Fw: Prayer service/request - CORRECTIONS

January 20, 2006

-

"Melody McClarty" <blngs2sai

"SBOI Group" <

Cc: "Prabhu Basavalingam" <prabhu.basavalingam

Friday, January 20, 2006 6:48 AM

Re: Prayer service/request

> Dear Sai Baba of India Group ..

>

> Sai Ram....

>

> Many blessings to everyone ..

>

> This is Sister Melody and I want to say that I am overjoyed that SBOI (

> IS )

> also going to participate in

> World Wide Sai Prayer as Seva for those who are in need ...

>

> Please know that this is totally voluntary ...

>

> Some personal backround ....

>

> My name is Melody McClarty... I am a mother of 3 boys... one of which is

> Autistic. I gave up my career some years ago to stay

> at home to raise my children. I have been married for 21 years and I live

> with my husband and 3 children in the mountains of New Hampshire

> in the United States.

>

> Being very isolated and having no Sai Center that is readily available to

> me .. the act of Prayer has taken a huge place in my life.

> I have been a Sai Devotee since 1995.

>

> I have been a member of the saibabanewsgroup for some time

> and they know me well there.

> About 1 year ago ..... my husbands lungs collapsed and as I had often

> already been doing to the saibabanewsgroup .. I had asked

> them yet again for Prayers .......

>

> Through Swami's amazing grace and will ..... some people starting writing

> to ME .. to pray for them ... and per unanimous decision

> in the saibabanewsgroup .. I became the one who began to collect on behalf

> of everyone the prayer requests and then putting it forward as ONE LIST

> for anyone who wished to do this seva for those in need. After a time ..

> it became very widely known and some people who are close to Swami

> and in Puttaparthi ALSO wished to participate in this seva ... This group

> has now grown very large .. much larger than just the confines of the

> saibabanewsgroup... there are people all over the world who are now

> participating in this Seva for others .. and ALL has been Swami's

> unbelievable grace and will, some people write in that they print out the

> list and take them to the nearest shrine or temple and pray on behalf of

> those who are on the list, some gather in small groups and do prayers for

> others each week .. it has now a life of its own ... Swami's ...

>

> It has afforded people who are lonely, isolated, sick, without Sai Centers

> or who are in dire need ... a place to quickly put thier hearts woes and

> to have

> it sent immediately to Swami ... and much to everyone's elation .. Swami

> has whole heartedly responded in person .. he has not refused a single

> PRAYER LIST yet .. not a single one .....

>

> People write in with wonderful testimonials of Sai's grace and grace that

> occurs once they have put in thier requests to the prayer group....

> and people who do this seva report how the act of praying for others

> selflessly .. has changed thier lives ..

>

> The World Wide Sai Prayer Group has two places right now that a person may

> put in for a prayer request ...

>

> You may put in names of your family, yourself, your friends .. anyone at

> all whom you feel needs to be prayed over for what ever reason

>

> and you may do so as often as you feel the need.

>

> First is at my personal email address .. please feel free to write me

> anytime at blngs2sai or for now also at

> www.saibabalinks.org/prayerrequests.htm ....

>

> I collect all the prayer requests each week and I will check the SBOI also

> for prayer requests or if the moderator of SBOI wishes he or she can send

> me in one mail all the prayer requests to this group once a week to my

> personal address of blngs2sai

>

> Then I will send before each Thursday and Sunday an email to the SBOI and

> to the saibabanewsgroup which will be an email

> that will say PRAYER LIST .. it will have a note and the names of ALL

> those wish or need to be prayed over .. the PRAYER LIST will include the

> schedule and suggested prayers that everyone who wishes may volunteer to

> do in unison with other Sai Baba Devotees around the world .. ... Also

> during the Full Moon/Poornima's I do a puja on behalf of the prayer list

> and all those who pray for those in need ( so those who wish to volunteer

> to pray for others please do send me your names and I can include them in

> the puja ) ....

>

> Each Prayer List is sent to a devottee who is part of the Prayer Group

> Seva ... who lives and works in Puttaparthi and this devotee each week

> delivers the new prayer list directly to Sai Baba

>

> Please know that there are some devottees who are working very hard to

> make a site dedicated JUST to this seva which has been registered as

> www.saigrace.org but has not as yet been finished.

