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Sai Vichaar 01.Feature of the Week: 02.Contributed Article: 03.Experiences of Devotees 04.Devotees Say 05.Sai Activities 06.Prayer Club 07.Quote of the Week 08.Question of the Week 09.Subscribe to Sai Vichaar 10.Email Newsletter to a friend 11.Submit Articles to Sai Vichaar 12.Un-Subscribe Sai Vichaar 13.From the Editor's Keyboard 14.Disclaimer From the Editor's Keyboard... Gurupoornima is celebrated on July 2, 2004. The festival celebrating Sadguru Sainath Maharaj's love and grace is important to all Sai devotees. Please share with your fellow devotees he details of Gurupoornima celebrations planned in your community. Sai devotee Sree asks the question of the week, "How do we stay away from evil people when God wants us to stay with them under the same roof?" Humbly Yours, The Editor
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Feature of the week:
How Baba does it?
Faith in Saibaba slowly leads one to believe that Baba is behind the things done or undone. This realization works easy when the things happen to one's satisfaction while it falters if things are not pleasing. The path to the complete surrender at Sadguru's lotus feet chops away the difference between the pleasant and unpleasant. If one completely understands how Baba's intent or sankalpa translates to tangible actions to its minutest details, contentment naturally fills in the heart and as the consequence equanimity. Rare and great are such souls. Or, if one would say that somehow Baba will do it, is indicative of a blind faith in Sadguru's disposition. This is a feeling that rain or shine, it is Baba! Any trace of ignorance in this regard will be washed away in the constant company of the Sadguru. But judgments of others actions such as "what does he or she think he or she is doing? Its all Baba's doing", is blatant arrogance. One can easily understand this feeling with a little bit of contemplation. These thoughts should be nipped in the bud, as they are signs of spiritual falling. Baba didn't materialize anything out of thin air. Baba's "miracles"
happen through people and situations in our surroundings in the most
inconspicuous ways. This truth is articulated in the most eloquent way
by Sri Sarathbabuji as follows: "Miracles of Sai do not take place as
something falling from the sky. We experience it through mercy,
compassion, and protection from those around us in a natural way. We
pray to Baba, "Baba! I need money". I am in difficulties". We offer
naivedya to Baba and go to bed, but we do not see Baba keeping a lakh
rupees under the pillow! Someone will come to us and suggest a solution
to our problem. Baba Himself said, "Not a single leaf moves without my
order". When the wind blows, the leaves on the tree move. When even the
movement of a leaf from an inanimate tree requires Baba's order, His
intent and grace, how can we think that everything is in our hands? When
this awareness crops in us, the ego that makes us think, "We are doing
something, we have to do it, we have to accomplish and we have
accomplished because we have done something", will vanish. The
realization that "He does everything. And we are not capable of doing
anything" is called as "Complete Surrender". However, this should not
become the dry and wry philosophy of uttering around, "Its all Baba's
sankalpa, what do I have to do? He has done it". The cognizance of
"complete surrender" should remain as just an inspiration, a background
to the pursuit of our desires, ideals, and trials. Unless we get to
completely experience the intent of Saibaba in every action, we should
not use the term "complete surrender" for our convenience".
Contributed Article: A Miracle by Sai Baba
My father Sri B.V.Sathyanarayana was suffering from brain tumor for
the past two years. On 16th April 2004, Friday afternoon he had
convulsions and we thought that the end was near , my mother myself and
my wife tried all sorts of remedies to control his convulsions but was
vain. Around 2.00 pm I gave my father Sai's vibhuti with water by
placing the vibhuti water at the lotus feet of sai baba and prayed to
Baba that if the end was near take my father sould to his heavenly abode
till all my brothers and sister are with us. And behold Baba's miracle,
my father left for his heavenly abode on 23rd April 2004 early hours of
morning i.e. 4.15 am.
When my father was suffering in the Hospital his whole body was
having rashes. But when he left for his heavenly abode and when we
brought his heavenly body to my residence there was radiance and smile
in face. Such are the miracles of the Omnipresent.
