Sairam friends,
This happened 2-3 weeks back. I went to Saibaba temple near my previous office. Actually, there are 2 temples. I am talking about the one which is slightly bigger than the other temple.
When I reached the temple, afternoon Aarti was going on. So I parked my car and happily went inside. I usually like Dwarakamai more. So I left main hall and went to Dwarakamai.
Only 3-4 devotees were in the temple. Aarti was over. When I came out from main hall, the priest and other devotees requested me to have some prasad. I had it sitting in the platform outside temple.
This particular temple usually has priests from North India. I have spoken to priests from Bhopal earlier. This seemed to be a new priest. So I asked him where he’s from. He said, he’s from Uttar pradesh. He spoke a lot about Sai and hence I made a video for Sai devotees asking him to speak about Shradha and Saburi.
Usually, I never give my number to anyone. I honestly don’t know how I lost my mind. I have some nervous problem which this priest noticed. Especially, in my hands, after the fever in January, the pain is still there.
He suddenly went into temple and came out with Udi asking me to show my hands. He applied it on my hands. Later, he said, I will come to your home on Sunday and you can drop me back during evening.
I said OK but I was wondering why he said that?
Later, he said, he can heal the pain in my hand and only I will be benefited if he comes to my home.
This dialogue scared me and irritated me a lot. Why should I invite anyone to my home to benefit me? None of us invite anyone to our home to favor us.
That’s when I realized this old priest is really not a good man. I blocked his number and went home with shock.
I also wondered how I lost my mind and even gave my mobile number to him? We usually trust people who are elderly. I shouldn’t have done that. And I never invite any priests to home and not even friends because I never know when my Mom will be healthy enough to take care of guests.
Ofcourse, she will always take care of guests but I don’t wanna bother her.
I never told this to my Mom but today, I told my Mom that something like this happened. She told me that we must never let anyone apply Viboodhi – Sacred ash on us. Atleast, not when we know them only for few days. Unless you know a priest or elderly person for some months or years, do not let them apply holy ash.
Some really good saintly people could be an exception.
My Mom said, some people can trick us and make us loose our mind.
So why am I writing this? Today, Sai devotion has become a fashion. People say I am a Sai devotee when they really don’t live by Sai’s words.
Some priests or even people who serve Sai might only be doing it externally. You should use your common sense to understand if they are really good or faking around.
Priests should learn value of what they do. I am going to tell about what happened to me to the one who runs the temple as I know him too. Not sure when I will go there again. What if this old priest bothers any other girls or guys?
I am getting busy with my new job. My Father has chest ache but thankfully we did test today and his heart is functioning well.
I still get dreams about people in my past company. I don’t really understand why this happens to me Sai?
Today, wherever you go, you will find priests playing with their mobile phone. Well, nothing wrong because we use phones in our office. But they should not loose the divine feeling in their heart.
Today, I went to Annapurna temple in RS.Puram, Coimbatore. I like the old priest there. I was thinking, thank God atleast I have never seen him with a mobile in his palm.
I respect this priest so much though he has become too old these days. I want him to serve Annapurna for many more years to come. I told Annapurna that I keep getting dreams about people in past Company and she should help me to understand what’s going to happen.
Sai blessings
Venkat
