Your Offering to Sai Baba

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Your Offering to Sai Baba

 

By Sri Radhakrishna Swamiji

 

You would think that you can give back nothing to

Baba, who is a Supreme Giver, only Baba can give to

his devotees. But this is not wholly correct.The

action of giving cannot be unilateral. Even God

receives first, then gifts. In the day to day

practical life, there is no giving without taking.

It is therefore that the word " give and take policy "

has come into vogue.If Baba asked for nothing, why

could he have asked for Dakshina'? Why he would move

from door to door in hot sun in Shirdi to beg for

alms. It is true that Baba was never yearning for

Dakshina or alms. He was simply searching the hearts

of the devotees in this process. He was teaching us to

part with or sacrifice a bit of our earning for a

higher way of life.

 

Baba used to cater to the prayers or demands of his

devotees. He would tender his hand of help through

some strange miracles to salvage his devotees in

distress or difficulties. This was also not without

expectations from them. He responded to devotees'

wishes so that the devotees should turn to his way of

teachings and do what he liked them to do. But all of

us forget this truth and go on asking for new farther

from Baba every time,without taking note of Baba's

demand from us.

When Baba fulfils our wishes we are thrilled, we are

choked with emotions of gratitude and we shed tears of

joy.

We call Baba as the Kalpa tree. We say that He is our

Guru, God. We proclaim that we are his devotees. But

really speaking, we do not deserve to be his

devotees or disciples. We are only searching for a

link to spread a hand of begging before him again and

again without remembering his real message and

teachings to us. We forget what Baba wants us to do,

nay we purposefully ignore it! We place a new demand

at his feet. We are angry, if he does not fulfill.

 

The message of Baba's life: - All know that Baba meets

devotees' demands. It is for this that people from all

religions, sects, leads, castes throng round his

samadhi. They come to fulfill their vows. They want to

exchange the grace with offerings. They are blind to

Baba's Upadesha. He does not want us to place demand

after demand to him. He wants us to realize his

message. He wants us to spread this message among

others. He wants us to act and practice his teachings.

He recognizes the bhakti manifest in practicing

his tenets and teachings.

 

Shraddha (Faith) and Saburi (Patience): - We are

familiar with these phrases without brooding over

their meaning and aerial application to life. The

unflinching allegiance to God and self sacrifice is

denoted by Shraddha. It is not easy to practice this.

Because we have to change the centre of gravity of our

life, we must replace selfish thinking by God

orientation,offering everything to his wishes. Saburi

teaches us to be fixed in difficulties and onslaught

of fate. We shake, waver each moment. How can we

be devotees without practicing these tenets; Baba

wants us to translate this into action in day to day

life.

Baba's Karma, Bhakti and Dhyana: Baba wants us to

leave our narrow thoughts,selfish nature and obstinate

ways and to take up a new life of service and

sacrifice. He wants us to come out of the circle of

selfishness and " I " attachment to personal benefits and

live a life of benevolence and selfless service. This

is Baba's Karma yoga. He wants us to offer each of our

karma as a flower to God as offering. This is his

Bhakthi yoga. That God is present everywhere is his

Dhyana yoga. We have to offer all our thoughts,

desires, passions and acts to God are the expression

of this Dhyana yoga.

Baba's ultimate demand: Baba wants us to practice Nama

and Dhyana. He wants us to take his name, forgetting

all else (i.e. body consciousness) . He wants

us to meditate on his form. This should be perpetual,

unending. We have to merge our mind, intellect, body

and ego in his consciousness. This is his ultimate

demand. Do not look at these words with levity. Know

the gravity of the meaning and actual practice. When

Baba begged from door to door in Shirdi for a loaf of

bread, he did not actually want food from us. He

wanted

the offering of our whole existence.

 

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Your Offering to SaiBaba

sai ram

 

 

 

 

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