Sai Baba Wall Paper III

Ten Guidelines From Sai

1. QUIT WORRYING:

Life has dealt you a blow and all you do is sit and worry. Have you forgotten that I am here to take all your burdens and carry them for you? Or do you just enjoy fretting over every little thing that comes your way?

2. PUT IT ON THE LIST:

Something needs done or taken care of. Put it on the list. No, not YOUR list. Put it on MY to-do-list. Let ME be the one to take care of the problem. I can't help you until you turn it over to Me. And although My to-do-list is long, I am after all...God. I can take care of anything you put into My hands. In fact, if the truth were ever really known, I take care of a lot of things for you that you never even realize.

3. TRUST ME:

Once you've given your burdens to Me, quit trying to take them back. Trust in Me. Have the faith that I will take care of all your needs, your problems and your trials. Problems with the kids? Put them on My list. Problem with finances? Put it on My list. Problems with your emotional roller coaster? For My sake, put it on My list. I want to help you. All you have to do is ask.

4. LEAVE IT ALONE:

Don't wake up one morning and say, "Well, I'm feeling much stronger now, I think I can handle it from here." Why do you think you are feeling stronger now? It's simple. You gave Me your burdens and I'm taking care of them. I also renew your strength and cover you in my peace. Don't you know that if I give you these problems back, you will be right back where you started? Leave them with Me and forget about them. Just let Me do my job.

5. TALK TO ME:

I want you to forget a lot of things. Forget what was making you crazy. Forget the worry and the fretting because you know I'm in control. But there's one thing I pray you never forget. Please, don't forget to talk to Me - OFTEN! I love YOU! I want to hear your voice. I want you to include Me in on the things going on in your life. I want to hear you talk about your friends and family. Prayer is simply you having a conversation with Me. I want to be your dearest friend.

6. HAVE FAITH:

I see a lot of things from up here that you can't see from where you are. Have faith in Me that I know what I'm doing. Trust Me; you wouldn't want the view from My eyes. I will continue to care for you, watch over you, and meet your needs. You only have to trust Me. Although I have a much bigger task than you, it seems as if you have so much trouble just doing your simple part. How hard can trust be?

7. SHARE:

You were taught to share when you were only two years old. When did you forget? That rule still applies. Share with those who are less fortunate than you. Share your joy with those who need encouragement. Share your laughter with those who haven't heard any in such a long time. Share your tears with those who have forgotten how to cry. Share your faith with those who have none.

8. BE PATIENT:

I managed to fix it so in just one lifetime you could have so many diverse experiences. You grow from a child to an adult, have children, change jobs many times, learn many trades, travel to so many places, meet thousands of people, and experience so much. How can you be so impatient then when it takes Me a little longer than you expect to handle something on My to-do-list? Trust in My timing, for My timing is perfect. Just because I created the entire universe in only six days, everyone thinks I should always rush, rush, rush.

9. BE KIND:

Be kind to others, for I love them just as much as I love you. They may not dress like you, or talk like you, or live the same way you do, but I still love you all. Please try to get along, for My sake. I created each of you different in some way. It would be too boring if you were all identical. Please, know I love each of your differences.

10. LOVE YOURSELF:

As much as I love you, how can you not love yourself? You were created by me for one reason only -- to be loved, and to love in return. I am a God of Love. Love Me. Love your neighbors. But also love yourself. It makes My heart ache when I see you so angry with yourself when things go wrong. You are very precious to me. Don't ever forget.

Om Sai Ram.

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Some Miracles of Sai Baba

Sai Baba's admirers and devotees are conversant with a number of miracles that Baba performed to the astonishment of all. Once he was sitting by the side of the fire that he always kept alive in the mosque which he lived. All of a sudden he put his hand in the fire. For same time no one noticed it. But when one of his admirers saw that his hand was in the fire, he drew it out. It was all burnt like charcoal. All the people present 'asked Baba why he had resorted to such a monstrous act. Baba replied that the lohar's wife was fanning the lohar's furnance when her baby suddenly fell in it. I drew it out. Never mind if my hand is burnt. Her baby was saved. Two days later the lohar came to see Baba with his wife and her baby-When he explained what had happened, everybody realised what Baba had done.

