Sai Sat Charitra, Chapter 33 - Part VI

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Friday, May 4, 2012, 9:18

In 1917 Haribhau Karnik of Dahanu (Thana District) came to Shirdi on the Guru-pournima day (in the month of Ashadha) and worshipped Baba with all formality. He offered clothes and Dakshina, and after taking Baba's leave through Shama, got down the steps of the Masjid. Then he thought that he should offer one more rupee to Baba and was just turning to get up when Shama informed him by signs that as he had got Baba's leave, he should go and not return. So he started home. On his way, when he went into the temple of Kala Ram at Nasik for darshan, the Saint Narsing Maharaj who used to sit just inside the big door of the temple, left his Bhaktas there, came to Haribhau, caught his wrist and said,"Give me my one rupee". Karnik was surprised. He paid the rupee most willingly and thought that Sai Baba recovered the rupee, which he intended in his mind to give, through Saint Narsing Maharaj. This shows how the saints work in unison.

This story illustrates the fact that all saints are one and shows how they work in unison.

Sai Ram. That Haribhau wanted to offer one more rupee and was informed by Shama that once he got Sai"s blessings, he should not turn back and his wish being fulfilled at Nasik is all Sai Samkalpa (the will of Sai) just as the following story. A devotee was asked by Sri Vasudevananda Saraswati Swami (Tembe Maharaj) to offer a coconut to His elder brother, Sai. Later, the coconut was broken and eaten before he could reach Shirdi. When he wanted to offer another coconut, Sai refused saying that the whole thing was done as per His will and gave good Upadesh to that devotee. In all such cases (and a few more stories) that we came across in the earlier chapters, the Saints had their own way of communicating with each other.

If we think of the black letters as our egoistic thougts and the white spaces as spiritual connection with the Higher Self, the Saints work with the white spaces and not the black letters! Since they are one with the One, they have no problem in communicating non-verbally (it is written in many spiritual books that the higher communication takes place more through imagery and musical sounds than the excessively logical, grammar, rule bound language). It may be worth noting that the language is only a few thousand years old but non-verbal communication is as old as the universe! Sai Ram.

Bow to Shri Sai - Peace be to all

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S.V. Swamy

Swarna.Venkateswara Swamy, (also known as Venkateswara Swamy Swarna, S.V.Swamy or simply Swamy) is a physicist and a metallurgist by education. He considers Sai Baba of Shirdi as his Sadguru but respects all Gurus. He is an avid reader, a book reviewer and an editor. He has an abiding interest in holistic health systems..