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The impossible school
Hyderabad, September 2001
O
ur children, Gautam and Vyuha, were not progressing well in
their
schools. The ones we had chosen, even after much
consideration,proved to be inadequate because of the low teaching
standards and the
uncongenial environment. Like any parents, we were troubled and
unhappy
about this situation.
My husband went to Guruji to lay the problem at his feet. Guruji
talked
to him in some detail about methods of teaching and what makes a
school
a good one. On hearing what Guruji said, I became dejected
thinking it
would be impossible to nd even an acceptable school, let alone
one with
the utopian standards laid down by Guruji. Yet somehow, after
listening
to Gurujis advice, we decided to put our doubts aside and search
for a
school that corresponded to his guidelines.
Around that time I met a childhood friend who told us, to our
joy and
excitement, about a school that seemed to meet all Gurujis
criteria.
However, our hopes were shattered the very next minute when she
saidthat she was unable to get her son admitted because there was
no space.
My husband went back to Shirdi to tell Guruji everything.
Guruji said, Go ahead and try to get a place for your child. If
it is a good
school, Baba will help you get a place.
After my husbands return from Shirdi we went to the school to
meet the
director, carrying prasadfrom Shirdi, Babas udiand a copy of the
Shri Sai
Satcharita. To our utter disappointment, the director had
already left for
the day. We decided to give the prasad, the udi, the book and
our visiting
card to her secretary. We asked him to hand them over to the
director the
next day. Then we went back home and tried to forget about this
wonderful
school, believing that there was no point in making any further
attempts.
Our Guruji, however, had forgotten neither us nor the school.
The very
next day the director asked us to come to the school. She
graciously invited
us into her ofce.
Smiling, she said, Yesterday, I organized a Sai Baba satsang in
my
home for the rst time and invited our relatives. At the start of
the satsang
my secretary appeared with the Shirdi prasadand the Satcharita!
We all
thought it was a sign of Babas grace. I take this as an order
from Baba to
give places in our school to both your children.We were
overjoyed! Guruji had given us not one but two places
in this excellent school! At the same time he also pulled
the
director and her family into the circle of his love and grace.
It gave me one
more glimpse of how a Satguru takes such beautiful care of his
devotees in
every moment of their lives and, by increasing their trust and
devotion, lls
their hearts with happiness and love.
Geeta Annapurna Namburi, born in 1970, is a housewife who lives
in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
