Gyani Baile & Dolly Baile

Experience #6 (mid April 1997):
In Dolly's words "One morning as I was approaching the Mandir in
our house for morning puja (ritual worship), I had this conflict in my
mind.... Who do I really believe in or have more faith in Sathya Sai Baba
or Shirdi Baba? I burn incense in the Mandir every day and as I reached
for burning the incense, I noticed that previous day's burned incense base
(the bottom stick portion of the incense) was split into two neat pieces and
was lying outside in front of the incense holder in the puja thali (tray) each
pointing in opposite direction. I found this very symbolic of my split
thought that morning and also kept wondering how did it come out from
the holder and got split up so neatly".
Experience #7 (April, 1997):
One morning while getting ready for work I was thinking.....what is
the use of having variety of jewelry when majority of the things I don't
wear either because they are too much for work or I get superstitious that
particular jewelry is causing good luck or bad luck. I said to myself, I
wish I knew which gem stone was truly lucky for me and I will keep only
that type of jewelry. As I was thinking this and getting ready for work at
the same time, I grabbed the case which holds my tiny Kajal (Indian eye
liner) box. As I opened the outer case to get the Kajal box out, a small pale
pink plastic pearl fell out from the case along with Kajal box.
It was a fake pearl. But it was not the pearl that was the cause of
my amazement; it was the timing; link of this incident to my thought; and
the pearl coming out from a least expected place. I checked with both kids
if they had anything to do with the pearl being in Kajal case. They had no
knowledge of it. When this happened Gyani was right next to me using
the other sink in the bathroom, he also saw the pearl coming out of the
case and he saw my reaction to it. I told him about the link of this to my
thought at that moment. As a memento I have saved this fake pearl and
have kept it in the Mandir along with few other items which have come to
us in such miraculous way.
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