Rudraksha, Money and Granola Bar Leelas

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Several months ago I had ordered a rudraksha bracelet to wear. At the

time I was ordering it, I was thinking about ordering one for a friend

of mine but, being Catholic, I wasn't sure she would wear it so I

decided to wait. When I received the box in the mail, I opened the box

and what a surprise to find there was another bracelet in there that I

hadn't ordered! So I gave the bracelet to my friend and told her it

was a gift from Sai Baba.

 

Several years ago, the same friend had quit her job after her boss had

become very abusive (he had already been sued for sexual harassment

but was never fired because his mother-in-law owned the business) and

then she found out the guy she was training at work was being paid

more than her after she had been there for two years.

As she was walking to a friend's house to do cleaning one day she was

praying because she had no money for food and she also needed

cigarettes which she was addicted to (but has since quit smoking).

After saying a prayer she took a few steps, looked down and lo and

behold there was money on the ground! She picked it up and counted it.

It was $35.

 

Last week, at my house, she had gotten a Quaker granola bar and had

unwrapped it and broken off a piece to eat. When she went to take

another piece she asked me if I had taken a bite of her granola bar

because there was a big piece missing and she had not touched it. I

thought, gee, I'm kind of big and I think you would notice it if I

walked over there and took a bite of your granola bar! She said there

were teeth marks even though she had broken off her piece. She told me

she was looking forward to eating that bite because it had a nice bite

of marshmallow (it was a smore). I looked and I could see the teeth

marks and I laughed thinking that Baba beat her to it! Then we both

laughed and she offered me the part where he had taken a bite. I told

her we should share it but she wanted me to have it so I did and

thanked Baba for the sweet and very unexpected leela. When I do

bhajans at home I often put dried apricots, almonds or oranges out and

he never has eaten anything and he knows I have been waiting

(patiently...knowing that God does not need the calories)! I love his

sense of humor. Who would think he would do smore granola bars? LOL.