Fw: SAI GANAPATHI

July 4, 2003

Namaste all,

I received this from a Sai Baba of Shirdi group and thought it was worth sharing here.

Om Shanti,

Neil

- n sivanandam

Friday, July 04, 2003 12:49 AM

SAI GANAPATHI

A housewife was suffering from severe and chronic headache. All medical aid

proved futile. At last she resorted to Baba. As soon as she bowed to him and

sat in his presence her ailment vanished quite mysteriously. When she told Sai

Baba about it he said, "Mother, you have been feeding me sumptuously, I have

been watching you since you were a girl."

The lady was surprised and said, "Baba, I am blessed with your darshan just now.

How could I have fed you sumptuously?" Sai smiled most benignly and said, "Whom

do you worship at your home?" She said that she had been a devotee of Lord

Ganapathi and that she worships Him everyday. "At your mother’s place?"

Baba asked. "There too I used to offer flowers, fruits and sweetmeats to the

same deity," she replied.

Sai said, "All those offerings of yours have reached me. That’s how I have

known you since your younger days." Mythologically, Ganapathi is a deity who

fond of sumptuous food and Baba had identified himself with him. This miracle

demonstrated that hearty offerings and worship rendered even to an

‘inanimate idol’ in a true spirit of devotion and faith are sure to

reach the Spirit which pervades all. Saints, animals, and even idols. It is the

spirit behind the worship that is of prime importance.

Hence Baba did not condemn idol worship. It is a valid form of spiritual

practice for those who are by nature made for it.

(Written by: Pujya acharya E. Bharadwaja in Sai Baba the Master)

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