DEVOTEE'S EXPERIENCE - DEVOTEE'S EXPERIENCE - By Neeraja, Texas, USA

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DEVOTEE'S EXPERIENCE By By Neeraja, Texas, USA

 

The Day I Lost 'My Baba'!

 

I start each day with seeing Baba in my cell, wishing Him good morning and

kissing Him, singing His songs, and thinking of Him all the time and doing His

puja with Him on my mangalsutra.(one Sai devotee from India sent me a small

silver pendant of Baba to put on a chain, and I added Him on my mangalsutra with

a small gold color safety pin).

 

I leave Him on my mangalsutra at His Lotus Feet of Palarathi Idol (He looks so

loving and handsome with a gold color kireetam and a grand garland around Him)

on my dresser when I go to work. He came from Shirdi to come into our own house!

 

I have on my cell phone Baba's picture and I call my cell as 'my Baba'. I take

'my Baba' everywhere I go. On last Rakhee day, I was working; and when I was

closing the register at Macy's, my mom called me and I told her that I was

coming out of work so I would call her from the car, and being in a hurry to go

somewhere else, I put 'my Baba' on the counter and walked out, completely

forgetting Him. The time was 7 p.m.

 

As I started the car, I looked for 'my Baba' and couldn't find Him anywhere, in

my purse or in the car. I felt a sharp knife in my heart and as if I lost

everything, including my heart and felt a big black hole inside, completely

empty. I ran frantically into the work place and started asking everyone if they

saw my cell. Then I remembered I put Him on the counter and ran there, only to

find the counter empty. I asked another employee if she saw my cell. She said

no. Then I saw two Chinese women walking towards me from the fitting rooms, and

one lady said to me, " here is your cell phone, I saw it here and thought of

giving it to someone " . My heart jumped a beat as I looked at 'my Baba' in her

hands, I took it and hugged her and said: " may God bless you both " and went to

my car. I started thinking... I lost 'my Baba' and that Chinese woman took it

knowing it's not hers but Baba made her come back and give it to me. I thanked

Baba for coming back to me

and opened 'my Baba' and kissed Him. My heart felt normal...

 

At home my daughter was getting ready to tie Rakhee to her brother and wore a

saree and was looking for a safety pin on my dresser and saw a small gold color

pin and felt that was too small so she took another regular sized safety pin

from a box. When I came home and after my shower took my mangalsutra to wear for

His puja, I was shocked to see He wasn't on my mangalsutra. Baba's pendant was

still on the dresser near His palarathi idol. I felt a sharp pain in my heart

and looked at Baba and said " Oh no Baba , You are not leaving me, " and saying

so I took Him and looked for the gold color safety pin, and it was next to the

idol and the pin was closed! I just took Him and put Him back on my mangalsutra

and went to do His puja.

 

I was thinking someone in my home wanted a safety pin so took out Baba and took

the pin but changed their mind and left it there.

 

Later during dinner, I casually asked my husband if he took the safety pin

holding Baba on my chain. He said no. I asked my son, he also said no. But my

daughter told me that she went to my room, looking for a safety pin and took a

big one but not the small one. She also said she saw the gold pin next to Baba's

idol at the same time. I got curious and asked her at what time. She said

exactly at 7 pm! Then it struck my matti burra, that at my work I lost 'my Baba'

at 7 pm and at home too He went away from my mangalsutra at exactly 7 pm too!

What can I say?

 

Neeraja, Texas, USA