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Additionally, I was offered two more scholarships, both due to my father’s disciples’ references. These paid for all other expenses such as travels, educational supplies, entertainment, clothes, luggage, and everything else. In fact, I received sufficient money for my all expenses and was also able to give my father a small amount that was left over. As I wrote earlier, any small amount that I gave to my father was returned to me in amounts 100 times of that later in the life. This is a typical of stories from the life of Shirdi Saibaba.
I completed the Bachelor’s degree as well as Master’s degree at the IIT. During that period, in the first two years I found myself to be much lower in intelligence and grades as compared to my colleagues, some of them were superstars beyond imagination. I was considered great in my small hole in Pune, but found myself to be negligible in IIT. I went through agony for almost a year. Life was not enjoyable. I wrote to my father. He gave me courage and I focused a lot.
In the third year, I started shining and I fared 4th in my class for the Bachelor’s degree and 2nd for the Master’s degree. I was considered a top student in my class and I had full confidence regarding studies, job, health, fitness and my Yoga studies at the time I graduated. During this period, I always felt my father’s presence. I used to run to the dining hall to see whether there was a letter from my father. On receiving any letter, I used to close my room and very carefully read each line of the letter several times in the same way as some animals take their food to a corner and eat it. I also did some mischievous things during this period and I later found out that my father knew about them. He watched me and also forgave me. He was very kind hearted indeed. I can guarantee to any Yoga student that a real saint never gets angry and
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