Fw: EXPERIENCES FROM NOVEMBER 13TH, 2008 AMRITVANI

November 18, 2008

--- On Tue, 11/18/08, Supriya1 <Supriya1 wrote:

Supriya1 <Supriya1 EXPERIENCES FROM NOVEMBER 13TH, 2008 AMRITVANI Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 8:23 AM

DEAR SAI DEVOTEES,

PRANAM TO SAI BABA MAHARAJ.

I HAVE BEEN WATCHING MY MOTHER ANJUJI'S FAITH FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER. SHE IS THE ROCK OF OUR FAMILY WHO HAS HELPED US CONTINUE OUR JOURNEY AS POSITIVELY AS POSSIBLE. IT WAS BEFITTING THAT HER TAPASYA WAS SHOWN A NEW DIRECTION BY SHRMATI VEENAJI AUNTY AND SHRI ASHOKJI UNCLES VISIT FOR AMRTIVANI IN OUR HOME ON NOVEMBER 13TH, 2008. WE WERE TRULY BLESSED AND FROM ALL OF THE MIRACLES THAT TOOK PLACE DURING THAT STAY, I AM COMPELLED TO SHARE ALL OF THOSE WITH OUR SAI BHAKTS.

VEENAJI AND ASHOKJI CAME INTO LOS ANGELES AROUND 2 PM. AFTER BEING PICKED UP FROM THE AIRPORT BY MY BROTHER KUNAL, THEY WENT TO LUNCH AND THEN MET UP WITH OUR MOM.

THE MINUTE SAI MA ( VEENA AUNTY) SAT IN MOM'S CAR, UDI STARTED COMING OUT OF THE SMALL STATUE ON HER DASHBOARD.

WHAT WOULD FOLLOW IS A HOST OF OTHER SUCH EXPERIENCES WHICH LEFT MANY PEOPLE BEWILDERED.

WHEN SAI MA WENT TO OUR HOUSE AND ENTERED OUR TEMPLE, SHE SUGGESTED THAT WE HAVE THE AMRIT VANI IN THAT SAME AREA AS IT HAD A LARGE PATIO SPACE. OUR GRANDMOTHER HAS MADE A NEW CHOLA FOR BABA AND WANTED SAI MA TO HAVE BABA WEAR THAT FOR THE CEREMONY. WHILE SAI MA WAS ADORNING BABA WITH THAT CHOLA, UDI STATED COMING OUT OF THAT STATUS AND ANOTHER STATUE WHICH WAS THE REPRESENTATION OF ASHTA DHATU OF BABA ALSO HAD A SIMILAR OCCURENCE.

ASHOKJI AND VEENAJI BOTH GAVE MY MOM A PHOTO OF SHRIDI SAI BABA ADORNDED IN GOLD, THE NEW LOOK AT SHRIDI. MY MOM PLACED THAT ON TOP OF OUR TEMPLE FOR THE PUJA AFTER WHICH IT WAS TO BE FRAMED. THE PHOTOGRAPH WHICH WAS GIVEN SHOWED UDI COMING OUT OF IT, BUT IN THE FORMATION OF EK OM KAR AS IT WAS NOT ONLY GURU NANAKDEVJI'S BIRTHDAY ON NOV 13TH, 2008 BUT ALSO PURANMASI.

WE WERE THEN JOINED BY DR RAGHU IN THE EVENING AND BOTH HIS PHOTOGRAPHS AND SAI PADUKAS WHICH HE PLACED IN THE TEMPLE ALSO HAD UDI COMING OUT.

EVERYONE WAS SO OVER WHELMED. WE PLACED AN ENTIRE TRAY OF PISTA BURFEE IN FRONT OF OUR TEMPLE WHICH WAS SEALED COMPLETELY AND WAS TO BE USED AS BHOG AND WENT TO SLEEP FOR THE NIGHT.

