In the last moments one should be alert about attaining salvation.There should be peace and solitude, the chosen deity's image should be fixed in the mind without any distraction. " One is reborn according to one's last thoughts" is the well-known axiom. Saints themselves practice this to maintain the prevalent custom.
When there was only fourteen days left for BABA's passing away, BABA appointed Mr-Vaze Sat to read 'Ramvijay'.
Vaze Sat in the Masjid and began the reading of the holy book. BABA began to listen to it. Thus eight days passed.
Then BABA ordered that the book be read without a break. So Vaze read it in this manner, for three days and nights.
He sat for full eleven days . Later he was tired and felt weak. He was exhausted with the reading . In this way three more days passed.
So what did BABA do later? He stopped reading. He sent Vaze away from there and kept quiet Himself.
It is the practice of Saints, Sages and wise people to listen to religious books, when the time for the passing away is near.
Acharya Shuka recounted the Maha Bhagavat in seven days to King Parikshit , who heard it and attained death happily.
While listening to the Leelas of the Lord and keeping the image of the Lord before one's eyes , if one passes away then one attains the ultimate goal.
Here BABA also did the same thing~
Since many years , BABA had an old BRICK, on which He rested His hand, and sat in yogic posture.
At night, in solitude, He regularly took the support of the BRICK and BABA sat in yogic posture, quietly in the Masjid.
This practice had gone on for quite a few years without disruption, and without any problem. But fate is not governed by any rules , and unexpectedly they are broken.
When BABA was not in the Masjid, a young boy was sweeping . With the intention of cleaning the dirt underneath it, he picked up the BRICK a little.
The time had come for it to break. The BRICK slipped from the boy's hand. It fell down with a bang and broke into pieces.
Hearing of it, BABA said, :" It is not the BRICK but my fate that has broken into pieces. " Saying this, He was very distressed and tears of sorrow sprang from His eyes,.
This BRICK, which was with Him since several years was of long standing, and was the main support for His yogic posture. When it was suddenly broken it seemed to make the Masjid desolate for Him.
BABA had said" In whose company I meditated and was dearer to Me than life, that companion of Mine is broken. I also will not remain without it."
Jai Sai Ram!!!
