Agnaani mein janmon se Sayee.... Eswar ko naheen jaan paatha
Tere karuna ki ek jhalak se... Khudaa ko mein ne pahli baar dekhaa

"Being ignorant since many births, Oh Sai, I haven't known God!
By the flash of your mercy, I see the God for the first time!"

What is the most important thing one could get from Sadguru Sainath? He Himself said that although He is willing to give from His open coffers, most are not inclined to seek it. After every desire is answered and the truce between needs and wants established, Sadguru begins His work on the chosen ones. The most competent Sainath has innumerable ways that he chooses according to the nature of the devotee.

God vision, the realization of the supreme, the purpose to any quest, realization of the self, knowledge of the absolute, these are some of the descriptors of the dormant quest one might have in the spiritual path. The satsang with Sadguru is never passive! It is not a choice!

Is Saibaba a mere Guru or God himself? This is a stale question as any reader of books on Saibaba can say that Baba appears to those in whatever form they chose. Stories abound where Saibaba appeared as Vitthal, Shiva, Dattatreya, Jesus and other forms of divinity. In spite of this, is there a question whether Saibaba is just a siddha purusha, someone who acquired supernatural powers due to saadhana or He the absolute beyond all siddhis? Is He the God?

What is God? What are God's attributes? None is able to describe this. Hence, even the question whether Baba is God or not, is not completely legitimate and at the best can only be a relative rhetoric! To make this simple, if one would choose any form of God within one's confine, describe the attributes of such a form, Rama, Shiva, Jesus, Krishna, Vishnu, Allah or Buddha, all those attributes can be found in the perfect master of Shirdi. If God is defined as an object of faith, the faith will reveal God's form.
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Contributed Article: Incredible Saibaba

Being a very devout devotee of Sai Baba now for many years I just wish to share some of my thoughts with you. I have always said that being a devotee of Sai Baba is not easy. I went through a series of changes over the years and I still feel like I have miles to go. Sai gives us all that we desire he is there for us in our difficult times we look to him for all the serious and mundane problems in life. A Sai Baba devotee expects our beloved Sai to get the job done and believe me Sai Baba always comes through for us. Now to get to the tough point, how many of us give back in return? What does our Lord expect from us. Well, truth, honesty, righteousness, no bad mouthing, not to have a stray thought for anyone, curb ones temper, learn the art of forgiveness forget revenge - if someone hurts you walk away. All easier said than done. We are human after all and we slip and fall. We also question. A wise man once said about the Incredible Saibaba "for those who believe no explanation is necessary and for those who do not believe no explanation is possible" All around us we have influences working the biggest one being the human mind, the most powerful organ of the body. Over time I have learnt to accept these norms of behavior required by a Sai Baba devotee. Granted sometimes we have to grit our teeth or count ten but that helps to soothe the pain, to control the anger, palpitation and anxiety. If you stop and picture his serene, compassionate face you will also become quite calm and rational before you take the next step or say the next word.

I have recently come across persons who are Sai Baba devotees and yet when a calamity strikes they blame it on our poor Lord. You have got to understand that we all come into this world to work out our karmas. Everyone has a purpose and reason to be here. We have choices and we are allowed to choose what sort of a life we would like to lead. People have to as I said before work out their karmas. You can't point fingers and lay blame. A human being is so very intricate and complex. We are not aware of anything other than what we know of our self. So instead of getting miffed that Sai Baba did not grant your wish one has to rationally perceive the logical and carry on in the best way that they can. You have no idea what happy thoughts, positive thinking, reflecting of the stories and leelas of Sai can do for your soul. So let me leave you with these happy concepts and promises that your faith and devotion to our beloved Sai Baba is full of the profoundest love and care he has for each and everyone, no prayer goes unanswered we have to accept that whatever he does is only for our good as he is the all forgiving, all compassionate, omnipotent presence which we so fervently need to lead a happy, successful and prosperous life with our loved ones.

