True Fiction !!

THEN(1908):

The horses got real tired. The driver recommended a few hours' break once they reach the greenery-surrounded pond at Neemgaon. The 72 year old driver as usual had a lot of fodder for his horses whom he considered as his children.

"Sir, we shall rest here for a few hours. MY horses need the break more than anyone of us.I will share my bhaakrees and dal with you, once we refresh in that sweet-water body." - twinkled the driver's eyes.

Elton was glad at this invitation and picked up the packet of dry-fruits he had brought along with him, which was gifted to him by the Travancore Royal family.


NOW(2009-10):

"GOD Da, help me da... i have just finished my last exam of engineering, and i am fearing this last one may be the first that i flunk" - a worried anand prayed to GOD. It was Cryptography paper and anand took it totally for granted !!

"Hey, eppo da vara ? " - anand's mom calls him and finds out when he would get back to Bangalore, as his hostel life has come to an end.
"amma, i will book the tickets via the VIP quota and come down in another 10days' time ma" - replies anand, citing reasons of the last possible few days of fun at hostel, which he would not want to miss.

"remember to get your appointment order of Avaya da..."
"sure ma".

THEN(1908):

Splasshhhh!! Horses immediately looked at the pond, but continued with their fodder.
"Sir, do all English know swimming? "- asked the driver while wiping his wet face. Elton was enjoying the waters in the 42-degree-celsius summer of 1908.

"you are one of the first few Englishmen to our village" - smiled the rustic. Elton was out drying himself, when the driver shot the next question quite innocently, " Sir, but our village has nothing for you to make use of." This is an ordinary village, and you may get nothing here."

"Why do u say so? " - Elton.

"Are you not an administrative English Officer?"
" haha.. i have no intentions of enslaving people or conquering this land like my fellow Englishmen.."- Elton laughed out loud.

"I have been conquered instead!! "- Elton continued.
A sudden expression of seriousness prevailed, while the duo partook lunch.

NOW(2009-10):

"ayyo, the heat in the train was unbearable ma.."- says anand to his amma, when he reached home. Amma hugs him and says " so engineer, congrats! ", with a cool smile on her face.

The campus recruitment offer anand got was at Avaya, which has offered its posting at Pune.
"Hmm, yet another tryst with Mahrashtra ma.. Pune this time following Nagpur, hahaha!! " - chuckled anand.

"ya, it seems BABA has taken you closer to HIM now, illa ? Shirdi is about 5 hours away only right.."- smiles amma.

Anand's Amma knew that anand had turned into a theist, rather a mono-theist, only towards ShirdiBABA , and at the same time used to shun all other deities. He accepted the others' existence, but never accepted their Powers as told by elders.

He strongly believed ShirdiBABA was the only GOD who was always with him. Anand's mom would often say his dad, " atleast this fellow turned away from atheism, im glad. however, i wish he could also follow Vaishnavism like us."


THEN(1908):

The tanga-driver seemed to be enjoying the dry-fruits. "The Travancore Royal family gifted me this. I came down to Kochi port from the Port of London. And then i found my way here, about 1100 kms northwards." - Elton told.

"why but, Sir? What makes u come here? "- asked the driver with his mouth wide open.
" I am being pulled like a Sparrow with a thread tied to my feet."

" you are speaking in parables like a MadFakir i know of, whom i love a lot " - exclaimed the driver.


NOW(2009-10):

Anand gets used to pune life. Office, roaming, Music, GTalk, Facebook, etc was the way of his life. A few months in, a life-turning incident happens. I appear in anand's dreams and instructed him that I am already in the next incarnation as SathyaSAI of PuttaParthi. I informed him clearly that I(in the form of SathyaSAI) will come to a place called Hadshi, near Pune soon to give him MY Darshan.

He got up confused, and refused to believe for Science has taught him not to believe in "such things" !!


THEN(1908):

The journey was about to resume.
"Which direction to proceed, Sir? - driver.
"Lets ask someone before proceeding further."

