It is said that Baba
manifests His presence to his devotees in numerous ways. When true
devotees turn to Him in times of distress or hopelessness, He shows
through different subtle signs that He is with them, guiding them
and holding their hand. This was proven to me and my husband through
some trying times that we faced.
My husband is a staunch devotee of Baba and through him I became
acquainted with Baba’s presence. For many years after marriage, my
husband and I were trying to conceive and were met with failure in
the form of miscarriages. My husband prayed to Baba daily and
finally in our third attempt, we were able to carry the baby past
the first few months without a miscarriage. But just past the
seventh month, I started having contractions and we rushed to the
hospital. Before leaving home, my husband went to Baba’s picture and
asked Him not to forsake us at this juncture. The doctors said that
our son was going to be born very early at 31 weeks gestation and
they didn’t know how well he would thrive. We were devastated and
couldn’t believe this could happen to us after all that we had been
through. I was lost in misery and depression. My husband, while in
the same boat looked to Baba for support and surrendered our baby to
Him. Our son was born just a few hours after I was taken to the
hospital and was immediately taken to the Neonatal Intensive Care
unit. We waited anxiously for the doctor to come and tell us if he
would survive.
First sign that Baba was with us became clear here. The doctor who
came to talk to us was called Dr. Tsai (pronounced Sai). She told us
that our son was doing well but would need to be in the hospital for
a while. We were anxious on his behalf and I dreaded leaving him at
the hospital indefinitely. The second sign of Baba came then. My
husband had packed a picture of Baba before we left for the hospital
and when he went to take it out, he found that all the Udi in the
packet had fallen on the picture of Baba. So we knew Baba was
watching over our baby and sure enough within a few weeks, our son
came home fully recovered. But Baba was not done with us. Within 1
year of my son’s birth, I delivered a daughter who was born even
more premature at 26 weeks gestation. We feared for her life and
didn’t think she would survive. But Baba came to my aunt in a dream
and asked her to have me read the Sai Satcharitra book and complete
it within seven days. I did this with hope and devotion. Up until
that time, I had only experienced Baba’s presence through my
husband’s devotion. Once I read the Sai Satcharitra, I came to
understand what it meant to surrender to a Sat Guru and feel His
spiritual support. I believe Baba took this opportunity to educate
me and bring me closer to Him. Slowly my daughter began to improve
after undergoing many surgeries. Throughout this difficult time,
Baba watched over us. Once, after three months at the hospital, my
daughter took a turn for the worse. We were lost in despair when
Baba came to my husband in a dream and assured him that our daughter
will recover and thrive and gave us a date when she would come home.
As Baba mentioned, sure enough she came home and in all that time,
Baba kept reassuring us of her progress through multiple dreams. We
owe the miracle of our son and daughter’s birth and survival to
Baba’s grace and are grateful that He has enveloped us in His loving
embrace. We hope to always have Him as our guide and protector and
permanently have a place at His feet.
Source: Shirdisaiexperiences.org