THE POWER OF PRAYER – A devotee in the US was not financially well off..But he was an ardent devotee of Bhagavan. He earned a meager amount and saved a part of it every month and bought a flight ticket to Parthi. He kept it safely in his wallet. After a few days he went to a shopping mall and by the time he came out he realized he had lost his wallet. Someone had flicked from his pocket!
He was crest fallen..All his dreams of seeing Swami crashed miserably.....He only thought about the intense yearning with which he saved and bought the ticket...But his faith was like a mountain..It was unshakeable..He put his worry on Swami and then went to the police station..
The officer incharge at the lost and found cell heard his narration..The devotee said that he lost his wallet and it was very important to get back the wallet and had come there to lodge a complaint....
The officer laughed at him and said' In America if u lose a wallet u will never get it and it is a futile task to file a complaint for it ..!' This devotee was determined..He persuaded him to take the complaint telling that he had the full faith he will get back his wallet..The officer was amazed and shocked at his will power and eagerness to get back after all a wallet... He budged and ultimately took the complaint..
The devotee told him to inform him immediately as soon as he gets any wallet so that he can come over and check it if it was his..
And left..after a week he called up the officer and enquired... The officer laughed at hope...and told him he had not recieved any wallet..After two weeks the devotee called up and again he faced the same reply from the officer...
But he did not give up he kept on praying and after three weeks called up and this time also he heard the same thing from the officer...
After four weeks...the officer called up the devotee!!!
The devotee went to the police station..and met the officer..He was having a wallet in his hand and waiting for the devotee..to come..As the devotee reached the table..The officer verified whether it was his...The devotee was ecstatic..he had no words to express his thanks to Swami...as he had prayed daily ardently to Swami..Now the officer..asked him what was so important in the wallet that he was diligently, patiently and sincerely waiting for it to be found..
The devotee told him that in that was a ticket to puttaparthi..For which he was so worried...as he was yearning to see Swami. Pat came the next question. Who is the person whom u want to go all the way to India and see? The devotee said 'he is my spiritual guru'..Not satisfied yet contended...he gave the wallet back to the devotee..
Before that he opened the wallet and asked 'who is this?' The devotee smiled and said 'he is only Sathya Sai Baba whom i am going to see in Puttaparthi!' The officer quiped and remarked..'why do you need to go to Puttaparthi for that!!!!!!"
The devotee was perplexed...he asked 'what do you mean to say sir?'
The officer told 'This person Himself walked in a few minutes back and handed over the wallet to me and told to inform you and left just now.................!!!!'
The devotee had only tears of gratitude flowing down his cheeks like a child he felt loved... That is Swami's Grace and Blessings.
He was crest fallen..All his dreams of seeing Swami crashed miserably.....He only thought about the intense yearning with which he saved and bought the ticket...But his faith was like a mountain..It was unshakeable..He put his worry on Swami and then went to the police station..
The officer incharge at the lost and found cell heard his narration..The devotee said that he lost his wallet and it was very important to get back the wallet and had come there to lodge a complaint....
The officer laughed at him and said' In America if u lose a wallet u will never get it and it is a futile task to file a complaint for it ..!' This devotee was determined..He persuaded him to take the complaint telling that he had the full faith he will get back his wallet..The officer was amazed and shocked at his will power and eagerness to get back after all a wallet... He budged and ultimately took the complaint..
The devotee told him to inform him immediately as soon as he gets any wallet so that he can come over and check it if it was his..
And left..after a week he called up the officer and enquired... The officer laughed at hope...and told him he had not recieved any wallet..After two weeks the devotee called up and again he faced the same reply from the officer...
But he did not give up he kept on praying and after three weeks called up and this time also he heard the same thing from the officer...
After four weeks...the officer called up the devotee!!!
The devotee went to the police station..and met the officer..He was having a wallet in his hand and waiting for the devotee..to come..As the devotee reached the table..The officer verified whether it was his...The devotee was ecstatic..he had no words to express his thanks to Swami...as he had prayed daily ardently to Swami..Now the officer..asked him what was so important in the wallet that he was diligently, patiently and sincerely waiting for it to be found..
The devotee told him that in that was a ticket to puttaparthi..For which he was so worried...as he was yearning to see Swami. Pat came the next question. Who is the person whom u want to go all the way to India and see? The devotee said 'he is my spiritual guru'..Not satisfied yet contended...he gave the wallet back to the devotee..
Before that he opened the wallet and asked 'who is this?' The devotee smiled and said 'he is only Sathya Sai Baba whom i am going to see in Puttaparthi!' The officer quiped and remarked..'why do you need to go to Puttaparthi for that!!!!!!"
The devotee was perplexed...he asked 'what do you mean to say sir?'
The officer told 'This person Himself walked in a few minutes back and handed over the wallet to me and told to inform you and left just now.................!!!!'
The devotee had only tears of gratitude flowing down his cheeks like a child he felt loved... That is Swami's Grace and Blessings.
