The world around me...: Tryst with God!!

My relationship with God is quite simple. I strongly believe that He exists all around us and willing to take care of anyone who comes under His shade. I'm reiterating this very simple and age-old fact because at one point of time I even reached to a conclusion that for the very origins of us and the Universe around us, there is no requirement of magical hand of God as described by the Laws of Science. I was desperately in search of truth that made me to take a fascinating journey of understanding the scientific version which always looks for evidence, which was quite convincing that I almost turned atheist!!!.

How I had comeback out of this flawed philosophy is altogether a different story which is not central theme of this post. As of now, I consider Him to be a Wise friend and talk to Him as a friend. For I, right from the childhood believed that its pure feelings from our heart that matters to Him the most than anything else like performing pujas etc.

I‘m a devotee of Shirdi Sai Baba. I still wonder how I had turned to His devotee because it was spontaneous and it had happened so naturally that I always enjoyed that feeling. So this incident happened while I was reading the book “Shri Saibaba Satcharitra Parayanam” which was meant to be completed within 7 days. A must read for Every Sai devotee, as it explains the life works of Shirdi Sai. I was also told that Shiridi Sai would test us during these 7 days.

On the Fourth day of reading Parayanam, I was waiting on the road side to catch an auto to office near Dilshuknagar. I just happen to turn around to see a blind person about 40 metres away making an effort to come near to the road. He was struggling to a lot and even narrowly missed hitting a bus. I was already late and neglecting the blind person, I was trying to hire an auto directly to office. The next time when I turned around, he was standing behind me helplessly. I was in great dilemma whether to help him or proceed to office as it was already late. But somehow I decided to help him and turned around to ask him “Do you want to cross the road?” . He said “Yes”. I took his hand and helped in crossing the road. After crossing the road, I asked him “Where do you want to go from here”. He said “Sai Baba temple”. I was shocked and a sudden chill went through my spine!!. I finally realized that Baba wants to test me and asked the person immediately whether I could take him to Baba temple. He simply said “No” and vanished into the crowd.

For some, this might be a trivial incident, But for me, this little incident is an eye opener as it was clear manifestation of God himself and His care for everyone who takes His shade. After finishing the Parayanam, I simply wished for this

“Let the World around me, be happy especially my dear ones

by fulfilling their dreams and blessing them with Joyful life ahead

and guiding them in needy situations to lead a happy and peaceful Life ”