Sai Baba speaks to you directly

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Sai Baba speaks to you directly

By Chakor Ajgaonkar

Baba spoke in a few words. But His meaning was deep and all-pervading. The

words could not be commented upon in Vedic, darshanic and ecclesiastical

words. The interpreter could not analyze or plunge into his truth fully. His

words were exuding direct veracity of life and spirit. I therefore, quote

him without my intermediary or symbolic diction.

 

Vows and Welfare:

Baba: I cater to your prayers and demands to fulfill your longings. You

approach Me again and again with new demands. Do not take for granted that

My mission is to feed your wants. It is true that I am bound by your love.

However, the real reason why I fulfill your wishes is that there is stark

ignorance in you which makes such childish demands. I wait with hope that

you would realise your ignorance one day and begin to desire and want what I

really yearn to give to you, realising where your welfare lies. I thirst for

this fortunate and divine hour in your life.

 

This opportunity will never recur:

My dear children, God is standing before you in person in flesh and blood in

the frame of Sai. This is a most fortunate and uplifting hour. The moment

will never come again. God is standing in front of your door with a begging

bowl in His hand. Awake, arise and try to know His divine identity and

purpose. Sai is begging you to select the ultimate way of welfare and fill

His bowl. This is a rare opportunity in your existence. If you fail to

understand, you will be an eternal loser.

 

Offering to God:

What will you offer to the Lord begging at your door?

You have nothing of your own to give Him. All things in this universe belong

to Him. You cannot deceive Him by offering Him worldly objects like flowers,

water, fruit or even golden or more precious articles on earth. You have

nothing of your own except your body, mind, intellect and ego. You can offer

these things to Him. This is known as dedication and surrender. Sai means

this offering only when He speaks of Faith and Perseverance. You have to be

vacant leaving everything at His feet and follow His dictates by installing

Him at the helm of the chariot of your existence.

 

What you can demand from Sai?

My dear children, my Guru's wealth is lying in the field in abundance. I am

waiting to see when you realise the wealth and approach me for gifting you

with the fortune. This fortune is not different from the wealth of

liberation which is my Guru's treasure. You make claims for all other things

except my Guru's treasure. You ask for petty worldly things. When will you

ask for the recitation of name and meditation of form? When will you merge

in God in absolute surrender? I cannot give you your choicest treasure

unless you stop demanding material benefits and turn your face to the Lord.

 

Ask for your ultimate welfare:

My dear sons and daughters, rise up from your slumber of ignorance and long

for God's love, proximity and merger with him. Do not ask for temporary,

transient and fleeting interest in life. Worldly object can be achieved by

labour and efforts. My fakir sarkar's gifts are limitless and eternal. They

are liberating, relieving and uplifting. Ask for the auspicious and undying

objects that God wishes to grant you. Ask for His eternal grace. Do not turn

your face away from Godly gifts of grace for petty material worldly

benefits.

 

Comprehension

Sri Radhakrishna Swamiji once made an observation: " Every word, every image

used for God is a distortion more than a description: "

Devotee: " Then how does one speak of God? "

Swamiji: " Through silence. "

Devotee: " Why then do you speak in words? "

At that Swamiji smiled and said: " When I speak, you mustn't listen to the

words, my dear. Listen to the silence. "

 

Meaning

A visitor to Sri Sai Spiritual Centre told a devotee: " I have traveled a

great distance to listen to Sri Radhakrishna Swamiji, but I find his words

quite ordinary.

Devotee: " Don't listen to his words, Listen to his message. "

Visitor: " How does one do that? "

Devotee: Take hold of a sentence that he says. Shake it well till the entire

words drop off. What is left will set your heart on fire. "

 

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