Shirdi Sai Baba' Shield in Covid 2021
: First Person Witness???
“To Him and To His Unannounced Advent, To Fellow Siblings & To Fellow Travellers, Oh Children of Sadgurus,?You are Eternal, Everliving You are Repositories of Inspired Strength”
Behind the blare and sirens of ambulances, rescue workers, frontline warriors and developmental workers, lava of an epidemic called The Covid volcano spread in the human habitat writ with fear and anxiety. The lockdowns and the work from home, no schools ?tags reminded me of ?unannounced emergencies, of war sessions without blood scenes . Covid has imprinted scenes of masks, sanitisers, social distancing a Logy of Virae and Variants, medicines and respiratory equipment. These silent danger bells ringing differently killed all.
?Though , the nose and the throat were a indicator of immediate signs, the wheezing cough was an alarming bell . Of late the Covid Eye which has come through medication will come in a different note and the Covid ear will signal a fourth coming. Nevertheless as the mind wanders so would our thoughts. With all the above , the news of lack of oxygen was unexpected in this year 2021. Personally speaking there was not a night that the phones buzzed , not a second that the Whatsapp requests could be missed nor a request in physical shape coming through.
?Homes and institutions requested for oxygen cylinders since our welfare home was the last resort of hope. Invoking Sai Hanuman on Hanuman Jayanti day, I prayed that His Father Vayu be available. Officially I was asked to take charge of the Covid Facility and make Oxygen cylinders ready for our donors, friends and fraternity, societies ,communions and colleagues. As I walked out of my bosses cabin, in April, the wailing tone of Nazeena, an attendant in our shelter home told me that it was a long night for many of us. And as the cylinders were procured, the journey took me to a multitude desperate homes to guage and make my homework ready.
??Some of the help homes had chairs and oxygen cylinders for walkin patients and sensing the need I texted to the ?non profit that I was a part of , to help a fellow organization with medical beds,pillows, diapers, bed linen other than comfortable wear for ladies who had rushed from Palwal , Nuh and Mewat, ?Ghaziabad and other areas. . Sais Karuna literally flowed on a unanimous mission as He (Sai) took some of us to oxygen manufacturing agencies in Manesar , Kadirpur , Gurugram , hospitals, hospices , rehab homes for my unlimited world . There was never a no that I encountered in the race to get hold a resource that would deplete in the footprints of time. Most heads of company's were young in the age range of 25 to 35 and my peppered hair was well recognsised. Each was ready with space to help me in various ways.
?On an otherwise gloomy day it was necessary for me to leave for Manesar to get Oxygen cylinders , attend to a Covid Patient with emergencies and take a path via the Highway. The scenes on the road to cremation ground numbed me. The need for biers, wood ?and cowdung cakes was equally more and the texts in transits worked spontaneously. There were many non profits who came forward to provide machinery, manpower , diapers, clothes, stretchers and there wasn’t ?a request that Sai did not fructify. Medicines, drips, syringes, medical aid came in scores .
?Uncapacitated by the fear and bound together by a uniconsciousness were several men and women of different Sadgurus who came to tackle the issues with multiskills. The Sadgurus children are fearless and prove to instill courage was the first lesson learnt. These personalities donned many caps, comprising undefined roles. Sai unfolded a brave new world where sub conscious thoughts aligned with the well educated youth. As men and women fixed cylinders and monitors, served meals to the patients and their attendants, rehydrated the patients , sponged men and women, changed the bed linen and defumigated stations.
?Not frightened by the warnings and the danger signals, they unsealed several Bisleris and Kinleys thereby assisting them by pouring water since the Covid throats were parched. The children of Sadgurus were drawn to the patients in the same manner as ?that of unrelated sparrows coming together , The physical symptoms literally were visible among the patients. The sights of a thick layer and blisters on the tongues of these patients which were visible evidences of dehydration created craters in my brain. Restless and yet lying still, the patients cooperated with us to align with the medical recommendation and hygiene.
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The youth of the nation reflected spiritual capabilities , especially Sikhs and many Sai disciples as well as that of Chinmayananda and Shankaracharya as they extended their hand to rigorous work, by extending hands in crematoriums, in trucks , in hospices. From carrying the mortal remains to preparing funeral pyres , there wasnot an hour that was wasted. On one hand they arranged ambulances to carry the dead to as far as Jammu, with their near and dear ones and on the other hand assisted us in fixtures and logistics. Late in the night , as one decided to call it a day, Baba Sai Shielded most workers with undisturbed sleep and a strength capsule injected in the anatomy.
I take the liberty to share Jaggi VasudevJis thought in ?this article:, Seventy two percent of our body is just water. Another twelve percent is earth and ?six percent is air, which is the easiest thing to manage and take charge of because there is breath and one can take charge of it in a certain way. ( The children of Sai and other Sadgurus took charge of the breath of whom they were karmic bound through the installation of requisite medical devices that were otherwise unavailable to the common man. )
In a nutshell many of us saw the Sai Shield among different genre of people who worked day and night in all segments, doctors, nurses, attendants and developmental workers, drivers of ambulances, people working in the crematoriums. One saw overflowing grace in these ?divine souls who were ??granted ?the ability to lead only for public good, for the growth of righteous attitudes and tendencies in humanity
I saw the Sai shield in these enlightened souls who have no kith or kin, opponent or rival. ?According to Shri Ram Sharma ji , The all-pervading Spirit, manifested as the Soul of Humanity is their Deity, and they yoke themselves and their disciples in the service of this Divine in humanity.
In the light of this insight, I immediately recollected the great master-disciple relationships of Ramakrishna with Vivekananda; Samarth Ramdas with Shivaji; Chanakya with Chandragupta; Dattatreya , Hazrat Babajan, Gajanan Maharaj , Akalkot Maharaj and Buddha with Ashoka. These masters and their disciples were the repositories of true spirituality because they selflessly worked to relieve the fellow community that lay crippled with Corona.
?Late in the evenings post my regular work, when I walked from one bed to another at a Treatment Centre, Sai showed the following physical symptoms of Corona .?These were a dry mouth syndrome, a Covid Tongue, Strange Mouth ulcers, Tiredness, fatigue .?Remembering my mother and grandmother sharing with me that a dry mouth is a symptom of an underlying problem, rather than a disease in itself, the one and only wish was a Turmeric softee (Turmerind gel toffee) ?that could help patients in such times..
The Covid lessons to take ahead are many. Whether one gets ready or not its time for mankind to carry and take charge the building of immunity through boiled raw light food material comprising a percentage of yellowpeas,?turmeric , pepper and oat granules. During the third wave, each corporate should think of ?Herbal concoctions,( the kind that Dabur does) ?Turmeric Gel Tabs, Peppermint laced water, tasters for tongues such as sugarfree honey with mint leaves, ready to make boiled khichdi with pepper, hotwater and cold water wraps, wet tissues to clean the eye dirt, toothfloss and small pouches containing dental wash liquids.?
SVJ Chintamani, Ekadashi 21 June 2021