IN THE MORNING, SAI MA CAME DOWN TO START HER MEDITATION AND ASKED MY MOM IF SHE HAD LIGHT SANDLEWOOD AGGARBATTIS AS IT SMELT LIKE THAT ALL OVER THE HOUSE. MY MOTHER SAID THAT SHE DID NOT AND WAS WAITING FOR HER TO COME DO THE PUJA. WHEN THEY OPENED THE PUJA ROOM THEY SAW :

OM WRITTEN ON ONE OF THE BURFI PIECES ( THE SEAL OF THAT TRAY WAS INTACT ) AND TWO OF THE STATUES HAD BURFI ON THEIR LIPS AS IF BABA HAD BLESSED THAT PRASAD. WHILE WE WERE STANDING AND WATCHING THAT IN AMAZEMENT, OUR GRANDMOTHER SHOWED US THAT ANOTHER ONE OF BABAS PHOTOGRAPHS HAD UDI COMING OUT OF HIS HAND AS WE ALL JUST WATCHED.

SAI MA THEN SAT IN MEDITATION AND WE STARTED WELCOMING PEOPLE WHO WERE COMING FROM FAR AND NEAR FOR THE AMRITANI. IT WAS A CHARGED ATMOSPHERE AND ALMOST 90-100 PEOPLE ATTENTED THIS BLESSED EVENT.

PEOPLE BROUGHT IN OFFERINGS OF SWEETS, FRUITS, AMONG OTHER THINGS WHICH WERE PLACED IN FRONT OF BABAS PUJA AREA WHILE THE AMRITVANI RECITATION STARTED. IT WAS ABSOLUTELY UNINTERRUPTED AND WITH MUCH DISCIPLINE THAT SAI MA SAID THAT IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST ATTENDED AND MOST DISCIPLINED CROWD FOR THIS PUJA. AS SOON AS THE LAST PRAYER WAS OVER YOU COULD SEE THAT SAI MA'S LAP WAS COMPLETELY COVERED WITH UDI AND THAT MY MOM HAD TO SCRAPE OVER 4 SPOONS OF UDI FROM HER LAP. THAT SAME UDI WAS THEN DISTRIBUTED TO EVERYONE IN THE CONGREGATION. MANY PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT FRUITS ETC WERE SHOWN BY SAI MA HOW BABA HAD BLESSED THEIR OFFERINGS BY EATING A BITE OUT OF A MANGO, OR APPLE OR BANANA. BY THEN, THE BURFI TRAY HAD 4 MORE PCS WITH BABAS CHARAN IMPRINTS. PEOPLE IN THE CROWD GOT SO OVERWHELMED TO SEE ALL OF THIS. MANY WENT UP TO SEE THE UDI ON THE STATUES WHILE OTHERS WENT TO SAI MA TO GET THE UDI AND TALK TO HER. SHE GAVE OUT THE PRASAD TO PEOPLE AND ALSO GAVE

OUT WALLET SIZE PICTURES OF SAI BABA AS WELL TO THE PEOPLE WHO COULD NOT GET ENOUGH.

THE ENERGY IN THE CROWD WAS ELECTRYFYING AND PEOPLE WHO CAME FOR DARSHAN OF BABA AND SAI MA WENT HOME CONTENT. FAITH RULES EVERYTHING. IF YOU THINK ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE ANY OTHER WAY THEN IT WILL RUIN THE TRUE FEELING, BUT IF YOU BELIEVE THAT FAITH CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS, THEN THIS WAS AN AFTERNOON FOR YOU TO MAINTAIN THAT FAITH.

MY FAMILY IS SO VERY GRATEFUL TO SAI MA AND ASHOK UNCLE FOR TRAVELLING TO COME DO THIS BLESSED EVENT IN OUR HOME. WE ARE HUMBLED BY THE MANY SAI DEVOTEES WHO ATTENDED THIS EVENT WITH US, AND TO MY MOM I WANT TO SAY THAT YOU ARE THE REASON THAT WE HAVE FAITH. THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS MAINTAINING THAT FAITH, DESPITE ALL THE OBSTACLES AND HARDSHIPS. I HOPE SAI MA AND MY MOTHERS BLESSINGS AND MOREOVER BABAS HAND WILL ALWAYS STAY ON HIS DEVOTEES.

HUMBLE PRANAM TO SAI

SUPRIYA

( PICTURES OF THIS EVENT TO FOLLOW)