>

> This prayer group has grown very large around the world and has had

> tremendous blessings and grace from Swami and has helped many devottees

> who are in

> dire need to feel love and support from fellow Sai Members in thier

> darkest times .. Those who may not have the Faith to reach Swami with his

> prayers .. in his

> mercy has tasked us Sai Devottees to help instill faith, love, seva and

> support to those who need it .... by the simple act of offering our love

> and prayers.

>

> So far this prayer group has done some really remarkable things .. I know

> that personally the very act of prayer .. has changed my life in so many

> ways and we will have a spot on saigrace.org for many testimonials ...

>

> Please note that www.saigrace.org is not run or owned by me personally ...

> I am merely one of Swami's servants whom everyone seems comfortable and

> secure in putting for thier prayer requests too .. www.saigrace.org is

> being established by two young sai devotees who are in Australia who are

> very dedicated to

> the prayer group that I started and who have seen and felt the results of

> group prayers and have offered this as thier own seva to everyone.

>

> I will send a PRAYER LIST later today to SBOI ... and from the bottom of

> my heart .. WELCOME AND MAY SWAMI BLESS YOU ALL...

> ALWAYS ... I AM ALWAYS SO HAPPY TO GAIN MORE SAI BROTHERS AND SISTERS

> ... THROUGH SWAMI'S DIVINE LOVE MAY WE ALL BECOME ONE TOGEATHER ...

>

> Your Sister in Sai Always

> Melody

>

> -

> "SBOI Group" <

> <blngs2sai

> Friday, January 20, 2006 3:46 AM

> Fwd: Prayer service/request

>

> , "SBOI Group"

> wrote:

>

> Kindly note that from today onwards Sister Melody McClarty will

> collect prayer requests from .

> Anyone can write to Sister Melody McClarty (blngs2sai@t...) or

> SBOI group () for a prayer request or

> a request to participate in the prayer seva at anytime. The "prayer

> group" prayers on Thursdays and Sundays and on Poornima's.

>

> SBOI recommends all members to make this prayer service a success. -

> ***moderator***

>

> Kindly also read mail below from ananda perera

>

> Loving Sai Ram,

>

> I fully support this as I am a firm believer in the powerful power

> of prayers.

>

> It took me a long time, and much agony from being born an agnostic,

> to believe in God only by the Grace of Bhagwan Shirdi Sai Baba

> through whom I fortunately landed at the Holy Feet of Bhagawan Baba

> at Parthi.

>

> I will try to make it very short.

>

> I experienced the first Physical Darshan of Shirdi Sai Baba, when I

> lost my passport, documents and money at the Poona railway station,

> on my very first visit to India in 1969.

>

> I had absent-mindedly carried my luggage and left these documents

> in a wallet on the train seat. The station master told me that there

> was no hope of getting such documents back.

>

> As I was desolately wondering what to do, without identification

> papers and all money lost, an old porter approached me from nowhere

> and returned my lost items.

>

> Being human, the first thing I did was to check whether my passport

> was intact and then count the money. When I turned to thank the

> porter and give him a tip, he had vanished into thin air.

>

> It was much later, when I saw a picture of the " porter " being

> worshiped, I enquired deeply who He was and was told He was Shirdi

> Sai Baba. The story, though inspiring is long in detail and I will

> write it some day.

>

> To cut a long story short,when I was next in Bombay , enroute to

> direct a film in Mauritius, it dawned on me that Bhagawan Shirdi

> Sai Baba's tomb was within reach at Nasik. So near and yet so far -

> as I was on a tight filming schedule to fly the next morning.

>

> It was then that I prayed the whole night ,with tearful earnestness

> for the first time in my life , without sleep, to show me that God

> exists and if indeed, it was He who helped me at Poona, then prove

> to me by getting me to His Samadhi soon.

>

> To my utter disbelief, the next morning I had a phone call at the

> Bombay hotel from Air India stating that all flights are cancelled

> as the Santa Cruz Airport was burnt inexplicably due to an

> electrical fault.