(Contributed by H.S.Medora)
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Experiences of Devotees

Vandita
I just cannot stay without sharing this wonderful experience of mine with all of you all. All of us in our families are going through many problems from the moment we immigrated to Canada. I think by now I have seen everything in my life happiness -sadness, richness-poverty, sickness-healthy life at a very young age of 23. I had begun to loose hope in my life slowly. I had even stopped praying god. But recently especially when I am lonely I get thoughts about lord Krishna, somehow my mind cannot remain without thinking about him and I feel that I am missing him a lot and cannot stay without him. So everyday night before going to bed I read books about Krishna by which I feel so happy and close to him. However, I always had a strange question in my mind that "does a sinful person like me have a right to even think about him and will he ever accept me?" A week after my father came back from the grocery store and said the shop was distributing something and he bought it home and gave it to me as a gift. When I opened it I was so surprised and happy to see that, it was a calendar of none other than the lord Krishna which had some sayings written on it in Hindi and had a heading which said "promise of Krishna", one of which said that "mere liye asu bahakar tho dekh tera jeevan amrut na bana du tho kehna". Oh god how do I explain my feelings of joy and emotions I was so overwhelmed I just cannot express my feelings in words. When I told my mother all about what had happened she couldn't hold the tears in her eyes, we cried out of joy. This picture has Krishna as a 4-5 year old boy holding a flute. I call him my Krishna Baba. May Sai Baba continue to shower his blessings on all of us.

A Sai devotee
I don't know if its my own experience or is the case with many other devotees. 2 years back I was reading "sai leelamrutham" while reading one of the chapters it so happened that I could see (not so clearly) some one in white khafin and white turban sitting to my side .at first I was frightened but later I could feel the presence of lord sai.. I experienced the same for next 3 days. As if lord Saibaba was with me where ever I went. and what ever I do. At the same time, one of my friends called me to her house saying they got a photo from Shirdi and asked to see that. After seeing the pleasant face of Baba, I could get out of he experience. I don't know what the feeling was? But I wanted to know what it meant to me. Until date, I am not able to read any of Sai's books with so much concentration. I would be happy if I can get to know what it is and what sai wanted to convey.
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Devotees say...

Sujana Pathak
I wonder why am I up at three in the morning to write this article. To tell you the truth I do not even know the topic I am going to write about .I am a graduate student and am not as learned as the people who write in this section nor have I read very many Sai literature and books. Still I am here sitting to write to you. Where am I having the inspiration.or this force that is propelling me to write? That is what is within me.that is the force that our lord exerts on us ...that is the force which transcends all the realms of knowledge and fluency ...and THAT is the force that can give you the strength to do things which you thought were never within your reach. By Swami's grace, I have had a very blessed childhood. I have my parents who are god incarnate .In them I see my Baba all the time and in Baba I see them .My parents nurtured me with this spirit of Baba all around me from my very birth. Then Baba christened me "Sujana" and gave me his form in the form of a locket when I was about a year old. Then the journey began.....

While I was reading the messages and the articles posted on this site I came across how distressed a few of us are with the circumstances we are facing in our lives. This I feel is a very normal situation and a very normal reaction for anyone to give ...but I have a few suggestions to make in the same context .We all have been carved as special pieces by Baba. He has given each one of us long hours to make us what we are. When he finally made this masterpiece (ourselves) he precisely knew what is going to happen to us 50 yrs down the lane. He knew of the troubles we are going to face ...knowing all this he still dropped us on the face of earth.have u ever thought why? Why is it that when god who loves us so much.who can never see us sad.sent us to this brutal earth.even when he knew of all the sufferings we will have to face? It's because HE TRUSTS us. HE knows we have the mettle within us to stand the toughest times with a brave front. So dear friends ...think hard. Can you breach HIS trust? Can you let him down? The way you successfully handle the tough times is actually a certificate of merit in the Almighty's portfolio. It attests the faith that god has in us...So the crux is that, "The tough times you face in life are not to strengthen your faith in god but to bolster God's faith in you". So, be happy with your life. Work hard, be brave and let the "mutual trust" between you and the divine self-become stronger and stronger and stronger......Each second thank that almighty for having chosen u to witness this experience of life.

Raghuram
Around three days back I had this wonderful dream. I think most of them at least had dream like you are in very dangerous situation and wake up with fear or the dream just stops. The last dream I had was also something like that I was going in road and had a accident and before I had felt the pain or anything I was just thrown into air and caught the feet of Sri Shirdi Sainath what a miracle it was for me, Please keep showering your blessing and I am confident you will solve my frustrating health problems soon.

