DEVOTEE EXPERIENCE By Badarinath S.Murthy, Kuwait

May 21, 2009

I am a doctor working in Kuwait. Unfortunately I got into financial troubles by my own foolishness, trusting wrong people and signing many documents. If not for Sri Sai our life would be on the streets. Sri Sainath helped us in numerous ways. Of late due to increasing pressure, probably my belief must have gone down. I had a dream three days ago in the afternoon.

I am in Bangalore, my city, probably to buy a house. I have a good amount of Kuwaiti Dinars in my pocket. I go to a cycle rickshaw (not present in Bangalore though) in order to reach a particular place. I do not find the cycle rickshaw driver. Instead I find under the canopy Sri Sainath in white kafni sitting on the passenger seat.

His forehead is marked by a dark circle as for devout muslims doing five times prayers. It appeared He had no legs below the knee. Then I ask Him with due respect as to where could be the cycle rickshaw puller. He asks me if I had any aversion to sitting next to Him in the journey. I say never. Then He asks did I have any doubt regarding His pulling the rickshaw just because He is lame. I did not know what to answer. I keep waiting.

Then the call for maghreb prayer is heard at a distance. Then Baba tells me to wait, as the driver has gone to perform the prayer. Then I feel like giving him 10 KD note to buy food (around Rs 1450). I keep pulling notes from my pant pocket. But each time I get only 1 KD (equal to Rs 145). Then I give it to him saying he can get around Rs 150 in any bank and buy food for it. Baba says how can I expect Him to go to a bank. So he asks me to buy food and give it. I find a hotel near the place where the rickshaw is parked. I go there to buy some food for Him. By then some one woke me up.

It was a lesson to me :1). not to have doubt in Him.2). He is not pleased with rich offerings but with humble ones.3).He is the only person who can take me across the distance.4). Offering food to poor is the best way of offering our respects to Sri Sai.

Similar dreams have come earlier too, but this dream really woke me up from my slumber.

Badarinath S.Murthy, Kuwait