>

> I immediately packed my bags and rushed to Shirdi and literally wept

> at the Shirhi Samadhi promising NEVER EVER TO HAVE ANY DOUBTS IN THE

> EXISTENCE of GOD and the power of sincere prayers. I stayed a

> blissful 7 days and the rest is History as they say.

>

> When Bhagwan Shri Satya Sai Granted me an Interview on Thursday 19

> August 2004, He confirmed all this and more.

>

> I just wanted to share this story briefly to support the inspiring

> move by Saibabaofindia (SBOI) to encourage all to pray when

> requested by devotees.

>

> Yours in Sai Love and Light!

> ananda perera

>

> --- End forwarded message ---

>

January 20, 2006

Sai Ram...

My name is Vatsla and I live in Ontario, Canada. I'm a member of Saibabaofindia

group. I'd like to volunteer for this service.This is really an amazing service

for all of us specially people like us who are far away from their countries and

families. The closest center from my house is hour and half away.After joining

this group I've a sense of connection to other devotees. I couldn't recieve my

mail from the group for last 5-6 days due to some glitch, I was really

depressed.

Well, I won't keep you for long,just let me know what do I've to do.I'm a stay

at home mother of two children.I also do a Sathya Narayan Puja at every

Poornima so I think I can incorporate the prayer service in that with my

family.

May Swami shower His grace on you and your group for providing this wonderful service.

Love, Vatsla

"Melody McClarty" <blngs2sai (AT) tds (DOT) net>

To: <>Subject:

[sBOI-post] Fw: Prayer service/request - CORRECTIONSFri, 20 Jan 2006

06:52:08 -0500- "Melody McClarty"

<blngs2sai (AT) tds (DOT) net>"SBOI Group" Cc: "Prabhu

Basavalingam" <prabhu.basavalingam >Friday, January 20, 2006

6:48 AMRe: Prayer service/request> Dear Sai Baba of India Group ..

>> Sai Ram....>> Many blessings to everyone .. >> This is Sister Melody and

I want to say that I am overjoyed that SBOI ( > IS )> also going to participate

in > World Wide Sai Prayer as Seva for those who are in need ...>>> Please

know that this is totally voluntary ...>> Some personal backround .... >> My

name is Melody McClarty... I am a mother of 3 boys... one of which is >

Autistic. I gave up my career some years ago to stay> at home to raise my

children. I have been married for 21 years and I live > with my husband and 3

children in the mountains of New Hampshire> in the United States.>> Being very

isolated and having no Sai Center that is readily available to > me .. the act

of Prayer has taken a huge place in my life.> I have been a Sai Devotee since

1995.>> I have been a member of the saibabanewsgroup for some

time > and they know me well there.> About 1 year ago ..... my husbands lungs

collapsed and as I had often > already been doing to the saibabanewsgroup .. I

had asked> them yet again for Prayers .......>> Through Swami's amazing grace

and will ..... some people starting writing > to ME .. to pray for them ... and

per unanimous decision> in the saibabanewsgroup .. I became the one who began to

collect on behalf > of everyone the prayer requests and then putting it forward

as ONE LIST> for anyone who wished to do this seva for those in need. After a

time .. > it became very widely known and some people who are close to Swami>

and in Puttaparthi ALSO wished to participate in this seva ... This group > has

now grown very large .. much larger than just the confines of the>

saibabanewsgroup... there are people all over the world who are now >

participating in this Seva for others .. and ALL has been Swami's> unbelievable

grace and will, some people write in that they print out the > list and take

them to the nearest shrine or temple and pray on behalf of > those who are on

the list, some gather in small groups and do prayers for > others each week ..

it has now a life of its own ... Swami's ... >> It has afforded people who

are lonely, isolated, sick, without Sai Centers > or who are in dire need ... a

place to quickly put thier hearts woes and > to have> it sent immediately to

Swami ... and much to everyone's elation .. Swami > has whole heartedly

responded in person .. he has not refused a single> PRAYER LIST yet .. not a

single one .....>> People write in with wonderful testimonials of Sai's grace

and grace that > occurs once they have put in thier requests to the prayer

group....> and people who do this seva report how the act of praying for others

> selflessly .. has changed thier lives .. >>> The World Wide Sai Prayer Group

has two places right now that a person may > put in for a prayer request ...>>

You may put in names of your family, yourself, your friends .. anyone at > all

whom you feel needs to be prayed over for what ever reason>> and you may do so

as often as you feel the need.>>> First is at my personal email address ..

