Question by a devotee – regarding the tragic death of many children when a bus fell into a gorge in Nurpur, Himachal Pradesh, how can such incidents be prevented in future?

Babaji’s answer: Niyati or Fate cannot be changed. The first question is – was this the age for the children to die? The children were too young to die, they were small children. We feel when ‘man’ takes birth, the time of death is always when the person becomes old. I will give you an example, you go to a market, buy some cloth for a shirt, and after that you come home and keep it in your almirah. You forget about it for some reason, it got mixed with other clothes or due to day to day routines, you forget about this cloth. A few years later, say 2 to 3 years later, as you are cleaning the almirah, you come across the cloth. And you think – how did I forget about this cloth, and since you love the cloth, you get a shirt stitched out of it. And when you go to meet someone, you wear the shirt. As you bend, the shirt tears. And you wonder – this new shirt has torn, how can it tear? It is a new shirt. But you forget, the cloth is old.

What is meditation? Tell me, what is meditation. There is no need to close your eyes and then sit. In other words, closing the eyes and sitting down is not necessarily meditation. When you think about God all the time, talk about God, some people keep talking about God all the time. Talking about God is also a kind of meditation. But how is it possible to think about God all the time? And you talk about God, speak about Him and let’s say when you talk about God or your experiences of God, it is not necessary that others believe what you say. And when someone does not believe in what you say or says something bad, how do you deal with this situation?

Fate vs Faith

What is belief? Your belief can change your fate too, provided you have a strong belief.  When you ask God something, you think you have asked God. When you ask you mother something, you mother gives it to you. Like when you ask you mother to make/cook something for you, your mother does not say – I will not make it, you can make it yourself. Your mother will make it for you, give it to you.

But what is Fate? Fate says I will not make it, you can make it yourself. But the love you have for your mother and the love your mother has for you, the belief that you have in your mother, that belief does not come before fate. Faith is beyond fate. Faith has such great strength, it can bring Bhagawan out of a pillar(Prahalad story). Faith can change the story, ponder about this.

Question from a devotee: Swami ‘s miracles that were happening in our home have stopped, so we are wondering if we have done something wrong, and if the miracles will happen again. Previously, when we used to cook something and offer it to Swami, He would immediately partake it. It no longer happens, is Swami offended with us?

Babaji’s answer: Bhagawan’s will, His thoughts, Fate – whatever is decided, cannot be changed. The Bhagawan, who bestowed His grace on you, that grace will always be with you. Apart from miracles, in your practical life Swami has given many experiences. Swami is showing His presences in one way or the other. Accept it. Vibhuthi, Kumkum, and other things materialized here too previously, in 2005 Swami used to have breakfast regularly here, these happen now too but not that frequently.