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Shirdi Sai and Sathya Sai are One
and the Same
By Arjan D. Bharwani
35. THE PHYSICAL CONFIRMATION!
Shri M.S. Dixit in his teens was
cured of Migraine by Shirdi Sai through the application of 'udi'.
Later his bleeding piles were got rid of by a prescription of udi
this time through a dream. In 19 5 9, while at Mangalore, Dixit
had a dream in which he saw a strange figure pouring ash over his
head. A few days later, he saw a picture of Sathya Sai, which was
the strange figure of his dream. His first darshans of Sathya Sai
were at Prasanthi Nilayam during the Sivarathri celebrations of
1961, the form before his eyes was the one of his aforesaid dream.
However, the devout allegiance to the Shirdi Form did not permit
Dixit's mind to conceptualize the identity. He questioned within
himself that the coloured silks, feminine hairdo, would fit into
the appearance of a film star, rather than his revered Baba of
Shirdi. The same evening, Dixit witnessed the grand miracle of 'Vibuthi
abhishekam' and also the emergence of nine 'Lingas' from the body
of Baba. Following this great event, in a discourse Baba said,
"Some who have come here think I am too much like a film star,
they object to My bright coloured robes and style of my hair."
Three months later, during an interview, Baba took from Dixit's
hand a small photograph and said, "That's H.S. Dixit, your uncle,
your father's elder brother and My devotee at Shirdi. Now have you
any more doubts? ". This gave to Dixit the physical confirmation
that he had sought. Later M.S. Dixit has had a number of practical
experiences confirming the oneness of the two Sais. To mention a
few, he found an exact sameness in their Siddhic powers and
Upadesha. He states that there is no difference at all in their
gesture of writing something in the air and other mannerisms. He
goes on to say that he finds a striking resemblance even in their
smiles.
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