Swami's blessing on our prayer Group

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Sai Ram to everyone ...

 

I have hesitated to post this post all day today ..

not sure how it would be recieved by everyone in this

wonderful forum. I can only say and attest that all I'm

about to say is the absolute truth .. I swear it on

Swami's divine feet.

 

Last night ... Saturday night .. the night before this

groups first official Sunday of prayers with this newly

found prayer group. I was reading a book about Sai

padhugas that I've had for a long time but never really

gotten around to reading all the way through.

 

As I was thinking of Swami before I fell asleep .. I wondered

to myself ( and to Swami ). Is doing prayers on the behalf

of others a good thing .. is this prayer group a good cause?

 

I personally have always loved the idea of interior prayers ...

Saint Theresa and Brother Lawrence's book Practicing

the Presence of God have always been dearly close to my

heart .. But I know that this isn't for everyone and many

feel that this kind of praying is somehow spiritually counter

productive as we should all already know that Swami is

always with us at every moment and that he is omnipresent.

 

Well my thoughts about that ... are that I agree WHOLE HEARTEDLY that

'intellectually' we all KNOW or eventually

come to know that Swami is Omnipresent .. So where in

lies the purpose of prayers?? This has always been

an intellectual debate that I have always tried to stay out

of because I personally believe .. to each thier own .. each

flower of the soul blossoms in its own and in its own time.

 

But interior prayer has always held a Deep Deep calling

to me .... because it is focused on total surrender at

the feet of the lord and putting forth with pure intent and

purity of heart one's prayerful request ....

 

In prayer .. we speak to God

In meditation .. God speaks to us.

 

Last night .. as I went to sleep .. I prayed ...

As I was quietly drifting into sleep ... God answered

 

On my window .. I have had had nailed a framed picture

right next to bed of Swami .. This picture is one of the

very first pictures that I've ever gotten of Swami and in

times of doubt and trial it has always gone with me where

ever I've gone ....

 

It is small .. a picture of a younger Swami wearing his orange robe, smiling,

letters in hand that he has just

recieved in darshan ( others prayers of course ) and his

hand raised in blessing.

 

At the bottom of the picture is a caption that reads ..

 

"I shall be ever with you, wherever you are,

guarding you and guiding you, March on .. Have no fear."

 

Sri Sathya Sai Baba

 

This picture has hung in its frame undisturbed since 1995.

 

Last night .. just as I was drifting off to sleep ...

I heard a bursting and then something falling to the floor.

 

I woke up to find that this picture had mysteriously broken

and fallen to the floor ... As I wondered at the meaning of

this sign from Swami ... because the picture was now broken I had to remove the

picture from its frame for the

first time since 1995....

Underneath this picture of Swami with such a blessing

and apt caption .. was a ' GROUP' photo of me and my

very first Sai Center standing around Swami's Robe and

his blessed Padhugas that had just been given to the Sai

Centers President on his trip to Puttaparthi.

 

In my personal opinion .. I firmly believe that Swami

has blessed this wonderful forum and its thoughts

about doing prayers for others as Seva and coming

togeather as a community of Sai Family.

 

All my love

your sister in Sai always

Melody

[Guest guest]

Sai Ram Sister Melody and all Brothers and Sisters

 

Wow, what a beautiful answer from Swami. I too

started this morning with my prayers and went into a

blissful state.........it was a very special

feeling.........

 

Jai Sai Ram

monica