Be it good or bad, whatever is ours will only stay with us. Baba used to always say that whatever belongs to others will be with them.

The manner in which Sai Baba sleeps used to be very different. There was a wooden plank of eighteen inches length and six inches width. Baba used to keep four lamps in clay trays on its four sides and sleeps. For the devotees of Baba it was a wonder that how Baba would climb up that plank hung at a height of three feet, how he gets down or even sleeps on it. Many devotees who try to watch that sight. Annoyed with this Baba has broken the plank into pieces. On one occasion, during the middle of a talk, Baba started narrating the greatness of wooden plank to Kaka Saheb. Kaka Saheb thought that Baba had loved the plank and spoke thus –

“Baba! If you still had any love on that wooden plank I will make another one and hung it in the Masjid. You can sleep on it with comfort”.

Baba answered “I don?t like to sleep alone on the top and leaving Mahalsapathi alone”.

Kaka tried to explain. “Its alright. I will make another plank for Mahalsapathi also”.

Then Baba came into the topic. He explained the reason for breaking his sleeping wooden plank and about the wavering mind of Mahalsapathi in this way.

“How can Mahalsapathi sleep on the plank at such a height? It is possible for those who are pious and sleep with open eyes. When I go to bed I will ask Mahalsapathi to sit beside me and ask him to keep his hand on my heart. I used to tell him to listen the recital of God?s name coming from my heart. I would tell him to wake me up whenever I sleep. He was unable to do this simple task. He used to wink while in sleep. When I notice his hand, which is heavier due to, sleep and call him up saying “Oh devotee” he would get up. He opens eyes and then moves. How can one who can?t properly sleep on the floor, sleep without moving and who is a slave to sleep ever c

Sri Sainathaya Namah.