Elton and the driver approached the palm-grove where an old man was sitting outside beckoning to Elton.
" Take the left after 3 Koss, and Maharaj shall appear. Allah ho Akbar!"- saying thus the old man walked off., entertaining no further questions.

They took the left turn as instructed and moved on further.

NOW(2009-2010):

I work upon my instruments and and make sure HE gets MY Darshan at a VIP level seat at Hadshi; he still wont budge to believe in MY Re-Incarnation as SathyaSAI. I am not ready to let go of anand, for he was a butcher at MY Court in SHIRDI in his previous birth, and I have promised him that he will be with ME in the future generations.

MY favourite way of Gracing anand is through dreams! and thats what I resorted to!

THEN(1908):

" Yaa na.. Maharaj mala tumcha sathi thambaila sangitla "- said a man with a white turban. The driver translates the Marathi to Elton that Maharaj instructed this turban-man to await them.

They enter a Masjid. There was a heavy rush. The driver and Elton always thought that this was a very scarcely-populated village, but it seemed otherwise. It was Evening Aarathi Time, and prayers were sung with great Faith. The prayers just ended as the duo reach the Masjid.

Elton barged into the crowd, and fell down unconscious.

"Maharaj..." - shouts the driver, who followed Elton, and falls at MY Feet.

Elton gets back to consciousness with the help of others, and asks, "Where is MY Lord ?" I smiled and answered- " I am your Lord. I am HE. HE is I."

Elton falls at MY Feet seeing MY change of Form and back to the normal Form. "Is this possible or am i hallucinating?" - a puzzled Elton asks.

" Nothing is impossible to ME. " - I told him.

I looked towards the driver and asked " so when did you become a tanga-driver?"

The driver, in tears of joy, explains to ME how I appeared in his Dreams and blasted him to quit butchering innocent animals, which was his original job.

The Driver then had changed his profession to that of a tanga-driver. I am happy with his Devotion to ME and have hence decided to reward him.
" Stay HERE at SHIRDI.. Resume your butcher job here, serve only ME.. I need some animal flesh to convert some non-vegetarian devotees to Vegetarian ones. Now on you are one with MY Heart. " - I commanded the driver.

The driver looked at Elton and told " This is the MadFakir i refered to; i never knew HIS whereabouts, but thanks to you, Mr.Elton, i have reached my Destination. "
Elton smiled back and told, "Even this sparrow has reached its destination."

I told all present, " none can understand ME, who am the BABA of not only this SHIRDI but the entire Universe.. Even Arjuna never could not understand MY Doings during the Dwapara Yuga..".

I had instructed Elton through a Vision to reach India via Kochi Port, and then I provided him Directions to this Place, SHIRDI, through MY instruments.

I further ensured the driver that he would serve ME in the future generations too. As for Elton, his karma ends in this very life, n he will become one with ME !

NOW(2009-10) :

A number of dreams were enough to let anand understand the fact, which just cannot be comprehended by today's constrained-reasoning!

Now anand understands that behind every action of his, every success of his, every good/bad(if at all any) I was the sole reason !!

Now anand accepts it all, and asks me one question, " who was i , who am i, and who will i be? "

I told him that he was a butcher in MY Court at SHIRDI(the same butcher, tanga-driver), and today is a very successful human-being, with heights of peace
graced to him by ME, and Will be a part of MY Court in Gunaparthi, Mysore.. the Court of PREMA SAIBABA, which would be MY Third- Avathar in this Trinity of SAIBABAs. !!


CONCLUDING WORDS:

Thus the lucky soul who once served ME (Shirdi BABA) as a butcher, and who then enjoyed the luxuries granted by ME and is experiencing ME as SathyaSAI , now is going to serve Prema BABA at Mysore too!!

Thus this soul has enjoyed and is in future still going to enjoy a Divine Association with all the 3 Avathars comprising the Kalki- Avathar. [ not to talk of MY previous Avathars of Rama and Krishna, etc..]

I Will take care of every tiny aspect in the life of MY Devotee !! Peace and Prosperity are ensured in MY Devotee's life, coz WHY FEAR WHEN I AM HERE !!