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Sairam,

Happy BABA's day to you all. May His grace shine upon one and all.

Often we tend to be confused and get lost while being entangled in this worldly chores. We frantically seek answers and look hither and thither for answers to our questions and solutions to our problems. As followers of BABA we forget that we have to call out to HIM and comes running and gives us respite from our anxieties.

As mere humans it is not possible for us to practice severe auterities or penances to earn the grace of Divine to help us tide over our anxieties. But we have an easy way out - remembering the lords name. When we hold on to HIS name all our worries seem to disappear. Naam jaap is the easiest means to peace, happiness and joy in this world. When we are bogged down with worries BABA's name is the easiest way out. He washes our sins and removes our troubles.

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Philosophical Significance of Grinding

Apart from the meaning which the people of Shirdi put on this incident of

grinding wheat, there is, we think, a philosophical significance too. Sai Baba

lived in Shirdi for about sixty years and during this long period, He did the

business of grinding almost every day - not, however, the wheat alone; but the

sins, the mental and physical afflications and the miseries of His innumerable

devotees. The two stones of His mill consisted of Karma and Bhakti, the former

being the lower and the latter the upper one. The handle with which Baba worked

the mill consisted of Jnana. It was the firm conviction of Baba that Knowledge

or Self-realization is not possible, unless there is the prior act of grinding

of all our impulses, desires, sins; and of the three gunas, viz. Sattva, Raja

and Tama; and the Ahamkara, which is so subtle and therefore so difficult to be

got rid of.

This reminds us of a similar story of Kabir who seeing a woman grinding corn

said to his Guru, Nipathiranjana, "I am weeping because I feel the agony of

being crushed in this wheel of wordly existence like the corn in the hand-mill."

Nipathiranjana replied, "Do not be afraid; hold fast to the handle of knowledge

of this mill, as I do, and do not wander far away from the same but turn inward

to the Centre, and you are sure to be saved." Chatper 1 Satcharita.

BABA bless us and guide us always.

Humble pranams

sairam

Anitha Kandukuri

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

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