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Sairam,

 

Here is the timely message from BABA to all of us.

 

The Easiest Path

 

Hearing the stories of the Saints and Being in their Company:

 

Though Sai Baba acted outwardly like an ordinary man, His actions showed

 

extraordinary intelligence and skill. Whatever He did, was done for the good

of

 

His devotees. He never prescribed any asan, regulation of breathing or any

rites

 

to His Bhaktas, nor did He blow any mantra into their ears. He told them to

 

leave off all cleverness and always remember " Sai " " Sai " . " If you did that "

He

 

said, " all your shackles would be removed and you would be free " . Sitting

 

between five fires, sacrifices, chantings, eight-fold Yoga are possible for

the

 

Brahmins only. They are of no use to the other classes. The function of the

mind

 

is to think, it cannot remain for a minute without thinking. If you give it

a

 

Sense-object, it will think about it. If you give it to a Guru, it will

think

 

about Guru. You have heard most attentively the greatness, grandeur of Sai.

This

 

is the natural remembrance, worship and Kirtan of Sai. Hearing the stories

of

 

the Saints is not so difficult, as the other Sadhanas mentioned above. They

 

(stories) remove all fear of this Samsar (worldly existence), and take you

on to

 

the spiritual path. So listen to these stories, meditate on them, and

assimilate

 

them. If this is done, not only the Brahmins, but women and lower clases

will

 

get pure and holy. You may do or attend to your worldy duties, but give your

 

mind to Sai and His stories, and then, He is sure to bless you. This is the

 

easiest path, but why do not all take to it? The reason is that without

God's

 

grace, we do not get the desire to listen to the stories of Saints. With

God's

 

grace everything is smooth and easy. Hearing the stories of the Saints is,

in a

 

way, keeping their company. The importance of the company of Saints is very

 

great. It removes our body-consciousness and egoism, destroys completely the

 

chain of our birth and death, cuts asunder all the knots of the heart, and

takes

 

us to God, Who is pure Consciousness. It certainly increases our

non-attachment

 

to sense-objects, and makes us quite indifferent to pleasures and pains, and

 

leads us on the spiritual path. If you have no other Sadhana, such as

uttering

 

God's name, worship or devotion etc., but if you take refuge in them

(Saints)

 

whole-heartedly, they will carry you off safety across the ocean of wordly

 

existence. It is for this reason that the Saint manifest themselves in this

 

world. even sacred rivers such as the Ganges, Godavari, Krishna and Kaveri

etc.,

 

which wash away the sins of the world, desire that the Saints should come to

 

them, for a bath and purify them. Such is the grandeur of the Saints. It is

on

 

account of the store of merit in past births that we have attained the feet

of

 

Sai Baba. " Chapter 10 Satcharita.

 

 

BABA bless us and guide us always

 

 

humble pranams

 

Sairam

 

 

 

Anitha Kandukuri

http://www.angelfire.com/sd/SaidarbarCanberra

 

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