Gyani Baile & Dolly Baile

After morning meditation, till noon, she spent her time finishing up
the writing of those experiences which had not yet been written or
recorded. After that she took a half hour nap which she thought will help
her feel fresh in the evening and also help keep awake all night for the
Shivaratri.
This was probably the very first time in her life that she fasted the
whole day and night. At midnight, however, she did eat the Prasad given
by the Pujari at the Mandir. That day in the afternoon a wave of joy
swept through her and Baba said "you will come back as joyful as you
go". Around 3:30 PM, I called her from Mexico to find out how things
were going. She told me about the morning meditation content described
above plus one other personal information relating to my past life which
was also part of her meditation content that morning.
Over the phone she also relayed that our son Shobun had fallen sick
the night before and was unable to go to school. This had created a
dilemma for her whether to stay home to take care of the sick child or go
to the Mandir for the all important, long awaited Shivaratri puja. She said
she had asked Baba if it was her test for doing her Dharma taking care of
Shobun vs. going to Mandir for puja. Baba had responded to this that
under the normal circumstances the right action would have been to
compassionately attend to the needs of the sick child but that day her
case was different and she should be going to mandir and not worry
about Shobun. Baba said "These are my children and I will take care of
them".
On her way to Mandir (Kasi Temple in Flint Michigan) she stopped at
Meijer to pick up the one white carnation that Baba had asked her to
include in the offering to God. Meijer did not sell single flower so she
bought a bouquet of white carnations which supposedly had 14 flowers
in it (she did not count it at that time but learned about it later). She
already had the coconut, the incense, one banana, one apple and the
string of pearls as the offerings (all the items were exactly per Baba's
directive).
She reached Mandir at 5:45. For doing Archana they wanted $ 15, but
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