Pearls of Wisdom by Swami Kesavaiahji

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(Pearls of Wisdom - is the title chosen to the collection of writings,

speeches and messages of His Holiness Swami Kesavaiahji dealing with his

Guru, Sri Sai Baba of Shridi, speanning a period of four decades of the

Swamijis Spiritual ministry of Sainath, we will try to publish a portion of

the book every day)

 

 

This ocean of mundane existence is very hard to cross. waves of infatuation

beat high there against the bank of bad thoughts and break down the trees of

fortitude. The breeze of egoism blows forcibly and makes the ocean rough and

agitated. crocodiles ,„ the form of anger and hatred move there fearlessly.

Eddies in the form of the idea " I and mine " and other doubts whirl there

incessantly and innumerable fish in the form of censure, hate and jealousy

play there. Though this ocean is so fierce and terrible, Sadguru Sai is its

Agasti, destroyer, and trie devotees of Sai have not the least fear of it.

Our Sadguru is the boat which will safely take us across the ocean.

Hearing the stones of saints is not so difficult as the other sadhanas. The

stories remove all fear of this Samsara and take you on to the spiritual

path. So listen to these stories, meditate on them and assimilate them. If

this is done, you will become pure and holy. You may attend to your worldly

duties, but give your mind to Sai and His stories and then He is sure to

bless you Hearing the stories of the saints is, in a way, keeping their

company. The importance of the company of the saints is very great. If you

take refuge in the saints wholeheartedly, they will carry you safely across

the ocean of worldly existence. It is for this reason that the saints

manifest themselves in this world.

Sri Sai Baba of Shirdi is not finite or limited. He dwells even today in all

beings. He pervades all and everything He was well versed in the knowledge

of the Vedas, as well as in the science of self-realisation. He came into

this world for a specific purpose. He often said: Let His man (devotee) be

at any distance distance, a thousand koss away from Him, he will be drawn to

Shirdi like a sparrow with a thread tied to its feet." His assurance is:

“Whereever you are, whenever you call me, I shall be with you instantly.

Whenever you need me. Fear Not.” You shall be protected. Though the devotee

loses sight of Sai, Sai never loses sight of him. Sai is ever present in

everyone of His devotees watching over him and follows him everywhere."

The best course is to surrender our body, speech and mind to the Guru's feet

and always chant His name for destroying our sins. This is called complete

surrender to the Guru. The only sure sign of this is that our mind gets calm

and peaceful. The greatness of this surrender, devotion and knowledge will

come in its train. This is axiomatic truth.

 

 

(Adopted from the Book Pearls of Wisdom by His Holiness Swami Kesavaiahji)