Shirdi Sai Baba's Birthday 28th of September

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The SHIRDI SAI AVATAR

The first time Swami revealed detailed description about His incarnation Shirdi

Sai Baba was on Shirdi Baba's Birthday in September 1990. In that discourse

Swami mentioned "In the former Nizam's [Maharaj] dominion, there was a remote

village called Pathri. In that village there were a couple named Gangabhavadya

and Devagiriamma. They were grieving over the lack of children. In answer to

their prayers, a son was born on September 28, 1835. Today is the anniversary

of that day. This child was Sai Baba. As Gangabhavadya had developed a feeling

of total detachment and renunciation, he decided to retire to a forest

regardless of the child. Devagiriamma, who looked upon her husband as God,

decided to follow the husband leaving the child. "Swami Further says "In my

previous body (as Shirdi Sai Baba) everyone was taught through actions. For

example, Dhamu and Nana were rendering service to the Lord (Shirdi Baba). Baba

collected a few copper coins and was playing

with them, by tossing them from one hand to another, and also testing them in

various ways. He appeared to examine them individually. He did not exchange a

word with Dhamu and Nana. He went on playing with the coins for half an hour in

this manner". "Curious to know what Baba was doing, Nana asked him why he was

scrutinising the same coins again and again. Baba replied, "Beta (dear son), it

is true I am repeating the same action again and again, repeating the same

words. Look at the mango tree in front of you. It is in full bloom. The leaves

are hardly visible. If all the flowers in the tree were to become fruits, will

the branches be able to bear the weight? But it does not happen that way. Most

of the flowers are swept away by the wind. Many others drop of their won

account. Only some of them become fruits. Of these some are eaten by squirrels,

birds, or monkeys. In this way ninety percent of the flowers do not result in

fruits. Only ten percent remain in the tree. Is it

not so?" They agreed, that it was so.Baba continued, "In the same manner

thousands of devotees are coming to me. Are they all ripening into good

devotees? Many drop away in the middle. Some come for getting their desires

fulfilled. Some seek wealth. Many are coming either for study or in connection

with jobs, marriage or other personal desires of their own. In each of them,

there is some defect or other. No one comes for My sake. I have a precious

thing to offer in my coffers. But no one seeks it. It is for this reason that I

am examining them (coins). Among these coins there are some which are worn out,

some "Just as I am examining the defects in these coins, I am also looking for

the defects among the devotees who come to Me. I am trying to find out what

defects are there in these people and whether, with those defects, they can

really comprehend My Truth.They want Me, but all their desires are related to

mundane objects. How can they attain Me with this

attitude? How can you reach your destination if you get into a wrong train going

in some other direction? They want Me, but they don't make efforts for realising

Me. Among those who come to Me, it is only one in a thousand who really makes

the efforts to realise Me.The minds of the so called devotees are turned in

the wrong directions. If their desires are fulfilled, they praise Me. But, once

a desires is not realized they go to the extent of even reviling Me. Even while

they are attempting to understand Me, they harbour doubts from head to foot.

Some even leave Me, when their worldly desires are not fulfilled. These are not

sincere devotees at all. They are in fact worst sinners. How can they reach Me?"

said Baba, which are debased and some which are twisted and worthless." Baba

attained Samadhi in 1918. Bodies are transient. These vestures are assumed only

for the sake of devotees. Unless the divine comes with a form, no one can

develop faith in the

Formless. The Divine in human form is the preparation for comprehending the

Formless Absolute.Thus our beloved Bhagawan Shri Sathya Sai Baba revealed the

intricate details about His earlier incarnation as Shirdi Sai Baba. Let us all

pray to him on this very auspicious Day that He showers His grace on each one

of us to be worthy instruments in his hand.Jai Sai Ram

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