The Lord Sai is our Shepherd

[Guest guest]

Om Sai Ram

Contemplate on the enduring Love, Beauty and Grace of

the Lord of the Universe. Oh Sweet Sai Your Mercy and

soothing Love cannot compare to anything I have ever

experienced.

 

My Mother passed away on February 1st, 2007 after a

long battle with Alzheimer's disease. I spent the

night before her transition

in vigil, reading passages from the Bible and singing

hymns to her. While reading, tears streamed from her

eyes and i couldn't help weeping too. She passed

peacefully the next afternoon without pain or

struggle.

The realization that this is all a dream is never more

poignantly felt as in the passing of a Loved one. She

will be dearly missed, but I know from the depths of

my being, the freedom and ecstasy she is experiencing

right now, is what all Souls ultimately aspire to.

 

The same day that she passed, Swami's Thought for the

Day was a wonderful reminder of the ephemeral nature

of all earthly

things and the importance of realizing the truth.

 

" Anyone donning a physical body cannot escape

vicissitudes of life. Death follows birth and with the

same certainty misery follows happiness. Sukhadukhe

Samekruthwa Labhalabhau Jayajayau (one should remain

equal-minded in happiness and sorrow, gain and loss,

victory and defeat). Pleasure is an interval between

two pains. Human life is for the purpose of

investigating the Supreme Reality and not merely for

eating, drinking and indulging in sensual pleasures.

Every human being must make an effort to know his

inner nature and understand his true identity. "

- Baba

Thought for the day as written at Prasanthi Nilayam

today

2nd February 2007

 

I placed a photo of my Mother in my puja (prayer)

room, with a 7 day candle, that I am continuously

replenishing for the whole year. Each day I rub some

vibhuti ash on the photo and ask Swami to take care of

her Soul.

 

Then today (March 1st), exactly one month from her

passing I had the following incredible dream:

 

I was in a crowd with Alex, my grandson and Kendra, my

daughter. I had him sit down because we were watching

a play being performed by the Sathya Sai Spiritual

education children that was about to begin, I spoke to

a woman in the crowd. I told her my mother was sick

with Alzheimer's. She asked me where she was I said

right over there. Then we saw my mother standing in

the crowd talking to another lady, we went over to

her, I asked her how she felt , she said much better

and more awake. Then we saw the crowds getting very

excited because Swami was coming out. We thought maybe

we could get Darshan by car or something. I said to

the lady it would be good for my mother to have

Swami's Darshan. We waited in the street with the

crowds. We walked down towards the end of the block.

Kendra was with me and my Mom, then we saw a long

red/maroon limousine with the license plates inscribed

with SSS, we could see Swami seated in the back. We

started running to the glass building where the limo

was driven in to be parked. This all looked like

midtown, NY city area. Swami got out of the limo and

looked across the glass pane at us, He stopped and

looked at Mom and myself, I could see Him staring at

us.

 

We dashed to another area of the glass building that

seemed more secluded, a few SSE children were there.

Swami came over and looked out thru the glass this

time He was very close. He offered candy and some

money to the children.

I wondered how they would get it thru this glass.

There were some vents in the glass panes and the

candies and money flew out of the vents for the

children. I said " Swami, Swami my mother has

Alzheimer's " and I presented her to Him, He looked at

us both very deeply, I said " Swami, Swami I love you, "

He said, " I Love you too. " He had some vibhuti and it

went thru the vents too and poured out into my hand

for Mom to take, I started waking up.

 

Lots of Prema

sonya ki

[Guest guest]

Dear Sonya Ki,

thank you for sharing your experiences with us. My Mum has also got Alzheimers

since 14 years and I have the grace of taking care of her. She is like an angel

teaching me all good qualities like patience, modesty, happiness, silence and

cheerfullness. In November she could not walk any more and we had to put her in

a wheelchair. I was praying to Baba like always asking not to let her have any

pain and I heard his voice telling me: It is time to give her vibhuti -since

then every evening when I brought her to bed ,I put vibhuti on her forehead and

her neckchakra. The next morning there was no more vibhuti to be seen, but she

can walk again since middle of november - slowly like BABA - after sitting for 1

week in the wheelchair.

I still was a little afraid of the time when she will be passing away -your

experience helped me a lot - thank you, SAI RAM

how blessed we are ,lots of love Angelika from Germany