|| Jai Baba ||
Didi mentioned that this year being the centenary birth celebration of Baba, we all must put our thoughts about Baba in words and share our experiences with Baba`s family. However, I could not bring myself to pen down anything as I could not think of miracles or any such prominent occurrences that I might have experienced.
My journey with baba began on a belief that there is a power superior who knows what’s good for me and I must follow its advice. However, the important bit `Faith` was missing. I completed whatever was told to me delightedly, be it a pooja or sadhana. Hoping for a miracle to work out and change my life. Who knew that Baba performs miracles in the most unknown and amazing ways and starts with life changing patterns from within ourselves.
Initially I was full of doubts about the things that were told to me about my past lives but Baba in the subtlest ways started unfolding his answers, revealing to me in small doses the real meaning of our lives.
As I was trying to make sense of the situation an amazing thing happened. Started following Ruzbeh Bharucha on Facebook. He is a Channel of Sai baba. Everyday posts short messages about Karma. What it means, how it works and how a human should work out his/her karma.
I started praying and tried to follow his messages in my daily life. Ruzbeh as a channel of Sai pushed forward Sai`s real messages, teachings which said that whatever is dished out to us in life one should calmly accept it, as that is our Karma and the way to cleanse this karmic backlog is through calm acceptance of the genuine situation. Our master is with us through this and there is nothing that happens without his wish and that he wishes us to face life courageously without becoming bitter or self-loathing, considering ourselves the victims in a situation. The master wants us to learn from it and stay strong. That one should be truly silent from within and that alone will douse the fire of Karma.
The life and its experiences are nothing but the fruits of the seeds of actions sown by us in our past lives. Thus, all the doubts regarding my past life were completely laid to rest.
I began to realize that our Baba and Sai Baba who we know are so closely related to each other have brought light into the tunnel of life which was filled with darkness and ignorance. Life threw tough blows at me and Baba silently sent messages that I must take them gracefully and stay grateful for all the blessings in my life.
There was one time that I was truly down and out and couldn’t think any longer so I sat down to pray and prayed deeply to Baba to take care of me and imagined in my prayers that lay my head on his lap and that Baba gently caressed my head by patting it, after which I felt that I needn’t think any further. I slept that night peacefully and lo! Behold! The next morning to my bewilderment the very 1st message posted by Ruzbeh had a picture of a girl whose head was resting on Baba`s lap and Baba was moving his gentle hands through her head. It was almost unbelievable to the rest of my family members that exactly what I had prayed the night before was repeated in Ruzbeh`s message. It was confirmed that Baba was with me looking after me and was teaching life lessons through Ruzbeh.
I have come to terms with the truth of life that whatever life puts forth is our Karma and that I must accept it gracefully and prayers to our master/God and meditation gives us the strength and wisdom to bear the burden of our karmic balance sheet. There are times when I do get distressed and carried away but Didi and Baba have gently brought me back to the path where Baba wants me to tread with calmness and grace.
At this point I do however would like to note an incident that happened one morning. I had a fall and twisted my knee inuring the ligament. I was supposed to join a school as a teacher that same morning but the injury was causing excruciating pain making my joining a difficult task. I woke up and reported to school and informed the principal that it was difficult for me to continue that day and left the school with a heavy heart. As I sat in the auto rickshaw which was taking me back home I prayed to Baba to ease my pain and not allow a very good opportunity pass by. I alighted from the autorickshaw. I entered the buildings elevator and reached my floor, before I entered my house I opened Facebook, and there the 1st post on Facebook was from a Sai Baba`s page I had liked, a clear message from Baba, which read “Apply Udhi on the affected part, the pain will subside!”
What more can I say! Baba stays connected to all his loved ones and builds their faith and here I am who started with a prayer for miracle completely and positively surrendered at his feet.
Jai Baba!
– Prajakta Raje, Thane