Existence (Asthi)

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Now starts His leela. My wife was running the highest temperature at that

time, when she talked to me all these things and there is every doubt that

delirium might have started, as the other day the Doctor treating her also

expressed her doubt whether it would lead to meningitis. But to clear the

doubt or doubts I had at that moment, she put me a question, " It is

Puttaparthi Sai Baba, who started Balavikas schools for children and why

Shirdi Sai is telling that there is Balavikas? When did he start them? " It

was really an intelligent question showing that her brain was working

properly. We had not been to Shirdi till then and in fact I did not read

anywhere that Shirdi Sai started Balavikas schools. I simply interpreted her

saying that it might be Baba once again declaring to me, that He makes no

difference whether He is Shirdi Sai or Puttaparthi Baba. She was also

satisfied then and slept.

 

Next morning as usual I had Thursday pooja and questioned Baba about the

present situation by opening His 'Satcharitra' as I do usually at the time

of doubt or when I require an answer to my problem. The reply He gave was

Dr. Pillai's story, in which Baba tells Dr. Filial not to request for

postponement of Prarabdha and then assures him of the cure from his guinea

worm disease within 10 days. It assured me that my wife will be alright in

10 days. This was conveyed to my wife and we were waiting for a

change. We never tried to change the doctor.

 

On the same evening, one doctor, who is a friend of mine, returned from

Iran only on the last night and came to visit our house. He being a

doctor, rebuked my negligence for having kept a patient for so many days

in the house, not hospitalizing her and he never took rest, till she

was admitted to the Hospital the next day. It was 1st

April. Doctors thereafter made a thorough check up and admitted my wife

in the emergency ward, which terrified the lady; but she took courage on

hearing from me, Shri Baba's assurance and took the medicines as directed

by the doctor, They took all the tests that are possible in a hospital; but

they could not diagnose the disease. The medicine given by them was only

nominal; but she started improving day by day and on the third day she

showed symptoms of normalcy. She picked up her health and was

discharged on 11th April. See, it was only 10 days she took to regain

her health as promised by Baba. It was really a rebirth. The doctors,

who looked after her told me later that they could not find any defect

in her, but they suspected that the dosage given by the previous doctors was

less, which could not improve her health. Anyhow, I felt that the decease

was cured on Wednesday night itself by the Divine treatment of Sai and

nothing was left over to doctors to find out. The question arose what

was the use of our going to the hospital? I humbly remembered the words of

Shri Swamy Ramaadas of Anandashram (Kerala State) " Human effort is

necessary to know that human effort is useless. Then divine will start

worming " .

 

In four days after coming back from the hospital, one of my friends came

from his village and after completing his work in the city suddenly proposed

to go to Shirdi, with me. One can imagine my condition. I was penniless; but

he assured me of the expenditure and wanted me to be his guest. Next, my

wife also showed her willingness. My trip to Shirdi was an unimaginable

happiness to my heart and soul. We had a pleasant journey and darshan of the

Lord Sai Baba from near, I dropped off all my anxieties and worries at His

feet and made my heart and mind so empty that I filled it with His grace and

prasad. I returned with these to my wife and children. My wife asked me

whether we have seen the things used by Him. It was surprising to me. She

did not tell me in her trance, the stories about what was worn by Sai Baba

and how he was looking like. I told her that all the things used by Him are

preserved in a glass cupboard. She suddenly put me a question, how His shoes

were. With so much curiosity I asked her whether she saw them, while He was

wearing them and how they appeared like. She said, " Sai wore shoes like

those that the Muslim Fakirs wear " and her description of the shoes was

exactly of those, kept in the Samadhi Mandir by the Shirdi Samsthan. This

shattered my last doubts whether Shri Baba appeared in person before her in

her experience and I bowed with reverence at His holy feet with a humble

prayer.

 

In 1978 February my Mrs. could travel to her Ishta Deva and then she herself

saw what was shown to her in her dream. She recognized the highest place

where she was taken as " Bhakta Niwas " top floor, where we stayed and the

" Balavikas " under the shade of trees by the side of the Bhakta Nivas!

V. Narayana Rao

Hyderabad (A.P.)

 

 

Source Shri Sai Leela Magazine Aug 1980)