... Dhevi felt great pity at the plight of
Shankara, who had taken the Image to be alive, and who had
compelled Her already to manifest Herself from it. But, she did
not pour milk out of Her palm, as I do; she pressed Her Maternal
Breasts and filled the cup. Shankara's Avedhana, his
anguished yearning, had succeeded in matting Dhevi respond!
Similarly, the other day, Shri Raamamurthy, who is
sitting among you here, shouted, "Swamee" in sincere faith and
agony. His wife was writhing in pain, because her clothes had
caught fire. She was too panic-stricken to call out My Name. But,
this cry was heard by Me. I hurried to the spot, which is, as you
say, 400 miles away; I crumpled the fire out, before it was too
late. ...
From:Discourse
of Sathya Sai Baba, Shankara Jayanthi, Prashanthi Nilayam, 28
April 1963