Sai Vichaar Thursday , March 05, 2009 :: Volume 11, Issue 43

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Sai Vichaar
Thursday , March 05, 2009 :: Volume 11, Issue 43
(In its eleventh year of publication.)

Sai Vichaar is a Weekly newsletter distributed every Thursday and is devoted to the life, philosophy and teachings of Shri Sai Baba of Shirdi. Feel free to forward this newsletter to your interested associates in its original form.

IN THIS ISSUE: FEATURE OF THE WEEK CONTRIBUTED ARTICLE DEVOTEES SAY PRAYER CLUB EXPERIENCE OF DEVOTEES QUOTATION OF THE WEEK QUESTION OF THE WEEK SAI ACTIVITIES FROM THE EDITORS KEYBOARD

FEATURE OF THE WEEK: Walking on the Water! A Christian quote goes as follows, "Next time when you think you are perfect, try walking on the Water". This is in reference to the incident when Jesus walked on water to reach his disciples sailing in a ship. This incident is often quoted to extol the virtues of Jesus and hold his magnificence high. At the same time, it takes a dig at the shortcoming or limitation of men who think they are perfect. Spiritual journey with Sadguru is unique to every soul. There are no external yardsticks and no comparisons can be drawn from one individual to the other. The argument that all are equal is also questionable since each of us are unique; hence, the question that if all are equal or not is also irrelevant. One such revelation in the context of spiritual journey is the feeling of "blessedness" and a perception that one's pursuit, standing and understanding of Sadguru are superior to that of others. The episode of Anna Chinchanikar and Mavsibai in Sai Satchaitamritha spells the fact that none but Sadguru is capable of judging others' devotion. In Sai path, everyone is in the process to perfection, each a work in progress. While one aspect of Sai devotion is to perfect his/her own human nature towards divinity, by the grace of Sadguru, the other aspect is to spread the love, peace, compassion and harmony that Sai has bestowed upon the self. A spiritually fulfilling journey for a Sai devotee is the spreading of love, compassion, and forgiveness that Baba has bestowed on him to others, however small that might be. None is perfect; all are just forgiven. Saibaba, the merciful fakir, the compassionate father, and the Perfect One!

CONTRIBUTED ARTICLE: False and Effervescent Spiritual pursuits, sooner or later, must give rise to a realization that life as one sees is myth, the play of Maya. A long-lasting sleep completely full of dreams and nightmares. Existing dormant in the seeker as a neglected fact, this realization will assume immense importance as one proceeds with Saadhana, an intense yearning, with the guidance of Guru. Only the Supreme soul that transcends time and space, as we define it, knows this as the Truth. Saint God of Shirdi, the manifestation of supreme consciousness told this to His children. Numerous incidents and anecdotes involve Sai belittling the perceived values of humankind only to emphasize the permanent virtues that one should long for. Preaching about Brahma Gnana to the miser merchant in Sri Sai Satcharitamritha is one such example. Understanding the limitedness of pain and pleasure may be one important step in the human life that helps accomplish the bigger goal of God-realization, which is nothing but self-realization. Let us examine the vision that Yogi Minocher was blessed with by Sadguru Sainath on June 12, 1952: "Different faiths are like different rivers that flow from different regions but ultimately join the ocean. The object of every religion is God. He alone is worthy of worship and none else. To make sordid desires of life to dominate is to invite catastrophe. Do not be dragged in the mire of worldly temptations for they are death knells of misery and degradation. Riches are the burning bricks with which the vault of hell is built. Lust for power is a shadowy business. Do not aspire for worldly applause for it is fickle and baseless. Stain not your soul with allurements of life but keep it stainless with love and light of God. God alone is the reality; all else is of unreal nature. Seek God in the simplicity of your heart. Renounce the gewgaws of life. Hold fast to Truth and Righteousness. Mercy and Compassion, Love and Gentility, Simplicity and Humility, Earnestness and Sincerity, Passivity and Catholicity, Sobriety and Integrity, Forgiveness and Forbearance, Patience and Perseverance. Aspire to be a Saint, a sage by getting out from the common track and following your own God. Work ceaselessly, pray to God zealously, keep your mind serene and calm even in the midst of storms and tempests. Be pure in heart and you will see God. God-realization is the goal of life, not earthly happiness which is false and effervescent. (Contributed by Sai Vichaar Team)

DEVOTEES SAY: Jagan Do not know what to say Baba. Now I think I am the happiest man in this world and I know you will make everyone feel like this. Thanks for everything Baba and we need you like this all the time, we love you Baba Dipti The children of all Sai devotees are taught to be honest, loyal and courteous and most importantly they should not harm anyone. Devotee Hey mere Sainath many thanks, which have you, helped for finding the kind-hearted man. One man entered in the brother in law life as a friend who helped him to find the good party. It seems to me that you have sent this man. Please always blessing to my brother in law AND his family and help to recover the bad debts and pending payments. Please help him to take good decision. I know you are kind hearted and help the poor. Nandini Baba, we are very thankful to you for making my husband pass his exam.Please stay with us every moment of our life and bless him with a job and the Visa. Thank You Baba for everything you have given us.

