'This means that'

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FROM " LIFE OF SAI BABA " BY NARASIMHA SWAMI

 

……“This means that we should be content with the lot assigned to us by God.

Faith is best and perfect when it recognises that Sai is God, and that Sai’s

utterances are never wrong or false. Such a faith can conquer mountains and that

is what we should have. We should be strong minded enough to brush aside

contemptuous remarks of people (ignorant though well meaning people who refer to

our faith as blind faith). For instance, when Kaka Saheb lost his practice and

when under the very nose of Baba his daughter died people could not appreciate

his Sai bhakti. Even Anna Saheb Dabolkar thought first ‘If Sai Baba could not

save Dixit’s daughter at Shirdi, what is the good of a Guru?’ One might as well

say, ‘When my dear ones die, what is the good of God?’ Faith is not a guarantee

that there will be no death evil in the world, nor pains in life. But as in the

above case, intense faith makes the devotee brace himself up against all

inevitable calamities, and learn more and more of God’s scheme for our life,

that life is not intended to be a bed of roses and a treasure house of wealth or

total avoidance of poverty. Faith enables the devotee to see what life is and

what God’s plan is, and improve one’s own attitude to life. We are God’s slaves

and surrendered instruments. God (Guru-God) is doing the best for us in the

circumstances, and we should never murmur, but maintain peace of mind. The

numerous ways in which the soul and its faculties expand are outlined in Dixit’s

life and other devotees’ lives. We should recommend our readers to start by

perfect surrender and perfect faith in Baba’s assurances to the surrendered.

Dixit always felt that Baba, as assured by Him, was supporting him, was behind

him always and was looking after all his concerns, and hence he avoided fear and

anxiety. We recommend the same attitude to our readers. Who will surrender and

believe? Who will surrender his Tan, Man, Dhan, i.e., body, soul and

possessions, and believe in Baba’s assurances of complete protection and also in

Baba’s perpetual presence, and his watching and guiding us and being ever ready

to appear before us, if necessary? These assurances of Baba, our Gurudeva, are

the same as the assurances given in Dwapara Yuga through the mouth of Lord

Krishna¬ –

 

Ananyaas chintayanto maam ye janaah paryupaasate

Teshaam nityaabhi yuktaanaam yogakshemam vahaamyaham

 

That is, ‘if you completely surrender yourself and concentrate on Me and Me

alone, if you are ever intent on Me, then I shall guard what you have and give

what you require’. Baba says, ‘If one devotes his entire mind to Me and rests in

Me, he need fear nothing for body and soul. If one sees Me and Me alone and

listens to talk about Me and is devoted to Me alone, he will reach God

(Chaitanya)’.”……

 

Source: http://www.heritageofshirdisai.org/newsletter/Vol30.htm