A family came to her one day, travelling a long distance by bullock cart. One of them had malaria. Jayrambati was a very bad place for the disease. The patient was shivering and didn’t know what to do. They were to go away right after seeing Mother and receiving her blessings. But he had to stay back. Now, how to provide for all of them in the house? Those who were helping Mother said, ‘Let them go to the next village and stay in such and such a place.’ ‘But I can’t send them out,’ said Mother. Mind that, that night she cooked for them, served them, and served especially that diseased man. She brought some ingredients, prepared some kind of paste of them, poured some milk into it and gave it to him. Next morning, she sent him back in a bullock cart. And she herself was sick for a few days. It was not once, but it happened many times. People came there quite healthy, but since that area was not conducive to good health, they fell sick. And she was there on the spot to serve them. ‘He’s my child,’ she used to say. ‘I shall do what I can for him or her.’ This is what I call really impossible. What is important is, she served others not just in a human way, but with a spiritual background, with total identification with them. from: Sri Sarada Devi: The Universal Mother by Swami Sarvagatananda
Posted on: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 14:09:45 +0000
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