PRAYER CLUB: Devotee Sai Baba, You know what kind of mental hell i am going through for past six years. I had worked hard for this relation , I lost my esteem, Myself and costed all I could to sustain in it. Now, I feel exhausted. This is now going to affect my little daughter which I cant bear. I had gone through all good or bad times only looking at your face baba, all the time reciting your name and meditating on you in my vision. That has been my deriving force through out. Today I pray on your holy feet and surrender totally on them to help me out of it and make things better to enable me grow up my child and give her a good Life. Do help Baba. I need your blessings. Jai Sai Ram. Amru Dear Sai, You have always been with my family and me. Sai I am going to India for my daughters engagement tomorrow, please be with me and my family as always and see that the whole function and all our traveling etc., goes on smoothly. Sai devotee Om Sairam!! Baba my elder brother has been hospitalised and is terribly depressed since his wife and children do not bother about him nor respect him. My earnest request Baba, you are the provider and the protector of all human being and therefore beg you to heal my brother and make him healthy, happy and peaceful within. I shall definitely post my gratitude in Sai Vichaar Devotee Shri sairam, pranam, saibaba please bless me , my career, I am very much worried . I don't have any one to support.Please protect my job. Meena My daughter is going to write public exams on Monday 2nd March. Make her to write well and make her to get 1100 in the exams. Please baba be with her and make her to write well. Bless her with enough strength and courage to prepare for the entire exams. I am believe and trust you that you will help me. Baba bless our family. Sai Devotee You know what has happened to me and from that day onwards I am tensed and where ever I go for a job, I am not successful. If Baba feels that I should continue in the same company I request Baba to give me some HINT that I will be continuing in the same company so that I can start my routine work which I am unable to do all these days. Please Baba give me some clue for searching a new job or how ever you think, but I am leaving my problems to you with a request to help me in solving the job problem. I will be the happiest one if you do this for me. Devotee Baba u just saved us from mouth of death in an accident last night. Thanks Baba ....Baba we have no one other than you please do save us from our emotional n financial stress i am blank do not know what to do ...to correct the disaster of last night. You know people ...so where shall we go what to do how to solve we know nothing please come save us BABA. I am nervous ...blank to do anything I have bowed down on your leg with all my problems only you can save us BABA please save us. Vara Saibaba ! with Your grace my daughter delivered a male child. All were very happy, but it is short lived. The one month old child developed skin rashes allover the body and not reducing at all. So many tests, including skin biopsy, were performed on this one month kid. They are anxiously waiting for the results. Doctors are suspecting dreadful diseases like neonatal lupus or skin cancer. Saideva, save Your own Prasad. Bless him with good health. Get your child to Shirdi. Only Your miracle can save him from this serious situation. I confess and ashamed of my arrogant behavior when I came to shirdi. You have already been punishing me without a job and a miserable life. Please do not punish the young kid for my sins. Forgive me Baba! Devotee I fall at your feet and pray you Babaji to take my brother out of the bad time he is going through. He is not keeping in good health from a long time and it seems to get worse day by day. He is also looking for getting admissions into good college for further studies as you know. My parents and every body in the family is very worried for him. Please bless us and pardon us of any mistakes knowingly or unknowingly done by my brother or any of us .Please baba grant him good health and help him get admission in a good college.Please every body kindly take a moment to pray for good health and prosperity for my brother.

EXPERIENCE OF DEVOTEES: Sukruta As promised that I'd like to share my remarkable experiences of Shri Sai Baba with other devotees. I've been going through a very rough times(unexplainable) for a long time( more than 10 years) with my (would be ex) in-laws and him. Yet I've been coming out of the situation un hurt. All Baba's Blessings. Recently in Oct 2008.Lord Sri Rama appeared in my dreams in gold!(idols in gold) and then Sai Baba(amma Sai) also appeared in gold walking towards me, this happened within few days. Later I saw in my dream making Lord Siva linga out of turmeric. That happened to be on monday. Prior to that I read Satharitra and his letter. He mentioned that I'd get the darshan of Shiva Rama and Himself. That was the message I got repeatedly while I was reading Sachatra. As told this happened! I prayed Siva that I 'd make a Linga out of turmeric on Shiva Ratri day and worship.As such on Shiva ratri day(Feb23-09) I was very nervous how to make shiva linga..I prayed my Dear Sai Baba (my amma) to help me.within couple of minutes I made a wonderful Shiva linga (turmeric) It's all HIS miracles. Baba koti koti pranamas. You're with me and protecting me all the time!!

