Baba Reminds the Vows His Disciples Forgot

Several devotees used to visit the Masjid to have Darshan of Baba. They would bring their favourite food items vowed and offer them as customary naivedya to Baba. Baba used to distribute all the food items brought to Him. Sometimes He did not touch the offerings placed before Him by a devotee; but, at times, He accepted and relished the dishes bought by other devotees.

 

Tharkad's wife sent a sweet for Baba with Govinda Balaram Mankar who was going to Shirdi. In fact that sweet was already offered to God; since no sweet was found in the house, Mrs. Tharkad had sent the sweet already offered to God. Mankar came to Shirdi but forgot to offer the sweet. Baba asked him "What have you brought for Me"? Mankar kept quiet. Baba repeated the question in the evening. "Has not my mother sent anything for Me"? By directly questioning so, Mankar remembered the sweet to be given to Baba. On another occasion, Tarkad's wife sent two brinjals with Purandar's wife for Baba. She asked her to fry one brinjal and mix the other one in curd and offer it to Baba. Purandar's wife has minced and mixed a brinjal in curd and offered it to Baba. Amazingly, Baba asked for the fried brinjal slices. He knew the depth of devotion in the heart of a devotee and, therefore, He used to remind the vows of His beloved devotees, accepted the offerings and blessed them.

❤ JAI SATGURU SAINATH ❤ 

"Bow to Shri Sai and Peace Be to all"

|ॐ| Om Sai Ram |ॐ|

How Wonderful Human Birth is!

For each individual, a mission in life is fixed by God. Only those who have grasped their objective in life will succeed. Baba used to comment, "There is nothing wrong in failing to accomplish an objective, but having no objective is a blunder". Trees give us the comfort of cool shade, flowers and fruits, without anticipating anything in return from us. Cows yield milk as a mark of gratitude for the fodder we feed them. Selflessly, the clouds shower rain and the rivers share their waters to irrigate the farm lands. On a deeper analysis, we could understand that every creature in this universe, by one way or other, possess the noble quality of sacrifice. It is not justified if we, the humans, blessed as we are with the power of discretion and intellect, live lazily without any sense of direction or mission in life.

Baba loves us as dearly as He loves every living being in the Universe. Our inner voice of the soul would guide us on the right path to successful living once we know the truth that we should fulfil the definite mission in our lives blessed by the Divine Love and Grace of Baba. The power in our hands can carve out a statue from a stone or leave it as a boulder. So, let us not waste our precious life and keep praying to Baba to help us achieve the definite purpose of our life.

❤ JAI SATGURU SAINATH ❤ 

"Bow to Shri Sai and Peace Be to all"

|ॐ| Om Sai Ram |ॐ|

The God Who Wipes Away Our Tears is Baba

The presence of Baba, who is the embodiment of wisdom and bliss, yields inexhaustible joy and not tears. We shed tears when we are shocked to know of our mistakes committed and opportunities lost and repent for them. We shed tears when we think of our bonds with near and dear ones. Once we seek refuge at the Feet of Baba, the All-Merciful One will forgive our wrong-doings, wipe away our tears and hug us to His heart as the Divine Mother Baba is. Moreover, He will uproot evil thoughts, generate sublime thoughts, liberates us from the cycle of births and deaths, joys and sorrows and bless us with unalloyed bliss. Baba will not only ensure that the cause of our sorrows is eliminated, but will fortify our minds to endure hardships gladly and boldly and remain cool-headed in Sai's Grace.

Happiness that could not be acquired by one's own effort is possible by God's grace. Many used to visit Baba. Their simple desires like finance, education, health, employment got fulfilled and they would leave wiping away their tears in joy. They know that Baba is God, but did not pray to Baba to bless them with right thinking, which alone provides enduring bliss. Once such a noble thought creeps in, the cause of tears rest in the desire to see God. Baba would wipe away tears of such devotees with more love and concern and grants them Supreme Peace.

❤ JAI SATGURU SAINATH ❤ 

"Bow to Shri Sai and Peace Be to all"

|ॐ| Om Sai Ram |ॐ|

Winter is Illusion, Spring is His Grace

How difficult it would be to live life in the darkness of ignorance, the blizzards of suffering and in the whirlpool of tears! If winter comes, can spring lag behind? The eastern light dawns next. The biting chill breeze is gone, as also the winter that sheds leaves. Nature provides a feast for the eyes with a green carpet look of twigs, shooting buds. The sun that drives away the darkness of ignorance rises and winter takes a back step to welcome the spring. 

But, how and when does all this happen? We should trust God and meditate on God's love. In every moment the sacred name of Baba must be repeated in mind. Then, answers to questions such as "Who am I? Why am I here on the earth?" will be revealed by Baba. In silence, Sainath enlightens our consciousness with His Light of Wisdom. Let us open the doors of our mind and the eye of wisdom. Let us fill our hearts with the sun-light of joy. Wherever our eyes look, we see Baba in every tree, ant-hill, leaf, flower and bird. Baba smiles at us from every shooting bud and blossoming flower. 

Joy and sorrow, good and evil are like light and shadow. Light follows darkness. A God-realized Soul will see the face of joy in the womb of sorrow. Smiles greet us in tears, life becomes an eternal spring and we can experience heaven here itself. The heart of a true Sai devotee is the Heavenly Abode of Happiness. 

❤ JAI SATGURU SAINATH ❤ 

"Bow to Shri Sai and Peace Be to all"

|ॐ| Om Sai Ram |ॐ|