Order was given to the boys by Swami
to cut down the old tree whihc has grace (providing shade and cool
comfort to devotees and the Lord for years!) the darshan and bhajans
for years.
Naturally the students were very very
excited to execute Swami's order. They brought axe and saw. The moment
the first strike of the axe of the tree trunk, red liquid resemblign
blood, oozes out like a broken down water pipe.
Shock and frightend the boys ran to
inform our Master what had happened.
The Master went to take a look and He
Himself raised the axe and gave it a chop. Strangely there was no
oozing of the red liquid, and the Lord asked the boys to continue with
the order.
The tree had to be taken down for
expansion and the reconstruction of the Sai Ramesh Hall, in order to
accomodate the increasing number of devotees. After taking the tree
down, the next day finding the Lord in a good mood, asked for the
reason behind this strange tree. And the compassionate Lord told the
story:
Long time ago, there was this Rishi
who refused to perform a yagna unless the Lord was physically present
to liberate him. By then the rishis had already merged with the Lord
and this poor rishi was still mediating and waiting for the Lord to be
personally present. He made a vow not to move until the the Lord
arrived. And the place where he meditated sprouted a tree and he has
been to date meditating inside this tree waiting for the Lord to
liberate him.
Now come the chance as the Lord has
taken a physical form. And He is Sathya Sai Baba. Thus when the boys
gave a first chop, the oozing blood frightened the strongest of heart.
And when the Lord gave it a chop, he was willing to die under it. He
merges into Sai then. It took him thousand of years because of his
stubborness and his strength of will.
Please correct me if I am wrong. I
heard this story and jsut managed to recap it. Anybody with the better
version please send me an email. Thanks and sairam.
Composed by Simon Sim 10th April 2001
Courtesy:
www.katongehv.com\mir-76.htm