9.9.2007...Sri Indulal Shah & His Story How He came to Baba....1st Part.

September 9, 2007

Bhagavan's said " I am the source and not a force." That means He wants us be force. If we have to become a force, our source had to be with us to be a force. Our source had to be Faith in God. Faith in Baba, that is the force to develop faith in God. The easiest way is through experiencing miracles, rather than listening and reading. But the word "Miracle" has

been misunderstood in earlier times around 1960-65. The miracles were confused with magic and many people protested even to the government that what Bhagavan was doing was not miracles or manifestation but magic. I have two things, which I experienced when I became Bhagavan's devotee. I went to Swami in 1965 through a coincidence. My host asked me, when I was in Bangalore whether I was interested to attend meeting with Sai Baba. As you know, at that time I was connected with the Ramakrishna Mission as the secretary for the previous twelve years. In the study circle I used to hear of dialogs between Sri Ramakrishna and

Paramhansa and Swami Vivekananda about God. But when I went into the Indian political field I forget ever thing about God. It was with this background that I was attending a public meeting in Malleshwaram Bangalore. All of sudden clouds came over and my host said "Let us get into the car otherwise we will all be drenched." In the meanwhile I saw Swami raise His hand, I didn't understand what He said in Telegu. So I asked my host to clarify. He said that Baba had said for us to sit down, nothing would happen. By the time the hand went up and down, The clouds cleared and the sun started to shine. It was this time that I decided that I must meet this person and find out how He could do this. When I came to Bombay the next week, there were huge crowds and i felt going there was no use. How to convey to Swami That I had come because He had called me ? Now I Know what happens when He says I will come and I will see you. At that time luckily the Minister with whom He was staying saw me and called me and said "Come I will take you to Swami." I went in and Swami said, "Where is your exhibition?" I had not spoken to Him about my exhibition. At that time I was the president of the Maharashtra Students Association which was showing spiritual exhibition in all schools on a Santadrashan . He said." I want to see." I said, I need a big hall

and I need one day to put up the exhibition." But Swami said "This evening you bring it at 5 o clock. The minister said, How can I give you a hall?. How can you bring it all?" But it all happened. From that day on I felt a strong pull to Swami. The next year I made an exhibition on Baba's life and His message from all all His writ ting. I brought it there to Prashanthi Nilayam and He asked me to take it all over the south." Now I thought, "Such a big exhibition, how can I take it all over the south," But He said that I will be able to do. At that time we had some Mobile vans and he made up a program to take

the exhibition in these vans. He arranged the exhibition according in the various Bhajans mandalis established at that time. In between the movement of the vans with exhibitions. I came To Prashanthi Nilayam. He said, "Your van at this time today is at this place." Although He did not know what the program was He said say where the van was. This started convincing me that it is better to be with Bhagavan and do some social work, than be in the Congress and do some social work. Br Shah's more incidents and Experiences will follow soon. (Sharing With Sai Love) Ram.Chugani Ram ChuganiKobe, Japanrgcjp

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