Sai message for the day

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Swami! Now we understand that we should also have such intense faith

in God. Naturally, our experience will be proportionate to the depth

of our faith. Swami! Does God also respond commensurate with the

intensity of our faith?

 

Sai Baba: Certainly! If you put in krsi , effort, you will earn God's

krpa, grace. Moreover, with krs i , effort, you can even become a

rishi, sage.

 

A village boy happened to meet a scholar who said to him that God

could be experienced through pranayama and dhyana . Hearing this, the

boy began practising it most sincerely. Pleased with his devotion and

sincerity, God manifested Himself before the boy and blessed him. The

boy then told the scholar that he had seen God by doing what he asked

him to do, things like pranayama, dhyana and so on. The scholar could

not believe it. He said, " Oh! Don't talk rubbish! How is it that you

could see God while I couldn't, by practising pranayama, dhyana for

years? Don't speak lies like that! "

 

The boy returned to his place of meditation and saw Narayana there.

He said to Him, " Oh God! The scholar calls me a liar! How am I to

make him accept what I have experienced? Swami! Kindly stay here

until I bring him here and make him see you and experience the truth

for himself. But dear God! I am afraid you may run way from here and

it will make me very miserable in the sight of the scholar who doubts

me. Therefore, with this rope let me tie you to this pole here. " He

did so, ran to the scholar and requested him to see Narayana for

himself. Although the scholar came over there, he couldn't see God

tied to the post, but the cowherd boy could see Him and converse with

Him. Ultimately, the boy cried and prayed to Narayana to make Himself

visible to the scholar also. God obliged him. This is what true

devotion is. God even allowed Himself to be tied to a post. You have

to note another point here .The faith that the cowherd boy had in the

words of the scholar was the cause of his experience.

 

If you spend your life in prayer, it is bound to be peaceful and

blissful. For example, if you climb up the seven hills and reach the

shrine of Lord Venkateswara in Tirumala, you will feel much tired. On

the other hand, if you go to Tirupati in a group singing God's glory

all along the way, you will hardly feel any strain.