Sai AmritVani in Hyderabad - my experiences

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Dear Sai Devotees,

 

Jai Sai Ram!

 

Pranaams to the Lotus Feet of our Beloved Baba, Sai Maa & UncleJi...

 

I would like to share my experiences of attending the Sai AmritVani prayer with

Sai Maa & UncleJi while they were in HYD. By Baba's Grace I had the fortune of

attending on all the 4 Thursdays while they were here. I am going to miss them

tomorrow and I pray that I should be able to continue reciting AmritVani every

Thursday with the same Shradha & Bhakthi that they do it.

 

The first Thursday, I had requested Sai Maa to place Baba's Charans (which I had

brought back from Shirdi the previous week) in from of Him & within a few

minutes they were blessed with lots of Udi. UncleJi had sent pictures of this

already. This was really a very thrilling & powerful experience and I get tears

in my eyes whenever I think about it. Baba is really very kind & so are His

bhakthas who share their bounty of His

blessings with all of us.

 

It was equally touching to see items brought by other devotees also blessed in

a similar manner. I had offered some guava fruit & that was also accepted by

Baba & had bite marks on it. On another Thursday I had taken some bananas &

peda. Sai Maa had placed one of them before Baba & it was so lovingly accepted

by Him, it was almost half-peeled and there were small bite marks on it similar

to the ones on the guava. The peda was

accepted as well & had some holes on it, which I feel were Baba's miniature

Charans. I felt very happy & grateful on seeing all this.

 

All of Baba's photos in the house had Udi on them and it was very nice to see

all this first-hand. I also felt very blessed to see Baba's charans in the puja

room which had oozed water & was lucky to partake of the Jal. Another powerful

experience I had was in front of Baba's photo in the hall, I was somehow drawn

to it and I cannot describe the feeling in words but I felt as if I was lost to

the world & there was no one else expect Baba & me when I stood in front of it &

prayed for a few minutes. The feeing of Baba's presence was very strong and I

was totally unaware of other people who had entered the room which was empty

earlier. This was a truly wonderful experience.

 

Sai Maa lovingly distributed beautiful photos of Baba's Samadhi Mandir which can

be framed and wallet pictures of the same to all the devotees. She told us that

her belief & prayer was that those who had that picture would never have an

empty wallet by Baba's Grace. I was a little disappointed the first Thursday

because she ran out of the big picture just when it was my turn to receive it &

thought that maybe I was not meant to have it & should be content with the

wallet picture. But on the last Thursday, she was distributing them again & I

was very happy to

receive one. I have given it for framimg & it will always be very precious for

me & cherished forever.

 

About the Sai AmritVani recitation itself, it was very powerful & soothing and

most importantly very meaniful. I could truly appreciate it and felt that its a

great composition since it contains everything that we want to express to Baba

as well as everything that He taught us & that we should follow. The Bhajans

are also very powerful expressions of gratitude, love & devotion. My heartfelt

gratitude & pranaams to the author of this beautiful work & Baba for it could

not have been composed without His inspiration & blessings.

 

Sai Maa's devotion is truly wonderful and I was lucky to learn many things from

her both directly & by observing her. In fact I even got some scoldings from her

due to some mistakes on my part & I felt bad about the same but she very

lovingly & patiently consoled me that they are actually Baba's blessings in

disguise to work out some negative things in me. On thinking about this further

& other indications also, I realised the

same & felt very grateful to Baba & her for providing me with all these

experiences. She would personally distribute Prasad to all the devotees even

though it would be quite tiring for her. On the last Thursday, I was waiting for

the Jal to be distributed & did not want to miss it since that would be my last

oppurtunity to have it. By this time it had become quite

late & Sai Maa's family was getting ready to have lunch, she lovingly invited me

to have lunch (Prasad) with them which she had prepared & I am very thankful for

this & consider it to be a special blessing. As I left that day after lunch &

after taking their blessings I felt so much at peace with everything & so close

to Baba. That feeling persisted for a few days and still comes back whenever I

think about all this. I am very

grateful to everyone who made it possible for me to have this experience.

 

Many Thanks to Him for allowing me to attend this blessed event, Sai Maa &

UncleJi for their kindness in sharing their gift with all of us & allowing us to

particiapte in their special weekly prayer & their son's family for being such

gracious hosts for 4 weeks. I pray to Baba for their welfare

always.

 

Bow to Shri Sai - Peace be to All

 

Regards,

Deepa

 

ps: sorry, this mail turned to be really long...

 

pps: Anyone already doing group Sai AmritVani recitation or interested in

starting one in Hyderabad, please let me know...