Mystery of Mysteries and Super Saint - Sadguru Sai Nath

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MYSTERY OF MYSTERIES AND SUPER SAINT - SADGURU SAI NATH

 

It has been made sufficiently clear how Sai Baba helps us not only come out

of troubled existence but enter into a richer and more fruitful life. It is

up to every one of our readers to reflect on all that has been discussed

above and meditate on Baba. Then He will give the prompting from within as

institution or send some one or cause some circumstances to show the way to

the devotee concerned. Out of twenty-four hours in a day, do we set apart a

twenty-four minutes in prayer, devotional reading, meditation or any other

spiritual work Even in those brief moments how often do our minds skip

over to the next programme or chew upon what happened yesterday! We talk

aloud about our understanding the spiritual values, glorify the spiritual

heritage of our Rishies and condemn the materialist tendencies of the

Westerners. Can our own hearts bear close scrutiny in this regard Are we

proof against temptations The modern man, whether he is Indian or any

other national gives first place to the satisfaction of his worldly

carvings.

 

Aware of the preference of the modern man for temporal joys, Sai Baba

blesses him first by granting him a material favour. He does this for some

time till he binds the devotee by a tie of gratitude. By degrees Baba

changes the man's gratitude into devotion to God.

 

The degrees are that the devotee's love for Baba grows so strong that he

does not mind even if his prayer for more favours pass unheeded. In this

way the devotee is trained to accept cheerfully whatever comes to him as a

result of his past Karma. He regards even sufferings as gifts of God.

 

Next Baba knocks off the conceit of the devotee by making him realize how he

fails whenever he starts any work on his own account and how success crowns

his efforts when they are taken in the name of the Master.

 

In some rare cases Sai Baba enters the heart of the devotee and works from

within to change his bad tendencies. Once Nana Saheb Candorkar was smitten

with the charms of a woman as she came to pay her respect to Sai Baba. He

was taught by Baba to understand the body as temple of God. Getting

distracted by physical beauty is, therefore, like becoming lost in the

architectural splendour of a temple and forgetting the Murti (image of God)

within. Since then Nana Saheb grew in wisdom and purity and Baba was also

working within him. One day as Nana Saheb started his service in his prayer

room, a naked women of captivating beauty appeared before him. Nana Saheb

threw his shawl upon her. She shook it off, skipped and dashed out of the

room. Nana Saheb chased her and threw the fleece to cover her nakedness.

She jumped into a bush and vanished.

 

 

(To be contd....)

 

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