Krishna
Whoever answered my question "Quality of Devotion: Why can't it be the same at all times", Many thanks. I cannot tell you how apt your reply was. Your narrative applies very closely to the mood swings that I have had lately. They have to do with want of something I don't have (mostly work related), a little bit of envy etc. Deep in my heart, I know what's happening now is for my long-term good, but it still is difficult for me to compromise and accept the reality of the present. I know it's difficult, but your reply did sooth me. Thank you very much again.

Gupta
O Goddess Sai Ma! I do pranam on your holy lotus feet on this auspicious day of Navratri. O Ma! You are great, embodiment of divine energy, -my shakti, inner motivator, effulengence of divine light and real mother of all beings. What is our fault? What sin we have committed. Where we are wrong. I want to reform us & correct ourselves. I want to act according your wishes, to follow your instructions and adhere strictly to your law & discipline. Please give me one chance and see how your this son act in accordance to your instructions. O Ma! You can't leave me alone. You have to keep a very close watch on me as the mother keeps close watch on her child all the time and thinks of her welfare only. I know you are embodiment of godly love & compassion. So, you will certainly shower on me your karuna, kindness and compassion. And what you are doing for Anand, my son, who is your son first as you are his divine mother. How long he will be roaming here & there without any clear cut direction, aim & motto. Kindly do something for him, show him the right path and decide his future career.
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Prayer Club

Rekha
Dear Baba, please help me lead a peaceful life. There has been quite a bit of turmoil in my life since the past few months. A person is trying to destroy my marriage. Please give me the strength to overcome this stressful situation and please guide my husband and show him the right way. Baba, please help me, I leave everything to You. Om Sairam.

Achuta
Sai Baba! Sai Baba! Oh Sai Baba!
Oh the divine one
One who is beckoned by one and all
When in need, when none helps
And beyond help!

Oh my Master, I need your help
To over come present predicament
My house in ruins, all taken by thieves
Leaving me poor

Baba are you Listening
You do indeed
Please bless me, and help me
With your divine presence
And take my troubles away As you always do!

Sridevi
OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JATA SAI.OM SAI RAM. You know everything about me. Please help me to overcome my difficulties.

Chandima
Bhagvan Saibaba, I have lot of troubles what I am facing right now. Please can you help me get through this difficult time? My husband having some health problems, and I am not educated but I want one job, and my amma, nana and brothers having problems in getting their jobs. Please help me Baba.

Srinivas
Oh Baba! please help me in finding a good job Baba and solve our problems. I will start reading your Satcharitra next thursday for one week. Please help me. I need a very decent job with good income. Oh Baba! I have trust in you. I surrender to you. Also help my father-in-law and mother-in-law to get a visa for which they have applied for.

Ananthashayanam
Baba, I am unable to sell my house. Baba, please solve my problem. Baba, please given your permission to sell my house. Baba, please give good education, good behaviour, good knowledge, good health to my son. Baba, please given good health to all the members of my family. Baba, please solve my financial problems. Om Sainatha, please solve my problems. Om Sainatha, please give permission to visit Thirumala hills. Om Sainatha, please give permission to visit Shirdi. Om Sai Sri Sai Jay Jay Sai.
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Quotation of the Week
"Wisdom tells me that I am Nothing. Love tells me that I am everything. Between the two my life flows"-Nisargadatta Maharaj
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Question of the Week

Q. "Quality of Devotion: Why can't it be the same at all times?"
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Sai Activities

Shirdi Sai Satsang, Minnesota
By the grace of Sadguru Sainath Maharaj, Shirdi Saibaba Prayer Center is established in Minneapolis-St.Paul, of Minnesota. Regular Sai activities in the Twin Cities, MN are being conducted at Shirdi Saibaba Prayer Center, 725 Lake St NE, Apt #139 Hopkins MN. For details, please contact hamaresai@yahoo.com. or call the Prayer Center at 952-938-2983.

Sai Baba Center in Toronto, Canada
Devotees in Toronto invite you all to join in our weekly Satsang every Thursday at the two Locations mentioned below. For more information please call Shammi Chopra 905 887 1752 or Roshan Dastoor Ph: 905 812 8290 or email us at saileela99@yahoo.com
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