Thursday, March 19, 2009

Great Relief.

There is a little oedema at my husband's feet. He searched in net reasons of it. He finds that its main cause may be kidney failure. Then he was quite sure that this problem is connected with kidney. Like a wise man he decided to get him checked by his diebetalogist-Dr. Sandeep Julka. But before going to him he started strict precautions in his meals. His efforts brought positive results and his blood sugar soon came down to normal limlts. But I was deeply worried about his kidney and remained under great tension during the period. All the time I pray my Sai Mother to spare my Navin from this deadly disease. But Navin was quite sure that his kidneys are not working properly.
Ultimately he went to his doctor on Wednesday. He took him seriously and asked to get all possible blood & urine tests, related his diebeties. Reports, received yesterday, i.e. on Thursday, are very normal. There is no trace of sick kidney & liver. We felt so much relieved. Tears come uot as soon as tension relieves. Immediately I offered Daxina Rs. 10.00 on His feet. Oh! Sai, how mercyful you are on your devotees. Your shower of grace are limitless. Only percentage of three months' blood sugar is 9.00, while it must be under 7.00, as doctor says. Oedema is because of slight reaction of one B.P. tablet. Thus doctor changed that medicine. In this way Lord Saimaa favours His Bhaktas so subtly, that it looks very normal, but these are miracles for a true lover of Baba. Please Sai ! keep on caring for me, otherwise I will become totally orphan.
Shailbala Misra.

Monday, March 9, 2009

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME

I am going to celebrate my 73rd birthday on 22nd of this month. My musings on the occassion :

I have had a very happy and comfortable life so far. The pains, the anguish, the heartaches have been there, but only few. Besides God has given a very good trait to my personality - I easily and quickly leave behind and forget my unhappy experiences. I give the impression of a self-centered and quarrelsome person, but the truth is that I am a very simple and innocent person. Now I am 73 and I still retain my innocence. I know what cunningness is but I reject it as it does not pay in life. I am affectionate and harmless. I blush as I give these compliments to myself.

Behind my self-approval and satisfaction is a woman. Her name is Shailbala. She came to me as my wife in 1962 when I was 26 and she was just 19. She was so innocent and unaware of the ways of the world that one could have called her utterly ignorant. I too was her match as far as purity and innocence is concerned, but I was not ignorant. During these past 47 years, Shailbala has very subtly brought about a revolutionary change in me. I have become a better person as a result of her benign influence. A large part of what is good in me is due to my dear wife.

The proof of these 'good' qualities in me is the fact that God has granted me a very smooth and easy life. I believe that a crooked and cunning person is never given a life free of major troubles and tensions. I believe that inner peace and calm is the divine gift bestowed on guileless people. If in moments of anger and disgust, I wish ill of someone, I am full of fear the next moment, as I firmly believe that by doing so I will invite upon me the Divine wrath.

I have praised myself to my heart's content. Hoewer, let me admit that I am no saint and that I am quite ego-centric, quick-tempered and that I am quite prone to misunderstand others. I pray to SAI to rid me of these evil traits. Oh! Sainath grant me the boon of a peaceful and painless existence for the remaining days of my life. The following lines of a 'Bhajan' express my feelings as I turn 73 :

Bahut diyaa denewale ne tujh ko aanchal hi na samaaye to kya keeje, Beet gaye jaise ye din raina aage bhi kat jaaye dua keeje.