One day, our guru asked Bala to stay overnight at his place. Samy was sleeping in his room and Bala was sleeping in the hall. It was past midnight, Bala heard someone knocking the door so he got up and opened the door. Bala saw an old lady standing there. Bala didn’t know who it was and before he could questioned her, she entered the house and walked into Samy’s room. Bala closed the door and rushed back to sleep. A few moments later, before Bala was about a doze off, something triggered in his mind. “Who is this old lady and why did she entered Samy’s room?” Immediately he got up and opened Samy’s room door, he was shocked to see that there was no one in the room except for Samy. He than realized that ‘mother’ came as an old lady. Apart from, Samy’s mother Madam Yasotha, Bala was the second person to see ‘mother’ in person.
Many years passed, it was another ‘fire walking’ ceremony at the same temple. Due to some personal problem or simply ‘mood swing’, Bala avoided seeing Samy to get his blessings. He was taking a short nap at home before going to temple. He dozed off. He still can’t differentiate if it was a dream or for real, ‘mother Kali appeared in her furious reddish form. Her head was Samys’ and body was mothers’, the vision came so close to him that gave a jerk and he was wide-awake. He realized that he had made a mistake. He quickly took his shower and rushed to see Samy before going to the temple. Samy smiled at him and asked did ‘mother’ scare you. Bala sensed the divine connection between them.
India pilgrimage trips with our Guru are trips that bring blessings from many ‘special people’. Once Bala followed Samy to ‘Thirupathi temple’, after offering their prayers they came out of the sanctum. It was drizzling outside so they walked to the opposite building for shelter. While standing there, a tall and dark person looks like a hermit approached Samy. He was clad in saffron colored dhoti below waist and was wearing wooden clogs as footwear. His hair was neatly plaited on his head and was wearing many rudrasha beads around his neck. He carried a small ‘Kamandalum’ and from it he poured some water into the palm of Samy and than to Bala for both to drink. He raised his hand as sign of blessing and told, ‘you are deva of all devas, sithar of all sithars and carried on (unbelievable verses and divine secrets).
Samy and Bala quietly listened to him. The next minute, the hermit asked Samy to bless him too. Samy gave his blessings and than he humbly clasped his hands and walked away. Both were watching him walking towards a wall and disappearing into it. Bala got panicked while Samy was smiling. That night at the hotel room, Bala began to talk weird things like going away from family and so on. His friends got upset about his sudden change and informed Samy. Samy came to see Bala and gave him a glass of blessed water. Awhile later, Bala came to normal condition. You don’t have to rush to renounce your life now. If I can wait for the right time you too have to wait. I still have many things to achieve when the time comes; you can follow me ok.
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On another trip, at the hotel room, Samy told Bala that when we go to temple next morning, a hermit would be waiting for me. Samy decided to go half an hour late to the temple. Once Samy and Bala reached the entrance, a hermit rushed to Samy and grabbed his hand. ‘Why are you coming late? You are supposed to be here at 10am. I was waiting for you for than an hour. Come with me’. He pulled Samy to Lord Siva’s sanctum where there were not many people around. He started to talk on various matters and some in ‘code word’ that Bala didn’t understand. After sometime he bid farewell and left Samy.
Just a few years back, Samy and Bala went to an ‘Hanuman temple’ at a place called ‘Nanganallur’ near to Madras. After prayers they were walking towards their car. On the way, they stopped at a ‘push cart’ stall to have some tea. While drinking, Samy noticed a ‘sanyasi’ with long hair logs and faded dhoti below waist, holding an arm length stick was showing some sign language to Samy. He was asking Samy to follow him. Samy told Bala and asked Bala to get him drink too. After the drink, without a word that ‘sanyasi’ showed hand signs again. Samy told Bala and both followed him. He climbed the steps of a 2-storey house and reached the top. There he had made a small hut for himself to stay. He asked both to step into his hut and offered chairs to sit. He introduced himself to them. Bala has usual began his questioning session.
He was a ‘sanyasi’ (bachelor) and from a rich family. He discarded every materialistic requirement to become a ‘sanyasi’. He doesn’t talk to anyone there so most of them thought that he was ‘dumb’. He revealed that Samy’s vibrations really surprised him. ‘When I touched Samy, I can feel an electrifying sensation but Samy looked very simple and dress in normal clothes that can trick anyone who don’t know much about the truth of divine life. I am a seeker of ‘Kala Bairavar’. I am preparing for full renunciation. At the right time, when Lord Siva calls, I will be settling in ‘Thiruvannamalai’. He looked at Bala and said, ‘Bala you have the right person with you. Never leave him no matter what happens.’ The ‘sanyasi’ prepared a special drink for them. After sometime, Samy and Bala left the place.
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Once Bala told Samy about his working colleague, a lady who had problems in conceiving a child. She had many miscarriages and looked sickly due to her worries. Though she is from a different race and religion, she decided to accept any sort of help to have a child. Samy asked Bala to buy an apple and a bottle of mineral water. He prayed to ‘mother’ and blessed both. Bala passed it to her and she thankfully accepted those. A few months past, she became pregnant. After she gave birth, she visited Samy to thank him personally. After a few months, she conceived her second child.
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If you are thinking that out of 30 years, does Bala have only such few experiences to share than you are incorrect. Samy’s life is full of surprises and these are Bala’s best experience that will always stays fresh in his mind..