{"id":978,"date":"2026-09-20T12:54:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T11:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/?page_id=978"},"modified":"2026-09-20T13:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T12:36:13","slug":"the-healing-power-of-babas-assurance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/index.php\/the-healing-power-of-babas-assurance\/","title":{"rendered":"The Healing Power of Baba\u2019s Assurance"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.ap-story-page{--ap-ink:#17324d;--ap-muted:#49657e;--ap-teal:#08736e;--ap-line:#dde7ea;--ap-soft:#eef8f6;color:var(--ap-ink);font-family:Inter,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,\"Segoe UI\",sans-serif;line-height:1.7}.ap-story-wrap{max-width:1060px;margin:0 auto;padding:8px 0 54px}.ap-story-kicker{color:var(--ap-teal);font-size:.78rem;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase}.ap-story-dek{max-width:780px;color:var(--ap-muted);font-size:1.2rem;margin:.45rem 0 1rem}.ap-story-subtitle{font-size:1.05rem;color:var(--ap-muted);margin:0 0 18px}.ap-story-grid{display:grid;grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr) 300px;gap:34px;align-items:start;margin-top:28px}.ap-story-main,.ap-story-card{background:#fff;border:1px solid var(--ap-line);border-radius:12px}.ap-story-main{padding:clamp(22px,4vw,46px);box-shadow:0 12px 28px rgba(16,52,80,.05)}.ap-story-main h2{font-size:1.8rem;margin-top:0}.ap-story-main h3{font-size:1.25rem;margin-top:2rem}.ap-story-main p{margin:0 0 1rem}.ap-story-main p:first-of-type:first-letter{float:left;font-size:4rem;line-height:.8;padding:.1rem .5rem 0 0;color:var(--ap-teal)}.ap-story-aside{display:grid;gap:16px}.ap-story-card{padding:20px}.ap-story-card h2{font-size:.8rem;letter-spacing:.12em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--ap-teal);margin:0 0 .7rem}.ap-story-card p{margin:.45rem 0}.ap-story-card a{color:var(--ap-teal);font-weight:700}.ap-story-teaching{background:var(--ap-soft);border-left:4px solid var(--ap-teal)}.ap-story-source{background:#fbfcfc}.ap-story-tag{display:inline-block;border-radius:999px;padding:4px 10px;margin:4px 4px 0 0;background:#e8f4f2;color:var(--ap-teal);font-size:.82rem}.ap-story-note{border-top:1px solid var(--ap-line);margin-top:24px;padding-top:16px;color:var(--ap-muted);font-size:.86rem}.ap-story-nav{display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:12px;margin-top:24px;padding-top:18px;border-top:1px solid var(--ap-line)}@media(max-width:760px){.ap-story-grid{grid-template-columns:1fr}.ap-story-nav{display:grid}}<\/style>\n<section class=\"ap-story-page\">\n<div class=\"ap-story-wrap\">\n<div class=\"ap-story-kicker\">Chapter 8 \u00b7 Kaka Saheb Dixit\u2019s Diary<\/div>\n<p class=\"ap-story-dek\">The Healing Power of Baba\u2019s Assurance<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-story-subtitle\">Accounts of illness, Udi, and the confidence born when Baba\u2019s assurance becomes a healing presence.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ap-story-tag\">Healing<\/span><span class=\"ap-story-tag\">Udi<\/span><span class=\"ap-story-tag\">Assurance<\/span><span class=\"ap-story-tag\">Faith<\/span><span class=\"ap-story-tag\">3 min read<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ap-story-grid\">\n<article class=\"ap-story-main\">\n<h2>The chapter<\/h2>\n<p>Dixit heard that Balu Kaka and Nanasaheb Karamvelkar\u2019s wife were seriously ill. Baba said that Balu Kaka would recover and asked whether the woman had come yet. News later confirmed that Balu Kaka was cured while the woman had passed away.<\/p>\n<p>Chhotu Bhaiyya described a long illness in which food was repeatedly vomited. After medicines failed and his condition became critical, a doctor advised the family to rely on the grace of Sai Baba.<\/p>\n<p>Years later at Shirdi, Baba used another woman\u2019s similar complaint to identify Chhotu Bhaiyya\u2019s illness without being told. Baba instructed him to stop the medicines and assured him that the vomiting would not return.<\/p>\n<p>The account records that the illness did not recur for eight years, and remembers Baba\u2019s words as having removed the problem at its root.<\/p>\n<h3>What this account invites us to reflect on<\/h3>\n<p>This chapter presents healing through discernment as well as relief. Baba\u2019s assurance is shown as compassionate knowledge of each person\u2019s condition, not a general promise detached from the individual.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-story-note\"><strong>Editorial note:<\/strong> This page is a concise paraphrase for web presentation. It does not reproduce the complete chapter. Please consult the original PDF for the full account and wording.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ap-story-nav\"><a href=\"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/index.php\/babas-grace-beyond-human-means\/\">\u2190 Previous chapter<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/index.php\/the-unseen-hand-of-sai-baba\/\">Next chapter \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<aside class=\"ap-story-aside\">\n<section class=\"ap-story-card ap-story-source\">\n<h2>Referenced source<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Kaka Saheb Dixit\u2019s Diary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chapter 8: <em>The Healing Power of Baba\u2019s Assurance<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Kakasaheb_Dixit_Diary_Chapter_08.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View original chapter PDF \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/index.php\/kaka-saheb-dixits-diary\/\">View the complete book \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"ap-story-card\">\n<h2>People and places<\/h2>\n<p><strong>People:<\/strong> Sai Baba \u00b7 Kakasaheb Dixit \u00b7 Balu Kaka \u00b7 Chhotu Bhaiyya \u00b7 Mausibai<\/p>\n<p><strong>Places:<\/strong> Shirdi \u00b7 Harda \u00b7 Nagpur \u00b7 Dwarkamai<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"ap-story-card ap-story-teaching\">\n<h2>Related teaching<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Trust joined with discernment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The account honours faith in Baba\u2019s assurance while reminding readers that each situation receives a personal and watchful response.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/index.php\/teachings-and-parables-of-sai-baba\/\">Explore teachings and parables \u2192<\/a><\/section>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 8 \u00b7 Kaka Saheb Dixit\u2019s Diary The Healing Power of Baba\u2019s Assurance Accounts of illness, Udi, and the confidence born when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-978","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=978"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1008,"href":"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/978\/revisions\/1008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}