Message for the week!

February 4, 2010

--- On Thu, 4/2/10, Anitha Kandukuri <a_kandukuri wrote:

Anitha Kandukuri <a_kandukuri Message for the Week!" parayana group" , , "ShirdiSaibabakripa " Thursday, 4 February, 2010, 3:09 PM

Sairam, Happy Baba's day to you all. As followers of Shirdi Sai BABA, we must with every passing day endure to go a step closer to Him. This can be achieved through meditation, love, thoughts and recollecting on the leelas of BABA from Satcharita. Let us pray with sincerity asking BABA to guide us in venture. WE ask BABA off many things in life, but have we ever said, 'BABA, I love you, you take me into your fold, and let me think of you and nothing else'. Have we ever put our problems aside and said "BABA it is you I want'. Try it, utter these words and feel your heart fill happiness. Your heart feel lighter and all the problems feel lighter. Nobody in this world is free from problems, they plague man in some form or other, it is only our attitude and detachment towards the problems and focussing on BABA that makes things

go aways. BABA knows what we go through, He does not need reminder, we only say our problems to HIM to lighten our burden. BABA lives in our hearts and knows our inner most secrets, so He hears every sigh of anguish and pain we take, He will solve our problems when the time is right, in the meantime all we should be doing is to keep praying to HIM and loving HIM. Here is the leela of BABA, where He assured Mr Cholkar that a sign of devotion is enough for HIM to reach out and solve the problems. "Mr. Cholkar's Sugarless Tea Initially, Baba was known in Poona and Ahmednagar Districts, but Nanasaheb Chandorkar, by his personal talks and by Dasganu, by his splendid Kirtans, spread the fame of Baba in the Konkan (Bombay Presidency). In fact, it was Dasganu - May God bless him-who, by his beautiful and inimitable Kirtans, made Baba available to so many people there. The audience, who come to hear the Kirtans have different tastes. Some like the erudition of the Haridas; some his gestures, some his singing, some his wit and humour, some his preliminary dissertation on Vedanta, and some others, his main stories and so on; but among them, there are very few, who by hearing the Kirtan get faith and devotion or love for God or saints. The effect of hearing Dasganu's kirtan on the minds of audience was however electric, as it were. We give an instance here Dasganu was once performing his Kirtan and singing the glory of Sai Baba, in the Koupineshwar temple in Thana. One Mr. Cholkar, a poor man serving as a candidate in the Civil Courts in Thana, was amongst the audience. He heard Dasganu's Kirtan most attentively and was much moved. He there and then mentally bowed and vowed to Baba saying - "Baba, I am a poor man, unable to support my family. If by your grace, I pass the departmental examination, and get a permanent post, I shall go to Shirdi, fall at Your Feet and distribute sugar-candy in Your name." As good luck would have it, Mr.Cholkar did pass te examination and did get the permanent post and now it remained for him to fulfil his vow, the sooner the better. Mr. Cholkar was a poor man with a large family to support; and he could not afford to pay for the expenses of a Shirdi trip. As is well said, one can easily cross over Nahne ghat in Thana District or even the Sahyadri Range; but it is very difficult for a poor man to cross Umbareghat, i.e., the threshold of his house. As Mr. Cholkar was anxious to fulfill his vow as early as possible, he resolved to economize, cut down his expenses, and save money. He determined not to use sugar in his diet; and began to take his tea without it. After he was able to save some money in this way, he came to Shirdi, took Baba's darshan, fell at His Feet, offered a coconut, distributed it with a clean conscience along with sugar-candy as per his vow and said to Baba that he was much pleased with His darshan and that his desires were fulfilled that day. Mr. Cholkar was in the Masjid with his host Bapusaheb Jog. When the host and the guest both got up and were about to leave the Masjid, Baba spoke to Jog as follows:- "Give him (your guest) cups of tea, fully saturated with Sugar." Hearing these significant words, Mr. Cholkar was much moved, he was wonderstruck, his eyes were bedewed with tears, and he fell at Baba's Feet again. Mr. Jog was also curious about this direction, regarding the tea-cups to be given to his guest. Baba wanted by His words to create faith and devotion in Cholkar's mind. He hinted as it were, that He got the sugar-candy as per his vow and that He knew full well his secret determination not to use sugar in his diet. Baba meant to say, "If you spread

your palms with devotion before Me, I am immediately with you, day and night.

Though, I am here bodily, still I know what you do; beyond the saven seas. Go

wherever you will, over the wide world, I am with you. My abode is in your heart

and I am within you. Always worship Me, Who is seated in your heart, as well as,

in the hearts of all beings, Blessed and fortunate, indeed, is he who knows Me

thus." Chapter 15 SSS. BABA bless us and guide us always. Humble pranams SairamSairam Anitha Kandukuri http://www.angelfir e.com/sd/ SaidarbarCanberr a

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April 29, 2010

Sairam,

Wish you all a happy Guruvaar. Anything happening on Thursday is viewed as being a will of BABA by Baba followers, most of us try to do things on Thursday if unplanned things happen on Thursday that is considered a double bonus. I am sure you would agree with me when I say that once we take refuge at HIS feet, everyday is a Thursday and every breadth we take in is by HIS will alone. So based on this analogy if we were to get disappointing news on Thursday what would be our reaction? I am sure we have all gone through a roller coaster of emotions when things did not go our way as we expected especially when the news is conveyed to us on Thursday. Hand on our hearts let us be honest. Have we tried to analyse why we were disappointed? I did not previously but now I keep thinking, may be it is not good for me, that is why BABA did not want me to have it. I would be lying if I said I was not disappointed, but with maturity (yay, atlast!) the intensity of my disappointment is short lived. One thing BABA clearly conveyed to us through Satcharita is - come what may we must keep doing your duty, and should not be moved by disappointments. Eventually we will win over the situation when the time is right. Here is the message for the week which BABA seems to be indicating that we have to not only read but assimilate it and apply in our lives...

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Turning Water into Oil Sai Baba was very fond of lights. He used to borrow oil from shop-keepers, and keep lamps burning the whole night in the Masjid and temple. This went on for

some time. The Banias, who supplied oil gratis, once met together and decided

not to give Him oil. When, as usual, Baba went to ask for oil, they all gave Him

a distinct No. Unperturbed, Baba returned to the Masjid and kept the dry wicks

in the lamps. The banias were watching Him with curiosity. Baba took the Tumrel (tin pot) which contained very little (a few drops) of oil, put water into it and drank it and forced it fall in the container. After consecrating the tin-pot in this way, He again took water in the tin-pot and filled all the lamps with it and lighted them. To the surprise and dismay of the watching Banias, the lamps began to burn and kept burning the whole night. The Banias repented and

apologized. Baba forgave them and asked them to be more truthful in future. " Chapter 5 SSS.

When we act righteously and do not intend harm to anybody or cheat others, then let us be rest assured that God has our interest at His heart and we will win over the situation eventually. Till the time is right one must keep faith and have patience.

BABA bless us and guide us always.

Humble pranams

Sairam

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