Following a dream of Sai Baba asking me to once again visit Prasanthi Nilayam, my parents and I arrived in Puttaparthi and we immediately started to settle in our rooms...
A kind gentleman had helped me to get my luggage into the residence and then left.
The room was perfect I felt, simple and clean. However, I needed to move my suitcase as I did not like the spot it was placed in. There was a beautiful little black Beatle type of insect slowly walking around which gave me so much joy, and I was concerned that the bag may hurt it when I tried to access my clothes.
Naturally, I went to move the suitcase, but as I did, I put my leg down on the floor and felt something underneath my knee...
I had unfortunately placed my knee over the beautiful insect and severely hurt it with my weight. The Divine child was struggling to move and blood was pouring out of it. My heart shattered! How can this be? I was trying to be careful, due to this beautiful insect's life being so tiny and fragile and all along my thoughts were constantly on Baba, yet this lovely insect had been severely hurt by my own body. ...As I was reflecting on this, feeling hurt and sad for the creature, the insect stopped struggling for life, it stopped moving its legs and passed away...
My heart melted just as quickly as its life did. My immediate response was an emotional prayer to our Divine Father, Sathya Sai Baba: "Father how is it that You have brought me here and how is it that in Your Divine presence such a dramatic event of taking a life has happened, when Your love and Your devotee's love is all around us? Father, contemplating on the pain this Divine child must have felt is heartbreaking! Please Father, do something at Your Will."
As soon as I finished praying, the blood that had poured out of the insect started to go back into it! It was like witnessing a video in reverse! Not one bit of blood was left on the floor! As this was happening, the semi-squashed body of the insect was being filled up, like inflating a flat tyre back to its full shape! Within about 15 seconds the insect was back to its healthy form and running around in full glory!
Praise Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba! Pure Love! All are One! As Father said to Son: "Be alike to all, My son!"
Witnessing this miracle also immediately took away my disheartenment and instead joy was replaced within my heart. I remembered how Sai Baba had said "I remove tears of sorrow and replace them with tears of joy!” - Indeed, You do, Father!
The next morning, I got out of bed, and the insect was following me around. Whichever direction I went in, it followed me. - If I sat or stood still, it started to walk in small circles and then sit in one place, looking directly at me. I asked it: "What do you want my friend"? And then with strong intuition, I thought it probably wanted darshan of Baba (as I had been carrying a photograph of Sai Baba in my hand and looking at it). So, I showed the picture of Sai Baba to the insect. After a pause of holding the picture to it for about 5 seconds it turned around and sprinted away in a gush of joyful excitement!
God is for ALL creatures!!!
"There is no human being without love. Even beasts, birds, animals and insects have love. This love is experienced in even in the smallest of creatures. We should have deep conviction that God is present in every being in the form of the Atma – consciousness." - Sri Sathya Sai
