14 Jan 2023
[By Shri Suryanarayana]
Guru Datta . Shri Datta. Prabhu Datta
With the salutations at the lotus feet of Swami, I would like to share my experiences with my contemporary human incarnation of Lord Datta i.e., His Holiness Shri Datta Swami.
Shifting of my mother with severe illness from Mumbai to Kakinada:
My mother suffered with lung fibrosis. The disease is that lungs lose the elasticity and so there won’t be enough oxygen through respiration. She needed Oxygen concentrator (which supplies oxygen) for 24x7. When she was in Mumbai, she was hospitalized two times in succession within a short period of 15 days. Doctors suggested me to take her to my native place as the pollution will be more in cities. Airlines will not allow the travel of such patients. So, we decided to shift her by train and travel time is 26 hours from Mumbai to Kakinada. My father felt it is difficult to take her to Kakinada because if something happens in between, what shall we do? Shri Phani told Swami will take care of her till she reaches my native place. So, by having faith on Swami, I have decided to take her by train. First hurdle is to take her to railway station during which there won’t be electricity for the concentrator to run. Then our next hurdle is whether we get suitable socket for the concentrator in the train. But, by Swami’s grace, she was stable in the travel to railway station and in the train also, the socket matched with that of concentrator. By Swami’s grace, she was taken to Kakinada without any difficulty. In fact, by Swami’s grace later she survived for one more year also.
Swami blessing me to attend an international conference:
In the office, I was doing one project as part of my annual target. My superior asked me to write a paper on that work and present in some conference. I was reluctant for his idea of publishing it. But, he was very much insisting to publish. Then I felt, he is so motivated for publishing the work by the grace of Swami only. It so happened that notification of organizing a conference also came out during that time, which is very much suitable to this work. By the grace of Swami, even the permissions to attend the conference by different committees in BARC also were obtained very smoothly.
Swami saving from the fear of ghost:
The above conference was held in Kochi, Kerala. I went to Kochi to attend the conference. I booked a homestay for my stay there in Kochi. The conference was for 4 days starting from Monday to Thursday. I reached the homestay on Sunday night. On the Monday night, I put off the lights and just relaxed on the bed for sleep. All of a sudden, I clearly heard a whisper in my ears asking me which city I belong to and that too in Telugu to my surprise (ఏ ఊరు రా నీది). I feared for a moment and prayed Swami. Immediately, by grace of Swami it struck to my mind that even Brahma Rakshas or ghosts or any negative force for that matter, even fear to appear before Lord Datta and such Lord Datta is with me in the form of our Swami. When this thought flashed in my mind, I regained strength and slept well. In fact, Shri Phani happened to come there as if sent by Swami for my company for the remaining period of my stay and so, the stay became even more smoother. I am grateful to Swami for saving me from the fear of these type of negative forces.
I am greatly indebted to Swami for giving me the highest post of His servant in the entire creation and requesting Swami for the same in all my future births.
Swami please excuse me if there are any mistakes. Namaskaram Swami.
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