallmark of a faithful Sai devotee. Let

us examine the following incident in the life of eminent Sai devotee

Kakasaheb Dixit, as narrated by Pujya Sri B.V. Narasimhaswami ji.

 

As for Dixit's own financial position, there was, for a long time, a

period of depression, but there was no positive distress. Contentment

was ingrained in Dixit', and he was always saying to himself, "Tevile

Anante, Tase Rahave", which is the same as "Alla Rakhega Vysa

Rahena", "Maula Rakhega Vysa Rahena". This means, 'We must be content

with the lot assigned to us by God.' So, he was generally contented

and retained his mental peace in the midst of lack of funds and

income. However, special occasions arose and his faith in Baba was

tested and confirmed.

 

Some time after Baba passed away, Kaka had to meet a heavy obligation

of Rs. 30,000 to be paid to a Marwadi. The day for payment was

drawing near, and Kaka could not see how to get funds for meeting

this large demand. One night, as he was sleeping, he had a dream, and

in his dream, his creditor was pressing him for payment. In the

dream, he assured the creditor, "Oh, don't you fear. I have my friend

Sir Chunnilal, Sir Chimanlal etc., all of them knights, and they will

provide the money". Suddenly, he woke up and remembering the dream,

he bitterly repented his stupid folly in relying upon 'Sir' this

and 'Sir' that who are just persons who will fail to help at the

crucial moment.

 

He felt that the only person on whom he could rely for getting help

was Baba, and cursed his folly in relying upon such useless human

help. He resolved not to think of these 'Sirs' at all, and to rely

confidently and boldly upon Sai Baba alone to furnish him with funds

and that too in time. He sat up in his office room on a chair and was

waiting and waiting until the actual date of payment came. Until the

last moment, no money was forthcoming. However, at the last moment, a

young man, the son of a rich friend of his, came asking for his

advice. He said that after his father's death, he was managing his

property, and had to find an investment for his money. He said, just

then he had brought with him Rs. 30,000/- and wanted to know from

Dixit what would be best investment. Kaka, after explaining the pros

and cons of other investments, finally told him that he was in urgent

need of Rs. 30,000/- and he would be glad to have it on any

reasonable terms, but that it was his duty to explain to the lender

that his practice had gone down, that his income was very low, though

his properties in the shape of bungalows were there, and that it was

his duty to point out the danger and disadvantage of lending to such

person. The young man, however, made up his mind to lend the money to

him on account of his being his father's friend, and thus the

creditor of Dixit was paid in time.

 

Jai Sai Ram

Swamy Mahadevan

Bow to Shri Sai-Peace be to all

Baba Bless you ever!!!