Gidday Ree, I'll answer you because you asked. this will do for you too Cantando. I went about 20 years ago. I had amasing things happen. So did hundreds of people I that I actually got to speak to, out of the thousands and thousands that stream through there daily. I'll tell you as quickly as I can about the beginning. I met people who had been there a lot, and who advised me not to go in the Indian summer, not to travel alone, and that at that time of year Sai Baba was almost impossible to see. I just wanted to do my own thing, and as I had travelled around remote Indonesia surfing, wasn't the slightest bit worried. So, I said I wasn't sure what I would do, what my plans were, and as I was leaving they gave me a card of a Taxi company called Babu, and said if was stuck, that they were helpful and trustworthy.
Later, I decided to go, and on the flight from Oz to Singapore got stuck next to the one Indian lady on the plane, who I made the mistake of telling I was going to see Sai Baba. She spent the whole flight telling me he was an incarnation of the devil, with mysterious, evil powers. When I landed, I bolted through the airport to escape her, and somehow found this uncrowded part of Singapore Airport, miles from anyone. I thought I would get some peace before my connecting flight to Madras, from where I had a connecting flight to Bangalore. Next thing I notice about a dozen people who I assumed to be Indian coming my way. They approached me and started trying to strike up conversation. I basically told them to get lost and leave me alone, and that I didn't need any help or whatever, as I assumed they wanted something. Next thing a guy notices Bangalore on my hand luggage and asks me if I am going to see Baba. I'm over getting hassled, tell him to beat it, and then get this brainwave to flash the taxi company card, and tell him that I don't need a thing, as I have this company organised.
He starts yelling and carrying on, and is calling all the Indians with him back, to my horror. Next I hear over and over, yelling, I am Babu, I am Babu, that is my company. I tell him he is the biggest crook I've met, and to get lost, he gets out his passport, some of the Indians run and get heaps more people, and...it is Babu. he explains he was in Singapore visiting relatives, and that it was` his first time out of india, and that he just liked meeting different people, so approached me. Then he tells me it is a blessing, he must take care of me, and that he will take me to Baba, personally. I'm freaking the whole flight over to Madras, as its landing at around midnight, and Babu is telling me that his private taxi is picking him up, that it is much better to drive straight to Bangalore with him, and to please trust him and leave it all to him. but, I'm pretty sure of looking after myself, so I do.
I get straight off the plane, no customs, no nothing, bags and all in the taxi and he gets his driver to take us to some hotel, where I am fed and get to freshen up. Everywhere we go he's telling the people the saga, and I'm getting the royal treatment. We arrive in Bangalore mid morning, and I've had the full tour. I get a room in Sai Baba's University in Brindivan, Babu wants my tickets and passport to get my flights reimbursed. So I hand them over. And I got the full refund. And thats nothing...nothing. The rest of my one month stay was mind shattering miracle after miracle.
The manifestations you can try to explain away. One day this old lady is crying, and Baba tells her to stop...na sorry ree, whats the use of even trying, its too much. Belief shattering stuff happened, relentlessly, again and again, but whats the use, I can't be bothered trying to justify myself...not to you, no offense to you, but it will drive some people into a frenzy of trying to refute it. There are things about me that no one knows, or knew, but me, no one. But he knew, totally knew, I never said anything to him. I asked him all this other dribble, and he got straight to the point, truth. I can only tell you what I experienced. The kindest, bravest, most giving, amasing person I have met. There are some ludicrous people there too. Drug addicts, delusional people, and they get really full on. Like those stalkers of the movie stars. Some guy off his tree is trying to sell me drugs, heroin, telling me he is one with Baba, chosen by Baba. When he got sprung and chucked out, he was running around the village outside, off his head making all sorts of accusations, like I am Baba's lover. Theres all types of 'reincarnated super souls' running around claiming they are chosen. That baba impregnated them in a dream. I saw him tell a lady to go home, to stop trying to be indian, to stop worshipping him, to learn about herself. She went from 'loving Baba' to hating him and trying to convince everyone he was a fraud. But in my observation and experience, he doesn't mind, he just does what he does.
Cantando, when I see you organise care aid all over the world, free hospital care, schools, Universities, drinking water, feed the poor, spend your whole day listening to mountains and mountains of peoples problems and dribble, endlessly helping, daily, for over 50 years, and create this unbelievable thing in the middle of nowhere, I'll give you my ear.
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But you know what...my experience was a plot by Baba. Someone told him when I was coming. He found out about my flight from his spies, and planted the taxi driver. He orchestrated this huge pantomine, so that he could trick me. His other spies planned all these fake manifestations, and they had spies that hypnotised me and got me to tell them secrets, that he could make out he knew. Then they orchestrated it so it looked like I got my airfaires reimbursed. He drugged me into having all these amasing experiences. Then he made out to help all these people in front of me. every thing was an elaborate movie set. He did the same to all of them, with his spies and agents. Then he sent me home in a hypnotised state, to recruit others, and probably be activated for a secret mission. This has been going on for over fifty years, but they are very close to getting him. Isn't that right Cantando. I must be very important .