(Contributed by Vinod Kumar) Contributed Article: Miracles of
Baba
OM SAIRAM. I thank Baba for giving me an opportunity for sharing my
experiences of Baba with all of you. Since last 7 years to till now have
so many Shri Saibaba Miracles. In my Family there is problem of marriage
life in my brother for 2 years after he has got marriage, it solve by
Shri Saibaba only because it is very difficult to convey opposite party
and that girl for come back to home from her home or for divorce during
last 2 yrs. Through Shri Saibaba miracles she came herself last year in
May and agreed to get a divorce without any meeting of members or
requiring any money.
Another is a recent miracle. My father's leg was injured through bike
on road that time on 26th Feb 2004. I was very upset and worried about
my family. My sister and I went to the hospital in an auto. I really
feel it was a very great and wonderful day. Till I was 26yrs I had never
heard about Saibaba Songs in Autos, but that day we sat in auto and in
that auto was playing a Shri Saibaba miracles Songs. We reached one
signal on road and I saw Shri saibaba picture and prayed that, please
don't make a situation so that we have to borrow money from others for
my father treatment. We reached the hospital. My father's friend and one
client came within few minutes and the client put 5000/-Rs. on bed of my
father in hospital .He gave work to my father, but my father was not do
his work. I felt Sai baba really heard my prayer. The Hospital charges
on the discharge day were nearly 5000/-Rs. Another miracle that recently
happened was when my sister's in laws had problems with her. On 16th
April, which is a Thursday I prayed to saibaba to solve it. Saibaba
heard my prayer and once again she is staying with jijaji and her
in-laws. It is very difficult to convince jijaji, his brother and his
mother, but Saibaba convinced them through my prayers. Saibaba is with
us at each moment of life. Always keep our mind with him with a pure
heart.
(Contributed by Daughter of Saibaba-Manisha)
A Sai devotee I would like to share with all Sai devotees a wonderful experience I had sometime back. It was a Saturday afternoon in February 1999 in US. I watched a movie in a theatre and was driving back home. All of a sudden, it started snowing heavily and visibility was poor. The freeway was very slippery due to continuous falling of snow. Though I was careful, my car skid and the front wheels were stuck in the snow accumulated on the shoulder. Luckily my car did not hit anybody neither did it block the passing traffic, as it was stuck on the right shoulder. I was not carrying any cell phone at that time, but I had a small photo of Baba in my car. I prayed to Baba to save me from the situation, changed the gear and slowly tried to pull the car out of the mess. After a minute or two, a police patrol car came down and parked few feet behind my car. Out stepped an aging policeman in his late fifties, dressed in white and having gray hair & white beard, he walked to my car and asked me if I was doing OK. He helped me pull my car out. I thanked him for coming to my rescue. Then he advised me to take the next exit and drive through another route. I told him that I was not familiar with that route. So he assured me that he would follow my car from behind to make sure I would go in the right direction. Then I drove slowly on the slippery freeway to the next exit, with the policeman following me from behind. He followed me for sometime until I reached the intersection where my apartment was located few blocks away. He then waved to me, took another turn and disappeared in the traffic. I reached home safely and offered pranams to Baba's photo in my house. B Subrahmanyam Sheeba Ramachandran Seema Bhal Shweta But after my marriage and when my daughter born last year in Canada, she had a problem by birth that her heartbeats skips sometimes. She was in hospital for 10 days and I didn't even take her in my arms as Doctors kept her in machines and all test were going on. My mom was there at that time and she brought Sai Baba "vibhuti" from India, and then she put a little bit on my daughter's heart. Next day Doctor came and after checking every report and readings he discharged her at noon. Now my daughter is 16 months and she has no problem at all. So after that incident I strongly believe in Sai Baba and started doing puja and chalisa on Thursday. Sai Baba now we are looking to buy a home so please help us in this matter. Sai Baba bless everyone. Jai sai babaji. Srinivas Varanasi Sudhakar A Sai devotee Sai devotee Tulsi Romi Kanungo Gauri Vinod Kumar
Quotation of the Week:
Q. "How we stay away from evil people when God wants us to stay under the same roof?" A. by A Sai devotee
Sai devotee Club Sai Baba Center in Toronto Shirdi Sai Satsang, Minnesota Sai Aashish by Sai Swar
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