Devotion!

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Devotion!

 

Devotion means unflinching faith and love in God or Guru. Until,

unless the faith is mixed with love, it is difficult to sustain it

all the time. Some times, in difficult situations, the faith is put

to severe trials. This can be seen in the lives of the great saints

and sages. Because of their unshakable love in God, they survived

through the trials without losing the balance. The love for Guru can

be for the physical form or for the change less essence present

behind the physical frame. Sri Sai mentions about both in his

teachings. Sai advises his devotees about seeing his (Sai's) form in

the living beings (Bhakti), meditating on the essence behind the form

(Jnanam). It is very important to have faith in Guru and his

teachings. If some thing goes in a different way, other than

expected, it does not deny the Grace of the Guru. Acceptance of

results for the actions (after doing one's personal best) is the

basis of faith. For the heart breaking and difficult problems of

life, there may not be ready made answers. But, it is vital in those

times to hold on to the torch of Faith, other wise there is every

chance to fall into the deep abyss of doubting mind. The doubting

mind never allows anyone to establish in any thing. A great saint in

one of his compositions ironically laments, "What can I do with my

tricky mind? If some thing goes rightly, I feel that it is mainly

because of my effort and partly because of God's grace; if some thing

goes wrong, I feel that mainly it is due to your lack of Grace and

partly due to my lack of proper effort. Kindly show Grace on me and

make my mind steady on your Lotus feet in both pleasure and pain".

Let us pray to Sri Sai to grant us steady faith and love on him.

 

Jai Sai Ram

Swamy Mahadevan

Bow to Shri Sai-Peace be to all

Baba Bless you ever!!!