Becoming One With Him

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Seeing Sai in the world means being with Him all the time and offering

everything to him. By always asking, " Is this what Swami wants? " he

becomes a constant companion and closest friend. To accomplish

this closeness, our efforts must be intense,sincere, and steady even

through adversity. Dr. Hislop once asked Swami, " Why, after many years

of sadhna (Spiritual discipline) have I not yet attained

self-realization? Swami answered with one word, " Intensity " .

Sai Baba spoke about an unusual incident that happened about one

hundred years ago in India. It illustrates the fact that all consuming

closeness with God can actually make us one with Him. This closeness is

achieved when we offer everything to God with no other thought and with

renunciation of all attachments. It also cautions us that the path can

be trying.Swami then spoke of a poor woman who took to the task of cleaning her

humble abode in a disciplined manner everyday. She would sweep the

floor of her house with a dung ball, which had antiseptic properties.

When she was finished, she took the remaining ball of dung in her hand

and threw it out of the back door with a prayer on her lips,offering it

to Lord Krishna with all love.

She thanked Him for giving her strength to clean her house, for the

cleanliness in her house, and for the means by which she could clean

her house. At the same time that the woman offered the dung ball to Krishna in this manner, a strange event occurred in the temple

in the middle of the town. In this temple, there was a small statue of

Krishna hanging on the wall. The priest was amazed to see that each day

at the same time, out of thin air, a dung ball mysteriously flew

through the air and splattered all over the statue of Krishna.

The priest was incensed by such an occurrence and could not understand

from where the dung ball came. Thinking that someone in the village

must be behind this incident, he searched the village night and day for

the culprit. He heard of a woman living nearby who threw a dung

ball out of the back door of her home at the same moment the dung

splattered on the Krishna statue. The priest hid behind tree

and watched the woman's home for few days. Sure enough, each day he saw

her sweep her home with the dung ball and throw it out of her back door

into the yard. He concluded that she must be the culprit.

Infuriated, he picked up a stick, jumped over the fence of the yard,

and fell upon the woman, beating her badly. The woman's arm was broken

and bleeding and she wept in pain. The priest satisfied that he had

protected Krishna, proudly walked back to the temple. He was

sure that the statue would be clean this day. However, to his surprise,

the arm of Lord Krishna had been broken and appeared to be bleeding.

This was in reciprocation to the brutal treatment of the woman by the

priest. Her selfless and holy offering to Krishna made her one with

Him. Not understanding this, the priest has actually attacked his Lord.

Aware of the fact and repenting for his brutal behaviour, the priest

fell at the statue's feet and prayed for forgiveness. He learned that

any offering done with a pure heart reached the Lord and the selfless

act ultimately result in merging the two thereby abolishing duality. He

also learned that God resides in the hearts of all.With Love,Ganesh Babahttp://kriyababa.blogspot.com/To get spiritual mails

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