please feel free to write me > anytime at blngs2sai (AT) tds (DOT) net or for now also at

> www.saibabalinks.org/prayerrequests.htm ....>> I collect all the prayer

requests each week and I will check the SBOI also > for prayer requests or if

the moderator of SBOI wishes he or she can send > me in one mail all the prayer

requests to this group once a week to my > personal address of

blngs2sai (AT) tds (DOT) net>> Then I will send before each Thursday and Sunday an email

to the SBOI and > to the saibabanewsgroup which will be an

email> that will say PRAYER LIST .. it will have a note and the names of ALL >

those wish or need to be prayed over .. the PRAYER LIST will include the >

schedule and suggested prayers that everyone who wishes may volunteer to > do

in unison with other Sai Baba Devotees around the world .. ... Also > during

the Full Moon/Poornima's I do a puja on behalf of the prayer list > and all

those who pray for those in need ( so those who wish to volunteer > to pray for

others please do send me your names and I can include them in > the puja )

.....>> Each Prayer List is sent to a devottee who is part of the Prayer Group >

Seva ... who lives and works in Puttaparthi and this devotee each week >

delivers the new prayer list directly to Sai Baba >> Please know that there

are some devottees who are working very hard to > make a site dedicated JUST to

this seva which has been registered as> www.saigrace.org but has not as yet been

finished.>> This prayer group has grown very large around the world and has had

> tremendous blessings and grace from Swami and has helped many devottees > who

are in> dire need to feel love and support from fellow Sai Members in thier >

darkest times .. Those who may not have the Faith to reach Swami with his >

prayers .. in his> mercy has tasked us Sai Devottees to help instill faith,

love, seva and > support to those who need it .... by the simple act of

offering our love > and prayers.>> So far this prayer group has done some

really remarkable things .. I know > that personally the very act of prayer ..

has changed my life in so many > ways and we will have a spot on saigrace.org

for many testimonials ...>> Please note that www.saigrace.org is not run or

owned by me personally ... > I am merely one of Swami's servants whom everyone

seems comfortable and > secure in putting for thier prayer requests too ..

www.saigrace.org is > being established by two young sai devotees who are in

Australia who are > very dedicated to> the prayer group that I started and who

have seen and felt the results of > group prayers and have offered this as

thier own seva to everyone.>> I will send a PRAYER LIST later today to SBOI ...

and from the bottom of > my heart .. WELCOME AND MAY SWAMI BLESS YOU ALL...>

ALWAYS ... I AM ALWAYS SO HAPPY TO GAIN MORE SAI BROTHERS AND SISTERS > ...

THROUGH SWAMI'S DIVINE LOVE MAY WE ALL BECOME ONE TOGEATHER ...>> Your Sister

in Sai Always> Melody>> - > "SBOI Group"

