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Baba's Advice Regarding our Behaviour

The following words of Baba are general and invaluable. If they are kept in mind

and acted upon, they will always do you good. "Unless there is some relationship

or connection, nobody goes anywhere. If any men or creatures come to you, do not

discourteously drive them away, but receive them well and treat them, with due

respect. Shri Hari (God) will be certainly pleased, if you give water to the

thirsty, bread to the hungry, clothes to the naked, and your verandah to

strangers for sitting and resting. If anybody wants any money from you, and you

are not inclined to give, do not give, but do not bark at him, like a dog. Let

anybody speak hundreds of things against you, do not resent by giving any

bitter reply. If you always tolerate such things, you will certainly be happy.

Let the world go topsy-turvy, you remain where you are. Standing or staying in

your own place, look on calmly at the show

of all things passing before you. Demolish the wall of difference that separates

you from Me; and then the road for our meeting will be clear and open. The sense

of differentiation, as I and thou, is the barrier that keeps away the disciple

from his Master, and unless that is destroyed the state of union or atonement

is not possible, "Allah Malik" i.e. God is the sole Proprietor, nobody else is

our Protector. His method of work is extra-ordinary, invaluable, and

inscrutable. His will will be done and He will show us the way, and satisfy our

heart's desires. It is on account of Rinaubandh (former relationship) that we

have come together, let us love and serve each other and be happy. He, who

attain the supreme goal of life, is immortal and happy; all others merely

exist, i.e., live so long as they breathe".

Encouraging Good Thoughts of Fruition

It is interesting to note how Sai Baba encouraged good thoughts. You have to

surrender yourself completely to Him with love, and devotion, and they you will

see how, He helps you, off and on, in so many things. Some Saint has said, that

when you get a good thought, immediately after awakening from sleep, and if you

develop the same afterwards during the day, your intellect will be unfolded and

your mind will attain calmness. Hemadpant wanted to try this. On one Wednesday

night before going to bed, be thought - "To-morrow is Thursday - an auspicious

day and the place, viz. Shirdi, is so holy; so let me pass the whole day in

remembering and chanting the Rama-nama, and then he slept. Next morning when he

got up he remembered without any effort the name of Rama and was much pleased.

He then, after finishing his morning duties, went to see Baba with flowers.

When he left Dixit's Wada, and was just

passing Booty's Wada (present Samadhi-mandir) he heard a beautiful song that was

being sung nicely by one Aurangabadkar, in the Masjid before Baba. The song was

Guru - kripanjan payo mere bhai" etc. by Ekanath, in which he says that he got

collyrium in the form of Guru's grace which opened his vision and made him see

Rama, in and out, in sleep, dream, and waking state and everywhere. There were

so many songs; and why was this song particularly chosen by Aurangabadkar, a

devotee of Baba? Is this not a curious coincidence arranged by Baba to feed the

determination of Hemadpant to sing unceasingly Rama-nama, during the day?

All Saints agree on and lay stress upon the efficacy of uttering Rama's (God's)

name, in fulfilling the ambitions of the Bhaktas and in protecting and saving

them from all calamities."Gurur Brahma Gurur VishnuGurur Devoh Maheshwar;Gurur

Shakshat ParambramhaTashmai Shri Gurur Veh Namah"May the Merciful Sri Sai Baba

always shower His grace on us and our families and remove our problems and

anxieties by giving us all - strength , goodluck, success and happiness with

peace of mind.Sai bhakt,Deepa Hdebu7366

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