Message for the Week!!

May 21, 2009

Sairam,

Happy BABA's day to you all. May BABA fulfill our wishes and guide us in the path of devotion.

Let us be honest. When do we think of God? It is only in times of duress and anxiety. When we are uncertain of the event in our life it is then we search for hope and then Think of God. Well there is nothing wrong with this, as Baba Himself encouraged people and dragged them towards HIM during their times of need and gradually converted their attention towards godliness and spirituality. Thinking of God in times of need is the first step. That shows deep down there is the realisation that God alone is our saviour. We have to let that realisation surface and not be burried inside. We have to accept that even our happiness is because of HIS mercy and so is the traumatic times. BABA when He loves us wants to get over our weaknesses, it is when we go through the actions of our prarabdh, causing anxiety, distress and anguish in our lives, then we overcome our weakness. This is all due to the grace of God. We have to thank HIM for everything in our life. Good moments and bad moments as well. Yes it is not easy, but as we tuned to God in times of need, we can equally tune to HIM and thank HIM for what He has given in times of need and happiness.

Baba never foresakes us. HE is more concerned about our spiritual growth than we are. We may forget HIM but He never forgets us. HIS ways of recognising our worth is different. Let us take this scenario, all of us in this forum are at different positions in life at present. We all are followers of BABA. Let us go back when we started our lives away from the shelter of parents, as migrants, or independent individuals. We had nothing with us, but now each one has accomplished something in their lives. There might have been moments when the going was tough and we thought we cannot go any further, but we have crossed those perils are now at a pinacle where world looks beautiful or comfortable. Is this achievement because of " our ability, cleverness, hard work" or is there a hand of unforeseen energy which kept pushing us when we thought "that is it, cant do it any more", well I perceive that energy to be BABA. As we cannot behold Him visually in this world HE does make us feel HIS presence through the success and achieve. It is HIS grace alone which has given us the honour that we enjoy now. We must humbly accept it as HIS blessing and endeavour to please Him by our devotion and service to HIM.

Here is the message for the week...

Repairs to the Masjid Another important idea occured to Gopal Gund. Just as he started the Urus or fair, he thought that he should put the Masjid in order. So in order to carry out the repairs, he collected stones and got them dressed. But this work was not assigned to him. This was reserved for Nanasaheb Chandorkar, and the pavement -work for Kakasaheb Dixit. First, Baba was unwilling to allow them to have these works done, but with the intervention of Mhalsapati, a local devotee of Baba, His permission was secured. When the pavement was completed in one night in the Masjid, Baba took a small Gadi for His seat, discarding the usual piece of sack - cloth used till then. In 1911, the Sabha - Mandap (court - yard) was also put in order with great labour and effort. The open space in front of the Masjid was very small and inconvenient. Kakasaheb Dixit wanted to extend it and put on it a roofing. At great expense, he got iron-posts, and pillars and trusses and started the work. At night, all the devotees worked hard and fixed the posts; but Baba, when he returned from Chavadi next morning, uprooted them all and threw them out. Once it so happened that Baba got very excited, caught a pole

with one hand, and began to shake and uproot it, and with the other hand caught

the neck of Tatya Patil. He took by force Tatya's Pheta, struck a match, set it

on fire and threw it in a pit. At that time, Baba's eyes flashed like burning

embers. None dared to look at Him. All got terribly frightened. Baba took out a

rupee from his pocket and threw it there, as if it were an offering on an

auspicious occasion. Tatya also was much frightened. None knew what was going to

happen to Tatya, and none dared to interfere. Bhagoji Shinde, the leper devotee

of Baba, made a little boldly advance, but he was pushed out by Baba. Madhavrao

was also similarly treated, he being pelted with brick pieces. So all those, who

went to intercede, were similarly dealt with. But after some time, Baba's anger

cooled down. He sent for a shopkeeper, got from him an embroidered Pheta and

Himself tied it on Tatya's head, as if he was being given a special honour. All

the people were wonderstruck to see this strange behavior of Baba. They were at a loss to know, what enraged Baba so suddenly and what led Him to assault Tatya Patil, and why His anger cooled down, the next moment."Chapter 6 Satcharita.

BABA bless us always to be humble and accept everything as your blessing.

Humble pranams

Sairam

Anitha Kandukuri

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