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A Wonderful Divine Experience
(Mr. T. Narayana Reddy)
After serving in the Indian Air
Force for a longtime at different places, Mr. T. Narayana Reddy
(65) settled at Puttaparthi with a view to spending the rest of
his life in the service of Swami. He was a witness to many Sai
miracles. He says the following:
"One of my well-wishers gave me a Photograph of Bhagavan Sri
Sathya Sai Baba in 1964. As far as I recollect, it was the first
time Swami had entered my life.
While I was working in Agra in 1968, we used to attend Bhajans
of Swami wherever they were held. In the house of a Malayali
family, many miracles used to take place. Vibhuti, Kumkum and
sugar candy used to come from Swami's Photograph. Once some oil
also came. We, too, went and saw these things... In 1969, it
literally rained candy sugar like hailstones!
We also held Bhajans in our house. Once a little quantity of
vibhuti came from a Photograph of Swami in our house. We
arranged a separate Mandir for Swami in our house. My wife used
to decorate it, with colour papers, with devotion. She placed in
it Photographs of other gods and goddesses also.
One day, I returned from office and placed the bundle of
currency notes I received that day as my salary before Swami's
Photograph in the Mandir. My wife was not in the house. As it
was time for the evening Haarati, our nine-year-old son was
enthusiastic to perform it. I agreed, but when he was giving
Haarati, the colour paper-decoration in the Mandir caught fire
by his inadvertence. I rushed to remove the Photographs of gods,
etc and save them from being gutted.
In my hurry to remove the Photographs, my mind did not think of
the salary bundle lying there. Just at that time, one of the
colour paper garlands fell down burning, on the bundle. The
garland burned on either side, but not on the top portion of the
bundle of notes. By Swami's grace, my salary was untouched by
the Fire-god. We felt it very strange that the bundle of
currency notes did not catch fire at all when a burning paper
garland fell on it!"
Om Sai Ram.
Source:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saibabanews/
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