> <blngs2sai (AT) tds (DOT) net>> Friday, January 20,

2006 3:46 AM> Fwd: Prayer service/request>>> --- In

, "SBOI Group"> wrote:>>

Kindly note that from today onwards Sister Melody McClarty will> collect prayer

requests from .> Anyone can write to Sister Melody

McClarty (blngs2sai@t...) or> SBOI group () for a

prayer request or> a request to participate in the prayer seva at anytime. The

"prayer> group" prayers on Thursdays and Sundays and on Poornima's.>> SBOI

recommends all members to make this prayer service a success. ->

***moderator***>> Kindly also read mail below from ananda perera>> Loving Sai

Ram,>> I fully support this as I am a firm believer in the powerful power> of

prayers.>> It took me a long time, and much agony from being born an agnostic,>

to believe in God only by the Grace of Bhagwan Shirdi Sai Baba> through whom I

fortunately landed at the Holy Feet of Bhagawan Baba> at Parthi.>> I will try

to make it very short.>> I experienced the first Physical Darshan of Shirdi

Sai Baba, when I> lost my passport, documents and money at the Poona railway

station,> on my very first visit to India in 1969.>> I had absent-mindedly

carried my luggage and left these documents> in a wallet on the train seat. The

station master told me that there> was no hope of getting such documents back.>>

As I was desolately wondering what to do, without identification> papers and all

money lost, an old porter approached me from nowhere> and returned my lost

items.>> Being human, the first thing I did was to check whether my passport>

was intact and then count the money. When I turned to thank the> porter and

give him a tip, he had vanished into thin air.>> It was much later, when I saw

a picture of the " porter " being> worshiped, I enquired deeply who He was and

was told He was Shirdi> Sai Baba. The story, though inspiring is long in detail

and I will> write it some day.>> To cut a long story short,when I was next in

Bombay , enroute to> direct a film in Mauritius, it dawned on me that Bhagawan

Shirdi> Sai Baba's tomb was within reach at Nasik. So near and yet so far -> as

I was on a tight filming schedule to fly the next morning.>> It was then that

I prayed the whole night ,with tearful earnestness> for the first time in my

life , without sleep, to show me that God> exists and if indeed, it was He who

helped me at Poona, then prove> to me by getting me to His Samadhi soon.>> To

my utter disbelief, the next morning I had a phone call at the> Bombay hotel

from Air India stating that all flights are cancelled> as the Santa Cruz

Airport was burnt inexplicably due to an> electrical fault.>> I immediately

packed my bags and rushed to Shirdi and literally wept> at the Shirhi Samadhi

promising NEVER EVER TO HAVE ANY DOUBTS IN THE> EXISTENCE of GOD and the power

of sincere prayers. I stayed a> blissful 7 days and the rest is History as

they say.>> When Bhagwan Shri Satya Sai Granted me an Interview on Thursday 19>

August 2004, He confirmed all this and more.>> I just wanted to share this

story briefly to support the inspiring> move by Saibabaofindia (SBOI) to

encourage all to pray when> requested by devotees.>> Yours in Sai Love and

Light!> ananda perera>> --- End forwarded message --->>>>>> Related Link: 1.

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SAI RAM,

i would like to join the prayer list.please advise what needs to be done.

Thanks

and

SAI RAM.

sunil daswaney

-

"Melody McClarty" <blngs2sai

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Friday, January 20, 2006 3:52 PM

[sBOI-post] Fw: Prayer service/request - CORRECTIONS

>

> -

> "Melody McClarty" <blngs2sai

> "SBOI Group" <

> Cc: "Prabhu Basavalingam" <prabhu.basavalingam

> Friday, January 20, 2006 6:48 AM

> Re: Prayer service/request

>

> > Dear Sai Baba of India Group ..

> >

> > Sai Ram....

> >

> > Many blessings to everyone ..

> >

> > This is Sister Melody and I want to say that I am overjoyed that SBOI (

> > IS )

> > also going to participate in

> > World Wide Sai Prayer as Seva for those who are in need ...

> >

> > Please know that this is totally voluntary ...

> >

> > Some personal backround ....

> >

> > My name is Melody McClarty... I am a mother of 3 boys... one of which is

> > Autistic. I gave up my career some years ago to stay

> > at home to raise my children. I have been married for 21 years and I

live

> > with my husband and 3 children in the mountains of New Hampshire

> > in the United States.

> >

> > Being very isolated and having no Sai Center that is readily available

to

> > me .. the act of Prayer has taken a huge place in my life.

> > I have been a Sai Devotee since 1995.

> >

> > I have been a member of the saibabanewsgroup for some

time

> > and they know me well there.

> > About 1 year ago ..... my husbands lungs collapsed and as I had often

> > already been doing to the saibabanewsgroup .. I had asked

> > them yet again for Prayers .......

> >

> > Through Swami's amazing grace and will ..... some people starting

writing

> > to ME .. to pray for them ... and per unanimous decision

> > in the saibabanewsgroup .. I became the one who began to collect on

behalf

> > of everyone the prayer requests and then putting it forward as ONE LIST

> > for anyone who wished to do this seva for those in need. After a time ..

> > it became very widely known and some people who are close to Swami

> > and in Puttaparthi ALSO wished to participate in this seva ... This

group

> > has now grown very large .. much larger than just the confines of the

> > saibabanewsgroup... there are people all over the world who are now

> > participating in this Seva for others .. and ALL has been Swami's

> > unbelievable grace and will, some people write in that they print out

the

> > list and take them to the nearest shrine or temple and pray on behalf of

> > those who are on the list, some gather in small groups and do prayers

for

> > others each week .. it has now a life of its own ... Swami's ...

