Shiva in a Brick
We had narrated earlier an incident where the devotion in worshipping an idol made the idol come alive. Nithyananda talked to us of another similar incident at another time and place.
I was traveling, I don't know where exactly, maybe around the area of Madhya Pradesh or Maharashtra. There was a small tree and under that tree, there were three bricks, bricks that are used for construction work. These bricks had turmeric powder applied on them as if some puja had been done using them. Usually in the evening time when I rest I will search for some bricks to rest my head and lie down. There was nobody around. I did not know that the villagers were worshiping these bricks as a Deity. I picked up one brick as a pillow for my head and lay down. Within ten minutes, one elderly villager came running towards me. There were no houses nearby and his house was probably a mile away. When he came near me he understood I am a sadhu.
Because I was a sadhu, he did not beat me. He said, 'Do you know this is Shiva? I worship this Shiva. He appeared in my dream and told me that you were lying on Him.' This incident happened the way I describe. 'That's why I came here.' He had brought a small pillow with him, that was so nice of him. 'Lie down on this pillow and leave Him there. Put that idol back.' We don't know who all are having connection to what all!
Just his deep love for that ordinary brick that is used for construction created a telepathic power in him. I read an article that the American army is trying to develop telepathy to use during the wars. They are doing some research and development to use telepathy to send messages without using mechanical or electronic equipment to avoid interception. Understand, just an ordinary villager and his devotion for a brick made him telepathic. Of course, I'm afraid to use the word brick again now, since he may get upset. I don't think he is dead, only that elderly lady in Gujarat with the Krishna idol is dead, I think this guy may be alive. I never tried to trace him.
Anyhow, just simple love to the ordinary looking brick can create such a deep telepathic connection between him and Mahadeva. This ordinary brick was acting like a cell phone between him and Shiva. You can't imagine the way in which the guy ran towards me and the way in which he was shouting at me. Just because I am a sadhu he left me, otherwise I would've had puja!
I want all of you to understand the power of love, the power of simple love. It was just simple love. Actually during British rule, all the milestones in the Indian highways used to be painted yellow. There was a big problem because from next day all the local villagers started worshipping all the milestones. Really! Then they changed the color and painted them green. Because for Indian villagers nothing is needed, just a simple shape is enough to inspire devotion. Everything is God for us. God is always around us. God occupies out inner space. Everything is God.