How petty minds, full of selfish desires
work, at times trying to cheat even God without knowing that they are
playing around with the Cosmic Creator, at Whose mercy the whole of
creation is hanging…existing… ? Saying that, “… your prayers will be
answered only when there is sincerity in you” Bhagawan narrated an
episode from His Story, concluding that attempt to cheat God would lead
to dire consequences… From Bhagawan’s Divine Discourse on 19 October
1999.
"Embodiments of Love! One who thinks of God constantly will
never be put to hardships. You may argue that you continue to suffer
though you think of God all the time. How can you say that thinking of
God has not helped you at all? It certainly would have mitigated your
suffering without your knowledge. God’s grace will certainly alleviate
your suffering.
By chanting of the Divine Name, even mountains of sin will vanish like mist into thin air. Sarvada Sarvakaleshu Sarvathra Harichinthanam,
you should think of God at all places, at all times, and under all
circumstances with pure love and total faith. Your prayers will be
answered only when there is sincerity in you.
When I returned to Puttaparthi from Uravakonda, two persons, Subbaiah Shetty and Kodanda Shetty, came from Anantapur.
One of them was finding it difficult to get an alliance for his
daughter. He said, “Sathya Sai Baba, I will believe that you are God
only if I can find a suitable alliance for my daughter soon. I will
build chitikelameda (‘snapping mansion’) for You if my daughter
gets married within this month.” Everyone was curious to know as to
what that would be.
His daughter got married within the same month. He came to the Old Mandir (temple) with a plate containing a coconut and some flowers. He said, “Swami, you fulfilled my desire.
Now I have to keep up my word. Please permit me to build a chitikelameda for you.” Many others were watching with curiosity.
Even Subbamma came there thinking that he was going to give a big
mansion for Swami. I very well knew what he was up to. He gave Aarati and asked, “Swami, will you permit me to build chitikelameda now?”
In order to amuse the onlookers, “I said OK, go ahead.” He started
snapping his fingers around Me, saying, “This is the first wall, this is
the second wall, this is the roof,” so on and so forth. In the end he
said, “This is God,” fell at My feet, and broke the coconut. Likewise,
some people resort to mean strategies and try to cheat even God! They
certainly have to face the consequences of their actions."
(Story from The Prashanti Reporter)