What is it that strikes first in your mind when you see a DOG?

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Hello to my e-Satsang :-)

 

What is it that strikes first in your mind when you see a DOG?

Well, today morning I was walking back to my home from my friend's house. My

pastime while walking is to say the words, "Sathya", "Sai", "Rama" with every

step I take. It's a silly game, but I like it...I start the word "Sathya" with

left leg taking the step and in the next turn, the word will come to the right

leg (since the total number of words are three and it is an odd number). Thus

it keeps alternating...:-)

I have almost reached my house and suddenly a fiery dog jumped on to me from

nowhere! It was so scary as it jumped on me so unexpectedly. I stepped back,

but it was trying to bite my leg! As it was playing around to catch my leg with

its sharp and shining teeth, all kinds of thoughts were running in my mind.

Firstly, I got really angry over the owner of the dog. How on earth, could he

leave his dog unchained and un-attended, when it is not well-behaved? So

careless? If it bites me, I might have to be on bed for one full week or more!

And seeing its sharp teeth has scared me to death really!

Forget about thinking of Swami, I was not able to maintain the minimum composure

at that moment! Am I the same guy who once sat in a flight which had a problem

in landing, with fuel running out, but kept chanting Swami's Name with a

cheerful countenance? (No need to tell you that the plane landed safely. How

could Swami ever not respond when His Name is called?). But this dog is too

ghastly challenge for me....its teeth are really sharp....huh.....!!!

But....amidst all those gushing emotions of anger, frustration and fear, Swami

has flashed a smart idea in my mind. I was reminded of how Swami once walked

beside lions and tigers in a forest and they all sat looking at Swami

peacefully! When the devotees who were watching that were struck with

wonderement, He answered, "I see Myself in them and they acknowledge My Love."

:-)

I just looked into the eyes of the dog and said, "Swami! Aren't You in this dog?

If so, why would she harm me at all?"

And that's it. It stood still and stopped barking! I slowly walked away in wonder!

Oh Dog! Sorry...Oh God! You are everywhere. In everyone. When I stepped into my

apartment, I was filled with mystic bliss. When we see God in everyone and call

for Him in them, however bad they are, the Swami in them will surely acknowledge

our Love and respond. This incident was a shockingly sweet experience to me.

Truly speaking, in this world, I have neither freinds, nor enemies. Neither

relatives, nor strangers...All are Swami. Animals or plants, living or

non-living, they are Swami's Forms. Ghastly or scary, Lovable or despicable,

sweet or sour, everything is Swami. And I strongly felt that, if I could get

myself confirmed in this feeling, Swami will surely help me by acknowledging me

in all ways!

I wondered, "Wouldn't life be a totally different and a Divinely blissful

experince, if I consciously start seeing Swami in everyone? Surely, there would

be lot of miracles, more miracles of Love happening in my life...."

If one sees Him in everyone, a mother will not have attachement towards her son,

a husband will not have lust over his wife, an employee will not hate his boss,

a boss will not look down on his employee. I sometimes think, that in this

world of so many names and forms, in fact, for each one of us, there are only

two characters in our own drama of life. Oneself and Swami. But ofcourse, Swami

in multifarious forms.

I felt so lucky today for receiving this lesson from Swami and thought of sharing it with everyone.

What is it that strikes first in your mind when you see a DOG?

It's the most beautiful palindrome in English langauge, isn't it? :-)

 

JAI SAIRAM

(Just in case, you didn't come across the term 'palindrome', it is a word which

means the same even when you reverse the letters in it).

[Guest guest]

Hello,

Very happy to read this funny but truely

believable episode. You have narrated in a very lucid

way. One can feel that emotions as if happening to

oneself while reading it.Thanks for sharing your

experience.

I feel myself lucky enough that I relish each

element in Nature i.e. the sky, the clouds, the

rainbow pattern shows up in our garden when sprinklers

are ON in the evening time, Stones, mountains,

springs, rivers, falls, plants, each and every pattern

in leaves and flowers and of course various typical

characteristics in people around me! I can not stop

myself expressing awesome feeling towards SaiBABA's

creations!

I had two cats and I was amazed to see how they

were communicating with me! and my family members also

noticed that they were following me everywhere to the

point of jealosy to my family members!

My son would say,"mummy, what's wrong with these

cats? They are happily sitting with us and enjoying

our company but as soon as you get up to do some

errand they will start walking behind you but if any

of us (my husband and two sons) get up to move out

from this room, these cats don't care at all, even to

notice who is going out of the room!

I had noticed one of my cat enjoying music

especially our Indian classical music. We tested this

reading several times. Once we were playing a

classical music cd which played for atleast one and

half hour, the cat happily peacfully laid down on the

floor with her eyes closed and we even noticed her

mustaches tweeched on particular notes!

I am happy that BABA has granted me that type of

element to enjoy BABA's presence everywhere.

 

Thanks again.

Jai Sai Ram

meera

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[Guest guest]

Thank you for sharing this experiment with us!!!

 

Really I have already noticed that Swami makes magic when we decide (like Jesus

said) to be innocent like the children. He talkes to us in the most different

ways through signs. And these signs can be any situation, words from a book,

words from a friend or an unknown one, dreams, insights... The sweetness of

the moonlight... His smile, either in the stars or in the children´ s eyes...

oh... My Beloved One !!!

 

 

Swami is irresistible =)

 

Meera, my dear, your kitty is very cute =D

 

(here it goes attached the Jyothi meditation in pdf file

http://www.saibaba.ws/teachings/jyotimeditation.htm)

 

Divine Love

 

Jai Sai Ram !

 

MeeraBai

http://0saibhakta.multiply.com

http://spaces.msn.com/members/saibhaktalovessaibaba/

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[Guest guest]

Dera sister Meera,

 

nice experiencing a cat. As one devotee rightly

mentioned the dog and God are same if read in reverse.

In fact, Lord appeared to Kabir in the form of dog. As

swamy said, if we have the ear to listen and heart to

feel, we can lsiten to even the stones (Govardhana

giri)and clothes(sarees in Dharmakshetra).

 

I had one experience with a cat. When I first went to

Bahrain, I did not know any body nd reached a sai

center for meditation at 4 AM instead of 5 AM. As I

knew no body, I waited outside the apartment as I did

not wnat to disturb th einmates of the house. From

nowhere a cat came and sat just oppossite(whioch is

not normal) as the time was odd and cat was also not

sare ofme. The cat sat there giing me compnay for the

whole one hour and left as soon as the door was open .

I do nto have nay doubt in my mind if Swamy sent the

cat or He has come in that form.

 

just to remind what swamy told Blitz editor

 

The previous Avatar, Shirdi Baba, laid the base for

secular integration and gave mankind the message

[that] duty is work. The mission of the present Avatar

is to make everybody realize that the same God or

divinity resides in everyone. People should respect,

love and help each other irrespective of color or

creed. Thus all work can become a way of worship.

Finally, Prema Sai, the third Avatar will promote the

evangel news that not only does God reside in

everybody, but everybody is God.

 

- BABA in interview to Blitz magazine in 19978

 

 

sairam.

 

Rajasekhar

 

 

--- Meera Bakshi <meeraharesh wrote:

 

> Hello,

> Very happy to read this funny but truely

> believable episode. You have narrated in a very

> lucid way. .....

[Guest guest]

Thank you very much for sharing your experiencie.

It is really true en my mind!

With Sai¨s blessings will be true in my diary acts.

 

Elena