Once he was sitting in the mosque. All of a sudden he became still and observed; "My brother has gone". Next day, the news came that Gajanan Maharaj of Shegaon had taken Samadhi. Such was his omni-sience.

Plague broke out at Shirdi and some persons died. WhenBaba knew about it, he became restless. Next day, there were five or six plague pimples on his person and he had high fever. Devotees were afraid that something untoward might happen. They suggested treatment by a doctor. Baba said that there would be no more cases of plague in Shirdi. No one will die of it now. Accordingly no one fell a victim to plague and Baba also became hale and hearty very soon. Whenever a devotee of Baba was in some difficulty or afflicted by some ailment and remembered Baba, he used to remove that difficulty, without the devotee's knowledge or take his ailment on himself.

Once, a devotee's child became ill and she came to see Baba and began to weep. Baba pacified her and assured her that her child would positively recover. Accordingly, the child became well but Baba had fever on. If some woman had too much pain at child-borth and some one told Baba about it, Baba used to become restless and suffer from pain while the woman would safely give birth to a child. People from Shirdi are aware of many such anecdotes.

Once on admirer of Sai Baba who was a Mamledar prevailed upon his doctor friend to go with him to see Sai Baba. but he said that since Baba was a Mussl-man he did not like to fall at his feet. The Mamledar said it was not compulsory on every one to fall at his -feet. When both of them reached Baba's place, the doctor saw the image of Shri Ramachandra in place of Sai Baba and he automatically fell at his feet. When they took leave of Baba the Mamledar asked the doctor told him what had happened and thanked him for doing him the favour he had done.

Some one from Goa became a devotee of Baba on hearing his reputations as a philanthropic saint. He was jobless for a long time. At last he made the resolution that on getting a job, he would make over his first salary to Sai Baba. Soon he got a job. He started only on Rs. 15 per month but later rose in service and began to earn Rs. 700 a month. He was unable to meet Sai Baba for one reason or another, but one day he did go to Shirdi in the company of a friend. As soon as Baba saw him he demanded his fifteen rupees. The man had forgotten about his resolve and to made amends for it, he offered Rs. 50 instead of Rs. 15 to Baba, but Baba kept only Rs. 15 and gave back the rest to him.

Baba was known to be the incarnation of the Akkolkot Swami also and many people were convinced about it. A gentleman called Pitale who lived in Bombay went to see Baba at Shirdi with his wife and son. His son was suffering from fits. He was treated by several doctors and vaidyas but the convulsions would not stop. He was placed at the feet of Baba who looked into the eyes of the son. Immediately, the son became senseless. Incessant froth emanated from his mouth. The parents, particularly the mother was much frightened. Baba assured them that he would soon came to his senses and be well. So it happened. The father and mother became Baba's devoted adherents. When they went to say good-bye to Baba, he gave them Three silver rupees and told them that they should be worshipped with the family gods every day. Two of the three rupees were meant for Pitale's father. When Pitale came home to Bombay and releated what had happened at shirdi, his mother said "Your father was a great devotee of the Akkalkot Swami and the Swami had given 'him three rupees. He used to worship them. They were found in the old Devara, a wodden temple for -family gods.

Newaskar was another of Baba's devotees. He never took his meal before taking Baba's teearth i.e. water that washed his feet. When Newaskar died, quite a crowd gathered together for his shraddha, but food was not prepared for so many people. Newaskar's daughter-in law became nervous. But her mother-in-law remembered Baba and prayed for being saved from exposure. She took a little ash which was Baba's gift and spread it over the food. All of them found that food was more than sufficient for all who had come and was also distributed among neighbours.

