A Miraculous Escape and a Safe Homeward journey

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A Miraculous Escape and a Safe Homeward ------------------------------- It was soon afterward that I had miraculous escape from being very badly burnt. One day, I was deep frying pakoras in a saucepan. As I turned around to get some ingredients down from a shelf, the sleeve of my gown became entangled with the handle of the saucepan; at least, it must have, for I didn’t notice it then, and so turned around nonchalantly. Imagine my great horror and utter consternation as I turned and saw that the saucepan full of boiling fat and sizzling pakoras was about to land right on me! I was petrified and stood rooted to the ground, unable to move. If I had moved, I would only have hastened the descent of the saucepan, which was ominously sliding towards me. I let out a terrific scream ‘Baba’. And then the miracle happened. The saucepan slid out of the sleeve of my gown, turned around all by itself, of it’s own volition, by 180 degrees and went and sat

nonchalantly on the other burner of the stove; I stood for a while, utterly dazed, then came to and expressed my heart-felt gratitude to my Lord. How kind, how compassionate is my beloved Master. I bowed to Him in utmost gratitude and love. ................................................................................................................................... A voyage into the unknown. I had a slight indisposition that none took very seriously, at least of all i. After a couple of days, it became serious, I became extremely weekend did not pass urine for two days. As ever one knows, that is very harmful, as the bile salts enter our blood stream, leading the person into a coma. Of course I did not reach that stage, but I was completely dazed and

could not think properly. I had been dozing fitfully all afternoon and woke up with a sudden start at about 7pm. I felt terribly thirsty. The glass on my bedside table was empty. I did not have the strength to get up from the bed so I called out feebly, but there was no response. I think my mother in-law was in the garden, playing with my son. The whole house was in darkness, no one had switched on the lights. My husband was not at home. I called and called but in vain, and finally sank back on to the bed, utterly spent and exhausted. Then, something most peculiar happened. I felt leaving my body! I was floating in an abyss, somewhere near the ceiling, and was gazing, absolutely stupefied at my own prone body on bed ! I was bewildered, completely and totally baffled.

"What ,s all this all about ? I wondered. "Perhaps I, am dead. if so, why waste time ? Let me hasten to my beloved Lord,s side." I literally winged my way to Him. I remember seeing the Brindan ashram grounds. But was My Baba pleased t o see me? Oh no, not He! His expressions was absolutely stern and forbidding, "Why have you come here"? Your duties are not yet over, your time has not come as yet. Go back at once to your material body." Poor me! What a shock I had! How on earth was I to get back into my mortal frame? Somehow, I managed to get into my bedroom and hovered for a while near the ceiling, gazing in perplexity at the body on the bed. Suddenly, I heard a loud scream from the outside the house. That was all i knew. The next moment, I was back in my physical body. I fell at once, exhausted into a deep slumber. I did not wake up until my husband came home at nine o'

clock and brought me some fruit to eat. Later, I reasoned that the shock of hearing the loud scream must have sent my astral body scuttling back into the physical one. The experience was a tremendous one and one that I will never forget. Maybe I had really died before my time and had been sent back to my Baba. Or, perhaps, spiritualists will explain it as an 'out of the body experience'. Maybe I shall never know, neither can I ever hope to understand why He did such fantastic thing. Anyhow, I do not really care about they why's and wherefores, because incidents such as these only cement the bond between Him and me. Every experience, every little incident in my life, whether joyous or sorrowful, whether momentous or trivial, only take me one stop nearer to Him. I hope and pray that He will soon allow me to rest at His Lotus feet. Aum Sri Sai Ram Story of a Sai devotees -------- Swami’s Quotation “ Be ever in consciousness that you are but a shadow of God, His image. Then, no harm can come to you. God walks along the royal road to Truth. The shadow holding to Him by the Feet, falls on hallow and hill, fire and water and dirt and dust. But, holding to the Feet, as done the shadow, you will be unaffected by the ups and downs of life”. “Why worry about not having been able to touch these Feet? My Feet are within your reach, at all times, where ever you are.” Sarvatha paani pada- hands and feet everywhere. BABA. Jai Sai Ram (Sharing with Sai Love) Ram.Chugani

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