> >

> > It has afforded people who are lonely, isolated, sick, without Sai

Centers

> > or who are in dire need ... a place to quickly put thier hearts woes and

> > to have

> > it sent immediately to Swami ... and much to everyone's elation .. Swami

> > has whole heartedly responded in person .. he has not refused a single

> > PRAYER LIST yet .. not a single one .....

> >

> > People write in with wonderful testimonials of Sai's grace and grace

that

> > occurs once they have put in thier requests to the prayer group....

> > and people who do this seva report how the act of praying for others

> > selflessly .. has changed thier lives ..

> >

> > The World Wide Sai Prayer Group has two places right now that a person

may

> > put in for a prayer request ...

> >

> > You may put in names of your family, yourself, your friends .. anyone at

> > all whom you feel needs to be prayed over for what ever reason

> >

> > and you may do so as often as you feel the need.

> >

> > First is at my personal email address .. please feel free to write me

> > anytime at blngs2sai or for now also at

> > www.saibabalinks.org/prayerrequests.htm ....

> >

> > I collect all the prayer requests each week and I will check the SBOI

also

> > for prayer requests or if the moderator of SBOI wishes he or she can

send

> > me in one mail all the prayer requests to this group once a week to my

> > personal address of blngs2sai

> >

> > Then I will send before each Thursday and Sunday an email to the SBOI

and

> > to the saibabanewsgroup which will be an email

> > that will say PRAYER LIST .. it will have a note and the names of ALL

> > those wish or need to be prayed over .. the PRAYER LIST will include the

> > schedule and suggested prayers that everyone who wishes may volunteer to

> > do in unison with other Sai Baba Devotees around the world .. ... Also

> > during the Full Moon/Poornima's I do a puja on behalf of the prayer list

> > and all those who pray for those in need ( so those who wish to

volunteer

> > to pray for others please do send me your names and I can include them

in

> > the puja ) ....

> >

> > Each Prayer List is sent to a devottee who is part of the Prayer Group

> > Seva ... who lives and works in Puttaparthi and this devotee each week

> > delivers the new prayer list directly to Sai Baba

> >

> > Please know that there are some devottees who are working very hard to

> > make a site dedicated JUST to this seva which has been registered as

> > www.saigrace.org but has not as yet been finished.

> >

> > This prayer group has grown very large around the world and has had

> > tremendous blessings and grace from Swami and has helped many devottees

> > who are in

> > dire need to feel love and support from fellow Sai Members in thier

> > darkest times .. Those who may not have the Faith to reach Swami with

his

> > prayers .. in his

> > mercy has tasked us Sai Devottees to help instill faith, love, seva and

> > support to those who need it .... by the simple act of offering our love

> > and prayers.

> >

> > So far this prayer group has done some really remarkable things .. I

know

> > that personally the very act of prayer .. has changed my life in so many

> > ways and we will have a spot on saigrace.org for many testimonials ...

> >

> > Please note that www.saigrace.org is not run or owned by me personally

....

> > I am merely one of Swami's servants whom everyone seems comfortable and

> > secure in putting for thier prayer requests too .. www.saigrace.org is

> > being established by two young sai devotees who are in Australia who are

> > very dedicated to

> > the prayer group that I started and who have seen and felt the results

of

> > group prayers and have offered this as thier own seva to everyone.

> >

> > I will send a PRAYER LIST later today to SBOI ... and from the bottom of

> > my heart .. WELCOME AND MAY SWAMI BLESS YOU ALL...

> > ALWAYS ... I AM ALWAYS SO HAPPY TO GAIN MORE SAI BROTHERS AND SISTERS

> > ... THROUGH SWAMI'S DIVINE LOVE MAY WE ALL BECOME ONE TOGEATHER ...

> >

> > Your Sister in Sai Always

> > Melody

> >

> > -

> > "SBOI Group" <

> > <blngs2sai

> > Friday, January 20, 2006 3:46 AM

> > Fwd: Prayer service/request

> >

> > , "SBOI Group"

> > wrote:

> >

> > Kindly note that from today onwards Sister Melody McClarty will

> > collect prayer requests from .

