Subject: Satsang "No harm shall befall him who sets his foot on t he soil of Shirdi

I am posting this leela on behalf of a devotee.

Mr.X (name changed at the request of the devotee) was
not a ardent devotee of Baba, he used to visit shirdi once
in a while, he sleeps like a log and no power on earth
can wake him up.

During the present visit of Shirdi (1996) he was happy
and went round all the places leisurely where Baba
used to visit and then visited the Samadhi Mandir and
did some seva and he asked Baba to bless him to
earn his own food and not to depend on any one else,
in the sense he wanted to set up his own business and
he wanted to help others get employment.

So this was the prayer he had for Baba during his visit.
After a successful visit, he sat in the bus bound for
Hyderabad and the bus left Shirdi and was cruising at
a high speed every one was fast asleep. Mr.X was also
asleep and dreaming of the good time he had at Shirdi
and he felt very happy than ever before and he sleeps
like a log and was soon asleep, He never used to get up
in the middle oh his sleep, only in the morning when his
wife wakes him up or his children wake him up he wakes
up.
At around 2 in the midnight the bus was nearing Umanabad
and Mr.X suddenly woke up and wanted to attend a natures
call, he could not control himself, so he went to the bus driver
and asked him to stop the bus so that he can attend to the
natures call, He saw everyone was deep asleep in the bus
and so he got down the bus and went to the back of the bus
to ease himself, he saw fumes in the back side (this was a
AC bus) he immediately ran to the driver and told the driver
that fumes are coming from the rear side, the driver brushed
him aside and said it is winter and the weather is cold, and
so the fumes are coming, beliving the driver he went to attend
the natures call, before he could complete, he saw a fire in
the rearside and leaping upto 5 feet high, he immediatley ran
to the driver and informed him of the situation.

And without wasting further second both the driver and Mr.X
ran into the bus and woke up all the devotees, and most of
them were in deep sleep and immediatley they all got down
from the bus, the driver and Mr.X were the last persons to get
down, and they were standing about 5 feet away from the bus,
the flames were now touching about 20 feet high and the whole
bus was ablaze, the passengers had left everything in the bus.

(to be contd....)