Guest guest Posted April 30, 2009 Report Share Posted April 30, 2009 Sairam, Wish you all a very happy Thursday, and praying that the merciful Baba always embrace each one of us in His loving and protective glance. Firtly I must thank all of you who have joined me in parayana in April. I would remain in debted forever for your generocity and kindness. I find the most important thing that a human can do in the present world is sparing few minutes off their busy schedule. I know each one of you have enough in life to spare few minutes, but your gesture to pray for others and sparing those precious moments to lessen the burden of those who suffer is what Baba wants. Empathy, kindness is what BABA encouraged and I find these are the qualities BABA looks for in HIS children. By giving your time you have served Baba and acknowledged that others and their problems are important and we are there to stand by each one of us. We are 'one family' bonded by love for Baba. For those who join in the parayana commencing on the first Thursday of every month for May we plan to do Sai naam Japa. Those of you interested can join in the seva. We repeat Sai naam 108 times and pray for welfare of others. As usual there is no ritual, no time restrictions or formalities. It takes only 15 to 20 minutes to complete 'om sairam" naama jaap. I will send the infromation to the groups instead of individual emails as I did for samuhik parayana. Please watch the space. Now coming to the Message for Thursday. I strongly believe that Baba answers when we ask with sincerity. That is how I find answers to my questions. I sought Baba's answers on completion of Satcharita parayana. Todays message is filled with profound meaning and by BABA's inspiration I would like to share with you my understanding. Remember every message has a meaning based on the context and situation that one faces. Each one of you might find your answer from this message. Every one born on this earth goes through a bad phase at some stage in life. No one is spared. Lord Rama, Lord Krishna were not spared what about us, mere humans. But if one were to have complete faith in BABA. Then BABA pulls such person out even from mouth of death. When I say faith it is not a mere lip service to say that "I trust Baba completely" faith should be like what Kakasahib had towards Baba. Kaka is the prime devotee of BABA, very humble and Baba's word was HIS order which he never neglected. Here is the message from Satcharita... "Shama Cured of Snake-Bite Before Hemadpant begins the story, he says about the Jiva that it can be very well compared with a parrot, and that they both are bound, the one in the body and the other in a cage. Both think that their present bound state is good for them. It is only when a Helper, i.e., Guru comes and by God's grace opens their eyes and liberates them from their bondage, that their eyes are opened to a greater and larger life, compared to which their former limited life is nothing. In the last Chapter, it was shown how Baba anticipated the calamity, that was to befall on Mr. Mirikar and rescued him from it. Now let the readers hear a story grander than that. Once Shama was bitten by a poisonous snake. His little finger of the hand was stung and the poison began to spread into the body. The pain was also severe and Shama thought that he would pass off soon. His friends wanted to take him to the God Viroba, where such cases were often sent, but Shama ran to the Masjid -- to His Viroba (Sai Baba). When Baba saw him, He began to scold and abuse. He got enraged and said - "Oh vile Bhaturdya (Priest) do not climp up. Beware if you do so" and then roared - "Go, Get away, Come down." Seeing Baba thus red with wrath, Shama was greatly puzzled and disappointed. He thought that the Masjid was his home and Sai Baba his sole Refuge, but if he was driven away like this, where should he go? He lost all hope of life and kept silent. After a time Baba became normal and calm when Shama went up and sat near. Then Baba said to him - "Don't be afraid, don't care a jot, the Merciful Fakir will save you, go and sit quiet at home, don't go out, believe in Me and remain fearless and have no anxeity". Then he was sent home. Immediately afterwards, Baba sent Tatya Patil and Kakasaheb Dixit to him with instructions to the effect, that he should eat what he liked, should move in the home, but should never lie down and sleep. Needless to say that these instructions were acted upon and Shama got all-right in a short time. The only thing to be remembered in this connection is this - the words of Baba (or the five syllabled Mantra, viz, `Go, Get away, Come down') were not addressed to Shama- as it apparently looked - but they were a direct order to the snake and its poison not to go up and circulate through Shama's body. Like others well-versed in Mantrashastra, He had not to use any incantation, charged rice or water etc. His words only were most efficacious in saving the life of Shama. "Chapter 23 Satcharita. Let us pray to BABA and endeavor to completely surrender to HIM and He is sure to guide us through our tough times and listen to our prayers. Baba bless us always. Humble pranams Sairam Anitha Kandukuri http://www.angelfire.com/sd/SaidarbarCanberra Click Here View photos of singles in your area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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