Story behind the photo – 158 – Swami appears in Zimbabwe. God is Omni Present; Sai is God; Sai is Omni Present. He can be present in all the places, at the same. He can manifest Himself in Human form anywhere any time. During the Second world conference of Sri Sathya Sai organizations held in Puttaparthi. Dr. Nithyananda Menon, narrated, a great miracle. The story related to events which took place in Zimbabwe, previously known as, Southern Rhodesia. When the incident took place, the native blacks were simply treated as slaves. They were subjected to very bad treatment. A rich gentleman, who owned lot of properties in that country, had come down to India and was staying in a fashionable hotel in Bombay. He came in contact with devotees of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. He was hearing about Baba for the first time and came to be impressed by some of the miracles reported by others. Incidentally, Bhagavan Baba had also come to Bombay at that time on a Divine visit and was in Dharmakshethra. Our gentleman from Zimbabwe, accompanied others to have Baba’s Darshan. Having been so strongly drawn in, by the Divinity of Bhagavan, he followed Swami to Puttaparthi and stayed there for the next few months. In Prashanthi Nilayam, several opportunities came his way to witness the Divine Miracles. He was also blessed with many interviews. He was made to understand that divinity is inherent in all the creation and that love should be extended to and shared with all others especially those who work for him. After a few months of stay in the Divine presence, he was directed by Swami to go back to his country. Without any mind to return, he had to leave Prashanthi Nilayam reluctantly and reached Bombay on his way back to his country. During the entire period of his blissful days in Prashanthi Nilayam, he was unaware of the happenings in his country. On reaching Bombay, he came to know of the political upheaval in his country, involving the takeover of the country by the black people from the white minority government. The black people’s attitude appeared hostile towards the white people especially the rich landlords. All the property had been taken over by the workers. He was very much worried. What would have happened in his ranch and the landed properties? At the earliest opportunity, he put through a long distance call to his ranch manager and enquired about the condition. He was surprised to hear from his manager that though the country was passing through a state of turbulence, his range and properties had not been affected. On the contrary, the workers were very considerate and demonstrated a total loyalty, something unbelievable! He promised to rerun back soonest by the first available flight. “All by Sai’s Grace!” he thought. On arrival in his country, the landlord found the report of the manager to be true. He invited all the workers to his ranch the same night to have food with him. A large size photograph of Bhagavan Baba brought by him from Prashanthi Nilayam, covered with a piece of cloth, was kept near the chair. He mingled very freely with his workers enquiring about their welfare, which he had never done in his earlier days. After the food was served, he addressed the workers. He conveyed his heartfelt thanks to all of them for their noble behavior even at the time of crisis in the nation. He, on his part, had returned as a changed man, after his pilgrimage to India. He told them of his meeting with the Living God in India and of the blissful days he spent in His Divine Presence, which had mellowed him into a true human being. He further announced that he was going to show them the Living God and removed the cloth covering the photograph of Bhagavan Baba. But this evoked neither any trace of surprise nor curiosity among the laborers. On the contrary they were laughing by themselves. The labour leader got up and said; “ You might have seen Him in India. But till yesterday, we were seeing Him, here every day in our fields. First, we sighted Him one day far away in the Horizon when the sun was rising early in the morning. He raised His hands and blessed us. Later on He came down to us and conversed with us. This was going on during all these days when you were away. He used to teach us the importance of remaining loyal to those who were giving work and a living for us . He had directed us to live a life of love towards everyone. Yes sir, we were seeing Him almost every day.!” This amazing disclosure by the black laborer astonished the landlord. Would it be possible? Swami was all the time at Prashanthi Nilayam, and yet He had made Himself available to the poor people in his country as well !!!!!!! With Love & Regards, Mumbai Srinivasan.
Posted on: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 16:53:34 +0000