Message for the Week.

January 1, 2009

Sairam,

Wish you all a very happy Thursday. This Thursday is very significant, as you all know today is 1st of Jan 2009 and also happens to be Thursday, a day dearer to all Guru worshipers. Let us invoke BABA's blessings on this day for all of us. BABA bless us all on this New Years day to guide us and bless us with wisdom, happiness, peace and joy.

We have been following BABA's teachings and philosophy for many years. How do we measure if we have spiritually grown? With the dawn of New year, we all may have certain goals/Aims/Resolution. When we go about making a list of all the wishes/requests in front of BABA, let us sit and ponder.. what we are asking is it worth to put in front of Master? Does not HE know what we want. Is it not better to ask for HIS grace and blessings which will take care of everything for us in life. This is easier said than done. Only practice makes it easier for us to leave everything at the feet of BABA. When a thought arises in our mind and we desire it, let us firstly invoke BABA's blessing and ask Him "BABA , this is what I desire, but I am not sure if this is suitable for me or not, I leave it at your feet, you decide what is good for me, I will put my effort, if you think it is worthy to have then you take care of fulfilling my desire". We have to practice putting our requests to HIM before putting our heart on every whim and fansy that passes our mind. Let us then put our effort in trying to achieve the goal. If We deserve what we ask then BABA will remove all the obstacles and help us achieve our wish. When we invoke BABA's grace, we will be saved from falling into pits of temptations and greed. BABA will take care of our life and He will decide what is good for us and what is not. Here is the first message for this new year from Satcharita. BABA has a lesson HERE for us....

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Baba's Sircar Baba gave a story of his boyhood as follows:- "When I was a youngester, I was in search of bread and went to Beedgaum. There I got embroidery work. I worked hard, sparing no pains. The employer was very much pleased with Me. Three other boys worked before Me. The first got Rs. 50/- the second Rs. 100/- and the third Rs. 150/-. And I was given twice the whole of this amount, viz. Rs. 600/-. After seeing my cleverness, the employer loved me, praised me and honoured me with a full dress, a turban for the head and a shell a for the body, etc. I kept this dress intact withoutusing it. I thought that what a man might give does not last long and it is always imperfect. But what My Sircar (God) gives, lasts to the end of time. No other gift from any man can be compared to His. My Sircar says "Take, take," but everybody comes to me and says 'Give, give.' Nobody attends

carefully to the meaning of what I say. My Sircar's treasury (spiritual wealth)

is full, it is overflowing. I say, "Dig out and take away this wealth in

cartloads, the blessed son of a true mother should fill himself with this

wealth. The skill of my Fakir, the Leela of my Bhagwan, the aptitude of my

Sircar is quite unique. What about Me? Body (earth) will mix with earth, breath

with air. This time won't come again. I go somewhere, sit somewhere; the hard

Maya troubles Me much, still I feel always anxiety for My men. He who does

anything (spiritual endeavour) will reap its fruit and he who remembers these

words of Mine will get invaluable happiness." Chapter 32 SSS.

BABA bless us and guide us always.

Humble pranams

Sairam