Saturday, June 7, 2014

Baba's Storytime - How God Responds

  

To illustrate how God responds to the prayers of devotees, Bhagavan related the following story in His discourse of 25th December 1996 at Sai Kulwant Mandap.

There was once a rich man with four wives, who expressed what they wanted him to get for them during a trip abroad.

The first wife, who was spiritually enlightened, prayed for his safe return.  The second wife wanted him to bring some sacred books.  The third wife, who was ailing, wanted him to get some medicines.  The fourth wife, who was a "modern", asked him to get her sarees and jewellery.  

The merchant on his return, gave the three wives what they wanted and stayed with the first wife because she had no other desire except to have him back.

Drawing the lesson of this story, Bhagavan said:

"God responds to devotees in the same manner.  To those who aspire for wealth, He gives wealth.  Those who seek knowledge, He will help them to acquire it.  Those who are ailing and who pray to God will get the relief they pray for.  God builds hospitals for their treatment.  Those who pray to God for oneness with Him, will realise Him.  This is the way God responds to the four kinds of devotees.

The devotees should consider God alone as important and no other mundane desires.  If you have God with you, all other things are got easily.  So God is your real wealth.  Real health is God.  Men should strive for God-Realization because they come from God and should go back to Him."


(Sanathana Sarathi - Jan. 1997)

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