Baba's reputation as a maker of miracles was spreading like wild fire. People from far and near came to revere him and ask for his blessings. They offered him gifts and money, which was considered boundless. Government wanted to know his income and expenditure end a clerk was appointed for that purpose. He found that expenditure was twice, thrice or four times the income. He was embarrassed and non-plussed. He was at a loss to know where from so much money came and reported accordingly.

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Understanding Sai Baba

Baba always maintained the "Dhuni" or the perpetual fire. The realisation that all the phenomenons of the nature are perishable and unworthy of our craving, is signified by "Udi" which Sai Baba distributed to all. Baba never left Shirdi. He talked to people who came to see Him. Sai Baba would often speak in symbols and parables leaving his devotees to work out the answer - such as, "A man had a beautiful horse, but no matter what he did, it would not run in harness. An expert suggested that it should be taken back to the place from where it had come. This was done and it become tracable and useful". The explanation of this story is that the horse is the Ego. As commander of the physical and mental powers of man, it is useful but self-willed and therefore cause endless trouble. Taking it back to its source is re-absorbing it in the spirit source which it arises. It is the return to the source which purifies and enlightens. From there the ego issues forth again, no longer an ego, but a conscious agent of the spirit. Baba would ask for Dakshina (money offered with respect to the Guru) from some of those who came to see Him. This was not because he needed their money. This was one of Baba's methods for testing out the devotee's attachment to worldly things and willingness to surrender his ego. Once one has surrendered himself totally to Him, Baba takes care of all His spiritual and temporal needs. Baba regarded money like everything else, in a symbolical manner. He once said, " I ask only from those who the fakir (God) points out and in exchange I give them ten times as much". By the end of the day, all the money Baba had earned was distributed to the destitute, poor, sick and the needy. Baba used to feed the fakirs and devotees and even cook for them. For those who were accustomed to meat, he cooked meat and for the others vegetarian fare.

The Dwarakamayee of Sai Baba was open to all, irrespective of caste, creed or religion. Among those who came to see him and got his darshan (establishing spiritual contact with the Guru) and blessings were ministers, government officials, business people and village folk. He was the common man's God. He Stayed with them, hejoked with them, He slept and ate with them, he smoked a chillum (pipe) with them, he sang and danced with them, having no pretensions of a God. But all of them Knew that He protected them. Even today, though He has left his gross body, they feel his presence and realise his worth all the more. Baba would also refer to the sounding of the drum of the beginning of eternity within the soul. This "anahat" sound emerged from Baba's heart from every limb, every bone and pore of his body. It was permeated with divine essence and Baba claimed that though one day his physical body will not exist, his remains will communicate with from the grave. Therefore, the most important place in Shirdi is Baba's temple - the Samadhi Mandir is his grave, which literally millions have visited and still continues to draw many more.

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Sai Baba The Master

Sai Baba says...

1. If a man utters My name with love, I shall fulfill all his wishes, increase his devotion. And if he sings earnestly My life and My deeds, him I shall beset in front and back and on all sides.

2. Listen to me carefully. Act in such a way that the Lord will be
pleased with you. Never tell lies. Be truthful always. Never deceive anybody.

3. Spend your wealth on good causes according to your capacity. You will be benefited and meet Narayan in the end. Remember my words and act
accordingly."

WHY FEAR WHEN I AM HERE ? - SAI BABA

Have patience and faith in me.

You have to get everything from me.

Feed the hungry first, then feed thyself.

Entertain always noble thoughts.

Avoid falsehood and needless disputation.

Resort to the wise for guidance.

Why are you anxious? I take all care of you.

How can I allow My children to fast or starve?

Ego must be killed out.

Not a leaf moves except by My grace.

If I do not save My children, who else will?

All the universe is Me.

My business is to give blessings.

Have consideration for the poor and wretched,

Efforts must be made to make the mind steady.

Remember, I look on all with an equal eye.

Even from the tomb, I shall be active and vigorous.