QUOTATION OF THE WEEK: "Demolish the wall of difference that separates you from Me; and the road for our meeting will open"-Sri Sai Baba

QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Q. What is the attitude of Sai devotees towards raising their children?

SAI ACTIVITIES: Shirdi Sai Temple of Chicago and Suburbs, Illinois, USA Shirdi Sai Temple announces three day Sri Ramanavami Celebrations from April 2nd to April 4th, 2009. For full details and event information please visit temple website at www.saibaba.us and follow the link to events page from the menu. For sponsorship or other questions please call the temple line at 847-931-4058. Sri Saibaba Mandir, Minneapolis, MN Sri Saibaba Mandir is located in Minneapolis, MN at 1835 Polk St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418. The mandir is open 7 days a week in the evenings from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm and during morning hours from 9 am to 12:30 pm, everyday. Satsangs are conducted every Sunday mornings, 9 am to 12:30 pm. Please visit the mandir website www.hamaresai.org or call 612-789-7729 for more information on mandir activities, events and other information. Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple of Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple of DFW Metroplex is located at 2109 West Parker (Parker Plaza), Suite 212, Plano, TX 75023. For temple hours and activities please call the temple office at 469-467-3388 or visit the website www.shirdisaidallas.org. Shirdi Sai Temple of New England, Boston Area Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple of New England is now operational. It is located at 1827 Bridge St # 8, Dracut, MA 01824. The temple is open four days from Thursday to Sunday. For temple hours and activities please visit the website www.nessp.org or send mail to maildrop@nessp.org. Shirdi Sai Center in Bay Area, CA Shirdi Sai Center is located 897-B East Kifer Rd, Sunnyvale, CA 94086. For more information please call 408-705-7904 or 408-564-6704 or send email to saibandhu@yahoo.com. You can also visit our website is www.Shirdisaiparivaar.org. Shirdi Saibaba temple, Los Angeles, CA Devotees in Los Angeles area are informed about Sri Shirdi Saibaba temple in Los Angeles area. The temple is located at - 144 South 4th Street, Montebello, CA 90640. For more information please call Krishna Samantula at 949-679-9938 or visit www.shirdisaila.org. Saibaba Temple, Columbus, Ohio Devotees in Columbus and surrounding Ohio locations area are informed about Sri Shirdi Saibaba temple in Metro Columbus area. The temple is located in a leasing space at 6599 Dublin Center Drive, Dublin, OH 43017. Please attend daily Aaratis and Thursday bhajans. For more information please call 614-799-8411 or visit www.saibaba.cc Shirdi Sai bhajans every Thursday at Maitland, Florida Devotees are invited to participate in Sai study and bhajans on Thursdays between 7-8 pm at Meditation Gallery, 219 E Horatio Ave, Maitland, FL 32715. For more details please contact Bonnie at 407-830-1276. Sri Shirdi Sai Temple of Austin, TX Sri Shirdi Sai Temple of Austin, Texas opened at 601 E Whitestone Blvd (RM 1431), Cedar Park, TX. Daily 4 aarthis are performed to Sai Baba. As part of service to needy, a weekly sandwich seva is also conducted. For more information, please visit www.saiaustin.org. Shirdi Sai Mandir, Dulles, VA Shirdi Sai Mandir is located at 43671 Trade Center Place #166 Dulles, VA 20166. The mandir is open through the week in the evenings from 6pm to 9 pm. Sri Satyanarayan pooja will be conducted every full moon day. Please visit the mandir website www.shirdisaimandir.org or call (703) 661-4724 for more information on activities, events and other information. Shirdi Sai Mandir, Toronto The Mandir is located at Unit 7 & 8 2721 Markham Road Toronto ON M1X 1L5 Canada. Daily services offered to Baba include abhishek and all aartis. For Mandir hours and activities, please visit www.theshirdisaimandir.ca or call 647-444-4724.

FROM THE EDITORS KEYBOARD: Saibaba.Org is undertaking relocation, migration and technology upgrade projects during 2009. The relocation phase has been completed. The upgrade and migration project is expected to be completed in phases during the year. The team will try to ensure that no services are interrupted for a long time but at times it will become necessary to bring down the equipment for maintenance and upgrade. Due to which there may be disruption in the distribution of Sai Vichaar. If this happens, you can always retrieve back copies of Sai Vichaar from the website by visiting the whatsnew page. We request your cooperation and regret inconvenience caused to you if any in this regard. In the true spirit of Sai devotion, contributors are requested to remember to suit the content, language, style, and presentation, appropriate to a worldwide readership. It should also be noted that when a section from any material other than their own is quoted or referred to, it is the authors' responsibility to acknowledge the source appropriately. The "Question of the week" for this week is, What is the attitude of Sai devotees towards raising their children? Humbly Yours, The Editor

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