> > Anyone can write to Sister Melody McClarty (blngs2sai@t...) or

> > SBOI group () for a prayer request or

> > a request to participate in the prayer seva at anytime. The "prayer

> > group" prayers on Thursdays and Sundays and on Poornima's.

> >

> > SBOI recommends all members to make this prayer service a success. -

> > ***moderator***

> >

> > Kindly also read mail below from ananda perera

> >

> > Loving Sai Ram,

> >

> > I fully support this as I am a firm believer in the powerful power

> > of prayers.

> >

> > It took me a long time, and much agony from being born an agnostic,

> > to believe in God only by the Grace of Bhagwan Shirdi Sai Baba

> > through whom I fortunately landed at the Holy Feet of Bhagawan Baba

> > at Parthi.

> >

> > I will try to make it very short.

> >

> > I experienced the first Physical Darshan of Shirdi Sai Baba, when I

> > lost my passport, documents and money at the Poona railway station,

> > on my very first visit to India in 1969.

> >

> > I had absent-mindedly carried my luggage and left these documents

> > in a wallet on the train seat. The station master told me that there

> > was no hope of getting such documents back.

> >

> > As I was desolately wondering what to do, without identification

> > papers and all money lost, an old porter approached me from nowhere

> > and returned my lost items.

> >

> > Being human, the first thing I did was to check whether my passport

> > was intact and then count the money. When I turned to thank the

> > porter and give him a tip, he had vanished into thin air.

> >

> > It was much later, when I saw a picture of the " porter " being

> > worshiped, I enquired deeply who He was and was told He was Shirdi

> > Sai Baba. The story, though inspiring is long in detail and I will

> > write it some day.

> >

> > To cut a long story short,when I was next in Bombay , enroute to

> > direct a film in Mauritius, it dawned on me that Bhagawan Shirdi

> > Sai Baba's tomb was within reach at Nasik. So near and yet so far -

> > as I was on a tight filming schedule to fly the next morning.

> >

> > It was then that I prayed the whole night ,with tearful earnestness

> > for the first time in my life , without sleep, to show me that God

> > exists and if indeed, it was He who helped me at Poona, then prove

> > to me by getting me to His Samadhi soon.

> >

> > To my utter disbelief, the next morning I had a phone call at the

> > Bombay hotel from Air India stating that all flights are cancelled

> > as the Santa Cruz Airport was burnt inexplicably due to an

> > electrical fault.

> >

> > I immediately packed my bags and rushed to Shirdi and literally wept

> > at the Shirhi Samadhi promising NEVER EVER TO HAVE ANY DOUBTS IN THE

> > EXISTENCE of GOD and the power of sincere prayers. I stayed a

> > blissful 7 days and the rest is History as they say.

> >

> > When Bhagwan Shri Satya Sai Granted me an Interview on Thursday 19

> > August 2004, He confirmed all this and more.

> >

> > I just wanted to share this story briefly to support the inspiring

> > move by Saibabaofindia (SBOI) to encourage all to pray when

> > requested by devotees.

> >

> > Yours in Sai Love and Light!

> > ananda perera

> >

> > --- End forwarded message ---

> >

>

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January 21, 2006

Dearest Sister Vatsla,

WELCOME TO THE PRAYER GROUP ..

We're very happy to have you in this seva... I too live far from any Sai Center

which is kind of how this all started really ...

I live in an isolated part of New Hampshire and the nearest Sai Center is a two

hour drive one way ...

I have 3 boys .. my oldest is Autistic and over the years .. it has just become

my habit to reach out to all Sai Brothers and Sisters .. who are in need, who

are isolated or alone ...

This group has gained tremendous strength and we are most welcome to have you part of it ..

write me anytime if you have any questions .. I have sent the Prayer List and

the specifications to the newsgroups ... if you don't recieve them .. let me

know

may Swami bless you always

Your Sister in Sai Always

Melody

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Vivek Mankotia

; blngs2sai (AT) tds (DOT) net

Friday, January 20, 2006 9:30 AM

RE: [sBOI-post] Fw: Prayer service/request - CORRECTIONS

Dear Melody